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Thank you Mike this is Mary's record and she continued to live with her mother's family for many years following the girls in working in textile mills John however remains a mystery I don't remember him being spoken of when I was young only in the context of Mary's elder brother and have no idea what happened to him. My grandfather move to Ingleton in N Yorks to work in the mines where he met my grandmother their eldest son being born in 1916/17. He used to return to Burnley to visit his parents



Patricia please keep replies on your thread for all to follow

For our reference ....



daughter Mary in 1911 is with maternal grandparents. ....

Name: Mary Terguson
[Mary Ferguson]
Age in 1911: 7
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1904
Relation to Head: Granddaughter
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Burnley, Lancashire, England
Civil parish: Burnley
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street Address: 8 Parker St Burnley
Registration district: Burnley


Hom Melvin 60 - ( John on original)
Cathrine Melvin 52
Bridget Melvin 30
Ellen Melvin 25
Maggie Melvin 18
Mary Terguson 7 - ( Ferguson on original)
John Lelland 47
Pathrick Duinn 50

The child was born after the marriage

Marriages Mar 1902
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Ferguson John Burnley 8e 363
Higgin Miles Burnley 8e 363
Melvin Catherine Burnley 8e 363
Tatham Jane Burnley 8e 363

Did the mother die in childbirth ?

Deaths Sep 1905
Ferguson Catherine -26 - Burnley 8e 111

John's year of birth is NOT correct.
He was born 1905 not 1906

He is one of these

Births Mar 1905
Ferguson John - Burnley 8e 184

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Births Sep 1905
Ferguson John - Burnley 8e 163

Might the John in question have been Catherine's son, as he was a half-brother?

Name: John Melvin
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1896
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1907
Age at Death: 11
Registration district: Burnley
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8e
Page: 137



1901 England Census

Name: John Melvin
Age: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1897
Relation: Son
Father's Name: John Melvin
Mother's Name: Catherine Melvin
Gender: Male
Where born: Burnley, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Burnley
Ecclesiastical parish: St Peter
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Registration district: Burnley
Sub-registration district: East Ward

John Melvin 45
Catherine Melvin 40
Catherine Melvin 21
Bridget Melvin 19
Ellen Melvin 14
Margt Melvin 6
Martin Melvin 13
John Melvin 4

Jan

1911

John Ferguson
Age in 1911: 6
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1905
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Burnley, Lancashire, England
Civil parish: Burnley
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street Address: 14 Master St Burnley Lancashire
Registration district: Burnley


Martin Ferguson 41
Mary Ferguson 39
Bridget Ferguson 7
John Ferguson 6 .............. This must be the FLATELY one
Pat Ferguson 5
Thomas Ferguson 4
Martin Ferguson 2
Thomas Meintyre 26




Marriages Dec 1901

Everett Matthew Blackburn 8e 713
FERGUSON Martin - Blackburn 8e 713
FLATLEY Mary - Blackburn 8e 713 <<<<<<<
LINDSEY Angelina Blackburn 8e 713

Just click 'edit' on your original posting, make changes, then click 'submit'.
Jan

Please could you tell me how to change a date on the entry John's year of birth is correct but I have obviously got the wrong date for the death of his mother.Thanks a lot.

There were 2 born in Burnley 1905

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1905
FERGUSON John Burnley East Preston FLATLEY
FERGUSON John Burnley East Preston MELVIN <<<<<<<<<<


If you still want help you should untick the "Answered" status

Patricia, you have marked Mike's reply as 'answered' - this implies you do not require any more info.
If this is not the case you need to 'un-answer' it!
Jan

Sorry I will amend the entry

Son John born 1906
mother Catherine died 1905

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I am trying to find information about John Ferguson born in Burnley 1905. He was the son of my grandfather John Ferguson and his wife Catherine nee Melvin they also had a daughter Mary born in 1904 who I knew when I was a child, she was not married and died about 1989. By the census of 1911 my granddad was a widower his wife having died before 1911. The men in the family were employed mainly in the coal mines and the girls in cotton mills. I always believed that his eldest son died at a young age but so far have had no luck in tracking down a record of his death. Any help much appreciated