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just looked up Kent Road - never realised just where it was - my sister only lived about half a mile away for many years. Layton was a fairly popular retirement area

Here's Gilbert:

BIBBY, GILBERT

Rank: Driver
Service No: T/405835
Date of Death:06/02/1945
Age: 30
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps
Grave Reference Grave NE. 8454.
BURNLEY CEMETERY

Additional Information:

Son of Joseph Baron Bibby and Judith Hannah Bibby, of Burnley; husband of Minnie Bibby, of Burnley.

Hadn't been married that long:

Marriages Sep 1938
Bibby Gilbert Mortimer Burnley 8e 497
Mortimer Minnie Bibby Burnley 8e 497

2 sons born in 1939 and 1942 - look on freeBMD to get names. They may still be around.

Looks like Minnie married again:

Marriages Mar 1947
Bibby Minnie Sagar Burnley 10b 1255

There's a daughter from this marriage born 1952.

the daughter is on 3 trees on here. Are those people known to you? One is a Bibby.


This daughter married and had 2 children in the 70s.

keep re-reading this lot and just noticed you said Grace born c1885

this gives her exact dob

Baptisms: 14 Mar 1885 St John the Evangelist, Great Marsden, Lancashire, England
Grace Procter - 1st daug. of Joseph Procter & Susan
Born: 6 Jan 1885
Abode: Great Marsden
Occupation: Twister
Baptised by: J. Guntrip Curate
Register: Baptisms 1885 - 1890, Page 1, Entry 2
Source: LDS Film 1471098


I know it says 1st daughter but Margaret was baptised in Briercliffe so maybe curate was not too careful about ino

Hi Janice george Gent rings a bell but could just be coincedence none of the others ring a bell , I have found out from my cousin that Grace died before 1964 , my cousin went to Australia then but was aware of Grace's death but doesn't recall any more , I have contacted Judith's grand son but he was born in 1961 but just on the off chance that he might have heard something. My Aunt Mona's first husband was a Tiffen not sure of his first name they had a daughter Frances also known as Audrey Mona divorced Tiffen and then went to live in Blackpool

Well done LA :-)

We now have a window of 1949-1964

I'll go and extract the Lancs deaths. Back in a mo.

No one called Grace with that date of birth.

The only Burnley death in those years is Grace Burton

Name: Grace Burton
Birth Date: abt 1885
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1958
Age at Death: 73
Registration district: Burnley
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 10b
Page: 705

Marriages for Mona:

Marriages Mar 1925
Proctor Mona Tiffin Burnley 8e 328
Tiffin George W R Proctor Burnley 8e 328

Marriages Sep 1943
Chorlton Frank Procter Blackpool 8e 1210
Procter Mona Chorlton Blackpool 8e 1210

OOOOOHHHHH these look hopeful! I've been looking under Burnley, but in 1936 a new district of Nelson was created and these deaths fits our criteria so far:

Name: Grace Phillipson
Birth Date: abt 1885
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1952
Age at Death: 67
Registration district: Nelson
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 10e
Page: 520


Name: Grace Howarth
Birth Date: abt 1883
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1950
Age at Death: 67
Registration district: Nelson
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 10e
Page: 511

LA can you find burial details please?

do you know Susan if Grace actually died in Burnley

could she have been staying with eg sister Mona in Blackpool and died there?

1963 deaths are v sparsely transcribed on freebmd as yet

They are complete on Ancestry though I think.

No Graces in Blackpool on the Lanc website.

unfortunately Nelson burials not on-line

neither of those 2 names appear under Burnley cemetery

Back to the drawing board then!

Think we need a breather on this one, Susan, until you have visited the cemetery and/or heard from America.

Good luck!

you can find details of all burials at Burnley cemetery along with who is buried in each grave here

http://lan-opc.org.uk/Burnley/cemetery/index.html

this is what I have been trawling through to try to get some possible

thanks girls , Grace def died local not Blackpool I will call at cemetery office in the week , and update you thanks for your help

I will look on acestry see what I can find and update

Looked on Ancestry passenger lists for Burton . Bell , Howarth , Phillipson , nothing but then just thought did Grace sail home or FLY

Passenger lists only go up to 1960 so no good if it was during the 60s.

Grace Procter born 1885 exactly, Nelson, Lancs is in 5 people's trees on here. Do you know who they all are?