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Cheers her name was Mary thanks everbody.

Alexandra

Found the following births which are prob. offspring from the MaryA Edwards / Lamb marriage above, ring any bells?
Name Mother's Maiden Name District Page Quarter Year

LAMB Rhoda Edwards Pontefract.9c 216 1 1912
LAMB Dorothy Edwards Pontefract.9c 182 4 1913
LAMB William Edwards Pontefract.9c 159 4 1915
LAMB Harriet E Edwards Pontefract.9c 139 4 1917

Send for this marriage and if Father is William a coal miner......you got him!

Marriages Jun 1911 (99%)


Edwards Mary A Pontefract 9c 215

Lamb William T Pontefract 9c 215


Gotta go to bed now...sorry

Gerri x...nighty night.

Heres another one but I'd put my money on the last one....

Marriages Jun 1916 (58%)


Edwards Elizabeth Lamb Ashton 8d 773

Lamb William Edwards Ashton 8d 773

The district Ashton is an alternative name for Ashton under Lyne and it spans the boundaries of the counties of Cheshire and Lancashire

Marriages Jun 1911 (99%)


Edwards Mary A Pontefract 9c 215

Lamb William T Pontefract 9c 215



You sure her name was Dorothy?

Dorothy Ellen
Dolgelly
11b-591
1907 Q3

S.Stoneham
2c-153
1909 Q2

Bristol
1909 Q3
6a-374

Dorothy lived in Castleford but was born in Staffordshire i think

Alex

Alexandra

The certs are the only positive way of proving your following the right line!!!!

Do you really have the death cert? Or are you guessing?

1905 nothing
1906 Q3
Dorothy edwards
gateshead
10a-1692

1906 Q3
Dorothy edwards
Derby
7b-1096

....still looking.....

The certs dont tell u that much its only a date its not going to tell me where hes from is it.
New at this researching.

Regards

Alexandra

Alexandra

Give me a little while and i will see if i can find the marriage for you....get your £7 ready to buy the cert!.....

Gerri

He married Dorothy Edwards thats all i know between 1905/10

Alexandra

If you have his death cert.....

Who was the informant of the death? (the one that registered the death?)

Did he marry? If so, who to?

Gerri

This looks more promising?

1891 Wales Census
about William Thos Lamb
Name: William Thos Lamb
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1881
Relation: Son
Father's Name: William
Mother's Name: Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales

Civil Parish: Mold
Ecclesiastical parish: Mold
Town: Argoed
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: Holywell
Sub-registration district: Mold
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Ann Lamb 34
George Davied Lamb 5
John Lamb 14 <<< born: Skampster, Lancashire
Joseph Henry Lamb 7
Mary Ann Lamb 11
Sarah Jane Lamb 3
William Lamb 35 <<<<Coal miner
William Thos Lamb 10

His death cert states William T lamb but was he really from Wles everyone is dead so i cannot ask.
Regards

Alexandra

This is a long shot! As we all know, rellies liked to use second names!!!?

1901 Wales Census
about Thomas Lamb
Name: Thomas Lamb
Age in 1901: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1882
Relation: Son
Father's Name: James
Mother's Name: Rebecca
Gender: Male
Where born: Buckley, Flintshire, Wales

Civil Parish: Buckley
Ecclesiastical parish: Buckley St Matthew
Town: Buckley
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: 8
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 115
Household Members: Name Age
Bertha Lamb 9
James Lamb 53 <<,Greengrocer
James Lamb 20
John Lamb 18
Leonard Lamb 16
Martha Lamb 25
Rebecca Lamb 51
Thomas Lamb 19 <<<Brick maker

Look for Williams marriage and it will give you his fathers name and occupation.

Gerri

Alexandra

Do you know his wifes name? Do you know when they might have married?

Getting the marriage cert might give you a clue when you find out his Fathers name and occupation.

Good luck

Gerri

Can anyone help trying to fo find my greatgrandfather i know he was born 1882/3.
I was told he was from Wales but cant find a thing.
I know he died in 1921 in Pontefract west yorkshire at the age 38.
Plese help.

Thanks in advance

Alexandra