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help with 1901 census

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Carter

Carter Report 9 Nov 2007 00:43

Hi i wonder if someone could give me some advice.
i dont have much info to go on.
Marriage cert for Tom Sankey to Lilian Ellis I have been quite successsful tracing tom sankeys family back but no luck with lillians. from this cert it seems she was born 1902 but her father john ellis was alive and perhaps the witness robert ellis was a brother could have been older than lillian ? the sankey family all came from the culcheth/lowton/croft area of lancashire. lillian was living in astley not far away . do you think there is enough to go on here?
thanks linda x


27th January 1923 at All Saints Church Glazebury Lancashire

TOM SANKEY
age 23
Batchelor
profession Carter
address 334 Warrington Road
fathers name JACOB SANKEY
occupation Farm Labourer

LILIAN ELLIS
age 21
Spinster
no profession
address 17 Higher Green Lane Astley Lancashire
fathers name
JOHN ELLIS
occupation miner

Witness ROBERT ELLIS + CLARA SANKEY

Carter

Carter Report 9 Nov 2007 01:04

off to bed will get back in the morning
linda x

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 9 Nov 2007 01:08

There are too many John Ellis in Lancashire to make a guess.

Also where someone married is not really a clue as to where they were born.

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Ozibird

Ozibird Report 9 Nov 2007 05:40

This is total guesswork & will most probably lead you up the garden path, but she is the only Lilian Ellis born 1902.

Marriages Sep 1900
Catterall Frances Toxteth Park 8b 516
Challinor Jane Toxteth Park 8b 516
Ellis John Toxteth Park 8b 516
Lee Joseph Toxteth Park 8b 516



Births Jun 1901
Ellis Robert Toxteth Park 8b 142

Births Jun 1902
Ellis Lilian Toxteth Park 8b 137

Carter

Carter Report 9 Nov 2007 08:54

thanks everyone it was a long shot. i cant find her birth in the area or i would send off for the birth cert i know the family lived there so i will just have to keep on looking thanks once again
linda x

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 9 Nov 2007 10:46

Well I'd say the marriage and two births that Ozibird found were a distinct possibility.

Kath. x

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 9 Nov 2007 18:59

Why are you sure she was born in Astley?

Ozi.

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 9 Nov 2007 22:14

Just because Lilian was living in Astley in 1923 doesn't mean that she was born there in 1902. She could have been born anywhere.

Kath. x

Carter

Carter Report 14 Nov 2007 11:10

hi sorry not been here for a while but been in hospital .(son has glandular fever ) the lady in question is my brother in laws grandma and he sais that she always said " astley born and bred and proud of it " that is the reason i have been looking for her and her family in astley . again apologies for not getting back.
linda x

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 14 Nov 2007 11:33

She may have thought she was born there..........if that is where she was brought up, and no-one disillusioned her.............

Your best bet is to wait for the 1911 census..........

Reg

Carter

Carter Report 14 Nov 2007 11:44

thanks reggie great advice as always. is there a way i can find out who lived at 17 higher green lane astley lancashire on the 1901 census ?
thanks linda x

Carter

Carter Report 14 Nov 2007 11:48

just off to get a bit of shopping will be back later many thanks
linda x

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 14 Nov 2007 12:03

There wasn't actually a Higher Green Lane in 1901

There was a Green Lane...........and a Higher Green.

Reg

Carter

Carter Report 14 Nov 2007 14:29

sods law isnt it . thanks again reg .