Hi,
I've been trying to find my grandfathers family for 2 years now, but with little luck, we discovered he had a brother and sister, the sister Annie we think weve found in Preston, but William b.1905 in St Helens weve never found him and as Annie doesn't seem to have had any children William is our only way of bringing the family forward. My grandfather Thomas died aged 37 in 1952 so my father and his siblings know nothing about him or his family, hence not knowing about the existance of his siblings.
I have found a William Hayes buried in St Helens cemetary aged 62, buried 30/08/1967 which would age him perfectly, I wondered if anyone lives near to the cemetary or has access to records that would help me in any way.
William was born 18/01/1905
mother Sarah Ellen Hayes
William was Illigitimate but had a step father Thomas Hornby
If someone could have a look at the grave or has records that would help, we think he would have married in a catholic church as his mother did to Thomas also his sister Annie did to Thomas Clisham, both marriages were in 1917.
There may be something on the headstone that would match with some of this info or if he had any children does it say he's the father of........
Also in the grave are Lily Hayes aged 21 buried 20/01/1955 and Elizabeth Connelly buried03/12/1953.
grave section 44
grave number 953.
Thankyou to anyone who may be able to help with any of this.
Sammy.
