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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Lancashire => Topic started by: nsledden on Monday 25 January 21 17:27 GMT (UK)
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good evening everyone i hope this finds you well , just on my last few days of isolation after catching covid and decided to have another delve into family history this time on my mothers side , and im struggling to get going and i wonder if anyone can assist a little please , i have ancestry and im very new and struggling so my great grand parents george hamer b.21st march 1914 and gurtrude hamer (nee gregory) b. 10th april 1913 , at this stage i would like to attempt to find out more about george and his parents and possibly siblings they where from oswaldtwistle lancs if anyone can assist i would be most appreciative even if to just get me on the right track all the best .
nathaniel
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Hi Nathaniel -- firstly I am just writing to let you know of 2 great free sites for Lancashire.
http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/
This is completed by volunteers and gives the basic details of births, marriages and deaths in the various districts.
https://www.lan-opc.org.uk/
This site contains thousands of actual parish registers (transcribed from the church records. )
Always give these sites a 'go' for your Lancashire ancestors.
There are also Lancashire Parish records on Ancestry;
Go to Card Catalogue
Type in Lancashire baptisms - or marriages - or burials -- and you will be able to search for what you seek.
By the way in Civil Records Oswaldtwistle came under Blackburn Registration District (as did Church) - whilst Accrington came under Haslingden.
(On Lancs BMD though - if you select a District for ancestors from these places - choose Hyndburn!!)
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There is a birth registration - June quarter 1914 - Haslingden - for George Hamer, mother's maiden name of Eglin - from FreeBMD
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There is an entry for George, Gertrude, Ronald plus one redacted entry in the 1939 Register, living in Oswaldtwistle.
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If you check Lancashire BMD -- there are 2 entries for George's birth - looks like he was born in Accrington.
The 2 entries show 2 names for his mother's maiden name - Eglin and Cross -- so his mother had been married twice.
Now find a marriage for a male Hamer marrying a female Cross or a female Eglin (as we don't know her actual maiden name - whether it was Cross or Eglin!)
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Mary Emma Eglin married Hugh Cross 1895 St Paul Oswaldtwistle
www.lancashirebmd.org.uk
Hugh Cross aged 36 died 1910 Haslingden www.freebmd.org.uk
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To be on the safe side you should really obtain George's birth certificate.
You can order this on line as a PDF copy from the General Register office - it is cheaper than ordering a paper certificate.
https://www.gov.uk/general-register-office
You will firstly need to register if you haven't used the site before.
Then 'Search the GRO Indexes' using George's name and birth year - with the Registration District shown as Haslingden.
When you see the correct result, just click the box and complete the order form. It usually takes about a week - but may be slighly longer at the moment. You will receive an email notification when it is ready to view.
This Register shows Eglin as his mother's maiden name -- but with the info from Lancs BMD it looks like she may have married before to a Cross. Hence she will have married as 'Cross'.
There is a marriage on Lancs BMD of a William Henry Hamer to a Mary Emma Cross in 1912 in Hyndburn -- on the Civil Registration Index it is Haslingden Reg District. It was a Registrar attended wedding.
Hence these 2 MAY be George's parents - but it would be safer to obtain his birth cert.
Unfortunately the marriage and his birth occurred after the 1911 census - so there is no census information to back this up.
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Following on from reply 6 - William Henry Hamer married Mary E Cross 1912 - Civil marriage per Lancsbmd
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1901 census shows Hugh Cross 27 & Mary E 24 both b Accrington - no children
RG13/3859/59/5
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2 children born as follows - both show mmn Eglin - both Haslingden
Gladys Sept qtr 1901 (died 1903) & Albert Dec qtr 1906
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Here's the Eglin/Cross marriage from FS - www.familysearch.org
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKKM-WG9