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Thank you – I shall follow that all up.

T

Thomas, if you need any help with Derbyshire parish records, Derek on this site has lots of them and offers help. Clicking on the link below will bring up his thread:

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1191073

Confirmation of the marriage:


Name:George Siddall
Gender:Male
Marital Status:Single
Age:22
Birth Date:1870
Marriage Date:27 Dec 1892
Marriage Place:Staveley, Derbyshire, England
Father: William Siddall
Spouse:Mary Annie Brighouse
FHL Film Number:

Mary Annie's father given as Joseph Brighouse.

You should now be able to trace the family back on the censuses.
1752120

In the 1911, George & Mary Annie have been married 18 years, so possible marriage:

Marriages Dec 1892 (>99%)
*******Brighouse Mary Annie Chesterfield 7b 1344 Scan available - click to view
Holmes William Chesterfield 7b 1344 Scan available - click to view
Scott Elizabeth Ann Chesterfield 7b 1344 Scan available - click to view
********Siddall George Chesterfield 7b 1344

Possible birth:

Births Sep 1895 (>99%)
Siddall Eliza Gladys Chesterfield 7b 800

and in 1911:


Name:Eliza Gladys Siddall
Age in 1911:15
Estimated birth year:abt 1896
Relation to Head:Wife's Neice
Gender:Female
Birth Place:Staveley, Derbyshire, England
Civil Parish:High Wycombe
County/Island:Buckinghamshire
Country:England
Street address:20 Priory Avenue, High Wycombe

Ralph George Hewins 35 b Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Jessie Hewins 32 b Stavely, Derbyshire
Raleigh Ralph Hewins 3 b High Wycombe
Eliza Gladys Siddall 15

and 1901


Name:Eliza Gladys Siddal
Age:5
Estimated birth year:abt 1896
Relation to Head:Daughter
Gender:Female
Father:George Siddal
Mother:Mary Annie Siddal
Birth Place:Staveley, Derbyshire, England
Civil Parish:Staveley
Ecclesiastical parish:Staveley St John the Baptist

George Siddal 30 Moulder's pattern maker in wood
Mary Annie Siddal 30
Eliza Gladys Siddal 5
Arthur Bern Siddal 4
Annie Eliz Siddal 2

All born Staveley, except Mary Annie, b Kent, New Brompton.

Living in the same house, but shown as a separate household is Ralph Hewins, Conservative Registration Agent, same occupation as 1911.

Eliza's baptism:


Name:Eliza Gladys Siddall
Baptism Date:11 Sep 1895
Baptism Place:Staveley, Staveley, Derbyshire, England
Father: George Siddall
Mother:Mary Annie Siddall

Looks like Eliza died:

Deaths Mar 1936 (>99%)
Major Eliza G 40 Chesterfield 7b 1006

Additionally, could anyone shed any light on wife of Arthur Major, surname Siddal - married Camberwell 1918 - whilst I wait for the marriage certificate

Best
Thomas

Amazing, thanks both.

I am very interested in the epilepsy link - is there anything more on that? or how he was wounded? perhaps that is the epilepsy link.

Sybil seems to remain a mystery.

Just seen your post at 16.13; so looks as if this is the right Arthur. Let me know if you want the images but it will have to be tomorrow as I am logging off know.

Incidentally, the service record for the other Arthur whose baptism safc has posted is also on Ancestry.

Beryl was born in Chesterfield, so it is looking very likely that the service record is for the right man. There a quite a few pages but if you don't have Ancestry and would like to see them, PM me your email address and I will send them to you.

The service record has an address in Sheffield in 1921 (Clifford was born in Sheffield). The street name isn't very clear: 28 Fl??y, Road, Darnall, Sheffield. This service record is for the Arthur in the Royal Garrison Artillery, whose medal card I posted above.

I know that I have always grown up being told that my grandmas dad was a policeman - but I've never taken it as gospel because of how little facts my mother was able to give me. Beryl was a strict woman (brought up by a policeman afterall) and would seldom talk about her past with my mother. Something happened in the family that meant Beryl and Clifford (Roy) broke contact completely.

This, does indeed look like the right Arthur and family.

Marriages Sep 1895 (>99%)
Cooper Fanny Daventry 3b 223
Major James Daventry 3b 223

The service record also shows a request from the Chief Constable, Chesterfield, for a character ref in 1923. Was your Arthur a policeman?

1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Wigsley Road Harby Lincoln, Harby, Nottinghamshire, England

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship to household head Marital condition Gender Age Birth year Birth place Occupation
James Major Head Married Male 42 1869 Norton Northamptonshire Police Constable
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Fanny Major Wife Married Female 40 1871 South Clifton Notts -
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Arthur James Major Son - Male 15 1896 Retford Notts Labourer On Farm
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Ruby Victoria Major Daughter - Female 13 1898 Egmanton Notts -
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Cecil Archibald Major Son - Male 12 1899 Egmanton Notts School
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Lancelot Cooper Major Son - Male 10 1901 Walesby Notts School
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Clarence Leslie Major Son - Male 8 1903 Walesby Notts -
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Celestine Irene Major Daughter - Female 6 1905 Walesby Notts -
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Archibald Cooper Nephew - Male 14 1897 Esher Surry Labourer On Farm

Did Arthur suffer from Epilepsy? I have found a WW1 Service record for an Arthur James Major (father James, Policeman) who was in an Epilepsy Clinic in 1918 in Denmark Hill, London SE 5. Denmark Hill is near Camberwell where the 1919 marriage took place.

If the marriage cert shows father as James, Policeman, it looks as if the one safc has found is the right man.

County Lincolnshire
Place Tealby
Church All Saints
RegisterNumber 1033
DateOfBirth
BaptismDate 31 Oct 1897
Forename Arthur James
Sex M
FatherForename Henry George
MotherForename Maria
FatherSurname MAJOR
MotherSurname
Abode Tealby
FatherOccupation Cottager
Notes
FileNumber 7229

County Nottinghamshire
Place Ordsall
Church All Hallows
RegisterNumber 1167
DateOfBirth
BaptismDate 05 Apr 1896
Forename Arthur James
Sex -
FatherForename James
MotherForename Fanny
FatherSurname MAJOR
MotherSurname
Abode Bee Hive Lane
FatherOccupation Police Officer
Notes
FileNumber 38407

SAFC – its certainly the Arthur Major born in 1986, my mother read a document with the date '2_th February 1896' unfortuantly the writing was too feint to make out the exact date.

A possible medal card:

Name:Arthur J Major
Regiment or Corps:Royal Garrison Artillery
Regimental Number:175637

or this one:


Name:
Arthur James Major

Military Year:
1914-1920

Rank:
Private

Medal Awarded:
British War Medal and Victory Medal

Regiment or Corps:
Lincolnshire Regiment

Regimental Number:
201957

Previous Units:
201957. 2/4. Linc. R. Pte., 201957. 1/Linc. R.

Both of these men were wounded and received the Silver War Badge.