Hi Maggie, On freebmd they have these entries for Crowther children born with a mother's maiden name of Broadbent... Births Jun 1912 Crowther Clarice Broadbent Bradford 9b 160 Births Mar 1915 Crowther Edith Broadbent Bradford 9b 197 Births Jun 1915 Crowther Jack Broadbent Holbeck 9b 919 Births Mar 1923 Crowther Jack B Broadbent Bradford 9b 146 Are you aware of any of Irving's family names that may have been given to his children? Have you tried looking for Military records? Have you ruled out this chap, for example? Name: Irving Crowther Residence: Halifax Death Date: 27 Mar 1918 Enlistment Location: Huddersfield, Yorks Rank: Private Regiment: Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) Battalion: 15/17th Battalion. Number: 41625 Type of Casualty: Killed in action Theatre of War: Aldershot Regards, Sally

Thank you, Sally: yes, I've got all these births noted but they seem to me (without spending money on certificates) to be a different Crowther-Broadbent family. Irving married Ethel on Boxing Day 1914 in Sowerby, Halifax but they immediately went to live in Newcastle, so I'd expect births to be there. Certainly the 1912 one isn't to my couple, implying that there certainly was at least one more such family. I didn't find any name pattern for either Irving's nor Ethel's families, either, so these names are on the back boiler. I went through all the military records to tie in with any Irving Crowthers (I know of around 8-10 in the period), and none of them fit. There was even one Irving who was practically a neighbour, if you can call Northowram and Ovenden neighbours, but completely unrelated. Another ended up in Trenton New Jersey as a potter!! Right now I'm pinning my hopes on that death in York, and maybe I'll check out if there was a will, that might be the simplest way forward. best wishes Maggie -----Original Message----- From: sally roberts <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:59 Subject: Re: [WRY] York records Hi Maggie, On freebmd they have these entries for Crowther children born with a mother's maiden name of Broadbent... Births Jun 1912 Crowther Clarice Broadbent Bradford 9b 160 Births Mar 1915 Crowther Edith Broadbent Bradford 9b 197 Births Jun 1915 Crowther Jack Broadbent Holbeck 9b 919 Births Mar 1923 Crowther Jack B Broadbent Bradford 9b 146 Are you aware of any of Irving's family names that may have been given to his children? Have you tried looking for Military records? Have you ruled out this chap, for example? Name: Irving Crowther Residence: Halifax Death Date: 27 Mar 1918 Enlistment Location: Huddersfield, Yorks Rank: Private Regiment: Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) Battalion: 15/17th Battalion. Number: 41625 Type of Casualty: Killed in action Theatre of War: Aldershot Regards, Sally Some useful websites - FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message