can some one find his parents , sibblings etc

[Gan Yam]

Hi
As Easington is a colliery town and he was a miner could he have become a locomotive driver in the mines as opposed to a passenger rail line? Just a thought!

[oldhippyone]

Thats what im thinking , but the date and place of marriage to ellen spry dont coincide one in dalton lr dale jan 1923  and other march easington 1923 

[Annette7]

A marriage that took place in January 1923 in Dalton le Dale would appear in GRO Index as March quarter 1923 Easington, Easington being the registration district for Dalton le Dale.   So, nothing wrong with that.

Annette

[Girl Guide]

Hhmm.  I've had a look at the 1911 census and found an Ellen with a Lilian as a younger sister.  Her father is a coal miner hewer. She is one of ten children. Father's name is William.  Is that the name that appears for Ellen's father on her marriage certificate?

The registration district is Easington which is the same for the marriage district.

It is quite possible that Wilfred met Ellen because he and her father worked at the same colliery. The transition from miner to locomotive driver is not therefore too great a change.  Coal is still involved!

The March 1923 is the quarter in which the marriage was registered.

Re Wilfred's death - sounds like you have the right death cert for him if his daughter is listed as the informant.  Was he listed as a widower and where did he die? In hospital or elsewhere?

[oldhippyone]

I dont no any more on wilfreds death , but we do have the spry family going back a few generations , its wilfred smith that we are stuck with ! Yes you have the right spry family

[oldhippyone]

Well this is so frustrating and confusing ,, my sister sent me another email confirming wilfred did become a train driver after his marriageto ellen spry they lived at murton moor just after they married and jean chapellhow was a freind of wilfreds daughter

[Girl Guide]

Right ok.  I've looked on the map and see that Murton Moor is not too far distant from York.  So it may well be that Wilfred worked for the London & North Eastern Railway.

The National Archives appear to have staff records for this company.  See link below:-

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F173181

So maybe a visit to the National Archives could be considered?  I've no idea what would appear in these records so they could be helpful or useless!

[oldhippyone]

murton moor is in durham not to far from easington , not the murton moor in york , im just going to pay and subscrib on ancestry to search all the records for wilfred and frdrick in that area , but thanks for helping

[oldhippyone]

I have just payed £19.99 to join abcestry to search for wilfred and still found nothing so money wasted .. cant even find them on the 1939 register