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trying to find lost mother

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Sylvia

Sylvia Report 8 Mar 2011 17:55

can any kind person who has access to death records help me.im trying to find my mother.she was born around the 1900s,she married my father henry james in 1937 in waterloo liverpool.they divorced when i was about six.i believe she went on and married again to someone with the surname ralph ive found out she lived in runcorn near liverpool in the 1989.since then nothing

Clare

Clare Report 8 Mar 2011 17:59

What was your mum's name? can't find a marriage for a Henry James in Liverpool in 1937

jax

jax Report 8 Mar 2011 18:03

??

Marriages Jun 1935 (>99%)
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Bigwood Clara C M James Liverpool N. 8b 1144
Cooney Charles H Virano Liverpool N. 8b 1144
James Henry W Bigwood Liverpool North 8b 1144
Virano Grace Cooney Liverpool N 8b 1144

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 8 Mar 2011 18:04

need your mums name to start looking at the records

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 8 Mar 2011 18:10

Cant see a marriage of Clara James to a surname Ralph

ChristineinPortugal

ChristineinPortugal Report 8 Mar 2011 18:10

This appears to have been posted on the Roocroft surname board, so is this the marriage?

Marriages Sep 1937
James William H B Roocroft Crosby 8b 1601
Roocroft Dorothy James Crosby 8b 1601

Christine

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 8 Mar 2011 18:14

more likely birth then

Name: Dorothy Roocroft
Year of Registration: 1914
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Mother's Maiden Name: Wall
District: Leigh
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 541

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 8 Mar 2011 18:16

Name: Dorothy James
Spouse Surname: Ralph
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1965
Registration district: Liverpool
Registration county (inferred): Lancashire
Volume Number: 10d
Page Number: 528
Find Spouse: Edwin C Ralph

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 8 Mar 2011 18:20

wonder if this was her hubby
Name: Edwin Cecil Ralph
Birth Date: 14 Mar 1902
Death Registration Month/Year: Jan 1986
Age at death (estimated): 83
Registration district: Liverpool
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 36
Page: 961


GillianMac

GillianMac Report 8 Mar 2011 19:56

Dorothy May Ralph born 16/8/1914 died 1982 Jun Q Liverpool 3b 1352

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 8 Mar 2011 21:19

Sylvia said she was still around in 1989 in Runcorn area

GillianMac

GillianMac Report 9 Mar 2011 12:55

But she said "in the 1989" which I take to be a mistyping of "in the 1980s"
It all fits as to name , date of birth and location -but we wil never know unless Sylvia returns to the board

Sylvia

Sylvia Report 10 Mar 2011 14:39

yes i did say last seen in 1989.and she did live in runcorn,i also know she had children to her second husband.i also believe they used to live. in west derby liverpool,before moving to runcorn

GillianMac

GillianMac Report 11 Mar 2011 12:39

Sylvia
Could you at least tell us your mothers maiden name -was she the Dorothy we found (Roocroft) or something else entirely?Were the birth and marriage details correct as found above?We would all like to help but need as much info about her as you can give us

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 11 Mar 2011 13:21


If you know any names of the children it may be possible to trace them through the records

GillianMac

GillianMac Report 13 Mar 2011 18:36

Sylvia has confirmed in a pm to me that her mother was Roocroft and she was born 1914 in Leigh

GillianMac

GillianMac Report 13 Mar 2011 18:44

I have pm'd to Sylvia 10 (!) children called Ralph with MMS Roocroft all born Liverpool North