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Member Since: July 2006 Posts: 134 Send Message	Valerie	Report	25 Apr 2013 22:10
Member Since: July 2006 Posts: 134 Send Message	Hi, Please can some one help I am trying to find a Peter Walmsley b 1898 in Bolton, married Elsie Martin in 1924 Bolton. Looked on Lancashirebmd and Freebmd but there is no mother's maiden name They both died in 1947. Any help would be appreciated Thank you Val :-(
Member Since: March 2007 Posts: 11,354 Send Message	Choccy	Report	25 Apr 2013 22:12
	1901 RG number: RG13 Piece: 3627 Folio: 164 Page: 24 Reg. District: Bolton Sub District: Great Bolton Parish: Bolton Enum. District: 29 Ecclesiastical District: Emmanuel City/Municipal Borough: Address: 30, Nuttall Street, Bolton County: Lancashire WALMSLEY, Samuel Head Married M 40 1861 Joiners Labourer Bolton, Lancashire WALMSLEY, Alice Wife Married F 42 1859 Bolton, Lancashire WALMSLEY, Charlie Son M 16 1885 Joiners Labourer Bolton, Lancashire WALMSLEY, Samuel Son M 15 1886 Cotton Piecer Bolton, Lancashire WALMSLEY, George Son M 10 1891 Bolton, Lancashire WALMSLEY, Elizabeth Daughter F 5 1896 Bolton, Lancashire WALMSLEY, Peter Son M 3 1898 Bolton, Lancashire WALMSLEY, Ellen Daughter F 0 (8 MOS) 1901 Bolton, Lancashire
Member Since: March 2007 Posts: 11,354 Send Message	Choccy	Report	25 Apr 2013 22:14
	1911 RG14PN23294 RG78PN1360 RD461 SD2 ED11 SN285 Reg. District: Bolton Sub District: South West Bolton Parish: Bolton Enum. District: 11 Address: 30 Nuttall St Bolton County: Lancashire WALMSLEY, Samuel Head Married 28 years M 50 1861 Labourer For Timber Merchant Kenyon's Bolton WALMSLEY, Alice Wife Married F 52 1859 House Wife Bolton WALMSLEY, Sherley Son M 7 1904 Labourer For Cursclliff Bolton WALMSLEY, Samuel Son M 25 1886 Labourer For Cursclliff Bolton WALMSLEY, George Son M 20 1891 Piecer Cotton Bolton WALMSLEY, Elizaibeth Daughter F 16 1895 Topper Heald And Reeld Works Bolton WALMSLEY, Peter Son M 13 1898 Piecer Cotton Bolton WALMSLEY, Ellen Daughter F 11 1900 School Bolton WALMSLEY, Alice Daughter F 6 1905 School Bolton
Member Since: March 2007 Posts: 11,354 Send Message	Choccy	Report	25 Apr 2013 22:15
	?? Marriages Dec 1883 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>EDMUNDSON Alice Bolton 8c 466 FOSTER Margaret Bolton 8c 466 INCE George Bolton 8c 466 >>>>>WALMSLEY Samuel Bolton 8c 466
Member Since: March 2007 Posts: 11,354 Send Message	Choccy	Report	25 Apr 2013 22:18
	http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/cgi/birthind.cgi Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1884 WALMSLEY Charles Eastern Bolton Bolton EDMONDSON EB/90/435 Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1898 WALMSLEY Peter Great Bolton Bolton EDMUNDSON GB/40/150
Member Since: July 2006 Posts: 134 Send Message	Valerie	Report	25 Apr 2013 22:21
Member Since: July 2006 Posts: 134 Send Message	Thank you Choccy, You've been a Big help Thank-you again Val :-D
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	26 Apr 2013 09:48
	On the image of the 1911 census....... Sherley.......is actually Charlie and he is 27 years old. 12 children born, 7 living, 5 had died. 1891 England Census about Samuel Walmsley Name: Samuel Walmsley Age: 30 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861 Relation: Head Spouse's Name: Alice Walmsley Gender: Male Where born: Bolton, Lancashire, England Civil parish: Great Bolton Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul Town: Bolton County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street Address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status: View image Registration district: Bolton Sub-registration district: Great Bolton ED, institution, or vessel: 36 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 3124 Folio: 78 Page Number: 13 Household Members: Name Age Samuel Walmsley 30 Alice Walmsley 31 Charles Walmsley 6 Samuel Walmsley 5 Benjamin Walmsley 3 George Walmsley 2/12 John Boulton 40 (Lodger) Staffordshire (Shoemaker) William Halliwell 54 (Lodger)
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	26 Apr 2013 10:06
	England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 about Benjamin Walmsley Name: Benjamin Walmsley Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1888 Registration district: Bolton Inferred County: Lancashire Volume: 8c Page: 496 England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915 about Benjamin Walmsley Name: Benjamin Walmsley Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888 Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1893 Age at Death: 5 Registration district: Bolton Inferred County: Lancashire Volume: 8c Page: 381
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	26 Apr 2013 10:23
