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I'm having trouble with one branch of my family tree and I can't get further back than my grandmother. My grandmother Florence Colley was born in Harwarden, Deeside, Wales in 1911. However I know virtually nothing about her parents, all I know if her mother's maiden name was Fairhurst and she married twice, second time to a Bowie. Any information anyone can help me with about who her parents were would be great!! Thank you!!

Nicola

This is the reference for her birth certificate (which will give you her parent's names):-

Name: Florence Colley
Year of Registration: 1911
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Mother's Maiden Name: Fairhurst
District: Hawarden
County: Flintshire
Volume: 11b
Page: 423

Kath. x

Possible second marriage

Marriages Dec 1925 (>99%)
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Bowie Daniel Colley Hawarden 11b 403
Colley Florence Bowie Hawarden 11b 403
Hopwood Margaret E Thorley Hawarden 11b 403
Thorley Jesse W Hopwood Hawarden 11b 403

hi nicola

if you send for the birth cert it will confirm the parents names

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
about Florence Colley
Name: Florence Colley
Year of Registration: 1911
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Mother's Maiden Name: Fairhurst
District: Hawarden
County: Flintshire
Volume: 11b
Page: 423

possible siblings


England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
about Mary Colley
Name: Mary Colley
Year of Registration: 1914
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Mother's Maiden Name: Fairhurst
District: Hawarden
County: Flintshire
Volume: 11b
Page: 383

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
about John A Colley
Name: John A Colley
Year of Registration: 1915
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Mother's Maiden Name: Fairhurst
District: Hawarden
County: Flintshire
Volume: 11b
Page: 397

Possible first marriage

Marriages Sep 1906 (>99%)
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Colley Samuel Hawarden 11b 395
FAIRHURST Florence Hawarden 11b 395

Reference for the second marriage certificate:-

Marriages Dec 1925
Colley Florence Bowie Hawarden 11b 403

Kath. x

Possible death
Deaths Dec 1922
Colley Samuel 39 Hawarden 11b 279

Thank you all for your help, it has been very useful!

Nichola,

Looks like it may be Florence Fairhurst and Samuel Colley are the likely parents, they appear on the 1911 census, of course without Florence Jnr but rather than speculate give Hawarden record office a call, they are very helpful and will get back to you with the info you need, they will have her baptism if she was baptised at Hawarden.

01244 532364...........If you have any problems e-mail me and I will pop down there and take a look for you.

Did your grandma have siblings?

Ann

Hi Ann

Yes I think she did have quite a lot of brothers, sisters and also half brothers and sisters but I didn't know any of them.

Hi again Nichola,

Colley/Fairhurst children

Annie Mildred 1907 (poss)
Belinda 1908 (poss)
Elvira 1909 (poss)
Florence 1911
Mary 1914
John A 1915
Bertha 1917
Kathleen 1918
Samuel C 1921

The first three are possibles only, but they are within the marriage date so worth keeping for when you find out a bit more re the family.

Ann

Name: Bertha Colley
Mother's Maiden Surname: Fairhurst
Date of Registration: Jan Feb Mar 1917
Registration district: Hawarden
Registration county: Wales
Volume Number: 11b



Name: Kathleen Colley
Mother's Maiden Surname: Fairhurst
Date of Registration: Apr May Jun 1918
Registration district: Hawarden
Registration county: Wales
Volume Number: 11b

Name: Samuel C Colley
Mother's Maiden Surname: Fairhurst
Date of Registration: Jan Feb Mar 1921
Registration district: Hawarden
Registration county: Wales
Volume Number

A couple more births.
Regards Sue

Thank you Ann, thats great!

Samuel Colley comes up on the 1901 census, however on the 1891 census there are two that could be him. So the 1901 census may not be him. How can I tell which one he is?

Nicola

1911 census


COLLEY, SAMUEL 28 LABOURER GENERAL WILLESTON CHESHIRE
COLLEY, FLORENCE 28 PERTH FLINTSHIRE
COLLEY, ANNIE MILDRED 4 SANDYCROFT FLINTSHIRE
COLLEY, ELVIRA 2 LEALAND FLINTSHIRE
COLLEY, JOSEPH BROTHER SINGLE M 30 LABOURER WILLESTON CHESHIRE

Address
5 RIVER DEE COTTAGES QUEENSFERRY FLINT

Cheers Sue

Hi Nichola,

I would wait before you spend too much time on searching, to get proof of Florences parents from hawarden. However if it is Samuel we are after we know his birth date from the 1911 index (1883)

I have just searched the 1901 1883+/- 2 years, and I would fancy the one in Chester...........only because Sealand is a hop skip and jump from Hawarden.

Ann

Thanks very much Sue

Nicola

Hi Ann

Yes I was thinking the same.

Thanks,
Nicola

There you go Nichola Sue has kindly given you his birthplace among other info, so you should find him now.

Sue,

Are you sure for Florence it says PERTH Flintshire?

Annx

So maybe this birth


Name: Florence Fairhurst
Year of Registration: 1883
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Chester
County: Cheshire, Flintshire
Volume: 8a
Page: 460

Maybe 1891

hurst
Name: Margaret Fairhurst
Age: 37
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1854
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales

Civil parish: Saltney
Ecclesiastical parish: Hawarden
Town: Pentrehobyn
County/Island: Flintshire
Country: Wales

Street Address: View image
Condition as to marriage: View image
Education: View image
Employment status: View image
Occupation: View image

Registration district: Chester
Sub-registration district: Hawarden
ED, institution, or vessel: 5a
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Margaret Fairhurst 37
James Fairhurst 14
John N Fairhurst 12
Florence Fairhurst 7
Bertha Fairhurst 3
Hugh Jones 39 Brother to Margaret

1881

James Fairhurst
Age: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877
Relation: Son
Mother's Name: Margaret
Gender: Male
Where born: Pentre, Flintshire, Wales

Civil parish: Hawarden
County/Island: Flintshire
Country: Wales

Street Address: 4 Ratcliffe Row
Education: View image
Employment status: View image

Registration district: Chester
Sub-registration district: Hawarden
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Margaret Fairhurst 27 Widow
James Fairhurst 4
John Fairhurst 2
Samuel Jones 66 Boarder

Thank you sue.
If Margeret was a widow in 1881, then Florence's father may not have been ...... Fairhurst? Or had she re-married?