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Lancashire Lookup Offers / Re: Ford & Yew Tree Cemetery Records
« on: Sunday 21 February 21 12:29 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: ozranga on Sunday 21 February 21 11:08 GMT (UK)
Hi Jon,
Back to basics & track each one - you'll make the link.
If you make another post in the Lancashire page, someone may be able to tell you if there is a headstone
Marienne

Yes the basics are the important thing, I have been on this trail for almost 10 years to the day.

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Lancashire Lookup Offers / Re: Ford & Yew Tree Cemetery Records
« on: Sunday 21 February 21 12:26 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Tickettyboo on Sunday 21 February 21 12:14 GMT (UK)
Quote from: Jon Byrne on Sunday 21 February 21 08:20 GMT (UK)
After summer late light digging I have come to the conclusion I'll need to visit to try and see if there is an inscription, might help explain the link.

A good starting point is on FreeBMD
Marriages Q3 1935 Liverpool S.
John A McDowell and Mary A Byrne on the same page

Boo

Thank you I spotted that last night, I presume the Mary who was on the title deed is not the lady who is buried there, more.

I am on a long long trail of trying to trace my grandfather Joseph Harold Byrne born in 1914, so far we have been unable to find a death date for him. The last photo and contact known is around 1960.

He was born in Liverpool and spent most of his life there when he was not at sea untill he moved to Manchester in the 1950s.

We have discovered so much including photos and story's that where not known of, but we still have not found his death, this one slipped under the radar as the death occurred in Birmingham and for a man who spent all his life working on or by the sea it would seem like a strange place to be. But now the cemetery records are available this has become a potential if only slight.

More digging required



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Lancashire Lookup Offers / Re: Ford & Yew Tree Cemetery Records
« on: Sunday 21 February 21 08:20 GMT (UK)  »
After summer late light digging I have come to the conclusion I'll need to visit to try and see if there is an inscription, might help explain the link.

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Lancashire Lookup Offers / Re: Ford & Yew Tree Cemetery Records
« on: Sunday 21 February 21 02:10 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: ozranga on Sunday 21 February 21 01:06 GMT (UK)
Jon
 FORD  D137
DEEDHOLDER    Mary A McDowell 32A Westbourne St L
Name    Surname   Died at   Age   Interred on
McDowell   Mary   32A Westbourne St L6   80   8/7/1958
Byrne   Joseph   3 Adlington House L3   58   5/2/1973
McDowell   John Alexander   3 Adlington  House L3   67   10/10/1985

Brilliant thank you, although I think that just confuses me more :-)

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Lancashire Lookup Offers / Re: Ford & Yew Tree Cemetery Records
« on: Saturday 20 February 21 22:56 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Everyone

Would it be possible to let me know who was buried at plot D137.

I have a record of Joseph Byrne being buried there on the 5th January 1973 but unsure if it is a public grave or if he was buried with any family.

Thank you for your time.

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The Common Room / Re: Bit of a brick wall - Joseph Harold Byrne
« on: Monday 04 July 11 15:34 BST (UK)  »
So it could make sense, I am still trying to get his pre war records so hopefully it will confirm or deny these thoughts.

Thanks for the help

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The Common Room / Re: Bit of a brick wall - Joseph Harold Byrne
« on: Monday 04 July 11 13:55 BST (UK)  »
Just been to the library and checked the Ancestry Passenger lists and there is a Joseph Byrne of the right age, height and build who worked a number of ships in the 30's and early 50's and landed in New York, I will do some more digging.

Does it sound reasonable that someone in the Merchant Navy would get a job working on a ship doing something other than their normal trade?

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Sligo / Re: HOEY or HOY Sligo - Info available
« on: Sunday 03 July 11 21:52 BST (UK)  »
Not really a look up request but the names stood out to me, I have just started on this branch of my tree and I have Hoy/Hoey's from Sligo, specifically the Lissadil area.

My Great Great Grandfather was James Hoy born in Approx 1871 in Sligo it is this family, Bridget is my Great Grandmother.

One question I have is how does the Hoy \ Hoey work, is a English / Irish version of the same surname?

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The Lighter Side / Re: Four Trees -Our Great Grandmothers
« on: Sunday 03 July 11 21:17 BST (UK)  »
I have all 4 of mine, pretty easy for 3 of them as they died in pretty recent history and I remember one of them, however I know have a picture of the one I had never even heard of, she is probably my favourite and most intriguing one of my ancestors so far.

Rosina Edith Gower      - 1872 - 1951
Eliza Doris Magee         - 1912 - 1986
Winifred Lilian Herrick   - 1906 - 1981
Bridget Hoey/Hoy         - 1901 - 1981

Winifred was born in London and died a few weeks before I was born, Bridget was born in Sligo and dies a few weeks after I was born. Eliza was born in Stockport, I have fond memories of visiting as a child, we called her GranGran.

Rosina as you can see was 30 years older than the next oldest, she was born in London in a workhouse although they where only there for a week.

Now I have put these 4 down in one list I have realised that they have been some of the most enjoyable to find out about so far.

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