Grimsby 1946 Obituaries

[MasterMariner]

Hi,

I'm looking for a possible obituary for a death in the Grimsby area in 1946. My newspaper archive access only shows the Grimsby Daily Telegraph and those entries only go up to 1939. Any suggestions on how I can proceed further?

MM

[pamthomas]

Contact Grimsby library. They hold most of/all the local newspapers.

Depending on how 'near' a date of death you have (presumably at least the quarter the death was registered in) they might be willing to check for free, or they might charge you.
Though obviously if you can visit the library yourself, you can look for free. 

[MasterMariner]

Thanks for that  suggestion - I'm on the other side of the Pennines so I'll give it a go. I have the year and the quarter (and a name obviously) and I'm hoping that an obit might shed some light on an enigma.

Tks again

MM

[Itterbysearch]

If you put the details of the person you are looking for I will make the necessary searches when I next go to the library

[MasterMariner]

Thank you for your kind offer. Here are the details listed..

James M Hughes
birth abt 1893
death Dec 1946
Grimsby Lincs.

Any details about him and/or family would be interesting as we're trying to trace a long lost family member who it was assumed had died in the Great War. Through newspaper cuttings and medal rolls I've established that he did indeed survive though he was wounded and may have lost the sight in one eye. Prior to 1914 (and after 1911) he was working for the Great Central Railway as an assistant driver at Immingham. I can find no trace of him after that (though with a name like JM Hughes) it is no easy task.

It would be interesting to see if this fits.

Again, Many thanks
MM

[Itterbysearch]

I will see what I can find on my next visit.    Bear with me I am not sure when that will be but it will be in the near future.    I take it you have no addresses in the Grimsby area,

[Itterbysearch]

do you have the name of his wife ?

[MasterMariner]

Sorry, I've no other details. This is a bit of a stab in the dark. Ran his name through Ancestry and came up with the James M Hughes death in Grimsby and as that's close to Immingham........
Two and two may make five in this case!

Tks
MM

[Itterbysearch]

I have visited the Grimsby Library today.   This is what I have found.

HUGHES - On December 18, 1946, James Mason, aged 53 years, the beloved husband of Eveline Hughes, of 20, Shaftesbury Avenue, Grimsby.  Interment Scartho Road Cemetery, Friday 3.15 pm.(20.12.1946).

Grimsby Telegraph 19.12.1946

Mrs E Hughes and Family of the late J. M. Hughes, of 20 Shaftesbury Avenue, Grimsby, wish to thank relatives and neighbours, the members of the L.N.E.R. staff, for the sympathy and kindness and beautiful floral tributes in their sad and sudden bereavement, also the staff of the Scarthoe infirmary for the kind attention given, and Kettle Ltd., for excellent funeral arrangements.

Grimsby Telegraph Monday 23.12.1946
They moved to Shaftesbury Avenue about 1938/1939, according to the electoral roll.
I could not find any record of Evelyn's death locally.

I went on to Family search and found the following:-

James Mason Hughes
England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts
Name   James Mason Hughes
Event Type   Christening
Event Date   24 Aug 1893
Event Place   Witton-cum-Twambrooks, Cheshire, England
Gender   Male
Father's Name   William Henry Hughes

Mother's Name   Annie


James M Hughes
mentioned in the record of Parkinson and James M Hughes
Name   James M Hughes
Event Type   Marriage
Registration Quarter   Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration Year   1916
Registration District   Wirral
County   Cheshire
Event Place   Wirral, Cheshire, England
Spouse Name (available after 1911)   Parkinson

Volume   8A
Page   795
Line Number   147
          
James M Hughes probably married one of the following people         
Name   Evelyn Parkinson

I hope this helps.