William Thomas Butterworth last record Lambeth 1913

[mckha489]

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Then the trap for new players
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[Tall Al]

Hi,

If your William Thomas Butterworth didn't die pre 1906, could he have returned to Blackburn?

There is a marriage at Blackburn Register Office in 1907 to a Margaret Alston - bit of a long shot but worth considering?

Alan

[jonw65]

St Paul Chatham baptisms are transcribed on FreeReg.
No Butterworths.

[colee]

Fantastically helpful!

Thank you for the hint about FreeREG, I didn't know about that site, very useful. I think the St Paul transcriptions go up to 1905 so may not include the one for Walter which I guess would be towards the end of the year.

Brilliantly helpful guide with links to the registers mckha489, I will dip into those today and see what I can find.

And I'll have a look at that marriage in Blackburn, all leads are worth checking out, but he was definitely in London in 1913 so wouldn't have moved back permanently to Lancs, although it's possible it was temporary.

On cemeteries, it was very interesting find George Thomas Waghorn yesterday and it occurred to me that Sarah Ellen may have wanted to be buried with her 'Yates' mother, so I'll have a look into that too. With all this wonderful help and tips, we should hopefully get closer to unravelling the mystery.

Big thank you, Colee

[colee]

Think I've found Ann Yates, too, Sarah Ellen's mother, in the same Maidstone Road cemetery:

Age: 69, Sex: F, Rank or Profession: Widow, Died at: 44 Melbourne Road, Removed From: St Paul
Ann Yates
BIRTH   1850
DEATH   13 Dec 1919 (aged 68–69)
BURIAL   
Chatham Maidstone Road Cemetery
Chatham, Medway Unitary Authority, Kent, England

which shows Ann was moved from St Paul, interesting, so she should be in the St Paul register (the Waghorns were moved from Christchurch interestingly)

[colee]

Fantastic! Just browsing through the St Paul register for 1905, found the baptism of a granddaughter of Ann Yates, Gladys Ellen Ann (from her daughter Emily who was married to James Coombe), at the same address as Ann Yates (Sarah Ellen's mother) was registered on her death. Emily was the 2nd youngest child, born in 1881.

When Ann came down to Kent from Lancs she was already a widow, so it is possible from then on she always lived with one of her children.

[colee]

I've found lots of great Waghorn records in the St Pauls parish register, thank you mckha489. But so far only baptisms, I couldn't find any death/burial records. Am I looking in the wrong place? Thank you so much for your help!