Elsie Mildred Fleetham

[Colin Cruddace]

Terry,

Zetland Street -
1895, 3 is Selby Fawcett, 30 is Adam Aitcheson
1896, 3 is John Ellerton, 30 is Adam Aitcheson
1897, 3 is John Ellerton, 30 is Anthony Fleetham formerly 17 Dublin Street
1896 Anthony Fleetham, 17 Dublin Street

JR,

Thanks for the moral support. I have the birth certificate and his mother was Elizabeth Bainbridge. Although the Crudace family were in Bishopton and surrounding area my gt-Grandad was born in Ovenden near Halifax and he was named John Crudace Bainbridge. There are no family links to Halifax, and there are no families of Crudace or Bainbridge in that area. His grandparents' eldest daughter was Elizabeth who was born just before they were married and she was baptised in her mother's name which happens to be Bainbridge. I am fairly sure that she is the mother but whichever way I look at it there are unanswerable questions.

Best wishes to both,
Colin

[Tervid03]

Hi Colin,
Thanks very much for your very prompt attention to Zetland Street, the families seemed to change houses nearly as often as I change my shirt!
Looking at the census around about that date doesn't yield any obvious candidates for Elsie's father.

I think I shall leave this on hold for the time being and take a fresh look in the future.

Many thanks for your help, and hope someday that you may find some of the answers to your gt grandad.
Kind Regards
Terry

[fawfam]

Sorry, I cannot help with the father of Elsie.  However, Elizabeth is the sister of my grandmother Agnes Maud born 1879.  I have Elizabeth in the 1901 census as a housemaid at the vicarage in Gilling in Yorkshire.  She married Arthur Wensley Burton in 1904 in Darlington and died in Seaton Delaval in 1962.

Have you traced the ancestors of Elizabeth.  I habe Anthony born 1850, his father Michael born 1816, and his father Thomas.  If you have anything at all on them I would much appreciate it.

[Tervid03]

I haven't gone down the route of any individuals other than Elizabeth but I have recorded that Mary Agnes Fleetham married a John Lee or a William Lasky in the September Quarter of 1903, the Certificate Register number being Darlington Vol 10a Page 40 but you probably are aware of this anyway.
Also have Anthony and Michael in the Census of various years too, you can view these online  with Ancestry down at you local library
Regards
Terry

[fawfam]

Mary Agnes married John Lee in 1903.  She then married William Henry Underwood (my grandfather) in Darlington in Dec qtr 1912 (ref 10a 20).
I have the census entries for Anthony and Michael but could not find them in 1851

[Tervid03]

No! I couldn't find them in the 1851 census either!
regards
Terry