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The Birth certificate gives the address as 31 Assheton Street, Middleton and the fathers occupation as Driver Royal Field Artillery (Outdoor Labourer). I am assuming the occupation in brackets is his peacetime job.

How wonderful you all are! Gardener, I did wonder if 'childrens home' may have meant workhouse so I shall follow that up and, although I was not looking for a Frank the coincidence of the mothers maiden name may be worth further dig! MarkCDodd, I had noted the marriage of the Amy Naylor and Luther a...

Hello, I am really hoping someone may be able to help me with this one. I am doing a family tree for my son in laws father and on his fathers side have come across nothing but brick walls! Luther Edgar Wade (known as Edgar) was born in 1916 in Middleton Lancashire. His birth certificate states that ...

Hi, Not sure how much help this will be but there is TERMONAMUNGAN, a parish, in the barony of OMAGH, county of TYRONE TERMONMAGUIRK, or TARMON-McGUIRK, a parish, partly in the barony of STRABANE, but chiefly in that of OMAGH, county of TYRONE (taken from Genuki) Not sure why he would have said Dubl...

Hi, Sorry, don't have the answers for you but I do know from experience that back in the day the word 'adopted' often simply meant that the child had been taken in and cared for, usually by a family member. The fact that Mary left nothing to Percy may be indicative of this. Perhaps Mary and Margaret...