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I wonder???? Afterall Mildred is an unusual name for back then;

1891 England Census
about Amelia Malvern Name: Amelia Malvern
Age: 15
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1876
Relation: Daughter
Father's name: Joseph Malvern
Mother's name: Sarah Malvern
Gender: Female
Where born: Northwich, Cheshire, England

Civil parish: Newton in Makerfield
Ecclesiastical parish: St John
Town: Newton
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Warrington
Sub-registration district: Newton in Makerfield
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 3069
Folio: 72
Page Number: 6
Household Members: Name Age
Joseph Malvern 52
Sarah Malvern 33
Daniel Malvern 17
Amelia Malvern 15
Elizth Malvern 9
Joseph Malvern 1

1901 England Census
about Mildred Malvern Name: Mildred Malvern
Age: 22
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879
Relation: Boarder
Gender: Female
Where born: Northwich, Cheshire, England

Civil parish: South Manchester
Ecclesiastical parish: Hulme Holy Trinity
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Chorlton
Sub-registration district: Hulme
ED, institution, or vessel: 16
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 62
Piece: 3702
Folio: 26
Page Number: 8
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Mee 26
Bessie Mee 26
Daris Mee 1
Mildred Malvern 22 >> Single, Waitress
Jessie Pidock 27

Hi Martin,

here's a marriage for Frank;

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Marriages Jun 1893 (>99%)
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>>>>>>>>Benson Frank Hargreaves Chorlton 8c 1172
Jones Ada Chorlton 8c 1172
Rushton Alfred Chorlton 8c 1172
Thomson Jane Chorlton 8c 1172

Sorry Kath should have added to the above post, on Mildred's death cert she is named as Mildred Forsyth.

Martin

COUSINS, Alfred Francis Head Married M 30 1881 Lineworker Kennington London VIEW
COUSINS, Martha Eliza Wife Married
11 years F 32 1879 Kennington London VIEW
COUSINS, Alfred Percy Son M 5 1906 Kennington London VIEW
HOWARD, Madge Boarder Single F 25 1886 Dressmaker Woolwich Kent VIEW
WOODCOCK, Thomas H Boarder Married M 42 1869 Traveller Bedfordshire VIEW
WOODCOCK, Edith Boarder Married
12 years F 32 1879 Margunt Kent VIEW
FORSYTH, Frank Boarder Married M 33 1878 Entertainment Actor Lancashire Liverppool VIEW
FORSYTH, Mildred Boarder Married
6 years F 28 1883 Entertainment Actor Somersetshire Bath VIEW
FORSYTH, Reginald Boarder M 2 1909 Kennington London VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
1998 Reference:
RG14PN1998 RG78PN70 RD25 SD2 ED24 SN365

Registration District:
Lambeth Sub District:
Kennington Enumeration District:
24 Parish:
Lambeth

Address:
392 Kennington Road S E County:
London

I also am finding it difficult to pin them down. this is as much as i know from certificates recently recieved.
Frank Hargreaves Benson, aged 72 when he died 1940
Mildred Benson formaly Malvern 47 when she dies in 1926

the twist is that they used the Forsyth name all the time. the 1911 census would indicate that the ages are wrong but it is Frank's handwriting on the census as i have his signature on an old school report of my dad's and there is no mistaking 'F's'.

Frank I think I've found in the indexes but Mildred I can't find niether birth nor marriage for her.

Martin

Are Frank and Millie their proper names? It's just that I can't find them on the 1911 census which you say you did.

Kath. x

Bless you Kath, thats fantastic. i will ring them tommorrow and see how i get on. I knew before i started this research it wouldn't be easy so thanks again.

Martin

Have you been in touch with the archives for Wrexham? They may have old advertising material or other records from the Empire. These are the contact details for the archives:-

Wrexham Archives & Local Studies Service
Bersham Heritage Centre
Bersham
Wrexham LL14 4HT

Phone: 01978 318978

Email: [email protected]
Web: www.wrexham.gov.uk/archives

Kath. x

Hi Roy thanks for getting back to me. I have tried that and get nothing, i've scrolled through two Stage Year Books 1912 and 1911 and still found nothing. I know they were touring as i found them on the 1911 census in London with their occupation as entertainers/actors. I also believe He was a Theater manager at The Empire, Wrexham at some time around then. its been three weeks of searching and i was hoping someone would be able to point me in a new direction.

Martin

My tip would be to google their names and see what comes up

Roy

Hi all, I joined GR 3 weeks ago and I'm brand new to this research. I'm trying to find out more about my GrandParents "The Forsyths" "Frank and Millie" according to some very faded newspaper clippings that I have. It would appear that they toured the provincial theaters before WW1. I'm having difficulty finding any information on them anywhere.

My question is twofold, where can I find out more about this period and hopefully them? and is it worth subscribing to other sites to help in this research.