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Hi I have been here before with this, but I have a little bit more information, and maybe you guys could help me finally break this one. Mary Patricia Burns Date of Birth: 2nd of March 1909 Place of Birth: 294 Oxford Road, South Manchester Father: John William Burns (Post office clerk) Mother: Sarah...

Thank you for looking into it for me. These people really are elusive. *sigh*

Would definitely make an extensive list if I went to Manchester. It's too long a drive from here (Norway) to end up forgetting something.

So, go to Manchester?

Ok, I think I'll see if I can get that death certificate for Sarah Burns. Seems to be the cheapest option to try catch Sarah Gamble
I'm out of other ideas.

Where and how do I find and look at electoral lists?There's not much on Ancestry.co.uk as far as I can see.

I'm nowhere close to Manchester unfortunately. Would love to have gone through the All Saints records. http://i.imgur.com/gMati.jpg This is a map of some of the places mentioned from the censuses we've been looking at. I have looked at an old map of Chorlton, and tried to plot in the missing streets...

Yeah, and there's the odd thing about birth years and places changing. It's very hard to follow if it's really the same one.

I've been looking at this site
http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Manchester/Ch ... index.html

And can't see All saints church records being transcribed yet. It's the parish they belonged to.
http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/scrip ... eNumber=14
Do you think these could have something?

It's just a copy, and no signature from informant.

I'm pretty sure she didn't know who her parents were. But no, I'm not 100% certain.

I don't know what the Deakin name is about either, but Greenwood was the name they passed on to next generation.

Informant: Sarah Burns, 294 Oxford Road, South Manchester Registered 24th of March 1909 No husband with her Mary Patricia Burns married John Greenwood in South Manchester in 1928 I don't have much on him either really, I know he died in Manchester in 1967 aged 62, so born year abt. 1905. unknown bir...

I may consider it. Seems to be the be the only candidate I have at this point to help fill in the mystery that is Sarah Gamble. I've been thinking, I have a hard time finding Sarah Gambles in the UK censuses, and S.A. seems to be a more popular name in Ireland. Could she be Irish, and have been marr...

Expensive way to do research though. :S
Spending money to maybe just rule someone out. Would love to know what that death certificate said though.

Oh wow. That does sound like a very likely candidate. http://i.imgur.com/Qgw6R.jpg That's close.... The Sarah Burns who died in Manchester in 1910, was very close in age as him, b: abt 1883, but wouldn't it be more likely if it was the right Sarah, that she was listed as deceased in Chorlton? Also, ...

Nurse Child, A child being looked after by another family for payment. From, m From the little I know about Mary Patricia Burns, it was said she never knew who her parents were, and it's said she was adopted. And there's this. "Prior to 1927 - there were no formal adoption procedures - just pr...

I've also been looking at The Russells, to see how they ended up with little Mary P. They lived at 9 Maskell Street, chorlton on medlock, manchester (Lancashire > South Manchester > Chorlton upon Medlock > 05 > 380 ) I can't find this address today, but I suspect from what I have been looking at tha...

I've looked at her before. But I have a hard time tracing her back in time to see if it's the right Sarah.