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woolstencroft/cohu

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Shirley

Shirley Report 19 Nov 2017 14:03

Thank you :-)

Rambling

Rambling Report 17 Nov 2017 19:51

Just for helper's ref , a previous thread re family generally but mentioning Stephen

https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1365173

Shirley

Shirley Report 17 Nov 2017 19:42

yes stephen. He is searching for his mums background and family. Sheila may cohu/woolstencroft/lawson is his sister. She was adopted but he was placed in a childrens home after rita may cohu died in 1944 from tb . she was a guernsey refugee :-)

Dea

Dea Report 17 Nov 2017 19:31

There was a male child born in 1944 in Burnley with the surname Cohu - mothers maiden name was the same so probably she was not married.?

I wonder if there is any connection here to Rita May ?

I can see no other mention of him .

Dea x

Shirley

Shirley Report 17 Nov 2017 19:15

thankyou :-)

malyon

malyon Report 17 Nov 2017 18:33

the marriage had a daughter in 1965 anita

Shirley

Shirley Report 17 Nov 2017 17:43

thanks guys. think i may have to get her wedding certificate to maybe get another clue. thanks :-) :-)

malyon

malyon Report 17 Nov 2017 17:33

there are early records in Guernsey on family search

https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bsurname%3Acohu~%20%2Bbirth_place%3Aguernsey~

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 17 Nov 2017 17:29

No birth registered for a Sheila Cohu in England or Wales.

Sheila M Woolstencroft in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name: Sheila M Woolstencroft
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1957
Registration district: Burnley
Inferred County: Lancashire
Spouse: Kenneth Lawson
Volume Number: 10b
Page Number: 1482



Sheila M Lawson in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Sheila M Lawson
Death Age: 27
Birth Date: abt 1940
Registration Date: Jun 1967
Registration district: Littleborough
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 10d
Page: 65




Shirley

Shirley Report 17 Nov 2017 16:59

Hi
Is there a way of discovering where a sheila woolstencroft formerly cohu was born around 1940. Her mother was rita may cohu evacuee from guernsey born around 1923 and i am not sure if sheila was born in guernsey or burnley . Does anyone out there have access to births in guernsey at alll? Sheila was adopted by a famuily named woolstencroft in burnley around 1940-1944 but unfortunately died aged 27 in 1967.
thanks
shirley :-)