	Samuel and his Sister Nancy are boarding with their married Sister Ellen on the 1881 census....... 1881 England Census about Samuel Walmsley Name: Samuel Walmsley Age: 19 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862 Relation: Boarder Gender: Male Where born: Bolton, Lancashire, England Civil parish: Great Bolton County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street Address: 9 Foundry Sq Education: Employment status: View image Occupation: Laborer (Timber Yard) Registration district: Bolton Sub-registration district: Bolton Western ED, institution, or vessel: 16 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 3846 Folio: 87 Page Number: 26 Household Members: Name Age Thomas Collier 29 Ellen Collier 26 Robert Collier 6 Mary E. Collier 4 Frank Collier Samuel Walmsley 19 Nancy Walmsley 12 John Collier 26 (Boarder) Marriages Mar 1875 (>99%) Collier Thomas Bolton 8c 358 Walmsley Ellen Bolton 8c 358 Samuel and Sisters Ellen and Nancy are with their parents in the 1871 census......at the same address of 9 Foundry Square...... 1871 England Census about Samuel Walmsley Name: Samuel Walmsley Age: 10 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861 Relation: Son Father's Name: Benjamin Walensky Mother's Name: Mary Walmsley Gender: Male Where born: Bolton, Lancashire, England Civil parish: Great Bolton Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul Town: Bolton County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Registration district: Bolton Sub-registration district: Bolton Western ED, institution, or vessel: 14 Household schedule number: 13 Piece: 3943 Folio: 79 Page Number: 3 Household Members: Name Age Benjamin Walensky 38 Peston (Walmsley on the image) Green Grocer Mary Walmsley 37 Bolton Ellen Walmsley 16 Samuel Walmsley 10 Hannah Walmsley 2 Nancy Walmsley 2 England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915 about Benjamin Walmsley Name: Benjamin Walmsley Estimated Birth Year: abt 1832 Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1876 Age at Death: 44 Registration district: Bolton Inferred County: Lancashire Volume: 8c Page: 290 England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915 about Mary Walmsley Name: Mary Walmsley Estimated Birth Year: abt 1834 Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1876 Age at Death: 42 Registration district: Bolton Inferred County: Lancashire Volume: 8c Page: 243
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	26 Apr 2013 10:26
	Nancy and Hannah were twins....... Births Sep 1868 (>99%) WALMSLEY Nancy Bolton 8c 376 WALMSLEY Hannah Bolton 8c 376
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	26 Apr 2013 10:31
	1861 England Census about Benjamin Walmsley Name: Benjamin Walmsley Age: 28 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833 Relation: Head Spouse's Name: Mary Walmsley Gender: Male Where born: Bolton, Lancashire, England Civil parish: Great Bolton Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity Town: Bolton County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street Address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: View image Registration district: Bolton Sub-registration district: Bolton Eastern ED, institution, or vessel: 15 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 96 Piece: 2828 Folio: 39 Page Number: 19 Household Members: Name Age Benjamin Walmsley 28 (Green Grocer) Mary Walmsley 27 Ellen Walmsley 4 Samuel Walmsley 4 Months 1851 England Census about Benjamin Walmsley Name: Benjamin Walmsley Age: 42 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1809 Relation: Head Gender: M (Male) Where born: Sharples, Lancashire, England Civil parish: Great Bolton Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity Town: Bolton County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street Address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Disability: View image Registration district: Bolton Sub-registration district: Bolton Eastern ED, institution, or vessel: 1s Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 169 Piece: 2210 Folio: 536 Page Number: 57 Household Members: Name Age Benjamin Walmsley 42 (Widower) Blacksmith Jane Walmsley 26 Salena Walmsley 22 Benjamin Walmsley 18 Richard Walmsley 16 Nancy Walmsley 14 1841 England Census about Sylina Walmsley Name: Sylina Walmsley Age: 12 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1829 Gender: Female Where born: Lancashire, England Civil parish: Bolton Le Moors Hundred: Salford County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street Address: Occupation: View image Registration district: Bolton Sub-registration district: Little Bolton Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 536 Book: 3 Folio: 16 Page Number: 25 Household Members: Name Age Benjamin Walmsley 38 (Black Smith) Betsy Walmsley 31 Jane Walmsley 16 William Walmsley 14 Sylina Walmsley 12>>>>Selina on the image Benjaman Walmsley 9 Richard Walmsley 6 Nancy Walmsley 4 James Gring 4 Robert Gring 9 Mo Looking at the 1841 census it seems Ellen preferred the name Betsy. Unless of course Benjamin remarried. Manchester, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915 about Scelina Walmsley