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Lancashire / Re: Boys and Girls Refuges and Childrens Aid society.
« on: Thursday 01 July 10 09:25 BST (UK)  »
Hi Migky,

Thanks for all that info.  No birth or birth certificate.  We know he was called Harry, but is listed in a few Census docs as Henry.  We have not found a birth or birth certificate, just marriage certificate for him.  Funny that he wouldn't list his dad though.

You're right, that could be him.  Hard to know as there were a lot of Jolley's in and around Wigan working in the mines.  Could be worth me ordering the certificate do you think - just in case?

It's quite tricky really because I have certainly found a few discrepancies with people's right names, right spelling and right year of birth in all the records I've searched for my genealogy.

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Lancashire / Re: Boys and Girls Refuges and Childrens Aid society.
« on: Thursday 01 July 10 06:37 BST (UK)  »
Hi there,

I'm hoping someone in here can help me.  Like many others living away from Britain I am hopelessly attempting to put my family tree together from my home in Australia.

One roadblock I have hit was with my Great great grandfather Henry Jolley.  His marriage certificate lists no father which means he was illegitimate (??).  Census's found state he was born in Hindley, Wigan in 1862.  I am wondering what orphanages would have been in and around Hindley that I can search.  If Jolley was his mother's maiden name or the name of someone else he took.  If so my Jolley bloodline stops there.

Can anyone in this thread assist me or point me in the right direction?

Much appreciated.


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