Which of your ancestors have disappeared?

[liverpool lass]

I haven't really taken it in yet! We now know when she died and what of. The sad thing is, she outlived her husband by 9 years. When she died they didn't know his christian name to put it on the cert. By this time her son was married with 4 children and her youngest daughter was about to be married. We did find out that she went to the Lancaster Asylum from the Union Workhouse in Liverpool so I suppose we could follow the records. Would she have been in the workhouse because she had 'milk fever'? I don't think they could have been destitute as the children were living with her mother in law and brother in laws family. More questions I'm afraid but at least we know what happened to her. Now where did husband Domenick go??

[KathMc]

Isn't that the truth: For every answer, so many more questions...

Kath

[karenlee]

Would we have it any other way Kath??  If we had all the answers it wouldn't be any fun at all.  The thrill of the chase and all that you know

[Kmwjordan]

I have relatives I simply cannot find, from just the last century! My mother had 3 brothers, 2 of whom died in the 1970's and left families I have never met.

Thomas Newton, b 20 Sept 1913, reg in Birkenhead, d in 1977 in Wallasey. He had several strokes and died in hospital I believe.

Maurice Newton, b 21 Oct 1920, reg Birkenhead, d 5 (?) Jan 1972 in Birkenhead. I believe he died of a heart attack.

Both men were married, and I am pretty certain they had children. But I can't seem to find anything!

This is very frustrating, as my parents are both dead, and my sister and I have no extended family whatsoever.

Thanks for this thread. It's going to come in handy, at least for venting!!!

Kathleen

[glenclare]

Kathleen
Have you got the death certificates for the brothers ? That should give you a starting point. If you have details post them and I will try and trace them.
Glen

[karenlee]

Hi Kathleen

Since you have some details on these deaths, have you checked for a death notice or obit in the relevant newspapers.  They should be held in the Library of the town or city where the deaths occurred.  I will check the Marriage Index and see if I can find anything on these men for you.

Cheers
Karenlee

[MarieC]

Well done, Karenlee and liverpool lass!!  That's great news!

Kathleen, that's really sad!  I hope the others can help you find your uncle's families, so that you will have extended family.  What a joy that would be!!  Keep us in touch with this.

MarieC

[lizdb]

Thomas Newton, b 20 Sept 1913, reg in Birkenhead, d in 1977 in Wallasey. He had several strokes and died in hospital I believe.

Maurice Newton, b 21 Oct 1920, reg Birkenhead, d 5 (?) Jan 1972 in Birkenhead. I believe he died of a heart attack.

Here are the references so you can get death certs - hopefully deaths will be registered by widow or children to give you a start:

Thomas Newton (d-o-b given as 20 Sept 1913) death registered in Apr/May/Jun quarter of 1977, wallasey reg area, ref 37 0965

Maurice Newton (d-o-b given as 21 Sep 1920) death reg in Jan/Feb/Mar 1972 in Birkenhead area ref 10a 9

With the more unusual name of Maurice you may find his marriage just by trawling through the marriage indexes from about 1940ish onwards, then once you have wife's maiden name try for children in the birth indexes in the same way.  I recently had success by this method, when all I had for someone was there death cert with death registered by a son-in-law - sa Ll I knew was that he probably had a daughter!

[lizdb]

OK not such a cool idea -  I started looking 1940-41 and already 4 or 5 Maurice Newton marriages! More of a popular name than I thought! None in that area though, might be worth pursuing to see if any in Birkenhaed/Liverpool/Wallasey area