Good morning Doreen, Thank you for your email and time. I have searched the freeBDM and this is how I found the marriage record of George Taylor and Mary E Bowker, although my grandmother's name was Edna, maybe it was really Mary Edna ?? but this couple are my father's parents and if this is their marriage, it means they did not marry until Dad was 15. Maybe George had not divorced his first wife. I have nothing to go on, as do not know George's parents or siblings, I know Edna Bowker had siblings, as he brothers indentured Dad in the carpentry business when he was 16. I will write to Blackpool Registery Office and if they have details purchase a certificate. Thank you again. Regards Colleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "doreen EL-AHWANY" <doreen@elahwany.freeserve.co.uk> To: <ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 6:14 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-L] Re: ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-D Digest V05 #118 > Hi Colleen, > > I think you really need to start off by buying the full birth certificate > for your father. This will confirm his parents names. > Alan has found a marriage for you in Oldham that could very well be the > second marriage of your grandfather in 1940 in Oldham, and you will also > need the first marriage record as your father was born in 1925. > The marriage certs will then give you the name of Georges father, and with > a bit of luck, you can then find Georges fathers family on the 1901 > census, to take you further back. > Taylor is quite a popular name in this area. > Have you checked the BMD sites online? There is freeBMD and 1837online, > and the LancsBMD that Alan mentioned. > > Best of luck, > Doreen. > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.9.0/47 - Release Date: 16/07/2005 > > > ==== ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON Mailing List ==== >>==== ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON Mailing List ==== > To search the archives of this list go to: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-L-request@rootsweb.com >

Hallo Colleen, When you have the Certificate(s) you have written for, I can check the address(es) for you if you wish and the 1901 Census on fiche at Blackpool Library if applicable. There are no electoral rolls for the 1920s and not many directories, but I will check what they do have with pleasure. HTH, Bert Pemberton (MLFHS 11929). >From: "Colleen Wells" <colleenhasell@ozemail.com.au> >Reply-To: ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-L@rootsweb.com >To: ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-L] Re: ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-D Digest V05 #118 >Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 10:01:08 +1000 > >Good morning Doreen, > >Thank you for your email and time. > >I have searched the freeBDM and this is how I found the marriage record of >George Taylor and Mary E Bowker, although my grandmother's name was Edna, >maybe it was really Mary Edna ?? but this couple are my father's parents >and if this is their marriage, it means they did not marry until Dad was >15. Maybe George had not divorced his first wife. > >I have nothing to go on, as do not know George's parents or siblings, I >know Edna Bowker had siblings, as he brothers indentured Dad in the >carpentry business when he was 16. > >I will write to Blackpool Registery Office and if they have details >purchase a certificate. > >Thank you again. > >Regards >Colleen > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "doreen EL-AHWANY" ><doreen@elahwany.freeserve.co.uk> >To: <ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 6:14 PM >Subject: Re: [ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-L] Re: ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-D Digest V05 #118 > > >>Hi Colleen, >> >>I think you really need to start off by buying the full birth certificate >>for your father. This will confirm his parents names. >>Alan has found a marriage for you in Oldham that could very well be the >>second marriage of your grandfather in 1940 in Oldham, and you will also >>need the first marriage record as your father was born in 1925. >>The marriage certs will then give you the name of Georges father, and with >>a bit of luck, you can then find Georges fathers family on the 1901 >>census, to take you further back. >>Taylor is quite a popular name in this area. >>Have you checked the BMD sites online? There is freeBMD and 1837online, >>and the LancsBMD that Alan mentioned. >> >>Best of luck, >>Doreen. >> >> >>-- >>No virus found in this outgoing message. >>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.9.0/47 - Release Date: 16/07/2005 >> >> >>==== ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON Mailing List ==== >>>==== ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON Mailing List ==== >>To search the archives of this list go to: >>http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON-L-request@rootsweb.com >> > > > >==== ENG-LAN-MIDDLETON Mailing List ==== >Check out the Middleton site for up-dates >http://www.vmims.com/middleton.htm >