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My gran Ellen Inglis who was born Ellen Lawlor in Glasgow, was said to be visiting her sister in Durham (I think nobody knows where she was) and she died and I believe was buried/cremated there around 1948. She would have been 45 ish. Her husband was Robert Inglis, her parents were Patrick and Elizabeth Lawlor. Can anyone help??
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Hi,
This appears to be the death record -
Ellen Inglis
Birth Date - abt 1902
Date of Registration - Jun 1948
Age at Death - 46
Registration District - Durham South eastern
Vol 1a Page 556
Her death cert would give details of where she died.
JJ
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Thank you JJ. That was quick - I have been searching for her for such a long time. Where did you find her??
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You'll find it on http://www.freebmd.org.uk/
JJ
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Thank you!
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If you intend to get her death cert make sure you do it through the official GRO website.
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/
It will cost you just £9-25 from them.Costs loads more from other sites ;D
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Thank you! I don't know that this is her. Spoke to some relatives last night and nobody knows when she went to England or where she went. I know that she was having children in the 1930's and am pretty sure she wasn't around in the 60's. Shes not on the S/P website.... so maybe the went to England story is true! Like looking for a needle in a haystack.
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My gran Ellen Inglis who was born Ellen Lawlor in Glasgow, was said to be visiting her sister in Durham (I think nobody knows where she was) and she died and I believe was buried/cremated there around 1948. She would have been 45 ish. Her husband was Robert Inglis, her parents were Patrick and Elizabeth Lawlor. Can anyone help??
The info you gave us in your first posting lead JJen to come up with exactly the right person that fits all the criteria.So are you now saying that isn't her?
The name Ellen Inglis is very unusual and there aren't that many of them about.
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Sorry yes! The info I had from my relations was that she went to Corby, then Nottingham, then Newcastle and finally Durham, but no-one knows when she went or can say categorically where she went. Like you say there arent that many Ellen Inglis's on the BMD website (thank you for that JJ didn't know it existed) it only came up with two possibilites one in Durham (1948) and one in Bedford (1960) both fit the birth year. I will get the death certs from the GRO as you suggested and see if either is her.
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Any idea of her sisters married name. :-\
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Sadly not! I know absolutely nothing about her. The story goes that she was ill and went home to die leaving her husband and 8 children behind. I then discovered that she was born and bred in Glasgow so that story went out the window. It then changed to she was visiting her sister somewhere in England, which really could be anywhere. Not much to go on.
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Hi
It's been a few years since you posted this but on the offchance that you haven't solved the mystery yet, I think I can provide more info.
We have a strangely similar family tale. An aunt known as Nellie "came home" to the Lawlor family who were all from Glasgow and had moved to Billingham (TS23) in the 1930s. She died and was buried in St Cuthbert's Churchyard on Billingham Green. I don't know much more than this but happy to pass on what I know in case this is the person you were looking for.