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Hi everyone,

I'm new to all this, and I've got a bit stuck.
This is the link to my family tree so far on Ancestry. http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/15022774/family/pedigree?fpid=200134281

I'm trying to find out more about John William Stott and his wife Mary. I know where they're buried, I have a burial certificate and I'm going to try to find the grave soon. But I can't find his marriage or other records because John William Stott is such a common name - there are loads of them! How do I know whether the records I find are the right ones? Any clues or tips to get me going again?
I also think they MAY have had a son called Harold. On the burial certificate that I have there's a Harold Stott buried 13th July 1924 aged 19 - but when I search in 'Deaths' I get two likely possibilities - how do I know which is right? I'm hoping the gravestone might give me some more information?

Do I now need to request birth certificates from the registry office? And if so, how do I do this, and is it expensive? I don't really want to order one, and then find out it's the wrong one! Or is that just all part of the fun?

what area are your stott from rachel

some one might able to pick john and mary up on the 1911 censes with a poss son harold c 1905 ?


yes we all order certs and got the wrong one , there ususally 7 pounds each

Hi Rachel like Peterd ask do you know the area I have search on the 1911 for harold and there are quite a few of those , so if you could give me some idea to narrow it down please.

Annie

Ok can we guide Rachel without giving the answers...please....

He definitely died in Royton, Oldham, Lancashire. And was more than likely born there too. Almost certainly Lancashire - but could be Middleton, Shaw, Oldham, Rochdale if not Royton.
Definitely lived in Royton for much (if not all) of his life, and his address for much of that was Dryclough House, Shaw Road, Royton, Oldham.

I thought I'd found a couple of likely marriages, but they don't give spouse's name, so it's impossible to tell. Grrr.

Ok do you know of the free bmd site here
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/
YOu can find that Harold on there
and you can find a birth that matches

Hi Rachel
And welcome

People can only see what you have on Ancestry if they subscribe too so for the rest of us it doesn't tell what you know.

Do I understand correctly that you have the burial certificate for Harold so know when he was buried, and his age but not when he died?

You may get that off his grave stone, yes. Otherwise if you need to order a certificate then you can give extra information if you have it, that helps reduce the number of mistakes.


The 1911 census might help, as Pete says, if you can find Harold with his parents then you will have a better idea of when and where he was born so you might be able to find his birth certificate and that will give his mother's maiden name which should help pin down her marriage. Sometimes a sibling is easier to locate, if they have an unusual name.

Funny, if I'd been asked I would have said that Harold Stott was an unusual name but obviously not!!

OK, I couldn't find any on that site. But when I search FreeBMD on Ancestry I get two that are pretty much identical. Both Oldham, 1905 and Oct-Nov-Dec.
There's no real way of knowing is there? Would this be where I just order the birth certificate to find out?

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

you can also use this site rachel

http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/index.php?form_action=local

If you ask in General discussion someone will look up the 1911 for you

Here you go Rachel the 1911 census this should help you find them a bit easier, looks like Mary's maiden name could have been Lees.

1911 census transcription details for: 23 Shaw Road Royton
STOTT, John William Head Married M 46 1865 Cotton Mill Manager Thornham Lancashire
STOTT, Mary Wife Married
24 years F 47 1864 Lancashire Oldham
STOTT, Ethel Daughter Single F 20 1891 Laundress Lancashire Royton
STOTT, Harold Son M 6 1905 Lancashire Royton
LEES, Maria Mother In Law Widow F 80 1831 Lancashire Royton


Annie

If he died July 1924 aged 19 then I think he could have been born Jan-June 1905 or July-Dec 1904 couldn't he? So the Jun qtr 1904 is a possible too isn't it?

If viewing the grave stone is an option I would start there - and the 1911 census if you don't want to wait.

(Annie has done that now so that is great!)

And armed with the maiden name of Mary you can easily find a marriage

1911 census shows Mary's mother as Maria Lees.

Marriages Sep 1886,
Arnfield Mary, Oldham, 8d, 829,
Bolton Albert, Oldham, 8d, 829,
LEES Mary, Oldham, 8d, 829,
Stott John William, Oldham, 8d, 829,

Jimmy wrote:1911 census shows Mary's mother as Maria Lees.

Marriages Sep 1886,
Arnfield Mary, Oldham, 8d, 829,
Bolton Albert, Oldham, 8d, 829,
LEES Mary, Oldham, 8d, 829,
Stott John William, Oldham, 8d, 829,

Jimmy!!

In the beginners section they find the info themselves....aggghhhh!

Rachel if you go to the free bmd section you will find that marriage above
if you go to the site Pete flagged
http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/

you will find the marriage and the church
armed with that you can get a copy of that from the archives
for little money