Help with BICKERDYKE family

[silver1]

Hi Need help, not much info at all really
EMILY BICKERDYKE 1918 my husbands mother married to John Silverwood 1916
She had 3 sisters Emma Ivy and Lily
Mother Lily Louisa Potts (nee Bickerdyke) married to Ben
Lily Louisa died 21.04.46 living @ 7 Rillbank St. Leeds 3 aged 58, buried Woodhouse Cemetery.
Don't know what surname the 3 sisters went by?
My husband has no recollections of that side of the family through his childhood, except that sister Lily was married to Harry Green (Ripon stonemason).
Don't seem to be able to find any records, or maybe I'm not looking in the right places.
Hope someone can help.
Thankyou

[Tati]

Hi silver1,

What is it that you are looking for? 

If it's 20th century births marriages and deaths, they are searchable here:
http://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/rectype/vital/freebmd/bmd.aspx

Make sure you choose Complete BMD Index ranges & Images 1837-1983 and view the 4 quarters of each year.

Tanja 

[lizdb]

Thought I would help you out with a few look ups in the indexes to start you off - but I soon got confused!

Here is the birth of Emily Bickerdyke in 1918
Jul/Aug/Sep 1918 Emily Bickerdyke, mothers maiden name Gaines, Leeds area ref 9b 521.

I was going on to find the sisters, when I saw that the mother was Potts nee Bickerdyke - is this the mother of these 4 girls?
So were Emliy, Emma, Ivy and Lily childen of Lily Potts nee Bickerdyke - in which case that will not be Emliy's birth as she would be a Potts?

But you are looking for a Bickerdyke? Yep - i got confused!

Or was Lily firstly a Gaines (as per birth entry) then married a Bickerdyke, then remarried a Potts?

Seconldly, Lily Louisa looks like she was born about 1888. I'll have a quick look for her birth under Bickerdyke and Gaines

[lizdb]

There is a birth of a Lily Louisa Gaines in Jan/Feb/MAr 1887 York area ref 9d 36

[lizdb]

Marriage Oct/NovDec 1907 Lily Louise Gaines, cross references with Thomas Bickerdyke. Leeds area ref 9b 880

[lizdb]

OK, it is all coming togwther now! Here are the births of the other girls:

Lily Bickerdyke JAn/Feb/Mar 1908 Leeds 9b 444 (this is a possible, there are no mother's maiden names im the index before 1910ish)

Ivy Bickerdyke mother's maiden name Gaines, Jan/Feb/Mar 1912, Leeds 9b 664

Emma Bickerdyke Jan/Feb/Mar 1915 mothers maiden name Gaines Leeds 9b 699

Looks like Thomas died after 1918 (when Emily born) and Lily Louisa remarried to a Mr Potts

[lizdb]

.... though I cant find a death registration in April 1946 for Lily Louisa Potts.

[lizdb]

Do you want me to go on?
These are all easily looked up on the link Tati gave - I dont want to spoil the fun of it for you!
You can hunt through for the marriages of the four girls, deaths etc.

As for going backwards, Lily Louisa Gaines should be on the 1901 and 1891 censuses.

[silver1]

Sorry I made a mistake the death for Lily Louisa was January 1946 not April as I previously said.
She was buried at Woodhouse cemetary in Leeds, service was held at St Simons Church.
Can I just ask (may sound stupid)
How do I determine who is the right husband? I searched through marriages for Lily (the daughter) and there was several possibilities, it was only because I knew who she married , otherwise I could have picked another husband ??