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edwin east

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Alison

Alison Report 29 Oct 2011 17:15

i wonder if anyonecould help me , im looking for my great grandad called EDWIN EAST , the only thing we know about him is that he had a daughter called HETTIE EAST who is my nan x , and a son called ALBERT EDWIN XX HE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN INVISIBLE MAN BEFORE AND AFTER THE BIRTHS , THANKYOU XX

Alison

Alison Report 29 Oct 2011 17:17

SORRY FORGOT TO MENTION MY NANS NAME WAS HELEN OR ELLEN BARKER FORMERLY SHEPHERD , AND SHE LIVED IN ECCLESALL BIERLOW , SHEFFIELD

Andrew

Andrew Report 29 Oct 2011 17:19

When/where was Hettie born, please?

Andy

Chrissie2394

Chrissie2394 Report 29 Oct 2011 17:39

Maybe

Births Mar 1909 (>99%)

EAST Hettie Sheffield 9c 656

Chris

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 29 Oct 2011 18:03

I'm confused!

The first post says "he had a daughter called Hettie East who is my nan"

The second post says "my nan's name was Helen or Ellen Barker, formerly Shepherd"

:-S

tempest

tempest Report 29 Oct 2011 18:04

1911 census

Address: 612 Brightside Lane Sheffield


Name Relation Condition/ Yrs married Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born

BARKER, Ellen Head Widow F 37 1874 Yorkshire Sheffield
BARKER, Florrie Daughter Single F 17 1894 Yorkshire Sheffield
BARKER, Albert Son M 12 1899 School/ Part Time Yorkshire Sheffield
BARKER, Annie Elizabeth Daughter F 10 1901 Yorkshire Sheffield
BARKER, William Son M 5 1906 Yorkshire Sheffield
BARKER, Hettie East Daughter F 2 1909 Yorkshire Sheffield
BARKER, Edwin Alfred Son M 3 (3 WEEEKS) 1908 Yorkshire Sheffield

original says married 14 years 5 months, 8 children born to marriage, 1 had died, 7 were still alive in 1911

Andrew

Andrew Report 29 Oct 2011 18:07

1901?

1901 England Census
about Florrey Burker
Name: Florrey Burker
[Florrey Barker]
Age: 7
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1894
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Albert E Burker
Mother's Name: Ellen Burker
Gender: Female
Where born: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

Civil parish: Brightside Bierlow
Ecclesiastical parish: Brightside St Thomas
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Sheffield
Sub-registration district: East Brightside
ED, institution, or vessel: 28
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 29
Piece: 4381
Folio: 83
Page Number: 5
Household Members: Name Age
Albert E Burker 34
Ellen Burker 27
Florrey Burker 7
Nelly Burker 6
Albert Burker 2
Annie Burker 9 Months
Rosetta Store 20


Andy

Andrew

Andrew Report 29 Oct 2011 18:10

Marriage??

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marriages Dec 1891 (>99%)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

>>>>Barker Albert Edward Sheffield 9c 830
Hudson Cornelius John Sheffield 9c 830
Page Ellen Sheffield 9c 830
>>>>Shepherd Ellen Sheffield 9c 830


Andy

tempest

tempest Report 29 Oct 2011 18:11

1901 census
Address: 8, Don Road Windmill Terrace, Brightside Bierlow

Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Disability Where Born

BARKER, Albert E Head Married M 34 1867 Labourer Sieman Steel Dep Sheffield Yorkshire
BARKER, Ellen Wife Married F 27 1874 Sheffield Yorkshire
BARKER, Florrey Daughter F 7 1894 Sheffield Yorkshire
BARKER, Nelly Daughter F 6 1895 Sheffield Yorkshire
BARKER, Albert Son M 2 1899 Sheffield Yorkshire
BARKER, Annie Daughter F 0 (9 MOS) 1901 Sheffield Yorkshire
STORE, Rosetta Lodger Single F 20 1881 Sheffield Yorkshire

Andrew

Andrew Report 29 Oct 2011 18:15

According to a tree on ancestry, Albert dies 1906, which means Hettie and Edwin Alfred have a doifferent father. Edwin East?

Andy

Mary

Mary Report 29 Oct 2011 18:18

Hetty 31/1/1909
Edwin Alfred 13/3/1911 died 1970.

Maryb.

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 29 Oct 2011 18:21

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915
about Albert Edward Barker
Name: Albert Edward Barker
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1906
Age at Death: 39 *******
Registration district: Sheffield
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume: 9c
Page: 332

Chrissie2394

Chrissie2394 Report 29 Oct 2011 18:29

I'm confused about the two names also.

Thanks to Tempest I now see why I couldn't find a Hettie East in 1911

Chris

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 29 Oct 2011 18:31

This thread seems to be about the same family, different poster.

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.page/board/records_office/thread/1151335

tempest

tempest Report 29 Oct 2011 19:24

do you have either birth cert please or marriage certs for Hettie or Edwin Alfred?

if you do what was Mr East's occupation on them please?

Alison

Alison Report 29 Oct 2011 22:28

hi , just looked on my nans birth certificate and it says her dads occupation was a BUILDERS LABOURER .

tempest

tempest Report 30 Oct 2011 11:21

had a look and there's no one obvious on 1901 or 1911 will take another look