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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Cheshire => Topic started by: Honningsvesken on Monday 04 January 21 12:38 GMT (UK)
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Hi!
I am researching on behalf of my husband from Stockport - I myself am Danish and his fathers side was Scottish, so the English Cheshire side is new to me.
I googled his grand fathers name (Josiah Bennett of Hazel Grove, 1916-1953) and this post came up https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=28578.msg115444#msg115444
I have done to searching on http://www.cheshirebmd.org.uk/, but the info on the search results are sparse (no dates, parents names on births etc.).
How do I go about this? Is there a place where I can search the census? In Denmark everything is free and available online in on spot, so Britain is no easy task for me and I am thankful for any help I can get :-)
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Hi , welcome to RC :)
From https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl -
Birth , Josiah Bennett , 2nd quarter 1916 , Stockport , mother's maiden name Brooke.
Try https://www.familysearch.org/en/ for the England & Wales Census(1841 - 1911).
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Possible marriage , Josiah Bennett / Matilda Brooke , 4th quarter 1908 Stockport.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3R5-DQL
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Also https://www.freecen.org.uk & https://www.freereg.org.uk
available free, transcribed by volunteers.
ADDED: Welcome from me too :). Most rootschat members are very helpful and will be willing to help using all the resources they have available. You are never researching on your own once you have put up a rootschat query.
However I suggest you change the subject of your post to say Josiah Bennett in the title. You can do this within 24 hours of posting by hitting the 'Modify' button at the top right of your first post. This will help focus the search.
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Mother and father(Tilly and Jesse) of Josiah Bennett(born 1916) on 1911 Census ?
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWSG-K7R
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Matilda Brooke was a woman born in 1888 in Stockport Cheshire Stockport. During the 1891 UK Census she was 3 years old and lived in Stockport She appears as the daughter of her house in the 1891 UK Census.
LAST NAME: Brooke
FIRST NAME: Matilda
MIDDLE NAME:
BIRTH YEAR: 1888
BIRTH PLACE: Stockport Cheshire Stockport
COUNTY: Cheshire
AGE: 3
GENDER: Female
RESIDENCE: 25, Edwin St
Stockport,
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS:
Fred K W Brooke (32, Male)
Mary Brooke (32, Female)
Edith Brooke (10, Female)
William Brooke (10, Male)
Harriett Brooke (8, Female)
May Brooke (4, Female)
Matilda Brooke (3, Female)
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From GRO free index https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp
BROOKE, MATILDA Mother's maiden name ROBERTS
GRO Reference: 1888 M Quarter in STOCKPORT Volume 08A Page 82
leading to this marriage on freebmd
Marriages Dec 1877
BROOKE Frederick William Stockport 8a 12
HYDE Jane Stockport 8a 12
ROBERTS Mary Stockport 8a 12
Winterbottom Robert Stockport 8a 12
Frederick married a second time in 1895
Marriages Jun 1895
Brimelow Charlotte Stockport 8a 102
Briscoe William Seed Stockport 8a 102
BROOKE Frederick William Stockport 8a 102
Townley Esther Stockport 8a 102
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sadly Mary Roberts died and Frederick William Brooke re married a Charlotte Brimelow in 1895 .
Fred was a Hatter
but where is Tilly / Matilda in 1901 ?
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Frederick W Brooke Head Male 42 Stockport, Lancashire
Charlotte Brooke Wife Female 42 Stockport, Lancashire
Edith Brooke Daughter Female 22 Stockport, Cheshire
William Brooke Son Male 20 Stockport, Cheshire
...................at a different address - WITH Charlottes daughter and Son - in Hall Street
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Harriet Brooke Daughter Female 18 Stockport, Cheshire
May Brooke Daughter Female 14 Stockport, Cheshire
Matilda Brooke Daughter Female 13 Stockport, Cheshire
William H Brimelow Step Son Male 16 Stockport, Lancashire
Charlotte Brimelow Step Daughter Female 14 Stockport, Lancashire
Matilda is a Cotton Winder
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I disagree, Matilda is at same address 344 Turncroft Lane but on next page to Frederick & Charlotte....
RG13; Piece: 3297; Folio: 88; Pages: 38 & 39
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Familysearch states Hall St ??
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Matilda Brooke
Event Type:
Census
Event Date:
31 Mar 1901
Event Place:
Stockport, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
County:
Cheshire
Civil Parish:
Stockport
Ecclesiastical Parish:
Hall Street
Sub-District:
Stockport Second
Registration District:
Stockport
Gender:
Female
Age:
13
Occupation:
COTTON WINDER
Relationship to Head of Household:
Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated):
1888
Birthplace:
Stockport, Cheshire
Schedule Type:
278
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I looked at the scans on ancestry. The ecclesiastical parish is Hall Street so maybe the parish was the field for the transcriber rather than the street address?
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ah - OK ...a bit confusing that - so are all those I posted at the one address ??
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Yes, all at same address.
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Wow thanks for your help - this will get me started in the right direction!
I am wondering - are death certificates / causes of death available anywhere? Mary Roberts were only 33 and maybe she died in child bed?
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You can get an emailed .pdf birth & death certificates from https://www.gro.gov.uk. You have to register first [for free] but certificates cost [off the top of my head] about £7. You need the GRO index reference, available from GRO index or freebmd.
Marriage certificates cost more as they are paper copies sent by post.
Deaths Mar 1895
Bennett Mary Hannah 32 Stockport 8a 2