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I am looking to find information on my mother named Marion M Cross, she died in may 1953 in blackburn and I am unsure of when she was born. So far I have one birth certificate of a Marion Cross which proved to be the wrong one as her fathers name on the marriage certificate to my father doesnt match the one on this certificate. Please help me

looking at the marriage cert of your parents, how old were your parents when they married please, what year did they marry?

You need to give us all the information you have. What was her father's name on the marriage certificate?

Is this the death??

Marion M Gallagher
Birth Date: abt 1916
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1953
Age at Death: 37
Registration district: Blackburn
Registration County: Lancashire
Volume: 10b
Page: 326

Have you tried looking for her father's army record incase she is named there?
Often a date of birth is given if the children are named there.

Do you know her middle name?
If so and you find a suitable registration in the index, you could try phoning the local office where the birth was registered.
I have had free help from staff, when I knew what the details should be and they were able to confirm a middle name ( shown on index as just an initial) when I told them what it should be.


Gwyn

This is a duplicate of a posting in find my ancestors.
We are finding the same information, and asking the same questions.

My parents were both 27 when they married on the 1st July 1944, my mother married my father named Robert John Gallagher. Her fathers name on the marriage certificate is Joseph Cross. My mother’s middle name was May. Apologies for duplicating, I am new to the site.

Many Thanks,

Thelma

What was her father's occupation?

Who witnessed the marriage?

Her fathers occupation was a lecturer as far as I am able to make out on the marriage certificate. The witnesses are Emma Bellotti and Owen A Holroyd.

WHERE did they marry, please?

They got married in England, Aldershot on the 1st July 1944.

No wonder we couldn't find it. The only marriage then is to a Marion M Tomlinson.

Please tell us EVERYTHING you know to help us.

Rose

So was she married before? Have you found that marriage?

Rose

Is this her first marriage under May?

Marriages Mar 1938
Cross May Tomlinson Blackburn 8e 430
Tomlinson Terrence R Cross Blackburn 8e 430

Rose

What was her marital status when she married your dad ie single/ widow /divorced ??

This one had a father called Joseph and born in the same area as the first marriage...but the name is Marjorie...just a thought?

Births Dec 1916 (>99%)
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Cross Marjorie Roberts Blackburn 8e 542

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its not the right one although she married a thomlinson her father name on that certificate is showed as albert, her fathers name was joseph

You haven't answered Shirley's question about her status at the time of the 1944 marriage...............

Did you ever know any aunts or uncles on your mother's side of the family?

Were there any children from her first marriage?

A May Cross born 1917 mother Barnes Bolton Lancs

Joseph A Cross married a Barnes 1911 Foleshill
Joseph Richard Cross married a Barnes 1902 Staffordshire

This fits in with May Cross who married a Tomlinson.

Irene

I believe the marriage cert for May has the father as Albert wheras on the marriage in 1944 its Joseph, OR is it the birth cert for Marion who has the father of Albert ???

1911 for the one who married Barnes........occupation is not as per the 1944 marriage cert - unless, of course 'lecturer' is actually 'butcher'. There seems to be some doubt about the actual record

Person: CROSS, Joseph Albert
Address: Court House Green Foleshill Near Coventry


CROSS, William Head M 61 1850 Farm Labourer Northampton Shire VIEW
CROSS, Elizabeth Wife F 61 1850 Own A/c Northampton Shire VIEW
CROSS, Joseph Albert Son Single M 30 1881 Journeyman Butcher Foleshill Warks VIEW
CROSS, Ernest Son Single M 22 1889 Assistant Butcher Sowe Waste Warks VIEW
SHILTON, Samuel Grandson M 17 1894 Assistant Butcher Foleshill Warks VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
18499 Reference:
RG14PN18499 RG78PN1109 RD389 SD1 ED14 SN126

Registration District:
Foleshill Sub District:
Foleshill Enumeration District:
14 Parish:
Foleshill