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NAZBY GODFREY WHITELAW b. 1897

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Norman

Norman Report 21 Apr 2019 12:03

HAS ANYONE ANY INFORMATION ON MY UNCLE NAZBY WHITELAW PLEASE.
NORMAN GRACE

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 21 Apr 2019 12:10

have you looked anywhere for him

his birth should be on freebmd

Maddie

Maddie Report 21 Apr 2019 12:11

Name: Nazby Godfrey Whitelaw
Birth Date: 27 Dec 1896
Service: 1939-1945
Medal Issued/Claimed: 1946-2002
Discharge Number: 886216

of 10 meadoway liverpool
died 1952 isle of man
probate to olive may whitelaw widow
Name: Nazby Godfrey Whitelaw
Death Date: 28 Aug 1952
Death Place: Liverpool, England
Probate Date: 14 Oct 1952
Probate Registry: Liverpool, England

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 21 Apr 2019 12:12

a tree on ancestry has this


Nazby GodfreyWhitelaw
1896–1952
Birth 27 DEC 1896 • Barton, Patricroft, Lancashire, England
Death 28 AUG 1952 • Liverpool

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 21 Apr 2019 12:14

Name: Nazby Godfrey Whitelaw
Arrival Date: 4 Apr 1950
Birth Date: abt 1897
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: English
Port of Departure: Nassau, Bahamas
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Mauretania
Search Ship Database: Search for the Mauretania in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
4th Radio Officer

quite a few sailing records for him as crew over many years

Maddie

Maddie Report 21 Apr 2019 12:18

1911
Name: Nazby Godfrey
Age in 1911: 14
Estimated birth year: abt 1897
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Warton Patricroft, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: Stockport
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County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England
Street address: 55 Sandy Lane Stockport
Occupation: Packer
Registration district: Stockport
Registration District Number: 443
Sub-registration district: Stockport Third
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Piece: 21404
Household Members:
Name Age
Elizabeth A Whitelaw 35
Nazby Godfrey 14
Margaret Whitelaw 10
Frederick Whitelaw 8
Constance Whitelaw 5

Name: Elizabeth Amelia Whitelaw
Gender: Female
Parish as it Appears: Heaton Norris, All Saints
Spouse: Frederick Lewis Whitelaw
Child: Constance Whitelaw

Name: Elizabetha Emilia Godfry
Age: 0
Birth Date: 10 Sep 1875
Baptism Date: 16 Sep 1875
Baptism Place: St Alban's Church, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
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Father: Henrici Godfry
Mother: Elizabethae Killeen

Elizabeth Amelia Godfrey
Registration Year: 1899
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district: West Derby
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8b
Page: 1098
Records on Page:
Name
Elizabeth Amelia Godfrey
Samuel Spencer
Catherine Annie Wainwright
Frederick Lewis Whitelaw

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 21 Apr 2019 12:23

Name: Elizabeth A Whitelaw
Age in 1911: 35
Estimated birth year: abt 1876
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: Stockport
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County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England
Street address: 55 Sandy Lane Stockport
Marital status: Widowed
Occupation: Shop Keeper
Registration district: Stockport
Registration District Number: 443
Sub-registration district: Stockport Third
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Piece: 21404
Household Members:
Name Age
Elizabeth A Whitelaw 35
Nazby Godfrey " 14
Margaret Whitelaw 10
Frederick Whitelaw 8
Constance Whitelaw 5
Married 11 years 3 children born 4 still living

maybe he was born before she married

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 21 Apr 2019 12:26

His marriage in Montreal, Canada:


Nazby Godfrey Whitelaw
in the Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968
Name:
Nazby Godfrey Whitelaw \
Event Type:
Mariage (Marriage)
Marriage Date:1939
Marriage Place:
Montréal, Québec (Quebec)
Place of Worship or Institution:
Anglican Christ Church Cathedral,Actes
Religion:
Anglican
Spouse:
Olive May Crisp

Original says he was a radio operator from Liverpool, son of Frank Louis Whitelaw & Elizabeth Amelia Godfrey. They were married 27 Sep., 1939.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 21 Apr 2019 12:27

Name: Nazby Godfrey
Registration Year: 1897
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Barton
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8c

gro record
GODFREY, NAZBY -
GRO Reference: 1897 M Quarter in BARTON UPON IRWELL Volume 08C Page 695

he was illegitimate

his baptism

Name: Nasby Godfrey
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 27 Dec 1896
Baptism Date: 2 Apr 1898
Baptism Place: Christ Church, Patricroft, Lancaster, England
Mother: Elizabeth Amelia Godfrey
FHL Film Number: 1786243

greyghost

greyghost Report 21 Apr 2019 12:27

Birth pre Mother's marriage

Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
GODFREY, NAZBY -
GRO Reference: 1897 M Quarter in BARTON UPON IRWELL Volume 08C Page 695

