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Could this have any connection??? - although this would make his year of birth around 1876 !!!!

Lancashire Evening Post. 18th June, 1940:

TRAGIC DEATH AT BLACKBURN

Found at his home last night with throat injuries, Solomon Grundy (64),
unemployed moulder, of 256, Whalley Old Road, Blackburn, died in
Blackburn Infirmary today.

Dea x

In case it helps rule out Simeon posted by Gwyn, according to his service record he suffered from epiletic fits - maybe another question for your friend, if just to rule him out. He was discharged in April 1916 after suffering 3 fits in barracks.

I add this for consideration, .... but maybe wide of the mark?

Marriages Sep 1910

Grundy Simeon ...Bolton 8c 865
Whittaker Marinia ...Bolton 8c 865

Name: Solomon Grundy
Birth Date: abt 1880
Date of Registration: Sep 1950
Age at Death: 70
Registration district: Prescot
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 10f
Page: 164

Just a possible ,age a little out but Bapts 1887


England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 about Solomon Grundy
Name: Solomon Grundy
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 13 Mar 1880
Baptism Date: 26 Dec 1887
Baptism Place: Wigan, Lancashire, England
Father: Richard Grundy
Mother: Margaret Grundy
FHL Film Number: 1885687
Reference ID: yrs 1887-1888 p 197

Same Family in 1891.

1891 England Census about Salomon Grundy
Name: Salomon Grundy
Age: 11
Estimated birth year: abt 1880
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Richard Grundy
Mother's name: Margaret Grundy
Gender: Male
Where born: Pemberton, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: Skelmersdale
Ecclesiastical parish: Skelmersdale St Paul
Town: Skelmersdale
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Ormskirk
Sub-registration district: Lathom
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 3044
Folio: 92
Page Number: 18
Household Members:
Name Age
Richard Grundy 46
Margaret Grundy 46
Edward Grundy 21
Richard Grundy 17
Henry Grundy 15
Salomon Grundy 11

This is the most obvious candidate, depends how far out the memory of a 94 year old is:

1911 England Census
Name: Solomon Grundy
Spouse: Mary Ellen Grundy
Birth: abt 1880 - Wigan, Lancashire, England
Residence: 2 Apr 1911 - Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire, England


England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
Solomon Grundy
Birth Date: abt 1880
Date of Registration: Sep 1950
Age at Death: 70
Registration district: Prescot
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 10f
Page: 164

Find out the names of the 94-year-old's parents.......that is vital

Well, I haven't found any deaths for a Solomon Grundy in the 1930s ...

Nothing in the newspaper archives that seems to fit ...

Do try to get some more info Eunice as this could be an interesting research.

its all they could give me tonight Rose ..... I guess its a bit late to ring up now, but I am just getting the ball rolling .....but they said they couldnt find him on free BMD either so I am not too hopeful of finding him to be honest :-( :-(

No Mariah Grundys either.

Rose

If Solomon were truly an uncle you should be able to trace him via your friend's mother or father.

Rose

not as in the rhyme, but a real person! Sorry but info is very sparse. It comes from a 94 year old so unsure of its accuracy. "Uncle Sol" was born and lived his life in Blackburn Lancs. Born c1890, but died by suicide in the 1930's. Wife was called Mariah. That's all I know. I cannot find him anywhere, so am suspicious Solomon may have mean either a nickname or a middle name. I don't have other family names I'm afraid .... :-S