Hi All,
Im starting the search again after a few years off...
My Gran was Alice Waudby Barlow born 1920 at 1 Blenheim Cottages Monkgate York. Her mother as per her birth cert is Pollie Barlow (it says "Formerly Rhodes domestic housekeeper" im assuming Rhodes was the surname of the family she worked for as opposed to her maiden name) Since there is no father listed i have taken her mothers maiden name to be Barlow. The fathers name on her marriage cert is William Barlow (although the barlow is a red herring!)
During a search (with help from a fellow roots chat memeber!) a few years back on the 1911 census a William WAUDBY and his family are living at blenheim cottages (So now i assume my grans middle name is actually her fathers surname) he was married and had a family but it looks like they split and his wife in 1911 died in 1923 (Grace Waudby nee Liddell)
Since then on the leeds 1937 electoral roll i have found a William Waudby and Pollie Barlow living at 4 Wellhouse square, Leeds (which is the address my gran has stated on her marriage cert) so i finally feel like im getting somewhere...
But have hit a complete brick wall with Pollie! Is there anyway i can get hold of records of the 2 addresses from 1911 - 1937? i would like to see in which year pollie appears or is there anyway i can trace her job description?
Living in Bath i have found not knowing the leeds area at all a bit of a hindrance as even if i find a pollie barlow birth im not even able to take a guess at the area
but im hoping the 2 addresses are the key to this search without any census's.
Thanks in advance
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