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I'm looking for relatives of my paternal grandma HILDA DAVIDSON (born 1904): possibly with connections to Prestwich/Blackley/Northenden, South Manchester
My aunty ANN DAVIDSON my grandmas sister lived in Levenshulme, had an adopted son called JOHN DEAN (John was married to Helen and have son ROBERT DEAN and daughter SHIRLEY DEAN) - they moved to Oxford (Headington) in about 1981

My grandma HILDA DAVIDSON married my grandad LESLIE BRIGGS (born 1905)
(married 1931 South Manchester:
Lived at Leng Road, Newton Heath Manchester and Droylsden Road, Newton Heath
They had 3 sons: my Dad PAUL BRIGGS1939
PETER BRIGGS (1938), Married to SANDRA BRIGGS
DAVID BRIGGS, married to VERA BRIGGS (son IAN BRIGGS, daughter HELEN BRIGGS

Looking for in what way - Ancestors, descendants?

Use this free site https://www.freebmd.org.uk
to look for maiden names of wives - or for births of the children to find Mother's maiden name

and/or this one. You have to register but it's free to use.

https://www.gro.gov.uk

Try looking (top of this page) under the Search heading and then "Search all members trees" to see if anyone else has any of these people in their tree. You can then try to contact the tree owners using the "Find out More" facility.

You should remove full dates of birth of people who may still be living from your opening post - it's against site T&C's and leaves people open to ID fraud.

Do you know your Grandma Hilda's parent names so we can perhaps pinpoint the family?

There is this family in 1911 in south Manchester
1911 Census For England & Wales
43 Bickerdike Avenue Gorton M/C, South Manchester, Lancashire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Thomas Davidson Head Married Male 36 1875 Compositor Dalston Cumberland
Annie Davidson Wife Married Female 34 1877 - Prestwick Lancashire
Hilda Davidson Daughter - Female 6 1905 - Manchester Lancashire

At this point Thomas and Annie have been married 8 years and had just the one child

Hilda's birth?

Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
DAVIDSON, HILDA HACKING
GRO Reference: 1904 S Quarter in PRESTWICH Volume 08D Page 395

and other siblings ?

Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
DAVIDSON, NORA HACKING
GRO Reference: 1912 J Quarter in CHORLTON Volume 08C Page 1319

DAVIDSON, ANNIE HACKING
GRO Reference: 1913 J Quarter in CHORLTON Volume 08C Page 1414

Thank you for your reply, its very helpful I'm researching my family history as I have no living parents or grandparents, so have provided as much information as I could find and also would like to know if I have any living relatives on my mum and Dads /grandparent's side Thank you

This is your Grandma and Grandad in 1939
Hilda Briggs's life in 1939
64 Leng Road, Manchester C.B., England

First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule Sub Number
Leslie Briggs 23 May 1905 Male Tripe Dresser (Master) Married 102 1
Hilda Briggs 28 May 1904 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 102 2
The record for this person is officially closed.
Peter L Briggs 21 Apr 1938 Male Under School Age Single 102 4
Paul Briggs 13 Sep 1939 Male Under School Age Single 102 5
Ref: RG101/4526B/008/1 Letter Code:

The closed record is likely to be David ? (b 1935 Manchester North), who is either still living or his death hasn't been picked up and reflected on the Register.

Thanks very much for that I think the closed record is probably my uncle David's (DAVID BRIGGS, sadly I lost contact many years ago after my mum and Dad died

https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/living_relatives/thread/1383449

Now deleted

There were other earlier Briggs / Davidson marriages, (the nearest was Salford). but no apparent births before the 3 brothers apart from the one below. A copy of his birth certificate would confirm, but it looks likely to be another sibling

Surname First name(s) Mother District Vol Page
Births Dec 1933 (>99%)
BRIGGS Leonard F Davidson Manchester N. 8d 589

He died
Deaths Mar 1934 (>99%)
Briggs Leonard F 0 Manchester N 8d 706

https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/living_relatives/thread/1382300

Another free site - especially useful for Lancashire

http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/birthsearch.php

All 4 births are recorded showing the sub district in which they were registered

and this shows where your Grandparents were married

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1931
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Year Church / Register Office Registers At Reference

BRIGGS Leslie DAVIDSON Hilda 1931 Levenshulme, St. Peter Archives+, Manchester Central Library 77/5/69


Another good free site for Lancashire -
http://www.lan-opc.org.uk

The deleted thread was just a duplicate request about the Dean family - with no date info to help