Name: Scelina Walmsley Baptism Date: 24 May 1829 Parish: Bolton le Moors, St Peter Parish as it Appears: Bolton-le-Moors Father's Name: Benjn Walmsley (Black Smith) Mother's Name: Ellen Walmsley Reference Number: GB127.L243/1/3/8 1871 England Census about Selina Walmsley Name: Selina Walmsley Age: 42 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1829 Relation: Head Gender: Female Where born: Bolton, Lancashire, England Civil parish: Great Bolton Town: Bolton County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Registration district: Bolton Sub-registration district: Bolton Western ED, institution, or vessel: 13 Household schedule number: 185 Piece: 3943 Folio: 72 Page Number: 33 Household Members: Name Age Selina Walmsley 42 (Widow)........I doubt it!! Green Grocer James Walmsley 18 (Son) Nancy Caldwell 34 (Sister) Widow Green Grocer Mary E Anderson 10 (boarder) Marriages Dec 1858 (>99%) Caldwell William Bolton 8c 234 Walmsley Nancy Bolton 8c 234 1861 England Census about Selina Walmsley Name: Selina Walmsley Age: 32 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1829 Relation: Head Gender: Female Where born: Bolton, Lancashire, England Civil parish: Great Bolton Town: Bolton County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street Address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: View image Registration district: Bolton Sub-registration district: Bolton Western ED, institution, or vessel: 13e Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 118 Piece: 2833 Folio: 47 Page Number: 29 Household Members: Name Age Selina Walmsley 32 (Unmarried) Green Grocer James Walmsley 8 (Son) Agnes Walmsley 20 (Lodger) Mary Anderson 8 Months (Daughter)
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	26 Apr 2013 10:43
	Manchester, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930 about Benjamin Walmsley Name: Benjamin Walmsley (Labourer) Age: Full Res: Little Bolton Marriage Date: 17 May 1854 Parish: Bolton le Moors, St Peter Parish as it Appears: Bolton-le-Moors Father's Name: Benjamin Walmsley (Smith) Spouse's Name: Mary Barnes (Spinner) Spouse's Father's Name: Edward Barnes Witnesses: Ricahrd Hall and John Blackley
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	26 Apr 2013 11:02
	It seems Benjamin and Mary had anouther Daughter.......Mary 1881 England Census about Hannah Walmsley Name: Hannah Walmsley Age: 12 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1869 Relation: Niece Gender: Female Where born: Bolton, Lancashire, England Civil parish: Little Bolton County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street Address: 65 John Brown St Education: Employment status: View image Occupation: Scholar Registration district: Bolton Sub-registration district: Little Bolton ED, institution, or vessel: 28b Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 3838 Folio: 114 Page Number: 23 Household Members: Name Age Wm. Fairclough 34 Sarah A. Fairclough 31 Hannah Walmsley 12 (Niece) Mary Walmsley 8 (Niece)
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	26 Apr 2013 11:12
	Mary is still with the Fairclough's in 1891... 1891 England Census about William Fairclough Name: William Fairclough Age: 44 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847 Relation: Head Spouse's Name: Sarah A Fairclough Gender: Male Where born: Bolton, Lancashire, England Civil parish: Layton with Warbreck Ecclesiastical parish: St John Town: Blackpool County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street Address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status: View image Registration district: Fylde Sub-registration district: Blackpool ED, institution, or vessel: 6 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 3452 Folio: 108 Page Number: 25 Household Members: Name Age William Fairclough 44 Sarah A Fairclough 41 Mary Walmsley 18 (Niece) John Hutchinson 23 Mary Robson 8 Robert Robson 6 Hannah is with a Cousin...... 1891 England Census about Hannah Walmsley Name: Hannah Walmsley Age: 22 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1869 Relation: Cousin Gender: Female Where born: Bolton, Lancashire, England Civil parish: Great Bolton Ecclesiastical parish: St Bartholomew Town: Bolton County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street Address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status: View image Registration district: Bolton Sub-registration district: Great Bolton ED, institution, or vessel: 4 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 3119 Folio: 76 Page Number: 21 Household Members: Name Age Jas Spencer 34 Hannah Spencer 30 Matha Clough 22 Hannah Walmsley 22 Will Rodgers 60
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: July 2006 Posts: 134 Send Message	Valerie	Report	26 Apr 2013 18:34
Member Since: July 2006 Posts: 134 Send Message	Hi PricklyHolly, Thank you for the information, much appreciated regard's Val :-D

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