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In the next hospital bed to my wife a dear 89 year old lady asked if could help her locate her cousin Edna Best born Birkenhead circa 1932, her parents were Eleanor Best nee Murphy and John Best.

Any help for this dear lady will be greatly appreciated.

Donal McKenna

You should be able to find her birth on FreeBMD and maybe a marriage for her

Births from 1920 - 1945
Births Sep 1926
Best Marjorie E Murphy Steyning 2b 369

Births Mar 1931
Best Edna M Murphy Liverpool 8b 143

Births Sep 1933
BEST Roy Murphy Liverpool 8b 123

Births Mar 1936
BEST Brenda Murphy Liverpool

She seems to have married in 1951.

The record is on FreeBMD

You can then try for them on the electoral rolls

Still in Liverpool in 2002 try the free electoral roll site

there is a current electoral roll listing at 192.com for one of the people in the 2002 household

I will send that info to Donal by PM

(more complete matching address as shown at freeelectoralroll)

... and also a telephone listing for a possible child and some other possible family contact info

PM sent with possible family info and contact telephone number.

Best wishes Donal

The Edna that married in 1951 also appears to have been known as Monica.

Edna is on 2 trees on this site.

Rose

I don't know where that info came from Rose ... but I guess none of us checked death records closely.

Donal may want to break the news to the woman in hospital himself or contact the family member he has been given contact info for ... Edna seems to have died in 2007, middle name matching what Rose said

so far, Donal has not replied in the thread here, or to the PM I sent him ... don't know about others' PMs

Joonie,

I got Monica from the marriage record:

Marriages Mar 1951
BEST Edna M DECROP Liverpool N. 10d 734
BEST Monica E DECROP Liverpool N. 10d 734

This one was born in 1927 so not the correct Edna.

Births Mar 1928
Best Monica E Carter Liverpool 8b 32

Rose

well oh no, that's the one we've all been looking at, and the death record ...

but ... the 1927 birth was in Basford and there is a 1945 marriage in Basford ...

oh wait ... a birth reg Q1 1928 in Liverpool for Monica E ... matches the late 1927 dob on the death record


so apologies to Donal, this does seem to be the wrong person


also just to note the birth in Steyning shown above in the thread was to a different couple who married 10 years before Edna's parents

Perhaps Donal should ask the lady when she was last in contact with her cousin, and if she was married?

Also any known information on Edna's siblings?

Edna's niece is on this site and has Edna in her tree. Go to Search at the top and select Search All Member Trees.

Rose

Please forgive me for not responding earlier but all my time is being spent with my wife in hospital. I do sincerely appreciate everyone's assistance in this search and will speak with the lady, Elanor Huntriss, when I go to the hospital an 11am.

Donal

Donal, I would just edit that post to remove the woman's name, that's a bit of an invasion of her privacy to post it here :-)

good luck to her and best wishes to your wife.

JoonieCloonie, I appreciate your comment in respect of a persons name however, the lady in question wants her cousin to know who is looking for her.

Best regards

Donal

I'm sure you appreciate the other info sent to you privately too Donal :-)

I guess we may as well spell the name correctly then ...

Eleanor Huntriss

Did you contact her niece? She's also on Facebook.

Rose

Rose, Sorry for the delay but hospital visits take up most of my day and thanks for the lead.

Regards

Donal