wiliam hughes

[chughes1964]

looking for information about my granddad, he was born in liverpool aug 1911, he married veronica 'toole, they had 8 children james(my dad), mary, henry(known as harry), bobby, william(known as billy), brian, ann and irene, he died aug 1965, what little i do know about him is his fathers name was robert, he had 3 sisters hanah, catherine, sally or sarah, they where sent to a home when my ggrandfather remarried, and my grandad ran away from home to live with an aunt sarah who lived in st helens when he was 14, he was in the army, he had worked at kirkby industrial est munitions factory, he also worked at bootle docks with my ggrandfather.

i would love to know what part of liverpool he was from originally, his mothers name, anything about the aunt sarah he went ot live with, and any information on my ggrandfather.

thanks

chris

[MaryA]

I think you need to organise your tree, draw it up and enter as much information as you can discover from speaking to older family members.

In particular can you try to find out whether any of the three Hughes sisters were older than William as this might help to find them on the 1911 census.

You seem to be sure that William's birthday was in August, 1911 and that his father's name was Robert, with this information you should apply to the Liverpool Register Office for his birth certificate, which will give you Robert's occupation, the address where they lived and very importantly his mother's name.

This will then give you a good starting point.

[Tina]

Hi Mary
I've been "wombating" for Robert with sister Sarah with no luck this arvo, many thanks for your thoughts.

If we could find out when spinster Aunt Sarah died (St Helens? rego) it will give her birth year and we can work from there.
As with Veronica, birth cert is the way to go.

Free BMD have births in sep qtr 1911 for a few Wm's with mother's maiden name.
Chris, have a look, perhaps a surname may jog someone's memory??

avagoodweekend.
Tina

[Hilary]

I would get William and Veronica's marriage certificate as well as this will give their fathers' names.

Hilary
Ed Officer

[Tina]

Hi Ed Off
I think someone suggested this under the O'Brien post, maybe not?

Tina

[chughes1964]

thank you all for your help and advice, i will order a birth cert for my granddad and grandmother, all the information you have helped me with regarding my gmother was a big help, i posted the message on the slim chance someone knew the family, and maybe give me information you dont get on census or bmd certs, such as what it was like growing up and working in the area, maybe even why my gggranddad came over from ireland

thanks again

chris

[Hilary]

I thought it looked familiar Tina but thought maybe I was confused.

Mary please can you put a link from this post to the original to stop confusion. Many thanks

Hilary
Ed Officer

[Tina]

http://liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/phpBB ... ght=otoole

bootle forum

http://www.bootlehistory.co.uk/forum/vi ... ght=hughes

Tina

[MaryA]

Bit of a duplication, see http://liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/phpBB ... php?t=9687

what it was like growing up and working in the area

You couldn't do better than to read through some of our boards, such as this recent one http://liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/phpBB ... php?t=9652 would give you some ideas.

Depending on when your ancestor came from Ireland, it may merely have been looking for work, alternatively there is a lot of reading material both online and in local bookshops about the potato famine, this caused much suffering to many of our ancestors.

[chughes1964]

thank you for your help, sorry about the duplication, i had forgotten that i had already mentioned my grandfather in my original post, i had concentrated too much on my grandmother, i will check out the link you have sent, all of you have been a big help in tracing my ancestors, thank you again

chris