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Claire

Claire Report 23 May 2010 10:05

I am trying to find any information on my greatgrandmother and her sister they were adoted from wallsey that is in merseyside in about early 1900 they where taken to Yorkshire and my grand mother married a man called Walter Downs sometimes spelt Downes my granmother was called Beatrice and her sister was called Harriett Scott i am not sure if she married but my grandad can remembers her living with them. my great grandad and grandmother went on to have two children on called fridrick Downs the his sister called ? but suname of Grainger. if you can help get in touch thanks claire

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 23 May 2010 10:14

Surname First name(s) Spouse District Vol Page

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Marriages Mar 1917 (>99%)
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Downes Walter Scott Guisbro 9d 690
Scott Beatrice Downes Guisbro 9d 690


Marriage certificate will give more details about Beatrice.

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rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 23 May 2010 10:18

Births Dec 1917 (>99%)
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Downs Isabella Scott Guisbro 9d 650


Births Dec 1924 (>99%)
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Downs Frederick A Scott Guisbro'. 9d 744




Name: Isabella Downes
Spouse Surname: Grainger
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1943
Registration district: Cleveland
Registration county (inferred): Yorkshire- North Riding
Volume Number: 9d
Page Number: 873

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rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 23 May 2010 10:42

There is this Beatrice on the 1901 census. The census has been mistranscribed and she is the Ward of William Crozier, aged 51 and his wife Beatrice M. Crozier, aged 30.

Name: Beatrice Scott
Age: 14
Estimated birth year: abt 1887
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Civil parish: Sunderland
Ecclesiastical parish: Monkwearmouth All Saints
County/Island: Durham
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

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Employment status: View image

Registration district: Sunderland
Sub-registration district: Monkwearmouth
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 38
Household Members: Name Age
Beatrice Scott 14
Beatrice Dow 17 Servant

Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 4722; Folio: 117; Page: 7.



Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Marriages Dec 1894 (>99%)
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Crozier William Sunderland 10a 919
Marriage Beatrice Maud Sunderland 10a 919

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