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Lesley

Lesley Report 5 Feb 2011 19:53

Thanks Lindsey That could be her it would make her older than i thought but i have no birth record for her so could possible be cheers

Lesley

Lesley Report 5 Feb 2011 19:44

other than canada. i dont really know warwickshire is were her farther was a farmer so was she born there? then shropshire were my Gran was born, my Gran also went to school in Boston Lincinshire.

 Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 5 Feb 2011 19:41

UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 about Lydia Murray
Name: Lydia Murray
Birth Date: abt 1893
Age: 38
Port of Departure: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Arrival Date: 9 May 1931
Port of Arrival: Liverpool, England
Ports of Voyage: Quebec
Ship Name: Antonia
Search Ship Database: View the 'Antonia' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping line: Cunard Line
Official Number: 145937

2 Redough siding Gateshead
travelling alone

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 5 Feb 2011 19:30

so she stayed in the general area
Name: Lydia C Baker
Death Registration Month/Year: 1963
Age at death (estimated): 69
Registration district: Durham South Eastern
Inferred County: Durham
Volume: 1a
Page: 809

Lesley

Lesley Report 5 Feb 2011 19:23

i think she must of moved about quite a bit, and she went to canada dont know when but her second husband Thomas Murray was from canada so how she met him only knows. bit of a mistery woman i think

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 5 Feb 2011 19:17

so did she move around the country cos the 1935 marrige isup north!!

Name: Lydia C Murray
Spouse Surname: Baker
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1935
Registration district: Chester-Le-Street
Registration county (inferred): Durham
Volume Number: 10a
Page Number: 1197
Find Spouse: William Baker

Lesley

Lesley Report 5 Feb 2011 19:09

sorry jax im just new to this

Lesley

Lesley Report 5 Feb 2011 19:08

as far as i know harry was born in 1914 dont know much about him other than we think he was in the army ,and his dad william was in the army service corps as a saddler

jax

jax Report 5 Feb 2011 19:07

Are we meant to know that if you have the cert you could have told us

jax

Lesley

Lesley Report 5 Feb 2011 19:03

sorry she called herself irene but she was named after her mother

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 5 Feb 2011 19:03

so she was Lydia Irene not the other way round

Name: Lydia I Hope
Mother's Maiden Surname: Wetkins s/b Watkins
Date of Registration: Jan Feb Mar 1916
Registration district: Whitchurch S
Registration County: Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Herefordshire
Volume Number: 6a
Page Number: 1092

it is a trancription error .I have done an amendment !!

jax

jax Report 5 Feb 2011 19:00

Thought you said her name was Irene?

jax

Lesley

Lesley Report 5 Feb 2011 18:58

Thanks Andrew got all that

Lesley

Lesley Report 5 Feb 2011 18:57

just for irene

Andrew

Andrew Report 5 Feb 2011 18:57

England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005
about Lydia I Hope
Name: Lydia I Hope
Mother's Maiden Surname: Wetkins
Date of Registration: Jan Feb Mar 1916
Registration district: Whitchurch S
Registration County: Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Herefordshire
Volume Number: 6a

Andy

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 5 Feb 2011 18:56

do you have birth certs for Irene and Harry Hope

Lesley

Lesley Report 5 Feb 2011 18:52

found my Gran Irene born to a wetkins think it is a spelling mistake, 7th feb 1916 she was born but cant find a harry

Lesley

Lesley Report 5 Feb 2011 18:50

my Gran was born in whitchurch in 1916

 Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 5 Feb 2011 18:49

I cant see Irene or Harry with mothers name Watkins ?

jax

jax Report 5 Feb 2011 18:48

When was your gran Irene born please and where if you know it

jax