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hi can anybody help im trying to find death details of my gran
her names margaret ann forsyth she was born 1885 liverpool
married a james rogers in 1909 widowed in 1929 married thomas francis maher 1932/4
thomas f died 1974 all i know is gran died wen i was a baby
i dont know if she died birkenhead or liverpool
any help id be grateful for cant ask family all that knew are dead
so cant help if i can find her than i can find my mums death and where buried as i think mums buried with nan
AS FAR AS I KNOW FROM COUSINS SHE DIED IN THE 1950S
SOMETIME IN 1950S THATA ALL I KNOW AS FAR AS I KNOW SHE WAS ALIVE 1952 WEN I WAS BORN GR

When were you a baby??! (Cheeky).
Jan

Margaret Ann Maher
Birth Date: 17 Sep 1884
Death Registration Month/Year: 1973
Registration district: Leeds
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume: 2c
Page: 396

Margaret Maher
Birth Date: 4 Aug 1884
Death Registration Month/Year: 1973
Registration district: Liverpool
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 10d
Page: 776

Do you have William's death certificate. Was she still alive when William died?

JAN GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR I WAS A GOOD BABY MY DAD SAID SO THERE

But WHEN??? Starr1 ???

Dea x

ASTRA I DO HAVE WILLIAM DEATH CERTIFICATE
SHE WAS DEAD BEFORE WILLIAM

Hi

this is a possiblty

Margaret A Maher died 1955 age 71 Birkenhead cheshire vol10a page 29 oct nov dec

Ann

OOOhh -I missed that - born a Maher - married a Rogers then married another Maher and reverted back.

I will look further.

Dea x

Hi

Id we had yhour mothers name and date of death if poss we could see if burried in same area

Ann

DEA NO MARGARET BORN A FORSYTH MARRIED A ROGERS THEN MARRIED A MAHER ITS CONFUSING FOR ME COS MARGARET DAUGHTER ELIZABETH MARRIED HER STEP DADS SON

MY MUMS NAME WAS ALICE BERTHA PARSLEY NEE ROGERS
MY MUM DIED 1961 BIRKENHEAD

Hi Starr1

First of all I am Dea NOT Dee (though she is my great friend!!)

I am totally confused on this so I will come back to it tomorrow after a good sleep.

Good luck with your search in the meanwhile.

Dea Xxx

To summarise what Starr has said:

Margaret Ann Forsyth b 1885 Liverpool, married James Rogers in 1909, they are Starr's grandparents. Her mother is Alice Bertha Rogers, died 1961 Birkenhead.

James Rogers died in 1929 and Margaret Ann married William Francis Maher in 1933 approx.

William Francis Maher died 1974, his wife pre-deceased him, probably in the 1950s. We have a likely death in 1955, age 71, of Margaret A Maher in Birkenhead.

Starr thinks her mum and gran are buried together.

Starr, I would contact the cemeteries department of whatever council covers Birkenhead and ask them to do a search of a grave for your gran and your mum. Most local councils still do this free of charge if it is just a one-off enquiry.

madmeg thanks
thomas francis maher was born 1883 he and my gran margaret ann rogers nee forsyth married either 1932 oo1934 i have the details somewhere

Hi

I think that is a good idea to contact the cemetery that covers that area as I asked in the town I live in to look for someone whose date of death I did not know and they came up with it and the exact spot where he was burried.
I dont know if it is actually in Birkenhead they are burried but if so contact the dept and ask them especially as you know the exact date. I had to ask in my town hall for details. I assume you have your mothers death certificate.

hope all goes well and you find out what you want to know.

Ann

She didnt marry again did she, after her marriage to Francis?

Although not the norm, it was not unheard of to divorce and maybe if they did she would be 'dead' in the eyes of the family?

Just a thought

x

You say you do not have your mothers burial details?

This information i would have thought would be on the death cert? At the very least the cert will have what the intention with the body would be, IE Cremation or Burial. This would be the biggest clue as to where she will be?


Tracey x

Tracey, burial details won't be on a death certificate, nor any indication of what was to happen to the body.

Occasionally a death in a workhouse said "given up to municipal cemetery" where there was no family, but not in 1955.

I am not happy with her second marriage to William F Maher, as the spouse is not Margaret Ann.

England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005
about William F Maher
Name: William F Maher
Spouse Surname: Rogers
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1934
Registration district: Liverpool
Registration county (inferred): Lancashire
Volume Number: 8b
Page Number: 955
Find Spouse: Find Spouse

Spouse Elizabeth M Rogers.

I have several death certs which state what happened to the body!

Depends on when they changed tho.... probably when they started to include birth dates maybe?

Tracey x

Tracey
Which country is that...and is it one particular area.

I have never seen a death certificate showing an indication of place of burial.

Gwyn