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Seeking help to discover grandparents names.

Postby macatac007 » Mon Dec 14, 2020 2:31 pm

Could any of you great people please help at all.
My partner lost her parents whilst a young child, ive recently managed to get ahold of their death certificates.
My partner does not know the names of her grandparents and would love to find out.
I have very limited info, gotten from the death certificates if anybody is able to help at all.
My partners father was Sidney Foulkes b july 1st 1907 in Bolton.
Her mother was Elsie Foulkes,nee Hornby born approx 1922/23 possibly Bolton. Passed away Jan 1963.
It would mean so much to my partner if she could discover her grandparents names, any help would be greatly appreciated
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Re: Seeking help to discover grandparents names.

Postby BC Wench » Mon Dec 14, 2020 5:20 pm

1950 Bolton Register Office or Registrar Attended Bolton RO/H11/28
FOULKES Sydney HORNBY Elsie
(This marriage could mean they were married in Bolton Register Office or a Nonconformist Church)

This looks like Sidney and his brother Percy

1911 Census: Tong Moor, Bolton, Lancs
George Ball, Head.Mar, 55, Roller Turner/Iron Work
Sarah Ball, Wife, 38, Goldenhill, Staffs Married: 16yrs 8 Children 8 Living 0 Died
Walter Ball, Son, 15, Little Piecer/Cotton Mill
Wilfred Ball, Son, 13, Little Piecer/Cotton Mill
Emma Ball, Dau, 11, School
Nellie Ball, Dau, 9, School
Mary Hannah Ball, Dau, 6, School
Lily Ball, Dau, 4, School
George Ball, Son, 2
John Edward Ball, Son, 6mths
Percy Foulkes, Relative.Visitor, 13, Little Piecer/Cotton Mill, Daubhill, Lancs
Sidney Foulkes, Relative.Visitor, 4, Daubhill, Lancs
(Others born Bolton)

From the GRO Birth Index https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro

FOULKES, SYDNEY - Mother's Maiden Name: WILLIAMS
GRO Reference: 1907 S Quarter in BOLTON Volume 08C Page 370

FOULKES, PERCY - Mother's Maiden Name: WILLIAMS
GRO Reference: 1898 M Quarter in BOLTON Volume 08C Page 381

Baptism: 19 Jan 1898 St George the Martyr, Bolton
Percy (Born 28 Dec 1897) - Parents: Robert & Mary Foulkes - 369 St Helen's Road - Collier

Marriage of Parents of Sidney & Percy from http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk

Marriage: 1897 Bolton Register Office or Registrar Attended Lancashire Bolton RO/122/197
FOULKES Robert WILLIAMS Mary

National School Admission Registers - St Matthew's Church of England, School
Sidney Foulkes, Admission: 3.8.1914 Birth: 1.7.07 - Name of Parent or Guardian: Blank - Address: 10 Topping St.

Japanese Index Cards of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees, Second World War, 1942-1945
Prison Camp or Ship: Batavia, Java
Sydney Foulkes, Birth: 1907.7.1.
Rank: Soldier. Army. E. Unit: No: 1730328 77th. H.A.A. Regiment R.A.
Date of Capture: 17.3.11 (I don't understand this date)
Father's Name: Robert (Crossed through)
Mother's Name: Mary
Place of Origin: 9 Stanley Street, Bolton, England
Destination of Report: Mrs. Foulkes, 12, Greenhalgh Street, Bolton, Lancashire

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This looks like Sydney's wife Elsie Hornby

1939 National Register: 4 School Court, Bolton, Turton U.D., Lancs
Ann M (Martha Ann) Hornby (Moss), 4 May 1893, Widow, Unpaid Domestic Duties
Elsie Hornby (Foulkes), 17 March 1922, Single, Dairy Maid (Mar: 25/7/50)
1 closed record

(Where it says (Moss) this means Martha Ann married somebody Moss after the 1939 Register was taken)

1943 Bolton Register Office or Registrar Attended Bolton RO/H7/38
HORNBY Martha A MOSS Herbert

From Lancashire Online Parish Clerk https://www.lan-opc.org.uk/

Baptism: 7 May 1922 Christ Church, Walmsley, Lancashire, England
Elsie Hornby - [Child] of George Hornby & Martha Ann
Born: 17 Mar 1922
Abode: 2 School Court, Egerton
Occupation: Machinist
Baptised by: Jas. O Coleman Vicar
Register: Baptisms 1909 - 1949, Page 79, Entry 627
Source: Register at Manchester Library

Marriage: 3 May 1919 St Matthew, Bolton, Lancashire, England
George Hornby - 37, Beaterman, Widower, 2 School Court, Egerton, Parish of Walmsley
Martha Ann Critchley - 27, Spinster, 27 St. Ann St.
Groom's Father: Robert Hornby, Farmer
Bride's Father: Robert Critchley, Labourer
Witness: Thomas Henry Critchley; Robert Critchley; Emily Walton
Married by Banns by: Arthur P. Bradshaw Curate
Register: Marriages 1911 - 1920, Page 201, Entry 402
Source: Original register
Researching: PARGETER, BELCHER, BRADLEY, DANDO, ROWLEY, ROWSELL
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Re: Seeking help to discover grandparents names.

Postby macatac007 » Mon Dec 14, 2020 6:15 pm

Thanks so much for the info, and taking the time to dig this out. Very much appreciated.
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Re: Seeking help to discover grandparents names.

Postby Northern Lass » Tue Dec 15, 2020 11:42 am

moving to gen discussion.
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