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Adoption Mystery

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ErikaH

ErikaH Report 23 Dec 2024 12:30

BAMFORTH, HARRY DIXON (MMN)LODGE
GRO Reference: 1898 S Quarter in HUDDERSFIELD Volume 09A Page 350

The reason for his being taken in by another family may be deaths of either or both of his parents.

Look for records.................

There is a tree on Ancestry which seems reasonably well-researched............

Parents' marriage..........

Marriages Sep 1898 (>99%)
Bamforth Joe Huddersfield 9a 723
Lodge Elizetta Huddersfield 9a 723

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 23 Dec 2024 12:34

BAMFORTH, ALICE ANNIE LODGE
GRO Reference: 1904 J Quarter in HUDDERSFIELD Volume 09A Page 300
BAMFORTH, IDA LODGE
GRO Reference: 1907 D Quarter in HUDDERSFIELD Volume 09A Page 277

1921 Census Of England & Wales
55, Wasp Nest Road, Huddersfield, Yorkshire (West Riding), England

Joe Bamforth Head Male 1876 44 Stockbridge, Yorkshire, England Sanitary Labourer Huddersfield Corporation
Elirzetta Bamforth Wife Female 1876 44 Greetland, Yorkshire, England Household Duties -
Alice Annie Bamforth Daughter Female 1904 17 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Woollen Weaver Middlemost Bros & Co, Woollen Manufacturers
Ida Bamforth Daughter Female 1907 13 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England -

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 23 Dec 2024 12:38

Deaths Mar 1930 (>99%)
Bamforth Elizetta 53 Huddersfield 9a 395

Jink20

Jink20 Report 23 Dec 2024 12:41

There are 21 Public Trees on Ancestry with Harry's name listed
One tree has photographs

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 23 Dec 2024 13:25


Name Alice Annie Bamforth
Birth Date abt 1904
Event Type Marriage
Father Joe Bamforth
Marriage Date 9 Aug 1928
Marriage Age 24
Spouse Stanley Styan
Spouse Marriage Age 22
Archive Location Kirklees
Parish or Chapel Queen Street Chapel
Spouse Father George Styan
Reel Number Batley Carr, Berry Brow, Golcar, Hardingley, Huddersfield; K12
Reference Number H/M/QS/12

1939 Register
122 Broomfield Botham Hall Road, Longwood, Huddersfield, Huddersfield C.B., Yorkshire (West Riding), England
Stanley Styan 11 Aug 1906 Male Silica Brick Maker Married 125 1
Alice A Styan 21 Feb 1904 Female Woollen Weaver Married 125 2


Name Alice Annie Styan
Gender Female
Residence Date 1937
Residence Place Colne Valley, West Yorkshire, England
Street Address 122
Reference Number COL:14/6

Name Alice A Styan
Residence Date 1946
Residence Place Colne Valley, West Yorkshire, England
Street Address 122
Reference Number COL:15/3

Name Alice A Styan
Death Age 63
Birth Date abt 1904
Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun 1967
Registration district Huddersfield
Inferred County Yorkshire West Riding
Volume 2b
Page 690


Name Alice Annie Styan, of 122, Botham Hall Road, Longwood, Huddersfield, who was last seen alive on 27th June and whose dead body was found on 28th June
Death Date 28 Jun 1967
Death Place Huddersfield
Probate Date 18 Sep 1967
Probate Registry Wakefield
Probate to Yorkshire Bank Ltd


Stanley pre-deceased his wife

Name Stanley Styan
Death Age 56
Birth Date abt 1906
Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec 1962
Registration district Huddersfield
Inferred County Yorkshire West Riding
Volume 2b
Page 692

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 24 Dec 2024 15:27

Marriages Dec 1924 (>99%)
Bamforth Harry D Coles Coventry 6d 1462
Coles Agnes H Bamforth Coventry 6d 1462

Births Jun 1926 (>99%)
Bamforth Gerald D Coles Coventry 6d 1154
Births Mar 1928 (>99%)
Bamforth Phyllis E Coles Huddersfield 9a 453
Births Jun 1929 (>99%)
Bamforth Muriel C Coles Huddersfield 9a 428
Births Sep 1931 (>99%)
Bamforth Eugene B Coles Bridgwater 5c 396


1939 Register
34 Mulberry Street, Huddersfield, Huddersfield C.B., Yorkshire (West Riding), England
Sarah Ann Bull 09 Jun 1873 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Widowed 13 1
Harry D Bamforth 24 Aug 1898 Male Bronze Moulder & Aluminum H Married 13 2
Gerald D Bamforth 11 Apr 1926 Male At School Single 13 3


1939 Register
1 Sunnydale,South Hill Road, Callington, St Germans R.D., Cornwall, England
Agnes Bush 20 Apr 1881 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Widowed 74 1
Phyllis Stoneman (Bamforth) 19 Feb 1928 Female At School Single 74 2

In a tree on Ancestry...........probably that of Phylliis's son/grandson

Muriel Chris Bamforth
1929–2020
Birth 1929 • Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

Death 12 FEB 2020 • Florida, USA


Name Agnes Hilda Sharman
Death Age 67
Birth Date 24 Mar 1905
Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec 1972
Registration district Lambeth
Inferred County Greater London
Volume 5d
Page 445

Name Agnes Hilda Coles
Gender Female
Record Type Baptism
Baptism Date 17 Jul 1905
Baptism Place Walham Green, Hammersmith and Fulham, England
Father John James Greenslade Coles
Mother Agnes Annie Coles

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 24 Dec 2024 15:30

BAMFORTH, EUGENE BRIAN 1931
GRO Reference: DOR Q1/2016 in OLDHAM (007-1B) Entry Number 513162668

Marriages Jun 1952 (>99%)
Bamforth Eugene B Kaye Upper Agbrigg 2d 1001
Kaye Brenda Bamforth Upper Agbrigg 2d 1001
Kaye Brenda Ramsden Upper Agbrigg 2d 1001
RAMSDEN Eugene B KAYE Upper Agbrigg 2d 1001


Marriages Mar 1956 (>99%)
Bamforth Eugene B Beckwith Huddersfield 2b 1735
BECKWITH Mavis RAMSDEN Huddersfield 2b 1735
BECKWITH Mavis BAMFORTH Huddersfield 2b 1735
RAMSDEN Eugene B BECKWITH Huddersfield 2b 1735

Children registered as Ramsden

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Mavis Beckwith (Aveyard)
1937–2019
Birth 20 NOV 1937 • Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Death 31 MAY 2019 • Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England