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Flick

Flick Report 24 Mar 2011 22:15

You need the marriage cert..........it's the only way you will make any headway.

Suzanne

Suzanne Report 24 Mar 2011 22:11

Sadly, there's only my mum left to ask

Suzanne

Suzanne Report 24 Mar 2011 22:10

Flick, my mum told me this. Winifred went on to have twins and called them George and Edward. I'm now wondering if she's mixed up and it's the previous generation (George's Father) I might try that route too.

Suzanne

Suzanne Report 24 Mar 2011 22:08

Sorry, been doing this for less than a week, I'm not quite up to speed.

George would be my great grandad, so a direct decendant. He was one of twins. He and Mary E Lunn married in 1916 in Huddersfield and had Winifred (only child - my grandmother) in 1916.

Sorry, it's all I know at the moment...

Flick

Flick Report 24 Mar 2011 21:59

I've just checked 1901, using the decoder.....there is no household which includes a George and Edward born 1890+/- 2yrs

Who informed you that these two were actually twins?

Flick

Flick Report 24 Mar 2011 21:53

Are you assuming that they were born in Yorkshire?

They may not have been..........place of marriage is no real indicator of place of birth.....especially during wartime

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 24 Mar 2011 21:52

Are you descended from George? do you know when he died? His death record could give useful info, in particular an age at death.

Otherwise, can you say what your connection with these people is? There's a reason you're looking for them -- related to them somehow, one assumes.

For others to try searches, you really need to give us the same info you have, whatever it is. For instance, where did the c1890 birth year come from?

GB is right, if you're starting cold, you need to start with the known: the marriage certificate.

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 24 Mar 2011 21:37

1916 marriage cert would be the obvious way to go.

It would at least give some idea of his age, occupation and the name & occupation of his father

Suzanne

Suzanne Report 24 Mar 2011 21:34

got to a dead end again... this time I'm looking for George and Edward Sykes born c1890.

George married Mary Lunn in 1916 in Huddersfield - I found that record.

Edward died in some kind of railway accident, but I'd like to know if he ever married.

I can't find any birth records for a George and Edward, would assume they'd be on the same page of the record....

Can't find them on any census assuming they'd be on 1891, 1901 and 1911

Any help appreciated! Thanks