Maddie

Maddie Report 21 Apr 2019 12:28

1901
32, King William Street, Winton, Eccles, Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire, England

Thomas Breaks Head Married Male 59 1842 Tailor Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Mary Breaks Wife Married Female 55 1846 - Worsley, Lancashire, England
Mary Alice Breaks Daughter Single Female 18 1883 Cotton Weaver Eccles, Lancashire, England
Nazeby Godfrey Boarder - Male 4 1897 - Patricroft, Lancashire, EnglanD

ELIZABETH AMELIA MARRIED 2 YEARS AFTER HIS BIRTH

greyghost

greyghost Report 21 Apr 2019 12:35

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census
18, Dalton Street, West Derby, Lancashire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Frederick Whitelaw Head Married Male 24 1877 Butchers Carver Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Elizabeth Whitelaw Wife Married Female 25 1876 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Margaret Whitelaw Daughter - Female 0 1901 - Liverpool, Lancashire

Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:

WHITELAW, MARGARET WILHELMINA GODFREY
GRO Reference: 1900 D Quarter in WEST DERBY Volume 08B Page 426

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 21 Apr 2019 12:37

according to his will he lived in Liverpool but died 28 aug 1952 in Douglas Isle of Man

probate to his widow Olive May Whitelaw

greyghost

greyghost Report 21 Apr 2019 12:38

WHITELAW, FREDERICK GODFREY
GRO Reference: 1903 M Quarter in STOCKPORT Volume 08A Page 84

WHITELAW, CONSTANCE GODFREY
GRO Reference: 1906 J Quarter in STOCKPORT Volume 08A Page 85

Rambling

Rambling Report 21 Apr 2019 12:45

Mistranscribed first name on IOM BMDs
https://www.manxbmd.com/index.html

1952 Whitelaw Rigby Godfrey 55 Douglas 236 3190 Not cross checked

Marked As Answer Marked as Answered

greyghost

greyghost Report 21 Apr 2019 12:50

Original 1911 census shows 3 children born and 3 still living (4 has been crossed out !)
Elizabeth had wrongly completed the section as she's widowed and the whole piece is then crossed through

Name: Age at Death (in years):
WHITELAW, FREDERICK LEWIS 33
GRO Reference: 1909 D Quarter in STOCKPORT Volume 08A Page 61

greyghost

greyghost Report 21 Apr 2019 12:51

DOB as per baptism record posted earlier

Whitelaw Household (1 Person)
7 Broadbelt Street , Liverpool C.B., Lancashire, England

FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB SEX OCCUPATION MARITAL STATUS SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SUB NUMBER
Elizabeth A Whitelaw 10 Sep 1875 Female Unpaid Domestic Duti Widowed 138 1
Ref: RG101/4400C/012/22 Letter Code: NIFF

greyghost

greyghost Report 21 Apr 2019 12:56

Possible death of Elizabeth Amelia

There is also an Elizabeth A 1949 Liverpool South, but probate shows for her as Elizabeth Ann

First name(s) ELIZABETH A
Last name WHITELAW
Gender Female
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year 1876
Age 90
Death quarter 1
Death year 1966
District Liverpool North
County Lancashire
Volume 10D
Page 204
Country England

Maddie

Maddie Report 21 Apr 2019 13:01

Name: Olive May Whitelaw
Death Age: 94
Birth Date: 22 Dec 1907
Registration Date: Dec 2001
Registration district: Southampton
Inferred County: Hampshire
Register Number: C66A
District and Subdistrict: 5001C

Name: Olive May Crisp
Registration Year: 1908
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: South Stoneham
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Hampshire
Volume: 2c

1911
Name: Olive Crisp
Age in 1911: 3
Estimated birth year: abt 1908
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Birth Place: North Stoneham, Hampshire, England
Civil Parish: North Stoneham
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County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England
Street address: 11 Rockstone Road, Bassett, Southampton
Registration district: South Stoneham
Registration District Number: 100
Sub-registration district: Millbrook
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Household schedule number: 16
Piece: 6068
Household Members:
Name Age
William Crisp 40
Mabel Crisp 29
Roland Crisp 8
Maurice Crisp 6
Doris Crisp 5
Olive Crisp 3

greyghost

greyghost Report 21 Apr 2019 13:05

Looking for probate for Olive and came across this one - ? son of Frederick the "brother" aged 8 on 1911 census

Surname First name Date of probate Probate number Date of death Document type Registry
WHITELAW FREDERICK NAZBY 09 December 2011 3675877 01 January 2002 Grant and will Liverpool

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Surname First name(s) Mother District Vol Page
Births Jun 1929 (>99%)
Whitelaw Frederick N Jones W. Derby 8b 757

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Surname First name(s) Spouse District Vol Page
Marriages Sep 1928 (>99%)

Jones Minnie Whitelaw W.Derby 8b 1020
Whitelaw Frederick Jones W.Derby 8b 1020