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UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920
Name: Jeffrey Metcalfe
Military Year: 1914-1920
Rank: Private
Medal Awarded: British War Medal and Victory Medal
Regiment or Corps: Labour Corps
Regimental Number: 255625
Previous Units: 2494 Pte E. Lan. R.
Other Records: Search for 'Jeffrey Metcalfe' in other WWI collections
War Diaries (France, Belgium, Germany):
Search for 'Labour Corps' in the WWI War Diaries (France, Belgium, Germany) collection
War Diaries (Gallipoli): Search for 'Labour Corps' in the WWI War Diaries (Gallipoli) collection
and
Name: Jeffrey Metcalfe
Military Year: 1914-1915
Rank: Private
Medal Awarded: 1914-15 Star
Regiment or Corps: Labour Corps
Regimental Number: 255625
Previous Units: 5 E. Lan. R 2494 Pte
He got the "usual" Victory and British War Medals, and the Star ............. so he did serve outside the United Kingdom.
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I cannot find a Jeffrey / Geoffrey Metcalfe born in Lancashire of the correct age range ......... but this one keeps popping up, and I wonder if he THOUGHT he was born in Burnley?????
1891 Census
Name: Jeffrey D Metcalfe
Age: 5
Estimated birth year: abt 1886
Relation: Son
Father's name: Thomas Metcalfe
Mother's name: Mary Metcalfe
Gender: Male
Where born: Aysgarth, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Barrowford
Ecclesiastical parish: St Thomas
Town: Barrowford
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Registration district: Burnley
ED, institution, or vessel: 47
Piece: 3382
Folio: 54
Page Number: 2
Thomas Metcalfe 33 b.ca 1858, Aysgarth, Yorkshire, Farm Servant
Mary Metcalfe 39 b.ca 1852, Aysgarth
Owen D Metcalfe 10
Francis Metcalfe 10
Anne Metcalfe 8
Jeffrey D Metcalfe 5 Scholar
John Metcalfe 1
All born in Yorkshire, except for the youngest John who was born in Lancashire
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Jeffrey Dinsdale Metcalfe
Registration Year: 1885
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration district: Aysgarth
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Yorkshire North Riding
Volume: 9d
Page: 682
1901 Census
Name: Jeffery Metcalfe
Age: 16
Estimated birth year: abt 1885
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Mother: Mary Metcalfe
Birth Place: Gayle, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Barrowford
Search Photos: Search for 'Barrowford' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection
Ecclesiastical parish: Barrowford St Thomas
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Registration district: Burnley
Sub-registration district: Colne
ED, institution, or vessel: 33
Piece: 3890
Folio: 28
Page Number: 19
Household schedule number: 134
Mary Metcalfe 49 b.ca 1852, Gayle, Yorkshire, Widow
Owen Metcalfe 22
Francis Metcalfe 20
Annie Metcalfe 18
Jeffery Metcalfe 16 Blacksmith's Apprentice
John Metcalfe 11
George J Metcalfe 9
Margaret Metcalfe 7
Address:- 43 Park St
or maybe not, as he turns up in the 1911still living with his mother ............
1911 Census
Name: Jeffrey Dinsdale Metcalfe
Age in 1911: 25
Estimated birth year: abt 1886
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Hawes, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Nelson
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County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street address: 72 Buccleuch Rd, Nelson, Lanc's
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Cotton Weaver
Registration district: Burnley
Registration District Number: 472
Sub-registration district: Nelson
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Piece: 24886
Mary Metcalfe 59 b.ca 1852, Hawes, Yorkshire, Married
Francis Metcalfe 30
Jeffrey Dinsdale Metcalfe 25
John Metcalfe 21
George James Metcalfe 19
Margaret Evelene Metcalfe 17
Harry Metcalfe 4 b.ca 1907, Barrowford, Lancashire, Grandson
It certainly says married on the image for Jeffrey
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Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1905
METCALFE Jeffery Dinsdale BROCKLEHURST Polly Burnley, St James Preston CE110/3/257
On the 1911 Census where Jeffrey is a Boarder in the same house as Ann Williams, that one says he is born in Redmire (???), is a Cotton Weaver, and has been married 9 years, with 3 children
Is it the same person listed in 2 separate places???
