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Offline Glen in Tinsel Kni

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Lockport NY birth and death around 1914
« on: Thursday 24 June 21 03:24 BST (UK) »
Several members of my Chambers family covering three (or more), generations are buried in an area of Glenwood Cemetery. The burials are recorded in adjoining graves in Section 5, Lot 60-62, graves 1-8. Another burial has come to light;

April 23rd 1914, Frances J Chambers, child, Lot 60-62 grave 5 1/2 (five and a half).

I can find the burial on familysearch but I'm unable to find a birth for her, when she was born or work out who her parents are. 

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Re: Lockport NY birth and death around 1914
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 24 June 21 10:35 BST (UK) »
Frances Chambers
Birth Date 5 Jul 1913 Lockport, New York.
Certificate Number 4135

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228175467/frances-j.-chambers

Wonder if she could be the daughter of John Charles  Chambers and Mary Valway married 12 June 1911 Niagara New York.

The 1920 census 26 th Street Niagara Falls Ward 5, Niagara, New York.

John Chambers 32   Head
Mary Chambers   29   Wife
Dorothy Chambers 8   Daughter
Gene Chambers 2   Daughter
Caroll Fields23   Boarder
Harry Fields 24   Boarder

There is a gap between those two children  :-\ :-\

Or named after father Frank Chambers  born 1879 (brother of John Charles Chambers) ?

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9LD-Z1C


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Re: Lockport NY birth and death around 1914
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 24 June 21 10:51 BST (UK) »
The undertakers (Taylor & Reynolds) are still in business - they may have records

https://www.taylorandreynolds.com/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228175467/frances-j.-chambers
UK Census info. Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Re: Lockport NY birth and death around 1914
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 24 June 21 11:05 BST (UK) »

Other Chambers at Glenwood Cemetery - graves linked as poster reported.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199781644/george-chambers

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Re: Lockport NY birth and death around 1914
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 24 June 21 11:07 BST (UK) »


George Chambers - The Buffalo Commercial Buffalo, New York
10 Mar 1913, Mon    Page 5

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80156569/george-chambers-10-march-1913/

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Re: Lockport NY birth and death around 1914
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 24 June 21 13:12 BST (UK) »
The NY death index says that she died in Lockport on 21 Apr. 1914.

It looks like the Lockport library does obituary look-ups, so maybe you can see if there is anything about her death in the local papers.  https://lockportlibrary.org/history-lockport-ny.php

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Re: Lockport NY birth and death around 1914
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 24 June 21 13:22 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the replies. I'm sending details to the memorial manager with the (very confusing), history of the family before they left England and when this one popped it caught me completely off guard. I feel like a fish out of water trying to find records after they sailed but I can almost recount every neighbour they had in the UK census without delving into my archive now!

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Re: Lockport NY birth and death around 1914
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 24 June 21 14:33 BST (UK) »
As per Shellyesq:

The New York Death Index on Reclaim the Records
https://archive.org/details/New_York_State_Death_Index_1914/page/n175/mode/1up

gives her dod and her death certificate number:  23046

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Re: Lockport NY birth and death around 1914
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 24 June 21 16:45 BST (UK) »

First wife of John Chambers - Emma Chambers - death notice -

The Buffalo Enquirer Buffalo, New York
21 Jul 1896, Tue    Page 2

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80167416/emma-chambers-21-july-1896/

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