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Hello Irene and welcome to the Community boards.
I will let Irene know that she has replies to her query. :-)
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Born 3rd Jan 1878 and baptised 20th Jan 1878 can't read the name of the street but the number is 42 and it starts with a G I think. Parents George and Sarah and George is a gunsmith.
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Could he have been in the Navy.?
1911 England Census about Alexander Thompson
Name: Alexander Thompson
Age in 1911: 32
Estimated birth year: abt 1879
Birth Place: Bolton, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: China and East Indies
County/Island: Royal Navy
Country: England
Marital Status: Married
Registration District Number: 640
ED, institution, or vessel: Vessels
Piece: 34972
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Who was the informant on his mother's death certificate?
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Hello Irene
Is this the death that you have ruled out
Name: Alexander Thompson
Estimated birth year: abt 1879
Registration Year: 1905
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Age at Death: 26
Registration district: West Derby
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8b
Page: 327
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I had wondered about this one, though the Thompson is a Robert, not an Alexander:
Marriages Dec 1900
Baldwin Henry James W. Derby 8b 1044
Browne Mathilda W Derby 8b 1044
Thompson Robert W. Derby 8b 1044<<<<<<<<<
Wilson Lily Gertrude W. Derby 8b 1044<<<<<<<<<<<
However census 1901 definitely eliminates that by showing Lily Gertrude Wilson had married Henry J Baldwin:
Name: Lily G Baldwin
Age: 20
Estimated birth year: abt 1881
Relation to Head: Daughter-in-law
Gender: Female
Spouse: Henry J Baldwin
Birth Place: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: Garston
Ecclesiastical parish: St Michael
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Household Members:
Name Age
Francis Baldwin 56
Stephen G Baldwin 17
Arthur E Baldwin 15
Henry J Baldwin 24
Lily G Baldwin 20
Just posting it to save anyone else going down the same route.
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For ref.
1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Cambria Street, West Derby, Lancashire, England
Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital condition Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
George H Thompson Head Married Male 51 1840 Gunsmith -
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Sarah Thompson Wife Married Female 44 1847 - -
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Alexander Thompson Son Single Male 13 1878 Scholar -
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Daisy Thompson Daughter Single Female 9 1882 Scholar -
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
99, Paddington, West Derby, Lancashire, England
Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital condition Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Sarah A Thompson Head Widow Female 53 1848 - Liverpool, Lancashire
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Alexander Thompson Son Married Male 23 1878 Barber Liverpool, Lancashire
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Daisy L Thompson Daughter Single Female 19 1882 Cigarette Maker Liverpool, Lancashire
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Lily G Thompson Daughter-In-Law Married Female 23 1878 - Birkenhead, Cheshire
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Hi! I’m really stuck! Hope someone can give useful advice.
I’m looking for Alexander Thompson
born: 03/01/1878 West Derby Liverpool
parents: George Henry Thompson (1842-1901 Liverpool) and Sarah Ann nee Braithwaite (1847-1911 Liverpool)
I have an entry for 1901 census according to which he is living at 99 Paddington in Liverpool with his mother (head), sister (1881 Liverpool), and wife Lily G. born Birkenhead age 23.
Then he disappears. In 1911 his sister is living alone the mother dead.
I cannot find any marriage record. There is a death record for an Alexander Thompson born the same year (there are two) but on expecting the burial record at the Liverpool archive the person who owns the grave he’s in, is the mother of the wrong Alexander (the other one). What a blow!
I have a subscription for a genealogy research site and I looked up every possible record but nothing came up: no marriage, no death and passenger lists don’t include information that can help me identify him as he has a very common name. I crossed referenced passenger lists for Alexander and Lily with no luck. Furthermore I cannot trace the birth of this Lily G as I can’t find her maiden name (no marriage record). I tried all the possible alternatives Lillian, Lilla, etc. no luck.
I cannot find the burial place of the mother either. I looked up all the burial records for every single cemetery in Liverpool and could not find her. The father dead in 1901 and is buried in a communal grave in West Derby Cemetery. The daughter lived to a reasonably old age (1958) and is buried with her husband in Allerton cemetery.
Any suggestions on how to proceed? I’ll be coming to Liverpool for a few weeks of on site research, is there any archive I haven’t thought of that can help be find out what happened to him?
One last question: the father was often absent from home (I checked the directories) is there any way I can find out where he went to? He was a gunsmith…maybe the army?
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