Alfred J Critchley 1917

[jacks]

I have been unable to find his birth,  I think it is around either Stockport area or Birkenhead area.  The J is for James to the best of my knowledge. The closest I can find is an Alfred H Critchley but the family are inistent that it is not the right one.  Can anyone help?

[PaulineJ]

Can you explain why Alfred H is not the correct one?
What would be the basis for his name & age?

Pauline

[jacks]

They believe that his only middle name was James. The birthdate is based on his age at death and working backwards. Name for marriage and death is given as Alfred J Critchley. I have wondered if there has been a slip in the recording, after all H and J sit next to each other on a typewriter!

[PaulineJ]

So have you obtained either the marriage or death cert?

Will you relate the place & date of these two events?

Pauline

[jacks]

I have only the info that my family (the in-laws!)  have given me plus what I have found myself.

Now I was told that Alfred J Critchley married Harriet Dodd at Hoylake Cheshire 1953. I checked this and that seems correct.

He died in Reading 1961.  I have been totally lost trying to get started on this line.

[jacks]

Sorry to post here again after all this time but some of my original info was incorrect and as I am still stuck on this (and am now starting to think I will have to purchase that marriage certificate)


The name is Alfred William Critchley but I still cannot find a birth for him. He married Harriet Dodd in 1936  and died 1961. The death gives his age at the time of death leaving me to conclude that we are looking at a birth date of approx 1917. It may be a Lancastrian birth.


If anyone is researching Critchley's or can help  I would be grateful for any ideas.

[PaulineJ]

I think you need the marriage certificate. If you can find it on cheshirebmd you maybe able to pinpoint the church.

I did see a candidate critchlaw birth in the indexes, but it may be that he was registered with just one forename, or just as a male child.