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Trying to find out about my great grandfather's brother, Percy Baines.
He was born in Chester in 1881 and I have found him living with parents on the 1911 census but don't know much more about him. I have found a possible death in Chester in 1934 which does match as the person was 53 years old.

There is a possible marriage in Chester on the Chester BMD site

Cheshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1922
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
BAINES Percy COOKSON Sarah Chester, Civil Marriage Cheshire West ROC/71/165

The same one on Ancestry

Name: Percy Baines
Spouse Surname: Sarah Cookson
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1922
Registration district: Chester
Inferred County: Cheshire
Volume Number: 8a
Page Number: 1064

There is a tree on Ancestry with a Percy Bains 1882 1934 parents Thomas and Elizabeth and a brother John Robert .

Any help

From a tree on Ancestry

Name: Percy Baines
Birth: Abt 1882 - Chester, Cheshire, England
Death: Oct-Nov-Dec 1934 (Oct 1934)
Marriage: Jul-Aug-Sep 1922 (Jul 1922) - Chester, Cheshire
Parents: Thomas Baines, Elizabeth Griffiths
Spouse: Sarah Cookson

Percy Baines
England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000

residence: St. Paul, Chester, Cheshire, England
parents: Thomas Baines, Elizabeth

record title: England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000
name: Percy Baines
gender: Male
event type: Christening
christening date: 23 Jun 1881
christening place: St Paul, Chester, Cheshire, England
father's name: Thomas Baines
mother's name: Elizabeth
principal's residence: St. Paul, Chester, Cheshire, England
digital folder number: 4001969


Percy Baines
England, Cheshire School Records, 1796-1950

birth: 20 May 1881
residence: 27 Jul 1885 —Canal Side, Cheshire, England

record title: England, Cheshire School Records, 1796-1950
surname: Baines
given name: Percy
date of birth: 20 May 1881
school: Chester, Boughton-St Paul's School
residence: Canal Side, Cheshire, England
date of admission: 27 Jul 1885


Percy Baines
England, Cheshire School Records, 1796-1950

birth: 20 May 81
residence: Hoole Lane Locks, Cheshire, England
parents: Thomas Baines

record title: England, Cheshire School Records, 1796-1950
surname: Baines
given name: Percy
father\guardian: Thomas Baines
school: Chester, Boughton-St Paul's School
residence: Hoole Lane Locks, Cheshire, England


Percy Baines
England and Wales Census, 1901

birth: 1882 —Chester, Cheshire
residence: 31 Mar 1901 —Chester, Cheshire, England
census: 31 Mar 1901 —Chester, Cheshire, England

record title: England and Wales Census, 1901
name: Percy Baines
event: Census
event date: 31 Mar 1901
gender: Male
age: 19
relationship to head of household: Son
birthplace: Chester, Cheshire
record type: Household
registration district: Chester
sub-district: Chester Castle
ecclesiastical parish: Chester St Paul
civil parish: Chester
county: Chester, Chester Castle, Chester, Cheshire


Percy Baines
England and Wales Census, 1891

birth: Chester
residence: 1891 —England
census: 1891 —England

record title: England and Wales Census, 1891
name: Percy Baines
event: Census
event date: 1891
gender: Male
age: 9
relationship to head of household: Son
birthplace: Chester
record type: Household
registration district: Chester
sub-district: Chester Castle
ecclesiastical parish: St Paul
civil parish: Chester
county: Cheshire

The tree on ancestry sounds like the same person as his parents were Thomas and Elizabeth and the John Robert was my great grandfather. Are there any other details on there as I don't have membership of ancestry?

There is no more detail on the site and I would suspect that the tree owner does not have the certificates because the quarter is given rather than the actual date of the death or marriage.

The tree includes photos of Elizabeth and William Baines b 1825 - The grandparents of Percy.

Carol you can view public Ancestry trees on Mundia (it's free) - http://www.mundia.com/gb/

Just register and then search for Percy Baines (or whoever else) using the Find People facility.

When you find the match you can view that tree.

Thank you the tip about mundia.com - I didn't know about that way into ancestry.com as I have only used the genesreunited site thus far

Ann - I have replied through a private email to you which does say that I am very grateful for any information on Percy as I had nothing on him other than that he was my great grandfathers brother. The information you found gives me a lovely picture of his early life as it covers his baptism, early schooling etc. I am amazed at how you find such things. just goes to show that I am only a novice at this geneing!

sorry, haven't seen the messge - glad it's of use to you

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Lorrianemona - you need to start your own threads to get help with your searching. Your posts won't be seen here.

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