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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Berkshire => Topic started by: peggysmum on Friday 03 August 12 23:34 BST (UK)
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hi all. i wander if anyone can do a lookup for my great grand margaret ellen waters.
she was known as ellen. she was born 13 nov 1889 in reading berks as margaret harris. she married my great grandad albert ernest waters i dont know when. she had a lot of pregnancies and still births and managed to have 1 surviving child my grandad ernest. ellen sadly died in nov 1925 (and her husband died a year later, leaving my grandad an orphan). we know they were living in sonning, my great grandad and grandad are buried there ive been to there grave in the churshyard but we can not find ellen.
my aunt has searched for her gran but cant find her and i would love to be able to tell her where her granny is.
this is my great grandparents with there only baby they must have been so proud.
thanks so much tracey
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she was born 13 nov 1889 in reading berks as margaret harris
There is a 1914 marriage in Reading RD between Albert E Waters & Ellen Welch
Son's birth does show Harris as mothers maiden name though
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Hi Carole and all think she is the Grandaughter to William and Elizabeth Welch on 1891 ref RG12/991/121/23
Keyboard86
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Hi Carole and all think she is the Grandaughter to William and Elizabeth Welch on 1891 ref RG12/991/121/23
Keyboard86
With same couple in 1901, but now Harris on RG13/1155/96/9
Keyboard86
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Hi again, this appears to be her baptism:-
Margaret Ellen Harris born 13th November 1889 baptised 20th February 1890 St Mary's Reading Father George Mother Elizabeth
Keyboard86
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hi. yes that is her. her parents are george harris and elizabeth eleanor harris nee welch and for some reason she was living with her welch grandparents during the 01 census, they are william welch and elizabeth greenaway. Her father died in 1901 but her mum elizabeth was still with us till 1956 so i guess maybe she had to get a job and her daughter stayed with her parents i dont know. Ellen's life makes me quite sad , poor lady died younger than i am now, she went through so much to have a child and died when he was only 9, my grandad was born in 1916, she eventually died of cervical cancer, what an insult after going through all that. poor granny. No one knows what happened to her where she was buried, she isint in sonning i did wandder if maybe she ended up back in st marys but i dont know. which is why i thought maybe someone would know how we could find her.
thanks tracey
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Hi
There is a burial for Margaret Ellen Waters at St Mary, Wargrave, Berkshire on 21 December 1925. Age 37, address Wargrave.
Berkslass
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Hi
There is a burial for Margaret Ellen Waters at St Mary, Wargrave, Berkshire on 21 December 1925. Age 37, address Wargrave.
Berkslass
ahh that is brilliant thankyou so much berkslass will look into that one, it must be her well i hope it is. i wander how far wargrave is from sonning,. thanks so much tracey
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Hello
Wargrave and Sonning are not that far distant from each other. If you go to http://www.aboutbritain.com/maps/sonning-map.asp and jiggle the map around you will see how close they are.
Vicwinann
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well i am so excited my aunt will be too when she hears, (she is away on holiday so she has to wait) ive been onto the church and sure enough she is there, the guy who deals with them is going to pop over at some point and take a picture of the spot. she is actually in the "new" cemetery on braybrook rd. it will be like a family reunion. ;D her mum died in 1956 so unless siblings visited after that she has been on her own a long long time.. thankyou all so much im so thrilled i asked. now if only i could find the loveridge lot. ;)
thanks all tracey