Andrew
If you had mentioned that there was a very long thread on another forum I would ha e picked up several important pieces of information, not least of which is that you have his exact date of birth and his mother's name on his death certificate. His mother's name is given as Mary Leigh.
Armed with that information I immediately found the marriage of Mary Eccles to Peter Shevelan Leigh in 1919 at Preston. I then found Peter's death in 1955 aged 78 in Fulwood and Mary,s death in 1970 aged 93, date of birth 15 July 1876. Buy this marriage certificate and this will tell you who her father was.
You can also look for this couple in 1939 which will confirm her maiden name and her date of birth.
You also failed to mention that the name Mitchell was used by his wife,s family long before he ever met her making it extremely likely he just made up the name of his father to suit.
OC
If you had mentioned that there was a very long thread on another forum I would ha e picked up several important pieces of information, not least of which is that you have his exact date of birth and his mother's name on his death certificate. His mother's name is given as Mary Leigh.
Armed with that information I immediately found the marriage of Mary Eccles to Peter Shevelan Leigh in 1919 at Preston. I then found Peter's death in 1955 aged 78 in Fulwood and Mary,s death in 1970 aged 93, date of birth 15 July 1876. Buy this marriage certificate and this will tell you who her father was.
You can also look for this couple in 1939 which will confirm her maiden name and her date of birth.
You also failed to mention that the name Mitchell was used by his wife,s family long before he ever met her making it extremely likely he just made up the name of his father to suit.
OC
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