Ledsham Ellesmere Port

[LEDSHAM]

Thank you both.

I have followed the same Annie and William - or shoe boxed these censuses. I found an Elizabeth Annie also, in the Ferry Hotel - and she was born 1875 who was a servant. If they did mix up their birth places as in it was him from Chester and her from Bhead, it would make more sense research wise.

what has helped me also is the naming of children - as usual after parents and gparents, but not always so.And as their first son was Thomas James William, I wondered if Williams father would also be Thomas James
and the second son John Henry - I have no links to a henry anywhere that I can find so far, so wonder whether that would be to do with her.

Stupid 100 year clause!!!
I shall follow your leads though to start with - as I can't do much else on them at the moment. I think Annie must have either swapped her name around or was in service or illegitimate or something - or came from a different area, though if that were the case, she could have put anywhere on the census I guess.

So cheers guys!

[LEDSHAM]

Do any of you know whether you can find out who was living at an address in 1912?
I just thought of trying to find out who was registered at the address on the marriage cert - if it is them, then that helps
and if not, then I'd make a guess of it being friend or relative. But would help either way.
I've just been trying to find out that info, but can't find anything as yet, and thought of emailing Cheshire archives again - though I don't
if they could give me that info or not - so just thought I'd see if anywhere here has any knowledge on this.
Plus I'm not sure how many times you can ask questions without being a pest.

Any info would help. Cheers!

[Lemon Nelly]

Well first of all ...if you don't ask the question you never find the answer, so it isn't being a pest to ask and people need only answer if they want to, so keep questioning it is the way forward.
Have you tried the 1911 census?
Also electoral rolls may help.

[Ancestry1]

My Grandmother Annie Elizabeth Haddock has passed on a photo of William and Annie Elizabeth taken about 1915 (but not 100% sure of exact year). It shows William (father), Annie (mother), Annie Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Thomas JW, John Henry & either Emily Maud or May.  Only just started looking into our family history so haven't got as far as Great Auntie May's Granddaughter as yet.  Annie & William lived at 11 Stafford Gardens in Ellesmere Port til their death, as my Grandmother Annie Haddock then took over the house when she died.
Great Auntie May is fondly remembered by all our family.
Good luck in your searching.  Thanks to the information on this site I have since received a photo of William Ledsham (our great grandfather) grave stone vase.

[LEDSHAM]

Well,well,well...It is sounding like we are the same family - reading your post, as I know that 11 Stafford Gardens was where Annie lived.
I would much like to see the photo you have of William and family, to see if it is the same as the one I have - the mural style backdrop? Annie (g. grandmother in hat and glasses, William in ww1 uniform). It was indeed 1915, and May on her knee, as Emily Maud died in Jan of 1914. They lived at 48 Enfield Road at that point, and photo likely to be inside that house.
I am May's grandaughter.
Please do get in touch if all of this is sounding likely to you also.

[Ancestry1]

Sounds like they are the same photo, but we couldn’t see Annie Elizabeth (senior) wearing glasses on the photo we have?  We also thought that maybe in 1915 the photo wasn’t necessarily taken in the sitters house & the background & clothes they wear may be set up, say in a photography  studio with a false  back drop etc,  we are not sure?

Happy to email you scanned copies of the few photos we have, (if you don’t already have them?)  Personally haven’t got very far with following the line of the Ledsham/Saunders family on Ancestry UK, as having the same problem as you I think?  We are finding it time consuming as we are not experts in genealogy, although it’s very interesting.

As we are still local to Christchurch cemetery in Ellesmere Port, we have been to have a look at the vase for William Ledsham, which took some finding as it’s on the same plot/grave of the family’s names of Roberts & Griffiths (again can email you a photo of actual current grave if you wish?).  Not sure if the vase was always placed there or been moved over the years?  Are they related? Don’t know as we haven’t delved into that one as yet.

Reluctant to put our email address on the roots chat web site so if you still have family still living in the area? I suggest we can meet up with a family member & I can get your email address from them?

Let me know your thoughts & we can arrange a time & place.