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Finding my Mum's family?

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Unknown Report 28 Sep 2011 12:11

Hi Everyone I am brand new here and a bit of a technophobe, I am trying to search my mother's family who I believe are all from the Denbighshire region, what I know so far is as follows:-

Georgina (Gina) Margaret Owen (Nee Moorehead) born 27.10. 1947 to my Gran Elizabeth Ellen Moorehead 1913 - 1979(Nee Roberts) and Grandad "Bob" Robert Moorehead 1915 - 1992 (worked on the railway). Gran had brothers Huw, William James, Robert, Ted (Went to Canada and not known to have returned?) and George died very young about 15 years old. Great Grandad worked as a Quarry man in Lysfaen, and Great Gran was called Margaret Roberts...

That is as much as I know, if anyone can add or point me in the right direction as to how to go forward please let me know.

Cheers Stephen Owen

Lynski

Lynski Report 28 Sep 2011 12:39

Welcome to the Boards!

Have you entered all these names into your tree on this site so that you can look for matches?

You can use this website to find birth, marriages and deaths (up to about 1950)

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

You can find Georgina on that site.

Flick

Flick Report 28 Sep 2011 15:51

For INFO....note spelling of surname

Marriages Dec 1945 (>99%)
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Moorhead Robert J Roberts Aled 11b 807
Roberts Elizabeth E Moorhead Aled 11b 807

Flick

Flick Report 28 Sep 2011 15:57

His birthplace should be recorded on the cert............there is no sign of a birth for him on freebmd

Name: Robert James Moorehead
Birth Date: 31 Mar 1915
Date of Registration: Feb 1992
Age at Death: 76
Registration district: Colwyn
Inferred County: Clwyd
Volume: 24
Page: 153

Flick

Flick Report 28 Sep 2011 16:02

No doubt, Stephen, you know where Lysfaen is/was, but most of us haven't a clue

Which recognisable town/village name is it near?

EDIT:

I see that it's actually Llysfaen..................

Flick

Flick Report 28 Sep 2011 16:06

Name: Elizabeth Ellen Moorehead
Birth Date: 10 Nov 1913
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1979
Age at Death: 65
Registration district: Colwyn
Inferred County: Clwyd
Volume: 24
Page: 0216


What was her father's first name?

If you don't know it, you need her marriage cert to find out.

With a name like Roberts in Wales, you need as much info as possible to enable accurate searches to be made

Flick

Flick Report 28 Sep 2011 16:12

Is this Elizabeth?

Births Dec 1913 (>99%)
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Roberts Elizabeth E Roberts Conway 11b 793


Do you have approx birth year info for Elizabeth's siblings?