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Member Since: September 2014 Posts: 2 Send Message	Sharalene	Report	8 Sep 2014 22:16
Member Since: September 2014 Posts: 2 Send Message	I am looking for any living relation connected with my dad Barry Swain, he was born in boston Lincolnshire where he lived to his early twenties. His father was called Fred Swain and his Mother was called Lilly Constance Swain, he was an only child but had many cousins who lived in and around Boston. :-)
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 16,405 Send Message	patchem	Report	8 Sep 2014 22:28
	Just for ref. as to ages: England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007 Lily Constance Swain Birth Date: 29 Mar 1906 Date of Registration: Jan 1988 Age at Death: 81 Registration district: Ely Inferred County: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk Volume: 9 Page: 1039 Marriages Sep 1936 Cantwell Lily C Swain Boston 7a 1287 Swain Frederick Cantwell Boston 7a 1287 Births Jun 1906 CANTWELL Lily Constance Boston 7a 437 Have you found her on the 1911 census? Are the cousins on both sides of the family?
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 26,287 Send Message	ArgyllGran	Report	8 Sep 2014 22:35
	Yes, indeed - lots of potential for cousins, at least on his mother's side! 1911 England Census about Lily Constance Cantwell Name: Lily Constance Cantwell Age in 1911: 5 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1906 Relation to Head: Daughter Gender: Female Birth Place: Boston, Lincolnshire, England Civil Parish: Skirbeck County/Island: Lincolnshire Country: England Street address: 7 Tooley St, Skirbeck Boston Linc's Occupation: School Registration district: Boston Registration District Number: 415 Sub-registration district: Boston ED, institution, or vessel: 12 Piece: 19600 Household Members: Name Age Frank Sydney Cantwell 40 Mabel Cantwell 37 Fred Sydney Cantwell 14 Mary Elizabeth Cantwell 12 Mabel Lilian Cantwell 11 Frank Louis Cantwell 10 Herbert Ernest Cantwell 9 Dorothy Edna Cantwell 7 Arthur Alonza Cantwell 6 Lily Constance Cantwell 5 Kathleen Winifred Cantwell 3 Marguerite Irene Cantwell 1 Barbara Grace Cantwell 3/12 Kate Constance Jones 15 - niece
	Researching: Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 16,405 Send Message	patchem	Report	8 Sep 2014 22:36
	This appears to bethe family in 1911, suggest you look to see who has any of them in their trees on here, as there are a lot of them: 1911 England Census Frank Sydney Cantwell Age in 1911: 40 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871 Relation to Head: Head Gender: Male Birth Place: Boston, Lincolnshire, England Civil Parish: Skirbeck County/Island: Lincolnshire Country: England Street address: 7 Tooley St, Skirbeck Boston Linc's Marital Status: Married Occupation: Railway Clerk Registration district: Boston Registration District Number: 415 Sub-registration district: Boston ED, institution, or vessel: 12 Piece: 19600 Frank Sydney Cantwell 40 Mabel Cantwell 37 married 15 years, 11 children born and living. Fred Sydney Cantwell 14 Mary Elizabeth Cantwell 12 Mabel Lilian Cantwell 11 Frank Louis Cantwell 10 Herbert Ernest Cantwell 9 Dorothy Edna Cantwell 7 Arthur Alonza Cantwell 6 xxxxLily Constance Cantwell 5 Kathleen Winifred Cantwell 3 Marguerite Irene Cantwell 1 Barbara Grace Cantwell 3/12 Kate Constance Jones 15 niece Source Citation: Class: RG14; Piece: 19600.
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 16,405 Send Message	patchem	Report	8 Sep 2014 22:39
	You might need his marriage certificate to find out Frederick Swain's age, so you can find him on the censuses.
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	8 Sep 2014 22:45
	loads of info put on this request too http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/general_chat/thread/1344481
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

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