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Member Since: July 2007 Posts: 9 Send Message	Lisa	Report	5 Nov 2007 14:20
Member Since: July 2007 Posts: 9 Send Message	Many thanks for all the info. I haven't been doing this for too long and all tips are very much appreciated (I never would have thought to ring them up!). I have managed to find a marriage between William H Collinge and Mary A Henry in Chorlton in 1891. So I have all this information, why can I not find them on the 1901 census? If you don't mind, have you an answer to the following too:- 1. Where can I find deaths registered in Manchester? Lancashire BMD deaths doesn't include Manchester and I have tried to find records on Ancestry, but to no avail. 2. I have traced my great grandfather on my mums side. He was born in Ireland (thats all the census says). He was a Police Detective in Manchester. How can I find out what part of Ireland he was from, would it be a trip to the library? Sorry, I could go on and on (I do at the best of times!). Regards Lisa
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 7,084 Send Message	MrsBucketBouquet	Report	5 Nov 2007 13:38
	Lisa I once got a birth cert that looked like the vicar/registra was drunk! I coudnt read one word! You could phone the reg office and ask them to look at the original for you. With luck you could get a friendly voice as i did. Give them these details... Sarah Elizabeth Collinge Year of Registration: 1896 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep District: Manchester (1837-1924) County: Lancashire Volume: 8d Page: 198 Good luck Geraldine.
	Researching: Pool/Poole?Overs/Hovers/Hovard?Bucket/Bouquet? Thank goodness i havent got a Smiff!........yet
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 7,084 Send Message	MrsBucketBouquet	Report	5 Nov 2007 13:22
	Then you have these two births? William Henry Collinge Year of Registration: 1872 Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec District: Manchester (1837-1924) County: Lancashire Volume: 8d Page: 396 William Henry Collinge Year of Registration: 1868 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep District: Chorlton County: Lancashire Volume: 8c Page: 644 So maybe the above marriage is not yours?
	Researching: Pool/Poole?Overs/Hovers/Hovard?Bucket/Bouquet? Thank goodness i havent got a Smiff!........yet
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 7,084 Send Message	MrsBucketBouquet	Report	5 Nov 2007 13:16
	Found this marriage but there is one female name missing!.....something to think about? Marriages Jun 1891 (>99%) ------------------------------------------------------------- Clare Charles Edward Chorlton 8c 1219 >>>Collinge William Henry Chorlton 8c 1219 Dodd Mary Elizabeth Chorlton 8c 1219 Chorlton is Manchester.
	Researching: Pool/Poole?Overs/Hovers/Hovard?Bucket/Bouquet? Thank goodness i havent got a Smiff!........yet
Member Since: July 2007 Posts: 9 Send Message	Lisa	Report	5 Nov 2007 12:51
Member Since: July 2007 Posts: 9 Send Message	Thanks for looking, I am having the same problem! It would make life a lot easier if they wrote clearly on the certificates! The only information I have is from Sarah's birth certificate. The problem is I can't make out her mothers maiden name properly, I think is says Henry. Her father was an Iron Moulder. The address where she was born is 142 Wolderns Strand (what I can make out) in the sub-district of Ancoats. Sarah married George Finnigan in July 1916 at the age of 20 in Manchester.
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 5,630 Send Message	Debi Coone	Report	5 Nov 2007 10:32
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 5,630 Send Message	Would you know any further details on the parents? Age? Where born? or perhaps fathers occupation? Mothers maiden name? Unable to see them at present with the above info
Member Since: July 2007 Posts: 9 Send Message	Lisa	Report	5 Nov 2007 09:40
Member Since: July 2007 Posts: 9 Send Message	Can anybody please help me find my great grandmother in the 1901 census. Her name was Sarah Elizabeth Collinge, she was born in Manchester on 18 June 1896. Her fathers name was William Henry Collinge, her mothers name was Mary Alice Collinge. I have a copy of her birth certificate, so I know the above information is correct, but I just can't find them in the census. Help very much appreicated.

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