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Is it possible that Foxley was not Elizabeth's maiden name? Could she have been married more than once? I can't see an unmarried Elizabeth Foxley in Cheshire in 1901 Reg

OK......................seems like we're dealing with Cheshire Name: James Foxley Year of Registration: 1908 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep District: Nantwich County: Cheshire Volume: 8a Page: 333 Reg

Danielle Will you please tell us WHERE these births occurred? You have the cert for one of them.......at least. Reg

Thanks for your help everyone. I will have a look through Ancestry and see what I can find. I have found out one more piece of information. Benjamin and Elizabeth's first child, James, was born in 1908 (or so I have been told by family members), he was the one who reported Benjamin's death. On Benjamin's death certificate James has the surname Foxley while all of the other children had the surname Taylor so I thought that maybe they weren't married in 1908 when James was born but they married after that. Does that sound right?

Ann The birth I refer to is the 1913 one, for which Danielle has the cert............ Reg

Until Danielle tells us where her g/father was born, we're a bit stuck. Cheshire is only where the gg/father's death was registered...........earlier events could have occurred elsewhere. Reg

One thing to remember is that the age at death is what the informant tells the registrar, and is not double-checked. So it could be out by a number of years, even a decade or more.

You need to go to Ancestry, and search each year, quarter by quarter, backwards from 1908. It will mean cross-referencing, as spouse's names were not recorded on the index till 1911. I'd start with Elizabeth, if I were you.........her surname being the more unusual of the two. Reg

Where did the 1913 birth occur? Reg

I do have his children's names but the first one wasn't born until 1908 that I know of so they don't appear on any available census.

Is the person that was the informant on the death certificate any help. May say wife/son/daughter of Benjamin - that maybe a start. Irene

Benjamin's son, also called Benjamin was born in 1913 and I have his birth certificate. The only Benjamin and Elizabeth Taylor I could find on Ancestry lived in Altrincham Cheshire but they were born 10 years later, in 1877 not 1866 as Benjamin's death certificate suggests

You presumably know the name of at least one of his children? I can see 20 Benjamin Taylors on the 1901 census with a birth date of 1866 give or take a year. With the name of children you should be able to narrow this down further. Rob

When was the birth for which you have the cert? And which images have you viewed in your search? Reg

Thanks Reg, I do have the birth certificate of my grandad and I've found out that Benjamin was a cooper and his wife was called Elizabeth Foxley. I tried searching for Benjamin Elizabeth's wedding but can't find anything at all on them

You need the birth cert of one of his children........that will tell you who he married. From that, you can search for the marriage.......the cert will tell you his father's name and occupation....... Reg

Hiya, can anybody help me. I'm trying to find infirmation on my great grandad but all I have to go on is his death certificate. Is there anyway of getting birth or marriage certificates using a death certificate? I don't have any information other than his name was Benjamin Taylor and he died in 1958 in Arclid, Cheshire aged 92. I've tried searching census returns but I can't find anything on him. Hope that makes sense! Many thanks, Danielle