Electoral Roles

[Kathy]

Hi again

Is it possible to view Liverpool's electoral roles on line or do you have to go to the library please?

Many thanks.

Kathy

[dickiesam]

Hi again

Is it possible to view Liverpool's electoral roles on line or do you have to go to the library please?

Many thanks.

Kathy

Hi Kathy,
What period/decade are you interested in?

[Kathy]

Hi there Dickie

I am looking for Julia Evans who married a Thomas Bennett in 1927. So any time after that really. I don't know where she lived other than Liverpool, probably West Derby.

I don't expect you to do my searching. I am just wondering if the roles are on line somewhere as I live in Kent and not Liverpool you see.

Thanks.

Kathy

[dickiesam]

Hi,
I stand to be corrected but I would assume that any surviving Electoral Rolls are at the Records Office. Note that the Roll will usually only have the names of people of voting age.

If you have the marriage cert you will know where she was when she married...
Marriages Jun 1927: BENNETT, Thomas and EVANS, Julia - W. Derby 8b 571

And if you know the names of any children you could get the birth cert for a home address....
Births Bennett nee Evans, Liverpool 1927 to 1940:
Births Dec 1927: Bennett, Thomas [Evans] W.Derby 8b 803
Births Sep 1929: Bennett, Ronald K [Evans] W.Derby 8b 644
Births Sep 1931: Bennett, Catherine [Evans] W.Derby 8b 721
Births Jun 1933: Bennett, Thomas [Evans] W.Derby 8b 645
Births Dec 1934: Bennett, Lilian [Evans] Liverpool N. 8b 588
Births Sep 1938: Bennett, Lucy [Evans] Liverpool N. 8b 556
Births Sep 1939: Bennett, Joan [Evans] Liverpool N. 8b 825
Births Sep 1940: Bennett, Glynn [Evans] Liverpool N. 8b 729

[Kathy]

It is amazing how quickly you get all this information! I have been searching all morning and have come up with what you have but it has taken me hours!

I know for sure she married a Bennett because the reported her father's death in 1956(?) under her married name of Bennett. There is only one Julia Evans marrying a Bennett in Liverpool and that is the one you have. As for the children I don't know if they are all hers or which are if any. Someone on Ancestry had Julia in here tree (Andrews was the name of the tree) but I am not convinced that the few records she has in this tree are accurate. This lady says that Glynn Bennett died in South Africa in 1994, but I cannot find a record for this.

I will have to send off for the certificates and hope that I am not wasting money on them.

Thank you for your help though Dickie. What a resource you are!

Kathy

[daggers]

I suspect that the electoral rolls are microfilmed for most years that have been retained and that they are arranged by address and cannot be searched by name without hours of work. I hope I am wrong, as I may be doing this myself in a week or two!
D

[Hilary]

I can confirm the electoral rolls are on microfilm. They are arranged by street within an electoral ward so you need a street to search for someone.

[MaryA]

Have you thought to try telephone directories? At least if you find any entries for the surname it might give you a few streets to check.

[Kathy]

I think the best thing I can do is get the marriage certificate and then work from there. I know she was in Birchfield Road/Street in the mid fifties when her father died and she was married at this time.

I am hoping to come up to Liverpool soon so I can have a look in the Records Office. It would help if I could single out the Thomas Bennett she married, but there are a couple of options there too...mmm.

Thanks for all your help. Every little helps, as they say.

[dickiesam]

I think the best thing I can do is get the marriage certificate and then work from there. I know she was in Birchfield Road/Street in the mid fifties when her father died and she was married at this time.

I am hoping to come up to Liverpool soon so I can have a look in the Records Office. It would help if I could single out the Thomas Bennett she married, but there are a couple of options there too... mmm.

Thanks for all your help. Every little helps, as they say.

Fortunately, there aren't too many Mr Bennett / Ms Evans marriages in Liverpool between 1915 and 1940 that could produce those children.
Marriages Sep 1917: Bennett, Harry B & Evans - W.Derby 8b 891
Marriages Jun 1927: Bennett, Thomas & Evans - W.Derby 8b 571
Marriages Sep 1938: Bennett, Patrick J & Evans - Liverpool N. 8b 919

The marriage cert would be a big assist because from that you should be able to get her birth year and quarter. Armed with the YoB and qtr it would make a death search a lot easier. Also if you went for a birth cert for one of those children you can specify the parents' names, to eliminate the chance of paying for the wrong cert.

[Kathy]

Hi Dickie

There is only one Julia Evans marriage I can find in Liverpool and this one married a Thomas Bennett in 1927. Julia was born in October 1906 I believe. Also there was a Thomas Bennett, with an Evans mother, born in 1927. I suspect it is this one. I also think this baby died in 1927 and she went on to have another Thomas later. The only way I will confirm any of this will be by getting some certificates. I also need to look at the voters lists for 1956 in Birchfield Road, West Derby/Walton as that was the address she gave when registering her father's death.

Thanks for your kind help.

[MaryA]

The marriage took place at St Mary's, Bootle. Before you go laying out on a certificate, let's see if we can get a look up.

There are some of Bootle records in Liverpool but the catalogue isn't very good at showing all why don't you send an email and ask if they hold the church and the dates you are interested in and let us know the answer. We can decide then how to go forward

This should be under Liverpool, moving the post over.