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Liverpool, England, Baptisms, 1813-1906 about Alexander Aitken
Name: Alexander Aitken
Birth Date: 27 Mar
Baptism Date: 10 Apr 1888
Parish: Liverpool, St Peter
Father's Name: John Aitken
Mother's name: Jane Aitken
Reference Number: 283 PET/2/87

Father occupation:- Victualler

Just out of interest, and to try to tie up loose ends ............... this is the Alexander Aitken who married Florence in 1910 on the 1911 Census


1911 Census

Name: Alexander Aitken
Age in 1911: 23
Estimated birth year: abt 1888
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: Poulton with Seacombe
County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England
Street address: 3 Elmbank St Wallasey
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Elementary School Master
Registration district: Birkenhead

Alexander Aitken 23
Florence Aitken 24
Leicester Hammond Aitken 2/12

BTW ................ the records we can see online do not mention a father for Edna, Zillah or Alexander ................ you'd have to buy their birth certificates to see.


Some of the Public Family Trees say that Thomas Wood is the father of Edna and Zillah ......... but I think that is little more than wishful thinking!! They show no documentation!!

does the marriage certificate say whether Thomas Wood was a widower????

Madgey ...........

Ignore that "Derry Ireland London England"


It was a mis-transcription / mis-understanding by the transcriber of the handwriting on the census image.

London England was added when it should not have been!


I've found a Thomas born in 1915 .................. could your Dad have got the age wrong??



The witnesses on the marriage certificate are Priscilla's youngest brother and her sister Maria Josephine (known apparently as Mary, and on the 1911 Census that Gins found as May)

from Public Family Tree on ancestry ..............


Adrian Leslie Wood
Birth Sep 1912 in Lancashire, United Kingdom
Death 23/11/2002 in Londonderry County, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom


Parents
Thomas Wood

Priscilla Hanagan
1876 – 1945


Spouse
Nellie McGeoghan
1915 – 2000




According to this tree Den(n)is died at sea in 1941 or 1942.



Another Public Tree has the following for Sarah E ...................



Sarah Elizabeth Wood
Birth 5 Apr 1921 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Death 14 June 2006 in Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom


Parents
Thomas Wood
1862 – 1927

Priscilla Hanagan
1874 – 1945


Siblings
Edna May Hanagan
1904 – 1998

Zillah Hanagan
1909 – 1988

Dennis Wood
1919 – 1941


Spouse
Robert William South
1923 – 1978

My dad just mentioned a Thomas Wood I didn't meet any of my aunts, his brother Dennis died at sea from friendly fire in 1941. Do you think that baby Alexander might have been called Tom?

One thing you may be able to help with is the Eliza Keddy born Derry Ireland, London, England comment. Why would the record say Derry and London, England? I am going to try and find her in Irish records. The funny thing is my parents moved to Derry in 1959. My dad thought his mother might have come from Dublin. The marriage cert. Says Priscilla Aitkin widow and the witnesses were Francis Hanagan and Mary Rooney and it was a registry office. I do not know about any of Thomas Wood snr.'s relatives that will be another avenue to explore.

???????????


are these children of Priscilla and Thomas Wood????


Births Sep 1912 (>99%)
Wood Adrian L Hanagan W.Derby 8b 508


Births Jun 1915 (>99%)
Wood Thomas A Hanagan W.Derby 8b 486


Births Dec 1919 (>99%)
Wood Dennis E Hanagan W.Derby 8b 538


Births Jun 1921 (>99%)
Wood Sarah E Hanagan W.Derby 8b 514

Hi Madgey


Glad I / we could help

I enjoyed doing the search last night, especially when the results began to appear :-)



Have you any idea of what Thomas' surname might have been?

Did he survive past childhood?

Hi Madgey

You would need the birth certificate to check if there are any details about her father

This is really fascinating. I had come across the Keddy surname and there are some scattered around different counties in Ireland. I met Sarah Jane's son Colin only a couple of months ago he said he couldn't find Priscilla on 1911 Census either. Unfortunately my father died in 2002 and like a lot of people I wasn't curious enough when he was alive. He spent his life in the army and literally travelled the world with only very few visits back to Liverpool. He mentioned another brother called Thomas born 1910 ?? Maybe. I did see a copy of the marriage certificate which called her Aitkin but I will look it out again to see if it said widow. With regard to Zillah and Edna May does it mention their father in the records.

