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Beginners => Family History Beginners Board => Topic started by: yorkshirerose28 on Thursday 10 August 23 12:03 BST (UK)
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I'm searching for information on my great uncle earl Stephenson.
I know that he was born in1885 to George and Elizabeth Stephenson in north Yorkshire.
I also know that he was a Liverpool pal and he fought in the battle of the Somme.
What i don't know is how or why he was in Liverpool? I don't know if he was married or if he had a
family of his own ?.
I do know that he was the youngest of six children .
Any information would be appreciated
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Well if I have the correct one there is a marriage which could be his:-
Marriages Sep 1909
McCUMISKEY Sarah Ormskirk 8b 1333
STEPHENSON Earl Ormskirk 8b 1333
1911 census has them living at 34 Hall Street, Southport, Lancashire with their one year old son also called Earl.
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He was married in Formby on August 7th 1909. At that time he was a farm labourer resident in Deansgate Lane in Formby.
Formby is on the Lancashire coast between Liverpool and Southport.
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The 1921 has Sarah with her three sons and a boarder but not her husband Earl. Might have still been with the army then.
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https://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Search/indexp.html
The above link is for his marriage. The GRO Ref is Sep 1909 Ormskirk 8b 1333
In 1911 Earl, Sarah and son Earl were living in Southport, Lancashire.
He died 17 August 1916 and is buried/commemorated at the Thiepval Memorial according to the
War Graves Commission site www.cwgc.org
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He was assumed to have been killed in action in August 1916.