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Hi Sean,
Try this,,Charles Edward Nelson[Boagey] ran away from home in 1923 age 15. Went to live with a friend John Atkinson in Sennymoor/ByersGreen.
Frank Atkinson and Gertude Mace lived in 11 &12 Nelson Street Spennymoor.
There was a Charles E Nelson born Sculcoats 8/9/1908. he had a sister Lucy
borne ??/6/1913.couldent make out first date..
grizwald

Hi Sean

I "vote" with Viv on this one...William F first, then if you dont want to get them all at once...William 1941 then 1937...

Misty x

i was gonna go for the w f atkinson south east as had another look at 1911 censes where they lived was in the south east .
but wait like you say for the vote as you all know best
seanxx
ps but im learning and very happy i found gertrude even though it has cost me a bloody fortune x

Boy you are lucky only finding 3 possibles ,,for now.
Start with the William f {1940} I would

I would send for them all as you wont know unless you see them.
But thats only what I did to find someones death,One a week I sent for.
7 in all.

But we had best wait for the other votes to come in first Sean.
Dont wanna oopset the other ladies now.
Give em 24 hours to vote and then do what you think is the best anyway...men normally do.
viv

ok i have 3 poss
william-1937 aged 54
april/may/june
gateshead-10a 895

william f-1940 aged 56
july/aug/sept
10a 183
durham s e.

william-1941 aged 57
july/aug/sept
10a 294
durham w

william f dob april 1884 ,they are all correct age i think any idears
sean x

No Prob Sean...just give us a shout...

Misty x

thanx misty
ill let you all know when i find anything ,and if you all dont mind ill run it by you all before i order any cert as there are a hell of a lot of william on there .

Morning Sean

I would look for William F Atkinson but take a note of any William/ W F Atkinson's in the area you are looking....That way you dont have to search the whole lot again if you dont find a William F Atkinson...

Good Luck

Misty x

hi all
thats how i found gertrude by going through year by year.
im hoping if i find williams death on his cert lucy may have reg the death long shot but what other clue do i have or it may give me another relative to look into .
im not ready to give up yet and to be honest im really enjoying looking .
i really just wanted your advice on if william francis atkinson is prob the best name to go for as hes down on gertrudes death cert as that name in 1929 .
sean x

Ohhhhh come on Viv...You know how we enjoy a good old hunt !!!

What else would we do on nights we "cant" sleep ;)))


Misty x

Dont know about just hung Mistycat....
drawn and quartered springs to mind as well.

I still have nightmares about it!!

Hello Sean

Nice to see your still "at it"....how could we ever forget the story !! ;)

Gosh, your going to have quite a task...if you decide to trawl through year by year, quater by quater...I do think Janey has the right idea..

At the risk of being "hung" (by the others) did you ever find anything about Lucy/Lou?

Misty x

Oh nooooo.

I think I shall now cancel my sub to Gr.

Only joking Sean,nice to see you are still with us

Good advice from Janey as always,well most of the time.

Seems like the first line of attack, Sean! Unfortunately, Ancestry hasn't done deaths 1916-1984 yet -- but it probably shouldn't be long until it does. You might want to hold off until you can do the automated searching. ;)

hi all
long time but just wanted to let you all know i have gertrudes death cert .
gertrude atkinson 1929 sedgefield and william francis atkinson was pres at the death .
im going to try to find his death just wanted a little adivce what to look for ,do you think i need to look for w f atkinson as he is under that name in 1929 .on gertrudes death .cert
i hope you can all recall this story was very long and a few months ago .
seanxxx

ok im going to have a good old look and see what i can find
i really do appriciate all you have done for me all of you
seanxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sean.

"poss marr for gertrude"


"chapman 1916" - this was to Gertrude Mace, in Smallburgh, Norfolk.
(Do feel free to give details so we don't have to go looking them up, eh?)

Unless the Mace-Atkinson marriage was bigamous and Gertrude remarried as Mace, this would not be her.

Did you search for Chapman-Mace births?
There are Chapman-Mace births in Smallburgh in 1917 and 1920. Robert and Margaret.

Did you search for a Gertrude Mace in 1911 in Smallburgh to see whether there was one who was probably the one who married Chapman?

There's this one:

MACE GERTRUDE HORACE F 1899 12 Smallburgh Norfolk

Births Sep 1898
Mace Gertrude Florence Smallburgh 4b 52

I'd say.


"carberry 1919" - this was to Gertrude Atkinson, in Hartlepool.

Did you search for Carberry-Mace births? Carberry-Atkinson births?
There are Carberry-Atkinson births in Hartlepool 1920-1926.
Your Gertrude's birth surname was Mace.
So I think not, eh?

sorry thought i was on to something never mind
seanx

There are 4 Lucy-s with mother Mace born 1911 onward:

Births Mar 1915
Rodgers Lucy A Mace Holbeach 7a 732
Births Mar 1916
Sellars Lucy Mace Doncaster 9c 1596
Births Mar 1919
Dunn Lucy M Mace Cheadle 6b 423
Births Mar 1921
PRENTICE Lucy M Mace Holbeach 7a 725

Do any of them look likely?

Regardless of whether the mother was married before, her birth surname should be shown on the birth record. So Mace is what I searched for.

Sean, you can do FreeBMD. Rather than just ask the questions, do the searches!

Look for a Rodgers-Mace marriage 1900-1925, a Sellars-Mace marriage, etc.

If you find the marriage, was the Mace a Gertrude? (If it should turn out that the Atkinson-Mace marriage was bigamous on his part, she might have married as a Mace.)

One for free: Rodgers-Mace was in 1904, and no Gertrude.

poss marr for gertrude
chapman 1916
carberry 1919
sean