Very new and headbutting the wall already!

[LivingDeadGirl]

So hello everyone!  Pretty new to all this "lets research my family" stuff, but extremely interested in all aspects of it but I'm afraid I've hit a brick wall far too soon for my liking and I'm wondering if anyone might be able to point me in the right direction.  I'll give you a little family history.

My Grandfather - Laurence Williams (born 31/12/1921 : died 01/11/1992) was married to a Doris GALTRESS (could have been Dorothy) (born 20/08/1921 : died c1996

According to my Aunt my Grandmothers parents were Thomas Galtress (born c1895) and Gertrude Harrison (born c1985), I'm not sure how accurate her information is and what with family fall-outs and distance and things none of our family speaks.  I'm trying to find out if this information is actually correct, but with a random name like Galtress I'm afraid I'm not doing very well in my quest.

My grandparents died in Birkenhead, but I'm not sure where they came from originally.

Any advice or help or information would be very greatly appreciated!

Many thanks,

Emma

[hepburn]

Hi Emma,
               for starters,Thomas Galtress married Gertrude Harrison Dec' qtr Birkenhead 1914..

[Woody32]

Hi Emma, Welcome to Rootschat..

The basic marriage information can be found at http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

and you will find the marriage that Hepburn posted.

[LizzieW]

Hi Emma

Welcome to Rootschat.

There is a marriage of a Thomas Galtress to a Gertrude Harrison on FreeBMD.  The reference if you want to get the marriage certificate is
Dec.1914 Birkenhead 8a 1078 (Dec.means they married probably between 1.10.1914 and 31.12.1914.

Also on FreeBMD there are the following Galtress births, with the mother's maiden name Harrison:

Thomas - Dec.1916 Birkenhead 8a 867
William C Sep 1918 Birkenhead 8a 759
Margaret G Dec 1919 Birkenhead 7a 965
Doris Dec 1921 Birkenhead 8a 860
Frederick Sept 1923 Birkenhead 8a 851

If you start off by buying the wedding certificate of Thomas Galtress and Gertrude Harrison, you will find out their ages and the names of their fathers.

If you want to find the marriage details of Lawrence Williams and Doris Galtress, which I guess would have been in the late 1930s/early 1940s, you will need to trawl through marriage records on either Ancestry or Findmypast.  You can buy credits for either of these, or possibly get free access to Ancestry from your library.

Hope this helps and starts you off on your new hobby

Lizzie

[Peonie]

Hi Emma,

welcome to Rootschat.

Marriage for Laurence Williams and Doris Galtress March Q 1949  (Vol.11a pg 122) Birkenhead

Peonie

[LivingDeadGirl]

Oh wow!  Thank you ever, ever so much!
You all make it look so easy

Thanks again!

[arabrab]

Hi
Welcome to Rootschat

There is a marriage of Lawrence Williams to Doris Galtress or Davis in the March quarter of 1949 in Birkenhead ref 10a 122

This may mean Doris was married twice Hence the two names

Barbara

[netgrrl79]

It is, when you learn where to look and maybe more importantly what to look for! I've been into family trees for years, but have only seriously started to research mine in the last month or so, and have already uncovered a family scandal  

[Woody32]

This could be your Thomas in 1901..If you get the Marriage certificate it will show you the Fathers names..then you can go on from there.

Living at 1 carpenters row Birkenhead.

Thomas Galtress aged 35  Fishmonger b Liverpool
Magaret Galtress aged 38  b Liverpool
Phoebe Galtress aged 14  b Birkenhead
Bertie Galtress aged12  b Birkenhead
Thomas Galtress aged 8  b Birkenhead
William Galtress aged 6  b Birkenhead
Richard Galtress aged 4  b Birkenhead
May Galtress aged 2  b Birkenhead

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