Many thanks to everyone!!!

England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005 about Edna M Hanagan

Name: Edna M Hanagan
Spouse Surname: Hastings
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1925
Registration district: West Derby
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume Number: 8b
Page Number: 1321
Spouse: Arthur Hastings



Name: Zillah Hanagan
Spouse Surname: Hrahembuhl <<<< should be Krahembuhl
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1928
Registration district: West Derby
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume Number: 8b
Page Number: 462
Spouse: Wiliam A Krahembuhl

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England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915 about Alexander Aitken

Name: Alexander Aitken
Estimated birth year: abt 1911
Registration Year: 1911
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Age at Death: 0
Registration district: West Derby
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8b
Page: 425




Liverpool, England, Burials, 1813-1974 about Alexander Aitken

Name: Alexander Aitken
Birth Year: abt 1911
Age: 7/12
Burial Date: 6 Sep 1911
Parish: Walton Park
Reference Number: 283 WAL/4/2/18


from image:-

Address:- 20 Roade St, Litherland
Age:- 7 months

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 about Alexander Aitken

Name: Alexander Aitken
Registration Year: 1911
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: West Derby
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8b
Page: 260

NOT that marriage .......................


from lancs bmd .............


Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1910
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
AITKEN Alexander HAMMOND Florence West Derby, Register Office or Registrar Attended Liverpool REG_WD/263/20


The missing bride ....................

RICHMAN Legh PAGE Rhoda M West Derby, Register Office or Registrar Attended Liverpool REG_WD/263/19

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 about Edna May Hanagan

Name: Edna May Hanagan
Registration Year: 1904
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration district: West Derby
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8b
Page: 669





England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 about Zillah Hanagan

Name: Zillah Hanagan
Registration Year: 1909
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration district: West Derby
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8b
Page: 258

Might be worth following this.......


Marriages Jun 1910 (>99%)

Aitken Alexander W.Derby 8b 853 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
HAMMOND Florence W. Derby 8b 853
RICHMAN Legh W. Derby 8b 853

Possible missing bride?


Marriages Jun 1910 (>99%)

Emberton Priscilla May W. Derby 8b 856


There is a bride missing from the reg

Thye got the name wrong on the 1911 Census!


John Rooney married Mary Josephine



England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915 about John Rooney

Name: John Rooney
Registration Year: 1904
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: 830
Records on Page:
Name
John Rooney
James Cogley
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mary Josephine Hanagan
Rose Ann Molloy

Here she is in 1911. Looks like she had children before her marriage



1911 England Census


Name:Priscilia Hanaghan

Age in 1911:34

Estimated birth year:abt 1877

Relation to Head:Sister-in-law

Gender:Female

Birth Place:Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Civil Parish:Litherland

County/Island:Lancashire

Street address:56 Langton Rd Litherland

Marital StatusMarried

Occupation:Charwoman

Registration district:West Derby

Registration District Number:455

Sub-registration district:Litherland

ED, institution, or vessel:10
Piece:22340

Household Members:


John Rooney 27
May Rooney 26
Priscilia Hanaghan 34
Edna May Hanaghan 6 Niece
Zillah Hanaghan 1 Niece
Alexandra Aitken Nephew

Sarah Jane Hanagan married David Beatty .............. and mother Eliza and brother Henry are living with them in 1911.

I have sent in a correction for the mis-spelling of the name


1911 Census

Name: Eliza Managan
Age in 1911: 67
Estimated birth year: abt 1844
Relation to Head: Mother-in-law
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Derry Irland, London, England
Civil Parish: West Derby
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street address: 3 Herrick St Prescot Rd Old Swan
Marital Status: Widowed
Registration district: West Derby
Registration District Number: 455
Sub-registration district: West Derby Eastern

David Beatty 35
Sarah Jane Beatty 32
John Ed Beatty 12
Precilla Beatty 3
Sarah Beatty 1
Eliza Managan 67
Henry Managan 22 b.ca 1889, Liverpool, Makes Butter


there is a note on the image that Eliza "at 64 yrs, Imbecile"