1911 Census Lookup, Please! - Griffiths

[LisaNorthumberland]

Hi,

Would anyone be able to help me trace my great grandparents please - I've hit a complete brick wall! My grandmother was called Edith Mary Griffiths, born 1909 in Amble/Alnwick/Chevington I think - she died when I was a baby and I never knew her so I'm not exactly sure where she was born. I don't know much at all about her parents. I think her mother was also called Edith Mary Griffiths (nee Mole) and she married John Henry Griffiths in Northumberland (again Amble/Alnwick) in 1904. I've been told that John may have travelled from Wales to work in the mines around Chevington. Also I've been told that Edith Mole's father ran a post office/shop in the Amble/Chevington area.

If anyone could help me look them up in the 1911 census and let me know where they lived/occupations that would be fantastic. They would be a family of four as far as I know in 1911 - John Henry, Edith Mary, their son William Henry (born around 1907) and my grandmother Edith Mary (born 1909)

Many thanks,
Lisa.

[louisa maud]

Hi Lisa
Sorry , unfortunately we are not allowed to do any 1911 look ups

Louisa Maud

[LisaNorthumberland]

Hi,

I didn't realise that. Which censuses can people look up? Any info or help at all on the Griffiths/Mole families mentioned would be a great help.

Many thanks,
Lisa.

[sillgen]

See http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,355484.0.html re 1911

The index is free to search and there are lots of suggestions on this thread:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,492718.0.html

Any other census is fine.  The 1881 is free on several sites so you can look yourself.    www.freebmd.org.uk is a useful site too.  The marriage in 1904 is on there so buying that certificate would get you a generation further back.
Andrea

[LisaNorthumberland]

Thanks I will check those out. You're right, the 1904 marriage would be my best bet as I am having real trouble finding out where my great grandparents were born and where they may have lived.

Kind regards,
Lisa. 

[heywood]

Hello Lisa,

if you look at the 1911 help given to you and search the indexes for Edith Mary, you may find her. You know her name, year of birth and the county so you may be lucky and then you can download the page for a fee.

regards
heywood

[c-side]

Hi Lisa,

There are a fair number of Griffiths burials in Chevington civil cemetery which could indicate that your search area is a good one.

I'm wondering whether this could be William Henry -

William Griffiths age 71, died 26th June 1978, place of death 18 Beech Bank, New Ollerton, burial from Hadston.

I've been trying to find out where New Ollerton is but no luck so far

Christine

[LisaNorthumberland]

Hi Christine,

That could well be my William Henry born 1907. I've tried to look for New Ollerton but can't find a thing either. Either it's an old village which doesn't exist anymore or it could be Allerton near Jedburgh?

Many thanks,

Lisa.

[c-side]

New Ollerton isn't showing up in either of my books on old Northumberland place names and it doesn't look like it would be a farm or somesuch - not with an address like 18 Beech Bank.

Do you know of any connection with Nottinghamshire?  It's been suggested to me that it could be a place near Newark.

Christine