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Elsie

Elsie Report 21 Dec 2004 12:49

DENISE, THIS IS INFORMATION OFF FREE BMD WILLIAM HENRY HOUGHTON MAR 1901 ORMSKIRK "" "" " " " BRISTOL "" "" " JUNE 1901 CHORLTON "" "" " SEPT 1901 MELTON MOWBREY "" "" " DEC 1901 BLACKBURN "" "" " CHORLTON ANY IDEA ON AREAS? HOPE IT IS OF SOME USE

Unknown

Unknown Report 21 Dec 2004 12:41

If you have an idea when Nellie or Martha were born I can look for them too. Once you have their parents' names, you can find them on the 1901 census www.1901census.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.html nell

Unknown

Unknown Report 21 Dec 2004 12:40

These are the births on Ancestry civil reg for 1901: About this database A collection of indexes to Birth, Marriage, and Death records for England and Wales, between 1837 and 1983. More information below « Global Search Results Name Year Quarter District County Volume Page Houghton, William Henry 1901 December Chorlton Lancashire 8c 942 Houghton, William Henry 1901 December Blackburn Lancashire 8e 417 Houghton, William Henry 1901 June Chorlton Lancashire 8c 744 Houghton, William Henry 1901 March Bristol Avon Gloucestershire 6a 158 Houghton, William Henry 1901 March Ormskirk Lancashire 8b 814 Houghton, William Henry 1901 September Melton Mowbray Leicestershire Nottinghamshire 7a 325

Unknown

Unknown Report 21 Dec 2004 12:38

First you need to find his birth cert and/or the sisters. This will have their parents names (including their mother's maiden name on). You can then find their marriage cert. As they were brought up in an orphanage, you can look for the parents' deaths as well. Births, marriages and deaths are searchable free at http://freebmd*.rootsweb*.com/cgi/search*.pl remove * to use. This doesn't have much coverage after 1910ish, so you may have to look at the GRO indexes on microfiche in a records office or library. I will see if I can find the births now. nell

Denise

Denise Report 21 Dec 2004 12:33

I am trying to find out any information on my Husbands Grandfather, We know very little only that he was brought up in Orphanages, and had two sisters Martha and Nellie Houghton. We do not know how to go about tracing his parents or where they were born (He was born in 1901 and was known as William Henry Houghton) Thanks Mrs Denise Houghton