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Kathleen was born to Mary Kelly (nee Holden) & Patrick (Paddy)Thomas Kelly in 1932. Paddy was killed in a paper warehouse fire in Heywood 1934. In 1936 (approx) Kathleen, her mum Mary and Marys mum Jessie moved to Hove / Sussex. Patrick was the elder brother of my father Thomas Kelly (deceased). Kathleen married David Anthony Walker in 1963, she had graduated as a SRN in 1953. I believe that they lived in Ely / Cambridgeshire for many years. I have not been able to trace any children born to them.
If anyone knows of Kathleen and David and hopefully any extended family I would appreciate any assistance they can provide

1939


1939 Register Transcription

Holden Household (5 People) 13a Western Road , Hove M.B., Sussex, England

First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule Sub Number
Kathleen M Walker (Kelly) 11 Jan 1932 Female - Single 107 4
Jessie Holden 25 Oct 1890 Female Unpaid Domestic Dutie Married 107 1
Sorry, this record is officially closed. Check if you can open a closed record.
Mary Kelly 28 Apr 1910 Female Shop Assistant Widowed 107 3

Thank you all for you prompt assistance. I have previously identified much of the information you have posted and much of your posts agree with my searches. My problem at this time is that I have not been able to identify there were any children born to Kathleen & David and after 2010 I have lost confirmed search details of their location. I have confirmed their marriage as I have their certificate. My search now is focused on their current address and hopefully any of their children.

Many thanks

Maureen

Did you know that Mary had a sister Alice?

Alice Holden in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Alice Holden
Mother's Maiden Name: Cooper
Registration Year: 1912
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district: Bury
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 1033


Alice Holden in the Manchester, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915
Name: Alice Holden
Age: 0
Birth Date: 26 Oct 1912
Baptism Date: 4 Dec 1912
Baptism Place: Heywood, St James, Lancashire, England
Parish as it Appears: Heywood, St James
Father: John Holden (Fireman) 57 Adelaide Street
Mother: Jessie Holden

Alice is with her father on the 1939 Register

John Holden on the 1939 Register

Holden Household (4 People)..... (Only 3 people on the image) 24 Ott, York Street , Heywood M.B., Lancashire, England

John Holden 10 Aug 1887 Fireman Heywood Fire Brig Married
Edwin C Shaw 01 Jun 1904 Motor Driver Married (Possibly 31 Jun 1904 on the image)
Alice Shaw 26 Oct 1912 Photographic Portrait Studios Married


Marriages Sep 1936 (>99%)
Holden Alice Shaw Bolton 8c 953
Shaw Edwin C Holden Bolton 8c 953

Kathleen M Walker still in Cambridgeshire up to 2013 - might still be there but opted out of ER?

Will send you address by pm.


Mary

Thank you both, I have not yet managed to find any children for Alice & Edwin - still searching, hopefully 2013 location of Kathleen will be the one I am looking for

Thanks again

Maureen

There were quite a number of Shaw / Holden births after 1936, mainly in Yorkshire and Lancashire - but impossible to know if any of them were Alice & Edwin's children without buying a lot of certificates, which is clearly not practical.

No help with children, I know - but:

Possibility for Edwin's death - if "Jan" or Jun" was mistranscribed on either the death record or the 1939 register:

Edwin Charles Shaw
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Edwin Charles Shaw
Birth Date: 31 Jan 1904
Date of Registration: Jun 1978
Age at Death: 74
Registration district: Dover
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 16
Page: 1057

And this is the only Alice Shaw death with the DOB as given in 1939 - I know your Alice had no middle name at birth or marriage:

Alice Joan Shaw
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Alice Joan Shaw
Birth Date: 26 Oct 1912
Date of Registration: Apr 1988
Age at Death: 75
Registration district: Dover
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 16
Page: 1093

Thank you

Very interesting as when Kathleen, her mum Mary & gran moved from Heywood they moved to Hove and Dover is really not that far away. Marys father, sister Alice and her husband Edwin stayed in Heywood and were there till 1944. By 1945 their house 24 York street had new residents. So thanks again

Maureen

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http://tinyurl.com/ydxg5evg

Surname WALKER

First name KATHLEEN MARGARET

Date of probate 4 Jan 2013

Probate number 3955942

Date of death 27 Oct 2012

Document type Grant only

Registry Ipswich

Hi Choccy

Many thanks for the info, can you please tell me how you found this information as I have been constantly searching and not been able to find her death. Whilst I am grateful for your assistance, to find that my only traceable relative from my fathers side of the family has passed away before I could contact her is heartbreaking.
Once again thank you

Maureen

Hi Maureen,


The England & Wales Death Index (on Ancestry) only covers deaths to 2007.

If it is possible that a person has died between 2007 and 2017 and they have made a Will, this is the site I search -

https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills

You can apply for a copy of the Will at a cost of £10 (this may give you further information about any relatives)

Hi Choccy

Thanks again for the information, I only have access to Find my past so did not know that I could search for wills. You really have helped me/ I have now sent for a copy of the will, it will hopefully tell me if Kathleen and her husband had any children as my searching has been unsuccessful, likewise I have not found any children born to her sister.
If the will fails to identify children then hopefully it will give me information regarding her husband Davids family.
Once again many thanks.

Regards

Maureen

Edwin Charles also left a Will, in 1978 (if that's the correct death record I posted earlier).

Shaw, Edwin Charles (or Shawn), of 64 Clarendon St, Dover, died 1 May 1878. Administration Brighton 14 August. £1538. 780604221N


Alice Joan doesn't appear to have left a Will.