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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Yorkshire (West Riding) => Topic started by: helendha on Wednesday 01 March 06 22:31 GMT (UK)
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Hi - this is a follow-on to a previous thread of mine (see :Chasing a Family Skeleton").
Well, the skeleton is well and truly out of the closet - my grandmother *did* in fact give birth to a stillborn baby boy in October 1940.
My Mum got a copy of the stillbirth register entry yesterday (thanks so much for your help on that one, Guy!) and she and my Aunt are now trying to find out where the grave might be. They strongly suspect Undercliffe Cemetery in Bradford as that is where much of that side of the family is, but the cemetery requires the date of death of my great, great grandmother in order to do a search of their records. (I know this sounds odd, but this is because my Aunt, who is the older sibling, remembers being taken as a small child by her father to visit a grave every week, and she wonders if maybe the baby was buried in her grandmother's grave there).
But now I hit a (new) problem; I cannot find any record of my great-grandmother at all - not a birth, death or marriage! So here is the info I have and I would be most grateful if anyone can help as I just spent a good 3 hours looking on every website I can think of to no avail....
My grandmother (the baby's mother) was Dorothy Frankland (nee Walton), born 14th August 1921 and died November 1977.
Her parents were Ernest and Hilda Walton (nee Kitcheman); Hilda was born around 1904, Ernest was born 28th August 1904 and died August 1987. I can find no record of their marriage, but my Mum believes it was in around 1923.
All we know of Hilda's mother is that she was called Harriet Ann. We don't know her father's name and I cannot search for a marriage as I do not know her maiden name.
So, long story short: I need the date of death for Harriet Ann Kitcheman and my family will be eternally grateful for any help!
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Hi
There is a 1901 census return for Edward Kitcheman & family in Bradford
RG 13/4163 folio 50 pg 25
Wife is Harriet & daughters Lela & Amelia [1893 & 1898]
Address 51 Jesse St, Allerton, Bradford
BMD has marriage Q1 1886 Edward Kitcheman & Harriet Whitehead
Need to find Hilda's birth to tie this down properly though.
Good luck
SandraC