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After searching for my G Grand mother for a few years I took a break to care for my sister. Now I'm back and thought I had found mays death, after ordering the death certificate it is the wrong may as she was a Collins by marriage.

May Collins b Manchester 1883 to Robert and Ruth Collins, She had a son John Collins b 1907 Manchester, no father on certificate.

Someone said as she had a son out of wedlock she went in to the work house and gave him up for adoption. This info was wrong as his granddad brought him up,
he is living with his G dad on the 1911 census.

I was then told that may died in the Withington work house, so found a death and ordered the cert but the wrong one.

Now what else can I do to track her down.
any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Kath
:-S

Have you found her on the 1911 census and the 1939'register

What about any marriage ?

If you know her actual birth date you may be able to find her death

For our info - is this May's birth Reg?

England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

First name(s) MAY
Last name COLLINS
Birth year 1883
Birth quarter 2
Registration month -
Mother's last name -
District CHORLTON
County Lancashire
Country England
Volume 8C
Page 730

Do you know her actual DOB?

And on the 1891 census?

1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Napier Street, Ardwick, Chorlton, Lancashire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Robert Collins Head Married Male 37 1854 Painter & Decorator Hull, Yorkshire, England
Ruth Collins Wife Married Female 43 1848 - Epworth, Lincolnshire, England
Robert Collins Son - Male 13 1878 Roller Coverer Epworth, Lincolnshire, England
Harry Collins Son - Male 11 1880 Scholar Hull, Yorkshire, England
Jessie Collins Son - Male 4 1887 Scholar Manchester, Lancashire, England
May Collins Daughter - Female 8 1883 Scholar Manchester, Lancashire, England

Well she does seem to have gone into the workhouse


Number -
First name(s) May
Last name Collins
Birth year 1882
Admission/Discharge year 1907-08
Admission year 1907
Admission day 28
Admission month Aug
Previous residence Ardwick
Place Manchester
Register book year 1905
Locality of record Manchester Withington Workhouse
Records title Creed Register
Date range 1905 - 1908
Film M327 - 2 - 2 - 26
Record set Manchester Workhouse Registers 1800-1911
Category Institutions & organisations
Subcategory Workhouses and poor law
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She came out on 5.9.1907

May still with parents 1901

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
8, Meadow Street, South Manchester, Chorlton, Lancashire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Robert M Collins Head Married Male 46 1855 House Decorator Hull, Yorkshire, England
Ruth Collins Wife Married Female 53 1848 - Epworth, Lincolnshire, England
Robert Collins Son Single Male 23 1878 India Rubber Worker Epworth, Lincolnshire, England
Harry Collins Son Single Male 21 1880 General Labourer Hull, Yorkshire, England
May Collins Daughter Single Female 18 1883 Fancy Box Maker Manchester, Lancashire, England
Jesse Collins Son Single Male 14 1887 Letterpress Printers Apprentice Manchester, Lancashire,

John with grandparents in 1911 - Ruth has lost a few years!

Not seeing May in 1911

1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
21 Meadow St Ardwick M/c, South Manchester, Lancashire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Occupation Age Birth year Birth place
Robert Collins Head Married Male House Painter And Decorator 56 1855 Hull Yorks
Ruth Collins Wife Married Female - 58 1853 Epworth Lincolnshire
Harry Collins Son Married Male Carter 31 1880 Hull Yorks
Jesse Collins Son Single Male Rubber Works 25 1886 Manchester Lancaster
John Collins Grandson - Male - 4 1907 Manchester Lancs

??????? Year of birth out, but info given to Registrar only as good as the informant knows

Withington Workhouse Death Register Transcription

First name(s) MAY
Last name COLLINS
Age 53
Birth year 1879
Death year 1932
Death month Nov
Death day 05
Burial year -
Burial place Southern
Parish Manchester
Place SOUTHERN
County Lancashire
Country England
Locality of record Manchester Withington Workhouse
Film M 327 / 1 / 2 / 20
Page 99
Year range 1931 - 1936
Record set Withington Workhouse Death Register
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Deaths & burials

Yes May b 1883 I have found her on the census up to 1901 but nothing after except for her sons birth.
greyghost the May that died in the workhouse in 1932 isn't my May, that is the cert that I got and she is married to James Collins and Collins seems to be her married name.

Shirley no I cant find her anywhere after 1901

Do you know her FULL DOB not just the year (1883)

Sorry all yes that's my May in Ardwick . :-S

Ill have a look at my records now

????


England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription
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First name(s) MAY
Last name COLLINS
Gender Female
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year 1883
Age -
Death quarter 2
Death year 1976
District TRAFFORD
County Lancashire
Volume 39
Page 1940
Country England
Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Deaths & burials
Collections from Great Britain

Sorry I have just checked through my records and i haven't got her birth cert

I have just read some records that I received in 2005 and the person said that may had a little job in the workhouse.

Thanks safc ill take a look at that one.

I have just found some paperwork that says she was b in June 1883 hope this helps x.
Thank you for all your help xx. :-D

It sounds as if the June 1883 was refering to the quarter her birth was registered in.

Brought forward -

First name(s) MAY
Last name COLLINS
Birth year 1883
Birth quarter 2
Registration month -
Mother's last name -
District CHORLTON
County Lancashire
Country England
Volume 8C
Page 730

Q1 = Jan to March
Q2 = Apr to Jun.

If you only have the birth reg, you'd need to get the certificate to find her full date of birth. As there were 6 weeks to register a birth, It could be as early as 26 Feb or as late as 30 Jun!

The exact date of birth - as known by the informant - was included on DC from the June quarter 1969 (deaths reg from April 1969)
Even if she died before then, its often possible to work out if the record is a likely one

May probably went into the workhouse hospital to have her baby ......

........ workhouse hospitals were the only place where people could get free medical care back then

Other information on the record of the Workhouse posted by Shirley were that May was CofE, was admitted from Ardwick, and that she had given the information herself. Her birth year is shown as 1882 .......... presumably given by her