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bubble Report 17 Aug 2008 20:29

I need a bit of advice please from you experienced searchers.

I am searching for a birth record for a minnie berry. It now transpires that she may have had the surname Whittle as I have found out ny nan was married to a Whittle in 1912 and a Berry in 1928. She could also have been born as a Midgley (nans maiden name) She would have been born in Blackpool in the twenties or probably earlier. Have searched myself silly and can't find a trace although have found all other family members.

Any tips GRATEFULLY RECEIVED?

Huia

Huia Report 17 Aug 2008 20:40

Have you tried different spellings for the various names? Remember that Minnie might not have been her given name. Also, some people had not been given a first name when they were registered so she could be down as 'female'.

Huia.

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Selena in South East London

Selena in South East London Report 17 Aug 2008 20:41

This looks like her - Mother's maiden name Midgley

Births Mar 1914
WHITTLE Minnie M Midgley Garetang 8e 1203

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bubble Report 17 Aug 2008 20:42

Wow! Thank you. I have been searching for hours. Will go and look now.

Thank you soooo much.

Selena in South East London

Selena in South East London Report 17 Aug 2008 20:42

There are several possible siblings Whittle with mmn Midgely on FreeBMD

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

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bubble Report 17 Aug 2008 20:52

I have found one sibling = Thomas A Whittle born 1915, could there be more.... I am amazed at the complexity of my grandparents family, I never knew there were so may! Thank you to all for your help.

Selena in South East London

Selena in South East London Report 17 Aug 2008 21:01

Just typed in births surname Whittle then mother's maiden name Midgley. Don't know if they are all yours though:

Births Mar 1914 (>99%)
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WHITTLE Minnie M Midgley Garetang 8e 1203

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Births Jun 1915 (>99%)
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Whittle Thomas A Midgley Fylde 8e 1040

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Births Jun 1917 (>99%)
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Whittle Mary E Midgley Preston 8e 747

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Births Mar 1923 (>99%)
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Whittle Mona Midgley Fylde 8e 899

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Births Jun 1925 (91%)
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Whittle James Midgley Fylde 8e 839

Selena in South East London

Selena in South East London Report 17 Aug 2008 21:06

Could one of these be a child from the second marriage?

Births Sep 1928
Berry Betty Midgley Wakefield 9c 100
Berry Margaret T Midgley Fylde 8e 833

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bubble Report 17 Aug 2008 21:06

I am so grateful for the info. Will need to order some certificates to find out the facts. They will hopefully also give me some details about Mr Whittle as I have no info on him at all.

Selena in South East London

Selena in South East London Report 17 Aug 2008 21:08

No problem, you're welcome!

Good luck with the tree.

bubble

bubble Report 17 Aug 2008 21:14

Selena,

Margaret T certainly is. She was my mother and my starting point in the whole journey. Her father Michael Berry is more of a mystery. He was born in 1890 also in Blackpool and had a first marraige to an olive taylor. I do not know what happened to him after my mum was born apart from her telling me that she had a younger brother called michael (after her father) who died young she never mentioned him again. Another challenge is to find out when he died and where, rumour has it he went to Ireland but I can't confirm that yet.!