Lancashire Records Office.

[vronlady]

Hi Dotty

don't know if you can help n one of your trips to the lancashire records office..  My grandfather William Walker married Elizabeth Grills in may 1913 in west derby, liverpool and i have their marriage certificate. On this it says william was a police constable at preston and the archives at preston have given me the following references for his police record there.

Reference PLA 11/33, page 220
Lancashire Constabulary Examination Book

Reference PLA 13/1 series
Lancashire Constabulary Photograph Book

Also Reference PLA 54/1, No 569
Lancashire Constabulary Record Sheet (but i understand this is not available to general public but through their own research service)

i was going to send for them but they will cost be £10 each and i don't know if they will give me the information i need which is williams mothers name. I know his fathers name of thomas christopher walker is given.
William was born 25 Jan either 1888 or 1889 and i would like confirmation of which year and birthplace if possible. finally it would be great to know what years he joined and left police service.

i know it is  alot to ask and quite understand if you are too busy to do this. my father died when i was young and i know very little about this side of the family and it is hard to get started

many many thanks
Trudy

[kooky]

Dotty,  I wonder if you have time,  could you check this marriage?

HOUGHTON AINSWORTH + ELLEN NUTTALL
17th December 1835 St. Mary Blackburn,Lancashire,England.

[I found this in the IGI. In Ellen's death cert. 23rd Jan 1901 she was 84 and widow of Houghton Ainsworth, cotton manufacturer.]

I would love to find Houghton's father.
Kooky

[judi2632]

Hi Dotty

If you are in the LRO & have time please would you do me a huge favour & look for a baptism for me. I have looked on LPR site with no luck.

The GGgrandfather I am looking for is WILLIAM GASKELL born around 1829/1832. Every census says he was born in Ormskirk Lancashire.

I am trying to find his birth record

On his marriage Certificate to Margaret Rothwell, in 1854, there was no father listed so poss born out of wedlock. he was listed as aged 22 on this marriage certificate making a birth year of 1832.

If you come across any birth records for the following I would love the information
Mary Gaskell 1811
Jane Gaskell 1833
James Gaskell 1837   All Ormskirk


Many thanks

Regards Judi

[toni*]

Hi this is probably a big ask but i have Thomas Bentley b. according to the census 1841/2 Salford

i have his marriage cert to Sarah Tunsatll 25.12.1867 in Bradford (age 26)
Thomas is a rope maker

his father is named as Robert, printer

Robert is not given as deceased

i would like to get back further than Thomas but no-one (several people have looked on here) can find Thomas in 1841 or 51 or even 61 with a father Robert and in fact i don't think anyone can find a Robert Bentley printer.

there are several Thomas Bentleys but i cannot be sure which one is him.

do you think you may be able to find a baptisim for him?


 

[millymcb]

Hi Dotty,

Not sure if you are still regularly visiting the Lancs Record Office but if you are and have time, would you be able to do me a huge favour (or two favours even?) 

I have baptism info from IGI but would be really grateful if you could take a look at the Parish Registers to see if there were any comments written at the time   ...mainly concerning the father(s).   I guess it is unlikely to yield more information but it would be fantastic if it did. 

Harriet Parkinson
Christening. :     
04 JAN 1880      St Andrews, Manchester, Lancashire, England
Mother:     Ann Eliza Parkinson 



ALSO... I don't know if this is enough info as I only have a birth date

Sophia Oldham
born 6/7/1882
address Wainwright Street, Ancoat

I don't know what church it would have been unfortunately..but if it's any help she married at St Silas in 1904, and her mother's sister married in 1869 at St Johns, parish of Manchester.

Again - I'm hoping there may be more info or notes on the Parish Register than there is on the actual birth certificate - which is rather lacking in the essential details!
 

 
Many many thanks

Milly

[DaveC]

Hi,
I have the marriage cert of Thomas Campbell and Hannah Leach,19/05/1850 St Wilfreds, Preston, but when my brother went to Preston to check the parish records, a few years ago, he was unable to find the marriage.
If someone who knows their way around could recheck, I would be most grateful.
As far as we know, there were no catholics in the family so does anyone know why they would be married there.
Also, if it's not too much trouble, are there any earlier Campbells in the records - we can't find anything for Thomas except for the marriage cert which says his father was also Thomas, a joiner.

Thanks,
    Dave

[baldy]

Hi Dotty.
Are you still doing look ups?
If so may I ask for this

Do not know up to what year the records are able to be searched !
Death lookup
(K) Catherine Ferguson Beattie dob:-1888 in Salford
Parents were Thomas Beattie & Elizabeth Grierson

Believe that this maybe around 1906?

I have been able to locate her only up to 1901 census

Anything that could be found would be greatly appreciated.

Regards
Baldy (au)

[KathyM]

Thereis a death registered in Manchester Dec q. 1906 8d 166 for a Catherine Beattie aged 18....perhaps this is her.

[baldy]

Hi Kathy.
Many thanks for the reply.
I am really at a loss for this person.
I have a photo of her taken c:-1900,in it she appears to be about 18--20 years of age,and looking as if there is nothing amiss with her..

I have not been able to find anything on/about her since the 1901 census,it may well be the same person.

I will have to send for a death certificate to "see' if this is the same person.

Again thank you for the reply

Kindest Regards
Baldy (au)