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Hi Kiltaglassan,

That process just brings me up the probate information, I already have that, I am trying to search for the will to find see if it says where he was buried as it was not in the family plot, the same as his youngest brother reginald. But nobody seems to know where Williams will is I have contacted a few people and even paid for a search and it still cannot be found.

Hi Douglas P,

I already have all that information about Ann Caddick but we as well cannot seem to find an official marrige certificate for her marrying William Hughes, from my research i think the marriage should have taken place around 1921 as Ann is on electrol rolls with her son Reginald as Kendrick up until that point and then on the 1921 census they are living together at Tamhorn Park.

There is absolutely no chance of him being buried with Esther they had a very nasty divorce that was all over the newspapers as she fell in love with the chauffeur.

We cannot find the marriage certificate for his marriage to Ann but we do know that they did marry and we believe she is the woman named Lily in the newpaper article about his death as that is the name she is buried with on her first husbands grave. (its very confusing)

So.... I have tried to find Williams will and that has hit a bit of a dead end as the solicitors office that had it is no longer around but I am still working on that. As for his wife "lily" that appears to be his second wife Ann and she is buried with her first husband so no help there.

As for Reginald, I contacted the Shropshire book of remembrance and according to them there is no record of him in there even though he died in Salop Infirmary in Shrewsbury.

So I am currently no closer to finding out what happened to either of them after their deaths, does anyone have any more ideas for me to try?

My great-grandfather purchased a family burial plot at St Luke’s Church in Formby, where most of his family is buried — he and his wife, eight of their ten children, and several grandchildren.

However, the eldest and youngest sons are missing from the plot, and I’ve been unable to locate their burial records. The eldest, William John Seddon Hughes, died on 6 November 1937 in Sussex, and the youngest, Reginald Hamilton Hughes, died on 2 April 1960 at the Royal Salop Infirmary in Shrewsbury. Despite their rather distinctive names, I can’t seem to find any record of where they were buried. Am I overlooking something?

We have a cousin, William Shelton Bradley Hughes, who was born in Canada in 1911. Sadly, both of his parents passed away in 1921, and one of his aunts travelled to Canada to bring him back to England. We know he attended Shrewsbury School, but unfortunately he died on 26th September 1926. He is buried in the family plot in Formby, and this date is engraved on the headstone. However, we have been unable to locate an official record of his death. We don’t know where or how he died, and although I’ve ordered several possible death certificates, none have matched. Would there be any reason why a death certificate might not exist or be difficult to locate?