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Title: GRIFFITHS FAMILY
Post by: glen o on Tuesday 17 August 10 19:49 BST (UK)
I AM TRYING TO COMPILE MY FAMILY TREE ON MY MOTHERS SIDE,  HER NAME WAS NANCY GRIFFITHS.  SHE LIVED AT 44 PRINCESS St CHESTER AND HAD TWO SISTERS BLANCHE AND SYLVIA AND A BROTHER JOHN; SHE ALSO HAD AN AUNT ( I THINK ON HER MOTHERS SIDE) NAMED BLANCHE WHO WAS MARRIED TO ALAN EDGE.  CAN ANYBODY HELP THANKS GLEN-O
Title: Re: GRIFFITHS FAMILY
Post by: cardiff on Tuesday 17 August 10 20:43 BST (UK)
Hi
You need to give some dates, when people where born and do you know their parents names?
cheers cardiff ???
Title: Re: GRIFFITHS FAMILY
Post by: posteria on Wednesday 18 August 10 00:45 BST (UK)
If you look on http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ for the births of those four names, at Chester, it would appear that they all had a mothers maiden name of Steen.

If you then look for a marriage of a male Griffiths and a female Steen, prior to 1920, at Chester, you can find the pairing of Ebenezer Griffiths and Margaret Ethel Steen in the third quarter of 1919 (GRO reference 8a 1029). The marriage took place at St Paul, Chester

If you then look on http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ prior to 1903 for suitable birth registrations for those two names, there is one in 1893 and one in 1897, at Chester.

Subject to checking with appropriate certificates etc, it would seem that these two people could be the parents of Nancy, John E, Blanche and Sylvia M Griffiths.

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Title: Re: GRIFFITHS FAMILY
Post by: posteria on Wednesday 18 August 10 10:02 BST (UK)
The marriage of Ebenezer Griffiths and Margaret Ethel Steen is shown on ....

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#searchType=close&givenName=ebenezer&p=recordResults&surname=griffiths&marriagePlaceLoc1=England%2C%20United%20Kingdom&marriagePlaceId=1986340

It took place on 3rd August 1919 at St Paul, Chester and the respective fathers were called John Griffiths and James Clarence Steen. Ebenezer is shown to be aged 27 and Margaret is shown to be 22

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Title: Re: GRIFFITHS FAMILY
Post by: posteria on Wednesday 18 August 10 12:55 BST (UK)
1901

Chester RG13/3372 Folio 49 Page 32

Elizabeth Griffiths Head W 50 Cheshire Elton
John do Son S 15 Street Newspaper Seller Cheshire Chester
Emanuel do Son S 13 Cheshire Chester
Moses do Son S 12 Cheshire Chester
Ebenezer do Son S 8 Cheshire Chester

19 Herberts Place, Chester

1891

Chester RG12/2861 Folio 141 Page 15

John Griffiths Head M 43 Bricklayer Cheshire Chester
Elizabeth do Wife M 43 Wales Conway
Eliza J do Daur 11 School Cheshire Chester
John do Son 8 School Cheshire Chester
Emanuel do Son 5 School Cheshire Chester
Moses do Son 3 School Cheshire Chester

23 Seaville St, Chester

1881

Click here (http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/Census/household_record.asp?HOUSEHOLD_CODE=1881BR_3638001&HOUSEHOLD_SUB=1&frompage=99)

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Title: Re: GRIFFITHS FAMILY
Post by: posteria on Wednesday 18 August 10 13:06 BST (UK)
1901

Chester RG13/3368 Folio 33 Page 58

James C Steen Head M 32 Carter Cheshire Chester
Annie do Wife M 26 Cheshire Chester
Wilfred do Son 5 Cheshire Chester
Maggie do Daur 4 Cheshire Chester
Arthur do Son 2 Cheshire Chester

50 Fosbrook St, Chester

The marriage registration for James Clarence Steen and Annie Kelly is in the last quarter of 1893 at Chester (GRO reference 8a 633).

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