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Births Dec 1929
Etheridge Doris M Evans Birkenhead 8a 677
Births Sep 1932
Etheridge William J Evans Birkenhead 8a 727
Births Mar 1934
Etheridge James A Evans Birkenhead 8a 690

James A being Alan?

Deaths Mar 1933
Etheridge William J 0 Birkenhead 8a 792

My grandad had a half sister called Doris and a half brother called Alan. rumour has it in the family that John Snr married his wife's cousin also called Margaret Crawford.

I would also like help if anyone has access to Scottish records for William Mckay sometimes spelt Mackay and his wife Ellen Christie, both born around 1840 in Scotland and moved to Hull where my great granfather benjamin was born in @ 1876.

Thank you
Carole

What was the name of the half sister - it will give a mmn & make it easier to locate the correct marriage?

Thank you everyone for your prompt replies and information. Now to work my way through all this information.
Just to confirm, my grandparents where married in 1934 John J Etheridge & Jessie Mckay, again thank you and if anyone has any more information I will be very grateful.

I do believe that my great grandfather married twice, once to Margaret Crawford, my grandads mother and at some stage later as my grandad had at least one half sister.

Carole

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1905
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
ETHERIDGE John J CRAWFORD Margaret Liverpool, Our Lady & St. Nicholas & St. Anne Liverpool 2053LP/91/442

"England, Marriages, 1538–1973 ," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N2B3-J87 : accessed 16 Oct 2012), John Joseph Etheridge and Margaret Crawford, 19 Nov 1905; citing reference , FHL microfilm 93865.

Using http://www.cheshirebmd.org.uk/
Cheshire Birth indexes for the years: 1906
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
ETHERIDGE Frances Nellie Birkenhead Wirral CRAWFORD BIR/231/3

Cheshire Birth indexes for the years: 1909
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
ETHERIDGE John Joseph Birkenhead Wirral CRAWFORD BIR/243/79

1911 says 2 live births - 2 still living. The remaining Etheridge-Crawford births are from 1911q3 on

1891 England Census
County:Cheshire
Parish:BIRKENHEAD
Street:52 EGERTON STREET
City:BIRKENHEAD
Ecclesiastical District:ST MARY
Municipal Ward:ARGYLE
Parliamentary Borough:BIRKENHEAD
Registration District:BIRKENHEAD
Sub District:BIRKENHEAD
Enumeration District:4
Archive Reference:RG12 Piece Number:2878 Folio:90 Page:21

JANE ETHRIDGE 1860 31 Norwich HEAD M Housekeeper
JOHN ETHRIDGE 1883 8 Sheffield, Yorkshire SON Scholar
SUSANAH ETHRIDGE 1884 7 Nottingham DAUGHTER SCHOLAR Scholar
JAMES ETHRIDGE 1889 2 Birkenhead, Cheshire SON Scholar
RICHARD PEERS 1855 36 Overton, Wales FRIEND M Hawker
ANNIE PEERS 1867 24 Wigan, Lancashire FRIEND M Ring Spinner

Cheshire Birth indexes for the years: 1889
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
ETHRIDGE James Frank Birkenhead Wirral BIR/156/9

Don't know why Birkenhead register 156 (& 157-160 at least) don't have the mum's MS retrofitted yet.


Cheshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1928
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
ETHERIDGE John Joseph EVANS Margaret Ann Birkenhead, St James Wirral BK5/3/84

Cheshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1934
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
ETHERIDGE John Joseph MCKAY Jessie Mason Birkenhead, St Anne Wirral BK3/4/281

Possibly the 1928 marriage to Margaret A Evans is John Joseph senior, and the 1934 marriage to Jessie was John Joseph junior? Would need Carole to confirm if the latter marriage was that of her grandparents.

Sadly:

Deaths Dec 1914
Etheridge Thomas E 0 Birkenhead 8a 536

Deaths Dec 1918
Etheridge Frances E 12 Birkenhead 8a 987
Etheridge Maggie 33 Birkenhead 8a 1120

1918 deaths probably due to Spanish 'flu.

Rose

"Nellie" was actually Frances:

Births Jun 1906
Etheridge Frances Nellie Birkenhead 8a 505

Births Jun 1909
Etheridge John Joseph Birkenhead 8a 504

Rose

More children:

Births Sep 1911
Etheridge Margaret Crawford Birkenhead 8a 945


Births Mar 1914
ETHERIDGE Thomas E Crawford Birkenhead 8a 862

Births Sep 1916
Etheridge Emily W Crawford Birkenhead 8a 828

Rose

There are 2 marriages for a John J Etheridge, one in 1928 Birkenhead and one in 1934 Birkenhead. Any idea which one, or both?

1901

Joseph Etheridge
Age: 18
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883
Relation: Son
Father's Name: John Etheridge
Mother's Name: Laura Etheridge
Gender: Male
Where born: Sheffield
Civil parish: Birkenhead
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England


Name Age
John Etheridge 44 1857 london dock labourer
Laura Etheridge 41 1860 Norwich
Joseph Etheridge 18
Susan Etheridge 17
James Etheridge 12
Laura Etheridge 9
Edward Etheridge 6

marriage

John Joseph Etheridge
Birth Year: abt 1882
Age: 23
Marriage Date: 19 Nov 1905
Parish: Liverpool St Nicholas
Spouse's Name: Margaret Crawford
Father's Name: John Etheridge
Spouse Father's Name: Edward Crawford

Hello Carole and welcome

could be his birth

NAME:
John Joseph Etheridge
BIRTH:
Jun 1882 - Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding

If you get the marriage certificate for John and Margaret it will have his father's name on it.

Added:
have you got the birth certificate?:
Births Jun 1882
Etheridge John Joseph Sheffield 9c 452

Death?
John J Etheridge
Birth Date: abt 1883
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1952
Age at Death: 69
Registration district: Birkenhead
Inferred County: Cheshire
Volume: 10a
Page: 28
Certificate for information on informant?

Help, I cannot find anything more for my great grandfather .
I have the following information from the 1911 Census:
John J Etheridge born @ 1883 in Sheffield and that he lived in Birkenhead with his wife Margaret (nee Crawford they married in 1905 in Liverpool).
2 children: Nellie age 5 born @ 1906 in Birkenhead and Joseph age 2 born in 1909 in Birkenhead (my grandad but I knew him as John Joseph).
I do know that my great grandad married twice and think Margaret was his first wife.
I have tried all leads and cannot get anywhere, any help would be appreciated, thank you.
Carole