I am really stuck !!
My Great Grandfather WALTER VALLANCE has become a real problem to track down , we know where he ended his life , but where he began is a little confusing .
He died in Bradford (have death cert ) 28-10-1944 aged 71 born 1873
Married in Bradford (have marriage cert) 02-06-1906 aged 26 which makes him born 1880 depending on when birthday was .
We know both certs are correct as Great Grandmother and addresses are known to be correct .
The story goes that in later life he found out that he was older than he thought he was as he could have claimed his pension years earlier than he did . Great Grandmother worked for a solicitor cleaning and he found out his true ID . He was told that his parents were killed travelling up country visiting and he survived and was brought up by a family named ETHERINGTON ( Herbert Etherington was a witness at his marriage)
On the 1891 census Walter Vallance is living at the same house as Mary Etherington Walter is listed as a boarder. aged 17 born 1974.
On the 1901 census Walter Vallance is living at the same address as Mary Hetherington Walter is listed as Son , aged 21 born 1880
Both Marys are born 1830 in Gildersome Yorkshire so I think its the same lady just a spelling error ETHERINGTON/Hetherington .
The 1881 census shows Walter Vallance born 1874 alongside Alfred Vallance born 1872 no parents with them at NORTH BIERLEY UNION WORKHOUSE at Clayton Bradford .
I tried to search the archives for the records via WYAS WAKEFIELD . They said there was no record of him on the archives they have at BRADFORD and said that KEIGHLEY might have some records a volume of orders for boarding out children to foster parents !! Has anyone searched these records ? Is it worth me paying out another £24 an hour for them to search these records to tell me that there isn't an entry for WALTER ?
Both Walter and Alfred state on their Marriage certs that their father is William VALLANCE .
All my searches can’t find a birth cert for Walter VALLANCE with father William the birth cert that I sent for has Walter VALLANCE born 1874 Bradford father Alfred VALLANCE mother Hannah VALLANCE late HILL formally GOFF.
Can anyone help me please or put me in the right direction ?
Regards
Beverley
My Great Grandfather WALTER VALLANCE has become a real problem to track down , we know where he ended his life , but where he began is a little confusing .
He died in Bradford (have death cert ) 28-10-1944 aged 71 born 1873
Married in Bradford (have marriage cert) 02-06-1906 aged 26 which makes him born 1880 depending on when birthday was .
We know both certs are correct as Great Grandmother and addresses are known to be correct .
The story goes that in later life he found out that he was older than he thought he was as he could have claimed his pension years earlier than he did . Great Grandmother worked for a solicitor cleaning and he found out his true ID . He was told that his parents were killed travelling up country visiting and he survived and was brought up by a family named ETHERINGTON ( Herbert Etherington was a witness at his marriage)
On the 1891 census Walter Vallance is living at the same house as Mary Etherington Walter is listed as a boarder. aged 17 born 1974.
On the 1901 census Walter Vallance is living at the same address as Mary Hetherington Walter is listed as Son , aged 21 born 1880
Both Marys are born 1830 in Gildersome Yorkshire so I think its the same lady just a spelling error ETHERINGTON/Hetherington .
The 1881 census shows Walter Vallance born 1874 alongside Alfred Vallance born 1872 no parents with them at NORTH BIERLEY UNION WORKHOUSE at Clayton Bradford .
I tried to search the archives for the records via WYAS WAKEFIELD . They said there was no record of him on the archives they have at BRADFORD and said that KEIGHLEY might have some records a volume of orders for boarding out children to foster parents !! Has anyone searched these records ? Is it worth me paying out another £24 an hour for them to search these records to tell me that there isn't an entry for WALTER ?
Both Walter and Alfred state on their Marriage certs that their father is William VALLANCE .
All my searches can’t find a birth cert for Walter VALLANCE with father William the birth cert that I sent for has Walter VALLANCE born 1874 Bradford father Alfred VALLANCE mother Hannah VALLANCE late HILL formally GOFF.
Can anyone help me please or put me in the right direction ?
Regards
Beverley
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