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Searching for Lillian Margaret Newnham from Guisborough area
« on: Thursday 07 February 13 18:42 GMT (UK) »
Wondering if anyone can help me find my g-g-aunt Lillian Margaret Newnham was born in Guisborough / SKelton / Marske in Yorkshire in 1879.
Her parents were William Essex Newnham and Margaret Gill who came to Yorkshire from Woolwich, London in the 1870s.

Lillian is present in 1881 and 1891 census but I cannot find any record of her at all after that.

But from family photos, letters and belongings I know she was still alive right into the 1930s - I just don't know what she
was doing or where she was. 

She is quite a distinctive and striking figure in her photos and from the postcards and gifts she sent her sister's family
seems a fascinating character.  I would really love to find out more.

Would be really grateful for some fresh eyes on the search.

There's a bit more information about her on my blog in case that helps
http://wecamefrom.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/mystery-monday-there-but-not-there.html

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Re: Searching for Lillian Margaret Newnham from Guisborough area
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 07 February 13 18:57 GMT (UK) »
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Lillian Margaret Newnham


Was Margaret added afterwards as her birth reg only shows Lilian (one L)
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Re: Searching for Lillian Margaret Newnham from Guisborough area
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 07 February 13 20:39 GMT (UK) »
Carole, I don't have anything official with it on just some poems and letters - Alice

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Re: Searching for Lillian Margaret Newnham from Guisborough area
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 07 February 13 21:01 GMT (UK) »
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and from the postcards


Any frank on them that would indicate a location for her
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Re: Searching for Lillian Margaret Newnham from Guisborough area
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 07 February 13 23:38 GMT (UK) »
Unfortunately all the post marks are illegible - she doesn't talk about herself in the postcards just about what her nieces and nephews have been up to so no clues there either  :(

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Re: Searching for Lillian Margaret Newnham from Guisborough area
« Reply #5 on: Friday 08 February 13 00:17 GMT (UK) »
If she was married - you would expect her to be talking about her own children/grandchildren - not her nieces and nephews.

Getting desperate now - any views etc on the postcards or are they just the plain white ones with nothing on the front
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Re: Searching for Lillian Margaret Newnham from Guisborough area
« Reply #6 on: Friday 08 February 13 18:59 GMT (UK) »
There's a Lilian Newsham boarding with John William Sturdy and family in Easingwold in 1901. She is a 'grocer and spirit merchant's clerk' aged 20 born in Saltburn. She's transcribed as Lilian Newham (though looks like Newsham on image) piece RG13/4544/52/13

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Re: Searching for Lillian Margaret Newnham from Guisborough area
« Reply #7 on: Friday 08 February 13 19:42 GMT (UK) »
Oh that looks really promising - will check it out!

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Re: Searching for Lillian Margaret Newnham from Guisborough area
« Reply #8 on: Friday 08 February 13 19:52 GMT (UK) »
There's a marriage between Gustav E PERLISH and Lilian NEWHAM in Scarborough in last quarter 1910. I have found them in 1911 census but can't post detail here. I don't know what information is available in the free index so better not post anything. Hopefully you will have access to 1911 to check it out yourself. Looks promising though. From FreeBMD you will see they had a son born in South Shields in 1911.

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