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There's no Thomas James in the BMD in first or second quarter in Rochdale. There is however a Thomas Jaine in the first quarter of 1875. No other Thomas J. I cannot find any subsequent record of him. Could that be my Thomas?

Sorry for the very late reply. Yes, I got the name from family. So I'm 99.9% sure that what you've found in this thread is correct and this must be the right family. But now I am very unsure if I was right about his parents. Would Spotland be a BMD district of it's own, and if so, why can't I find a...

Thank you very much for all this! It looks right to me too. There are two things that doesn't add up to me when I compare this to the information that I already have. - In the marriage record above, Thomas's father is named as "Thomas James". In my research I had Thomas's father down as Fr...

Thanks, Jimmy. Unfortunately, the 1939 census is one of few sources of information that I've found already. Oddly enough, the dates from the census doesn't align 100% with the information I have from Elizabeth's grave. It states that Elizabeth died 18th of October 1960, aged 87 years , which would p...

Hi, I'm helping my fiancee with her genealogy and I've gotten a bit stuck. Her great grandmother Elizabeth James , born 8th of November 1873 (Location unknown, most likely Lancashire or Cheshire), died 18th of October 1960 in Warrington, Lancashire. Buried in Hollinfare Cemetery, Warrington, Cheshir...