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aaarrrrrgghhhhhhhh
Redmire is in Yorkshire .......... and there is this Jeffrey Metcalfe showing up on the 1901 born in Redmire and living with his mother in Nelson
1901 Census
Name: Jeffery Metcalfe
Age: 17
Estimated birth year: abt 1884
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Mother: Margery Metcalfe
Birth Place: Redmire, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Nelson
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Ecclesiastical parish: Great Marsden St John
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Registration district: Burnley
Sub-registration district: Nelson
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Piece: 3881
Folio: 86
Page Number: 37
Household schedule number: 235
Margery Metcalfe 54 b.ca 1847, Marsott, Yorkshire, Widow
Margary W Metcalfe 24
Mary Metcalfe 22
Jeffery Metcalfe 17 Cotton Weaver
Richard Metcalfe 15
Annie H Metcalfe 13
William T Metcalfe 11
Francis Metcalfe 9
George Metcalfe 27 Boarder
Mary E Groggins 5 Visitor
Address:- 19 Holloy (??sp) St
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Marriages Mar 1872 (>99%)
METCALFE John Stockton 10a 119
THOMPSON Margery Stockton 10a 119
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Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1901
METCALFE Jeffrey COCKSHUTT Sarah Annie Burnley Register Office or Registrar Attended
and that gives a marriage of 9 or 10 years for 1911
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re-posting marriage of Jeffery and Ann
Marriages Sep 1939 (>99%)
Metcalfe Jeffrey Williams Burnley 8e 570
Williams Ann Metcalfe Burney 8e 570
to compare with the following ...........
Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1939
METCALFE Sarah Ann 58 Burnley East Preston BUE/7/61
METCALFE Sarah Annie 56 Nelson Preston NEL/4/18
from freebmd ...........
Deaths Mar 1939 (>99%)
Metcalfe Sarah A 58 Burnley 8e 238
Deaths Jun 1939 (>99%)
Metcalfe Sarah A 56 Nelson 8e 260
Jeffrey Metcalfe born in Redmire, and living in the same house as Ann Williams in 1911 married Sarah Annie Cockshutt
The death of Sarah Annie Metcalfe in June quarter 1939 would fit rather nicely with Jeffrey and Ann getting married in the September quarter.
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Oh my goodness. Such a lot of information ..thank y ou everybody. .
Yes...guess he couldn't get a divorce ...had to wait all that time to be officially married. .. :-S
Wonder if he actually had children with Sarah Annie cockshutt. And wonder if she found another man to live with. ? Can anyone see her on the 1911 census ? :-)
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Shirley ..........
I looked and looked, tried all the tricks, and haven't been able to find her!
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I wonder if this could possibly be Sarah Annie in 1911????
It is Metcalfe on the image
1911 Census
Name: Sarah Annie Metealfe
Age in 1911: 28
Estimated birth year: abt 1883
Relation to Head: Boarder
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Nelson, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: Nelson
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County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street address: 45 Princess Street Nelson
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Cotton Weaver
Registration district: Burnley
Registration District Number: 472
Sub-registration district: Nelson
ED, institution, or vessel: 24
Piece: 24904
Ellen Mary Jeeves 50
Beatrice Mary Jeeves 21
Daisy Eva Jeeves 19
Frank Jeeves 16
Norman Jeeves 14
Fred Jeeves 12
Laurence Jeeves 9
Labinia May Jeeves 7
Sarah Annie Metealfe 28
The image says married 6 years, 1 child born, 1 child died
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and this looks as though it could be the child ..............
Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1902
METCALFE James Nelson Preston COCKSHOTT NEL/16/21
I'm guessing this is the birth on freebmd, as Burnley is the Registration District for Nelson .......
Births Mar 1902 (>99%)
METCALFE James Burnley 8e 243
and wonder if this could be his death ..............
Deaths Dec 1903 (>99%)
Metcalfe James 1 Burnley 8e 191
it's worth remembering that the lancs bmd site often (but not always) has the mother's maiden name well before mid-1911 when one can find it on freebmd
http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/
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Jeffrey and Sarah Annie married in December quarter 1901 .......... ie, between mid-September and December 31st
James was born in March quarter 1901, ie between end of December 1901 and end of March 1902
it is tempting to suggest that Jeffrey "did the right thing", but the marriage didn't last.
They were very young ............. only 17 or 18
Of course, divorces were far harder to get and extremely expensive back then
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Yes this is probably true.... though you have to feel sad for Sarah Annie who never got married again but its nice that Jeffrey stayed with Ann all those years. Thanks for finding Sarah Annie. I did look for children of Jeffrey and Sarah on Lancashire bmd but because of spelling cockshott/cockshutt..I missed it. Thanks again. :-)
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I was wrong when I said the following
"Jeffrey and Sarah Annie married in December quarter 1901 .......... ie, between mid-September and December 31st"
they would have married between October 1 and December 31 as marriages were registered immediately.
It is only births were there is a 6 week period after the birth for registration to take place.
As regarding Sarah Annie ....... we don't know that she didn't actually meet someone else between 1911 and her death. She might well have done so, and lived common-law, as Jeffery and Ann did.
The only way to find out would be to buy her death certificate and see who registered it, OR to contact the Local Archives and Study Centre to see if they can find an obituary for her in a local newspaper ... that would or should also list any family members
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