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ShellyBurford

ShellyBurford Report 1 Oct 2017 11:34

I am just reading through all information, she did die in Canterbury and was 77, I have had this confirmed.

ShellyBurford

ShellyBurford Report 1 Oct 2017 11:32

Oh WOW!! yes Bertha's mother was Charity Ellis, I am so sorry I didn't get back to this thread sooner, you are all so very helpful...Thank you all so much. I am very new to research and trying to get the hang of it.

Much appreciated all

patchem

patchem Report 30 Sep 2017 08:22

If the marriage of Charity Mary Ellis to James Henry Bowers is 'correct', there is a Mary Elizabeth Bowers born in 1909, and this looks like the family in 1911:

At 4 Bank St Ashton-u-lyne
James Henry Bowers 27 Dukingfield Cheshire
Charily Ellen Bowers 27 Married 5 years, 4 children born, 3 died. Born Sussex
Mary Elizbth Bowers 1
Ellen Heginbottom 47 boarder
Class: RG14; Piece: 24345

And this looks like the gravestone:
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=152696596&PIpi=129541021

(But this is speculative as might not be Bertha's parents)

Added:
Also this:
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=59085748&PIpi=128850392

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 29 Sep 2017 22:06

Would this be her ??

England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 No Image

Name: Bertha Burke
Death Age: 77
Birth Date: 22 Feb 1912
Registration Date: Jun 1989
Registration district: Canterbury
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 16
Page: 234

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 29 Sep 2017 17:34

When did she pass away
Her death cert will give age and possibly her actual birth date

Not seeing them on the 1939 register

There is one son born same reg district as marriage in 1932

malyon

malyon Report 29 Sep 2017 17:31

this could be her parents marriage

Marriages Sep 1905   (>99%)
Bowers
 James Henry
 
 Ashton
 8d
1035
  
ELLIS
 Charity Mary
 
 Ashton
 8d
1035
  

Rambling

Rambling Report 29 Sep 2017 17:29

There are 2 Bertha Bowers births in Ashton

Births Jun 1912 (>99%)
Bowers Bertha Ellis Ashton 8d 949

Births Dec 1915 (>99%)
BOWERS Bertha Bann Ashton 8d 708

malyon

malyon Report 29 Sep 2017 17:26

Bertha Bowers
England and Wales Birth Registration Index
Name
Bertha Bowers
Event Type
Birth Registration
Registration Quarter
Apr-May-Jun
Registration Year
1912
Registration District
Ashton Under Lyne
County
Lancashire
Event Place
Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England
Mother's Maiden Name (not available before 1911 Q3)
Ellis
Volume
8D
Page
949
Line Number
136

Rambling

Rambling Report 29 Sep 2017 17:24

Do you have a death year for Bertha please, as it may show birth year.

Rambling

Rambling Report 29 Sep 2017 17:09

If you buy the marriage cert it will give you father's names, she was probably born a little earlier than 1915?

Marriages Dec 1931 (>99%)
Bowers Bertha Burke Ashton 8d 1372
Burke John Bowers Ashton 8d 1372

ShellyBurford

ShellyBurford Report 29 Sep 2017 17:05

Trying to find a tree for my husband to no avail so far, he is looking for his Grandmother Bertha Bowers Born 1915ish in the North of England, She married a John Burke in 1931