Find Ancestors

I am trying to find information for my 85 year old mom! She knows nothing of her paternal grandparents at all and I am stumped!
Her parents were: William Charles Blencowe (DOB 25/12/1892 -DOD 07/10/1968) - Gladys Katie Heath (DOB 18/11/1895 - DOD 25/07/1970).

William Charles father was also called William born c.1870. All we know about his wife is that she died at about 35 years of age (approx), leaving husband, two daughters, Elizabeth & Amelia (we think that was her name) and William Charles.
Can anyone suggest where I might look next, please? I really would like to go as far back as I can.

Thanks for our time
Carol

Marriages Jun 1920 (89%)


Blencowe William C Heath W.Bromwich 6b 2340view
Heath Gladys K Blencowe W. Bromwich 6b 2340

Can you narrow it down to a particular area of the Country perhaps?

Any other details, no matter how small?

Dea x

I cannot also find a birth for a William Charles Blencowe?

Are you sure of your dates?


Tracey x

AAhh ha !! - That helps:

1911:

BLENCOWE, William Head Widower M 47 1864 Carter Bicester Oxon VIEW
BLENCOWE, Amelia May Carpenter Daughter Single F 26 1885 Banbury Oxon VIEW
BLENCOWE, Elizabeth Daughter Single F 22 1889 Envelope Machinist Westbromwich Stafs VIEW
BLENCOWE, William Charley Son Single M 18 1893 Relief Stamper Westbromwich Stafs VIEW
BLENCOWE, Elizabeth May Illegitimate F 1 1910 Westbromwich Staffs VIEW

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

RG number:
RG14 Piece:
17314 Reference:
RG14PN17314 RG78PN1062 RD371 SD4 ED9 SN40

Registration District:
West Bromwich Sub District:
West Bromwich North East Enumeration District:
9 Parish:
West Bromwich

Address:
7 Black Lake West Bromwich County:
Staffordshire

Dea x

Gotcha!!

Births Mar 1893
Blencow William Charles W. Bromwich 6b 908

Tracey x

Possible marriage

Marriages Jun 1884
Blencowe William Banbury 3a 1204
Boscott Charley Banbury 3a 1204
CARPENTER Theresa Banbury 3a 1204
Jennings Emma Banbury 3a 1204

Tracey x

1901 - yes, really!

1901 England Census

Name: William Blencon widower
Age: 39
Estimated birth year: abt 1862
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Breester, Oxfordshire, England

Civil parish: West Bromwich
Ecclesiastical parish: St James
County/Island: Staffordshire

Registration district: West Bromwich
Sub-registration district: West Bromwich, North East

William Blencon 39
Amy Blencon 16
Elizabeth Blencon 12
William C Blencon 8

1891 ties in with the marriage Tracey found:

1891 England Census
about Theresa Blincow
Name: Theresa Blincow
Age: 24
Estimated birth year: abt 1867
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: William
Gender: Female
Where born: Banbury, Oxfordshire, England

Civil parish: West Bromwich
Ecclesiastical parish: St James
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: West Bromwich
Sub-registration district: West Bromwich North East
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
William Blincow 25
Theresa Blincow 24
Amelia M Blincow 5
Elizabeth Blincow 2

William Senior in 1881:
1881 England Census
about William Blencowe
Name: William Blencowe
Age: 19
Estimated birth year: abt 1862
Relation: Brother in Law
Gender: Male
Where born: Bicester, Oxfordshire, England

Civil parish: Neithrop
County/Island: Oxfordshire
Country: England

Street Address: 24 Calthorpe St
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Grocers Porter

Registration district: Banbury
Sub-registration district: Banbury
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
George Hopkins 34
Mary Hopkins 39
John Hopkins 14
Mary A. Hopkins 12
George Hopkins 11
Emily Hopkins 9
William Hopkins 9
Thomas Hopkins 5
Albert J. Hopkins 3
William Blencowe 19

William senior's birth:

Births Mar 1862 (>99%)
BLENCOWE William Bicester 3a 558

Ancestry is great, but you need to fill in the information, we have no idea of relationships of the people.

1881 RG number: RG11 Piece: 1528 Folio: 92 Page: 52
Reg. District: Banbury Sub District: Banbury
Address: 24, Calthorpe St, Neithrop County: Oxfordshire
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HOPKINS, George Head Married M 34 1847 Letter Carrier (C S Mess) Westcott Oxfordshire
HOPKINS, Mary Wife Married F 39 1842 Letter Carriers Wife Bourton Oxfordshire
HOPKINS, John Son Single M 14 1867 Domestic Servt Warkworth Northamptonshire
HOPKINS, Mary A Daughter Single F 12 1869 Scholar Warkworth Northamptonshire
HOPKINS, George Son Single M 11 1870 Scholar Warkworth Northamptonshire
HOPKINS, Emily Daughter Single F 9 1872 Scholar Warkworth Northamptonshire
HOPKINS, William Son Single M 9 1872 Scholar Warkworth Northamptonshire
HOPKINS, Thomas Son Single M 5 1876 Scholar Warkworth Northamptonshire
HOPKINS, Albert J Son Single M 3 1878 Warkworth Northamptonshire
BLENCOWE, William Brother In Law Single M 19 1862 Grocers Porter Bicester Oxfordshire






Tracey x

George Hopkins/Mary Blencowe marriage (just in case brother in law meant step-brother):

Marriages Dec 1866 (>99%)
Blencow Mary Banbury 3a 1315
Hopkins George Banbury 3a 1315

I have tried tracing Mary and William back but cannot find them together as Mary was married before William would appear on a census.

I think William's birth cert is needed to give parents' name.

WOW!! Thank you all so much! Being fairly new to all this Family Tree stuff I really am grateful to you all. Just hope I can follow it all up now and maybe go back further. Can you point me towards any other sites that I will find helpful, please? I've heard of Ancestry UK but as I'm unemployed at the moment I'm having to watch the pennies a bit, it's so frustrating and annoying.
Thanks again
Carol

You could try the 14 day free trial on Ancestry.

Free sites include
freebmd (for birth, marriage and deaths from 1837 to about 1940 - updated regularly)

freecen - for census - patchy but again updated regularly

freereg - for parish registers for births and marriages before 1837

familysearch - births and marriages pre 1837 but also some after that. Extracted records are taken from parish registers so are reasonably accurate - treat submitted records with a pinch of salt, quite often unreliable.

Some counties have online parish clerks.

Google names and places of interest - you could be surprised what comes up.

Good luck!

1871 England Census
Civil parish: Bicester Market End
Ecclesiastical parish: Bicester
Town: Bicester
County/Island: Oxfordshire
Country: England
Street Address: 42 New Buildings
Registration district: Bicester
Sub-registration district: Bicester
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Household schedule number: 99

John Blenclow 47 Bicester Mkt End, Oxfordshire, England Head M Agr Lab
Ann Blenclow 50 Stoke Lyne, Oxfordshire, England Wife M
Eliza Blenclow 14 Bicester Mkt End, Oxfordshire, England Daughter Scholar
Amelia Blenclow 11 Bicester Mkt End, Oxfordshire, England Daughter Scholar
James Blenclow 9 Bicester Mkt End, Oxfordshire, England Son Scholar
William Blenclow 9 Bicester Mkt End, Oxfordshire, England Son Scholar
John Blenclow 6 Bicester Mkt End, Oxfordshire, England Son Scholar

Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 1445; Folio: 117; Page: 18; GSU roll: 828786.