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My second great grandmother Esther married her lodger Edward Littler, (born in budworth cheshire) in St Helens 1874 after her first husband died approximately 1866? her son my great grandfather may be the son of the lodger as he was born in 1868 but on his birth certificate it says father unknown. I had been trying to confirm the death date for her first husband John Wilson who was born in warrington. according to a family story John apparently was hit by a railway truck which damaged his legs and he died days later. I haven't been able to find a record confirming this. However I was having a browse on a local history site called Sutton beauty and heritage and I came across a suicide report for an Edward Littler. for sept 1905. this man had died on the train tracks. after the story of the first husband dying after an accident i wondered if the stories had got mixed up and maybe this Edward Littler could possibly be my relative. I cannot find a death record for him on lancashire bmd or a church burial. I would appreciate any help trying to find any information for either of these men   

does anyone else find it hard to find catholic records. I have been trying to find a baptism record for Norman Richard Parry born  June 1925 in Liverpool  He had a twin named Kenneth. I cannot find a baptism record for either of them. Or a death record for Kenneth who I am told died at an early age. I believe their mothers maiden name was Isaacs, I don't have a first name for her.

Has anyone else had similar problems

 I am hoping to find information on my great grandfather Frank Riley born around 1861. His parents were Peter and Mary Riley both born in Ireland and his wife was Lucy Riley nee Smith.

I am trying to find if he Frank Riley connected to the murder of James Gordon is my great grandfather or could it possibly be his brother in law....his sister Mary was married to a Frank Riley who was born around the same time. in the http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/JAMESGORDON.html it says the wife of Frank Riley had five children, which my great grandfather had but so had his sister and her husband. so I am at a loss how to find out which of them it was or if it was someone else with the same name.

HI
I am trying to find some information on the parents of Elizabeth Garton
she was baptised at St Wilfreds Farnworth on the 30/08/1807.
I know that her parents were Richard and Sarah but nothing more.

I am trying to connect the above family to a Mary Garton whose grave my grandfather frequently visited.

Mary Garton was born in 1780 and died in 1850 in St Helens she was married to a John Garton who I believe was a  yeoman widower.

There may be no connection but I would never have looked for the Gartons in the family if my aunt hadn't told me about Mary Garton and was shocked when I found the maiden name of Elizabeth.

If you could help me find the parent of Richard Garton and any brothers he may have had that may tie the families together.

regards
karen