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Hi Reggie,

The 'good contact' had posted on GR and had done a lot of searching into the Aspin family as there was a common link between our families many generations back.

I have followed up on others with common ancestors in their trees as you suggested and by searching BDM records have determined they are living 2nd cousins - hooray. I have now sent them messages. I missed some earlier posting from them back in 2008 as my email changed and, as noted earlier, I had given up trying so stopped checking this site for postings.

I still have one major goal - to find a specific woman my grandfather wrote to often but I have limited info to go on at this stage, just a first name and approx birth date. Obviously related in some way but would have been a great niece of his. I may post for help when I dig out something more.

West Yorkshire, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935
Name: Edith Hartley
Birth Year: abt 1897
Age: 23
Marriage or Bann Date: 3 Apr 1920
Parish: Bradford, St Chad
Father's Name: John Hartley
Spouse's Name: Lewis Arpin
Spouse's Father's Name: Isaac Aspin

You mention a 'good contact'.

Was that through GR?

Have you followed the advice about looking for links on here? (There appear to be several, as stated earlier)

Reggie, the research you have supplied is great. I have got most everything from census records up to 1911. Thanks to a good contact I was able to add to my family history back to 1794. Looking for living relatives now relies on BDM info and that seems lacking at times. Sending away to the UK for certificates to determine whether I have the right person or not gets expensive. Nonetheless you have given me some new leads that I wasn't finding in the my BDM searches.

Cheers

1911 England Census
Name: Emma Aspin
Age in 1911: 15
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1896
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Bfd, Yorkshire, England
Civil parish: Bradford
County/Island: Yorkshire-West Riding
Country: England
Street Address: 210 Hollings Rd Bradford
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Weft Girle
Registration district: Bradford
Registration District Number: 498
Sub-registration district: Manningham
ED, institution, or vessel: 32
Piece: 26795
Household Members:
Name Age
Fraas Aspin 60
Sarah Aspin 49
Lewis Aspin 16
Emma Aspin 15

Births Mar 1882 (>99%)
Aspin Francis Bradford, Y. 9b 143

Deaths Mar 1954 (>99%)
Aspin Francis 72 Bradford 2b 233

1871 England Census
Name: Elizabeth Aspin
Age: 10 Months
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Relation: Daughter
Gender: Female
Where born: Manchester, Lancashire, England
Civil parish: Manchester
Ecclesiastical parish: St Georges
Town: Manchester
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Registration district: Manchester
Sub-registration district: St George
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Household schedule number: 284
Piece: 4047
Folio: 169
Page Number: 56
Household Members:
Name Age
Isaac Aspin 20
Janet Aspin 21
Elizabeth Aspin 10 Months
Annie Aspin 20
Abraham Aspin 23

1851 Scotland Census
Name: Janet Wotherspoon
Age: 2 Mo
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
Relationship: Daughter
Father's Name: John Wotherspoon
Mother's Name: Janet Wotherspoon
Gender: Female
Where born: Glasgow, Lanark
Parish Number: 644/1
Civil parish: Glasgow St David
Town: Glasgow
County: Lanarkshire
Address: 53 Candleriggs St
ED: 3
Page: 2 (click to see others on page)
Household schedule number: 5
Line: 13
Roll: CSSCT1851_156
Household Members:
Name Age
John Wotherspoon 47
Janet Wotherspoon 42
Isabella Wotherspoon 19
Robert Wotherspoon 17
William Wotherspoon 16
Janes Wotherspoon 12
John Wotherspoon 3
Janet Wotherspoon 2 Mo
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Name: Janet Aspin
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1886
Age at Death: 36
Registration district: Keighley
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume: 9a
Page: 120

West Yorkshire, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935
Name: Sarah Ann Aspin
Birth Year: abt 1875
Age: 25
Marriage or Bann Date: 4 Aug 1900
Parish: Bowling, St Stephen
Father's Name: Isaac Aspin
Spouse's Name: Ernest Pearson
Spouse's Father's Name: Charles Edward Pearson

UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 about Olive Boddy
Name: Olive Boddy
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Birth Date: abt 1907
Departure Date: 19 Apr 1929
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Destination Port: Quebec, Canada
Ship Name: Duchess of York
Search Ship Database: Search the 'Duchess of York' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping Line: Canadian Pacific Railway
Official Number: 161202
Master: Captain Stuart



Name: Joshua Boddy
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Birth Date: abt 1905
Departure Date: 19 Apr 1929
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Destination Port: Quebec, Canada
Ship Name: Duchess of York
Search Ship Database: Search the 'Duchess of York' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping Line: Canadian Pacific Railway
Official Number: 161202
Master: Captain Stuart



Name: Doreen Boddy
Gender: Female
Age: 11/12
Birth Date: abt 1928
Departure Date: 19 Apr 1929
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Destination Port: Quebec, Canada
Ship Name: Duchess of York
Search Ship Database: Search the 'Duchess of York' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping Line: Canadian Pacific Railway
Official Number: 161202
Master: Captain Stuart

UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
Name: Joshua Boddy
Birth Date: abt 1905
Age: 25
Port of Departure: St John, New Brunswick, Canada
Arrival Date: 22 Mar 1930
Port of Arrival: Liverpool, England
Ship Name: Montcalm
Search Ship Database: View the 'Montcalm' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping Line: Canadian Pacific Steamship Line
Official Number: 145903

Occupation: Club Steward.

