Fletcher/Lucas Families in Salford

[pippalew]

I am looking for descendants ofWilliam Fletcher and Ada Fletcher (nee Lewis)...I found one of the family graves in Agecroft, the grave of Ada Lucas and Barbara Lucas, Ada Fletcher's daughter and granddaughter, killed in the Christmas Blitz in Lower Broughton in 1940. William and Ada are buried there too.

I thought I was the only person visiting this grave until I went at Christmas and found a wreath there.  I am hoping someone might know something, I will also be putting an ad in the MEN and leaving details at the cemetery office. Any other suggestions people? Thanks, Pippa

[Jed59]

cant suggest anything else other than trawling through the Birth indexes for kids with the appropriate mums maiden name..death certs might give a clue via informants details.
There are about 70 or 80 Lucases in the north west m/c phone book..maybe looking at those with a
manchester a-z, see who is near..ish to agecoft might throw something up.alternatively /also wait till next Christmas and do the same but a bit earlier....arouse their curiosity ?Or conjunction of above.
best of luck

[pippalew]

Thanks for those suggestions. I will do them both. Someone at genesr suggested taping a note in a plastic bag to the grave. I'm not sure I want to do that, does it seem a bit disrespectful? Would value opinions please!

[Wendi]

Hi pippa

Isn't it nice to know someone is visiting the grave?  Of course I'd visit next year, earlier as suggested - and leave a wreath with a visable note, but I was thinking  in the meantime - birthdays and stuff - perhaps I'd try to find, a pleasent looking plastic box, something like that, pop a note inside, in a plastic bag, and leave it at the grave - just in case.

I think it would be really nice to know the people who went to the effort of going at Christmas - what we really hope is that MEN comes up trumps for you.

Happy New Year
Wendi