Genealogy Chat

I have done well on my tree with a little help from you nice people on this site ,so i decided to help my fiancee with her but ah! ah!! we got stuck at first fence and cant seem to get it off the ground her father is denis higgins 1926 from cheshire and mother dorithy from leeds 1930 denis parents were edward higgins c1894 i cant find anything on him, the mother used two names elizabeth beatrice buckley or beatrice leonard .and was a dom servant. no idea why she used both names but she had son denis and another son called walley buckley.was she married twice or three times?? but still not found anything . same goes with grand parents from leeds he was james pratt and she nellie clarke cobblers by trade but cant find a thing dave and chris

Here is the marriage for James Pratt and Nellie Clarke. if you buy the certificate it will give their ages and fathers details which should make it easier to find them. Yorkshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1929 Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference PRATT James A CLARK Nellie Leeds Registered Building Leeds RB/257/170 Sam x

There is this Elizabeth on the 1901 census but don't know whether she is too old for yours:- Name: Elizabeth Beatrice Buckley Age: 20 Estimated birth year: abt 1881 Relation: Servant Gender: Female Where born: Derbyshire, England Civil parish: Croydon Ecclesiastical parish: St Matthew Town: Croydon County/Island: Surrey Country: England Street address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status: View image Registration district: Croydon Sub-registration district: Croydon ED, institution, or vessel: 32 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 11 Household Members: Name Age Elizabeth Beatrice Buckley 20 Alice Caster 33 Arthur Joseph Caster 35 Gertrude Ruth Caster 13 Arthur John Salbot Easter 7 Edith Grace Easter 9 Winefred Alice Easter 11 Annie Mitchell 24 Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 639; Folio: 173; Page: 3 And this birth reference:- Name: Elizabeth Beatrice Buckley Year of Registration: 1880 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep District: Chesterfield County: Derbyshire Volume: 7b Page: 675 Kath. x

Thanks sam that great should get ball rolling in that direction,sorry kathleen i seem to have got that wrong and just been sorting it out . Edward higgins stockport,cheshire. and Beatrice leonard same born c 1899 were married when? think he had a brother callled robert . edward had step-brother called wallace Buckley (known as wally) who married an Elizabeth (lizzie)? lived in eccles cheshire. thier mother is unknown but had two husbands or partners. thier father is ? higgins all from stockport area as far as aware!! before that dulin ireland wally being born c1901-10. all belive to have been roman catholics religion. James pratt was in raf ,demobed on medical grounds, became a printer, was also known locally as an artist, and specilized in pen and ink . just in case anyone on here knew of him.

Beatrice Leonard born Bradford 1890 Parents in the 1891 census Martin born Leeds mother Beatrice born Ireland There is a marriage 1873 Bridget Westman Martin Leonard. Children in 1891 Michael 16 Mary 15 Catherine 13 Winifred 10 Annie 8 Lizzie 5 Agnes 3 Beatrice 1. Any of these names ring any bells. Irene