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Help needed with Gertrude

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Lynda

Lynda Report 26 Jun 2006 15:04

Help needed finding my husbands granma. She was b c 1897 in Rushall Staffs. Her father was Joseph Willetts according to her marriage cert. and ?? her mother Mary Willetts nee ? Bamford. She married Joseph Clifft on the 25th May 1915 in Walsall Staffs. Can anybody help? regards Lynda

Merry

Merry Report 26 Jun 2006 15:11

If she was born in Rushall, that is Walsall reg district. Name: Gertrude May Willitts Year of Registration: 1896 Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec District: Walsall County: Staffordshire Volume: 6b Page: 809 So this looks like her (best fit spelling!) Merry

Thelma

Thelma Report 26 Jun 2006 15:14

1901 View Record Elizabeth Bamford abt 1882 Rutchford, Worcestershire, England Daughter Rushall Staffordshire View Record George Bamford abt 1888 Walsall, Staffordshire, England Son Rushall Staffordshire View Record James Bamford abt 1836 Long Huntlow, Radnorshire, Wales Head Rushall Staffordshire View Record Kate Tyers abt 1892 Essington, Staffordshire, England Granddaughter Rushall Staffordshire View Record Mary Tyers abt 1889 Walsall, Staffordshire, England Granddaughter Rushall Staffordshire View Record Edith Willetts abt 1900 Linley Cottage Daw End Granddaughter Rushall Staffordshire View Record Gertrude Willetts abt 1897 Linley Cottage Daw End Granddaughter Rushall Staffordshire View Record Joseph L Willetts abt 1866 Black Heath, Staffordshire, England Son-in-law Rushall Staffordshire View Record Mary Willetts abt 1871 South Wales, Douglas Daughter Rushall Staffordshire

Lynda

Lynda Report 26 Jun 2006 16:27

Thanks very much for the help in finding Gertrude Regards Lynda

Lynda

Lynda Report 26 Jun 2006 17:59

Thanks to everyone, I have now found her grangfather William Willetts b 1841 in Blackheath Rowley Regis Staffs married to Emma ??? Regards Lynda

Christine in Herts

Christine in Herts Report 26 Jun 2006 18:06

Had a look on WMidlands BMD site and found these (but they aren't Walsall): Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Reference West Midlands Birth indexes for the years: 1897 WILLETTS Gertrude Kingswinford Dudley KIN/163/12 West Midlands Birth indexes for the years: 1898 WILLETTS Gertrude Halesowen Dudley HAL/069/97 Christine PS - oddly cannot find a GRO index entry (on images) for the first one, but did find both these: 1898 Jan-Feb-Mar Stourbridge (which covers both Kingswinford and Halesowen) WILLETTS, Gertrude 6c-194 and 6c-163 (in that order!)

Christine in Herts

Christine in Herts Report 26 Jun 2006 18:31

This looks like the parents' marriage - perhaps? Name: Joseph William Willetts Year of Registration: 1895 Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar District: Walsall County: Staffordshire Volume: 6b Page: 747 **Mary Boundford or Annie Jane Stokes (other groom: Charles Jasper) Christine