Travelling alone...........to 383 Harehills Road, Leeds, the address at which his mother was residing at the time of her death one month earlier

His marriage is on freebmd

1911 England Census
Name: Elizabeth Ellen Boddy
Age in 1911: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871
Relation to Head: Wife
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Salford, Lancashire, England
Civil parish: Leeds
County/Island: Yorkshire-West Riding
Country: England
Street Address: 383 Harehills Lanc Leeds
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Assisting In The Busines
Registration district: Leeds
Registration District Number: 500
Sub-registration district: North East Leeds
ED, institution, or vessel: 17
Piece: 27108
Household Members:
Name Age
Joshua Boddy 41
Elizabeth Ellen Boddy 40
Horance May Boddy 18 Image is Florance
Charles Ernest Boddy 14******
Joshua Boddy 5
Helen Knott 22
William Rooks Boothroyd 29


*******Possibly
Charles Ernest Boddy
Canada, Ocean Arrivals (Form 30A), 1919-1924
Charles Ernest Boddy
Canada, Soldiers of the First World War, 1914-1918

West Yorkshire, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935
Name: Elizabeth Ellen Aspin
Birth Year: abt 1871
Age: 20
Marriage or Bann Date: 22 Feb 1891
Parish: Bradford, St Peter (Bradford Cathedral)
Father's Name: Isaac Aspin
Spouse's Name: Joshua Boddy
Spouse's Father's Name: William Boddy
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1891 England Census
Name: Elizabeth Ellen Boddy
Age: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Joshua Boddy
Gender: Female
Where born: Salford, Lancashire, England
Civil parish: Horton
Ecclesiastical parish: All Saints
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Bradford
Sub-registration district: Horton
ED, institution, or vessel: 36
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 3641
Folio: 104
Page Number: 18
Household Members:
Name Age
Joshua Boddy 21
Elizabeth Ellen Boddy 20
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England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Name: Elizabeth Ellen Boddy
Probate Date: 24 Mar 1930
Death Date: 21 Feb 1930
Death Place: Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Registry: Wakefield

(Letters of) Administration to Joshua Boddy, fish merchant

British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
Name: Lewis Aspin
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1894
Age at enlistment: 20
Birth Parish: Bradford
Birth County: Yorks
Document Year: 1914
Regimental Number: 26158
Regiment Name: Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery
Number of images: 7
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England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2006
Name: Lewis Aspin
Birth Date: 20 Jul 1894
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1972
Age at Death: 77
Registration district: Worth Valley
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume: 2c
Page: 207

Use freebmd to find his marriage, and any offspring

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England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2006
Name: Frank Aspin
Birth Date: 20 Jun 1924
Date of Registration: Apr 2001
Age at Death: 76
Registration district: Bradford
Inferred County: Yorkshire
Register Number: F61A
District and Subdistrict: 0811F
Entry number: 283

1891 England Census about Isaac Aspin
Name: Isaac Aspin
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Manchester, Lancashire, England
Civil parish: Bowling
Ecclesiastical parish: St Stephens
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Registration district: Bradford
Sub-registration district: Bowling
ED, institution, or vessel: 30
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 3619
Folio: 14
Page Number: 24
Household Members:
Name Age
Isaac Aspin 40
Sarah Ann Aspin 16
Isaac Aspin 12
Frances Aspin 9
Arthur Aspin 6

Manchester, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930
Name: Janet Wotherspoon
Birth Year: abt 1851
Age: 18
Marriage Date: 17 Oct 1869
Parish: Salford, St Philip
Parish as it Appears: St Philips Salford
Father's Name: James Wotherspoon
Spouse's Name: Isaac Aspin
Spouse's Father's Name: James Aspin
Item Number: 1
Archive Roll: 956

England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2006
Name: Isaac Aspin
Birth Date: abt 1851
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1933
Age at Death: 82
Registration district: Bradford
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume: 9b
Page: 125

West Yorkshire, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935
Name: Isaac Aspin
Birth Year: abt 1851
Age: 40
Marriage or Bann Date: 1 Aug 1891
Parish: Bradford, St Peter (Bradford Cathedral)
Father's Name: James Aspin
Spouse's Name: Sarah Lumb
Spouse's Father's Name: Barnard Lumb

1881 England Census
Name: Isaac Aspin
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Janet Aspin
Gender: Male
Where born: Salford, Lancashire, England
Civil parish: Bradford
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Street Address: 80 Paisley St
Condition as to marriage: Married

Occupation: Woollen Warehouseman (Stapler)
Registration district: Bradford
Sub-registration district: Horton
ED, institution, or vessel: 33
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4458
Folio: 164
Page Number: 16
Household Members:
Name Age
Isaac Aspin 30
Janet Aspin 30
Elizabeth E. Aspin 10
Margaret Aspin 8
Sarah A. Aspin 6
Isaac Aspin 2

1911 census


Person: ASPIN, Isaac Address: 210 Hollings Road Manningham Bradford

ASPIN, Isaac Head Married19 years M 60 1851 Dyer Warehouseman Wool Lancashire Salford VIEW
ASPIN, Sarah Wife Married F 49 1862 Yorkshire Bfd VIEW
ASPIN, Lewis Son Single M 16 1895 Jobber Lad Silk Yorkshire Bfd VIEW
ASPIN, Emma Daughter Single F 15 1896 Weft Girl Silk Yorkshire Bfd VIEW