Hi All
Many moons ago you helped me with my brickwall wrt my GGrandmother Annie Keating, but even with all your help we couldn't find her prior to her marriage to Arthur Ellison in 1908 in Wigan, except for an Annie being in Swinton Poor Law School. Now at last the 1911 census has turned up trumps, Arthur, Annie and the young boys William & Peter are living in Barnsley. Arthur is still working in the pits.
Now Annie gives POB as Oldham, at last some tangible evidence that she didn't descend from the planet Zog, to this end I've found what I believe is her birth:
Q1 1886 8d/681 MMN O'Keefe. I've sent for the cert.
Try as I may I can't appear to tie in a Keating/O'Keefe marriage.
I did find a death for a Catherine Keating age 25 in Oldham Q4 1887 8d/722, and wondered if this was the mother, and hence why Annie appears in Swinton Poor Law School, the BC should tell me, but I'm chomping at the bit to progress!!
The other side to this is that I wrongly assumed that family stayed in Wigan and Arthur joined the Lanc's Fussilliers and was killed in 1916 in Flanders. However after looking at his Medal Cards again I see another 2 Arthur Ellisons both in the West Riding Regiment, and seeing that the family were in Barnsley would he have joined up in the WR Reg.?
Question is how can I find which is the correct Arthur and when he died? see cards below
Any help on the 2 problems would be appreciated and thanks in advance
Got to pop out for a bit, OH says that if I behave myself I can push the supermarket trolley today Oh what joy!!!!!!!!!!!!!
L
Many moons ago you helped me with my brickwall wrt my GGrandmother Annie Keating, but even with all your help we couldn't find her prior to her marriage to Arthur Ellison in 1908 in Wigan, except for an Annie being in Swinton Poor Law School. Now at last the 1911 census has turned up trumps, Arthur, Annie and the young boys William & Peter are living in Barnsley. Arthur is still working in the pits.
Now Annie gives POB as Oldham, at last some tangible evidence that she didn't descend from the planet Zog, to this end I've found what I believe is her birth:
Q1 1886 8d/681 MMN O'Keefe. I've sent for the cert.
Try as I may I can't appear to tie in a Keating/O'Keefe marriage.
I did find a death for a Catherine Keating age 25 in Oldham Q4 1887 8d/722, and wondered if this was the mother, and hence why Annie appears in Swinton Poor Law School, the BC should tell me, but I'm chomping at the bit to progress!!
The other side to this is that I wrongly assumed that family stayed in Wigan and Arthur joined the Lanc's Fussilliers and was killed in 1916 in Flanders. However after looking at his Medal Cards again I see another 2 Arthur Ellisons both in the West Riding Regiment, and seeing that the family were in Barnsley would he have joined up in the WR Reg.?
Question is how can I find which is the correct Arthur and when he died? see cards below
Any help on the 2 problems would be appreciated and thanks in advance
Got to pop out for a bit, OH says that if I behave myself I can push the supermarket trolley today Oh what joy!!!!!!!!!!!!!
L
Comment