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cane

cane Report 8 Feb 2019 14:11

Many thanks +++DetEcTive+++ You're a star
And yes that's the address Lansdown road :-) Cheer's :-)

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 7 Feb 2019 18:01

In case you didn’t have it, Bessie on the 1939 Register. Harding shown in brackets as that was the name she was using in 1939. The Register was updated to Crook after her marriage. The notation is dated 23 Jan 1873.

Harding Household (2 People)
29 Lansdowne Road , Urmston U.D., Lancashire, England

FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB OCCUPATION
Bessie Helen Crook (Harding) 07 Jan 1911 Unpaid Domestic Du
William J Harding 15 Nov 1911 Electric Oxy Alcot Shop - looks like electric oxy acet(elyn) Welder & (the rest is obscured by tape)

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 7 Feb 2019 17:56

You’re forgiven ;-) :-)

cane

cane Report 7 Feb 2019 16:36

MANY MANY THANKS LADIES...And for putting up with my silly default Sorry

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 7 Feb 2019 16:35

Posted above

cane

cane Report 7 Feb 2019 16:34

So sorry everyone I have just realised that I typed Harding instead of CROOK..
So we are looking for the death of Bessie Helen Crook...So So SORRY

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 7 Feb 2019 16:32

Next time, please ensure your info is accurate

I've been looking for the death of HARDING!!!!!!!!!!!

First name(s) BESSIE HELEN
Last name CROOK
Gender Female
Birth day 7
Birth month 1
Birth year 1911
Age -
Death quarter 2
Death year 2006
District Trafford
District number 0151B
Register number B61A
Entry number 112
Date of registration mm/yy 0606

This MATCHES the birth

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 7 Feb 2019 16:31

.??? If the informant got her yob wrong?

BESSIE HELEN
Last name CROOK
Gender Female
Birth day 7
Birth month 1
Birth year 1911
Age -
Death quarter 2
Death year 2006
District Trafford
District number 0151B
Register number B61A
Entry number 112
Date of registration mm/yy 0606
County Lancashire

Further afield...
BESSIE
Last name CROOK
Gender Female
Birth day 22
Birth month 8
Birth year 1911
Age -
Death quarter 3
Death year 1996
District St. Helens
District number 0301A
Register number A39C
Entry number 184
Date of registration mm/yy 0796
County Lancashire

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 7 Feb 2019 16:30

What name are we actually looking for????????



cane

cane Report 7 Feb 2019 16:29

Yes +++DetEcTive+++

cane

cane Report 7 Feb 2019 16:28

I would be so grateful if someone could just check Ancestry for me as I am sure it would be on there...as the dates go further out

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 7 Feb 2019 16:28

Is this the marriage to your grandfather, or someone different?

BESSIE H
Last name HARDING
Marriage quarter 1
Marriage year 1973
Registration month -

MarriageFinder ™
BESSIE H HARDING married one of these people
John C Crook
Spouse's last name Crook
District Barton
District number -
County Lancashire
Country England
Volume 10B
Volume as transcribed 10B
Page number 503

cane

cane Report 7 Feb 2019 16:26

She was a widow when she was married to my grandad..So William was her deceased husband

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 7 Feb 2019 16:25

Birth

Name: Bessie H McAlister
Registration Year: 1911
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: South Shields
Inferred County: Durham
Volume: 10a
Page: 920

cane

cane Report 7 Feb 2019 16:24

Ericah...She gives her age as 61 years old on the marriage certificate

cane

cane Report 7 Feb 2019 16:22

Yes Freebmd was my first port of call....No luck there though...The dates don't go far enough

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 7 Feb 2019 16:21

Are you sure of the info you're posting? or is there a totally differnt couple with exactly the same names?

Name: Bessie H McAlister
Registration Date: Oct-Nov-Dec 1935
Registration district: South Shields
Inferred County: Durham
Spouse: William J Harding
Volume Number: 10a
Page Number: 1695

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 7 Feb 2019 16:20

I said freebmd - NOT Ancestry!!!!!!!

cane

cane Report 7 Feb 2019 16:19

Yes I looked Eriikah..I don't have ancestry..or I would have
No Shirley her maiden name was Mc alister.(on their marriage certificate).She was married to my grandad in 1973 in barton
Yes she was definatley Bessie

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 7 Feb 2019 16:18

What else do you know about her?

Was she actually 'Bessie'?