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SusyQ

SusyQ Report 20 Jun 2016 22:05

Sidney was actually born a Bentley, but when he was 8months old, his mother died and he was adopted by the Baxter family, hence the change of surname. He used to hyphenate it so is actually Bentley-Baxter! Sidney did remarry in 1948, then went on to have 5 more children. He also had a liaison and another child was born in 1947.

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 20 Jun 2016 21:29

Elaine also has Iris Cunningham in her tree.

Rose

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I am not related to you and I'm not your husband's first wife!

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 20 Jun 2016 21:25

Here's the son who died under Bentlley-Baxter:

Births Sep 1940
Baxter Sidney W B Cunningham Liverpool S. 8b 361
Bentley-Baxter Sidney W Cunningham Liverpool S. 8b 361

Looks like Sydney/Sidney remarried in 1948.

Rose

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patchem

patchem Report 20 Jun 2016 21:23

Possible marriage in Liverpool in 1961 for Elaine, and then she and husband in Runcorn on free electoral rolls - about 3 addresses show for possible Elaine, 1 for Elaine plus husband, so husband may have died. Or actual different people.

patchem

patchem Report 20 Jun 2016 21:10

Elaine Baxter has a tree on here - probably born at the end of 1943 and registered in 1944.

Have you tried to contact her?

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 16 Jun 2016 17:17

FMP records the parent's marriage as

IRIS
Last name CUNNINGHAM
Marriage quarter 4
Marriage year 1939
Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ IRIS CUNNINGHAM married
SYDNEY G BAXTER
Spouse's last name BENTLEY OR BAXTER <<<<
District LIVERPOOL NORTH
County Lancashire
Country England
Volume 8B
Page 1584

As you say, Elaine is indexed under Baxter only.

Do you know when & where Sydney became 'with someone else' in case we can find a remarriage for Iris?

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SusyQ

SusyQ Report 16 Jun 2016 16:24

hi Shirley, I cannot trace Iris Cunningham at all! Sidney Baxter died in 1992, but he was married to someone else then. Elaine had a brother who died in infancy in 1941, in Liverpool.

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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 16 Jun 2016 15:29

Have you looked to see if she had any siblings

Have you followed through on her parents .found deaths etc .

She could possibly be the informant on any death certificate

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SusyQ

SusyQ Report 16 Jun 2016 14:48

I was wondering if anybody could help me. I am trying to find Elaine Baxter (maiden name) the daughter of Sidney Baxter and Iris nee Cunningham. She was born in Conway, Wales in first quarter 1944. Finding her would help fill the missing piece of our family tree.

Regards,
Susie