Hi - I've been doing pretty well with my family history, mainly for England - But I have hit a huge brick wall for my paternal side! I got it completely wrong at one point so I had to re-do it, now it's so hard finding any links from any of the resources I have checked.
My great-grandfather was William Hughes (Just as I was writing this out, I have found there may be a discrepancy with his date of birth - Not year - b. 1878), he eventually moved to Widnes, Lancashire c. 1891 with both his parents, Edward Hughes and Ellen (Jones). William died 1953 in Widnes. I have not found any birth records at this moment for William.
On the Widnes 1939 census, William has a date of birth of 30th December 1878, I found no other dated-record for this - But as I didn't have a baptism record I just checked this for him - I found a record with matching parents for 11th July 1878 which matches up with their street address on an 18xx census.
Edward and Ellen are proving to be quite troublesome. I found a record for Edward Hughes of death in 1900, Prescot, however between the census' his age did vary. Ellen died in 1906 in Widnes - However I can find no burial record for her either nor cremation record - I can only assume she (Along with Edward?) came back home to Wales?
I have checked news articles on Find My Past and I have no hits for their names, under Flint nor Widnes.
Edward Hughes -
1867 - Marriage to Ellen Jones, Flint Parish Church (Father noted to be Richard Hughes) Lived at Commercial Road
1878 - 13 Evans Street, Flint (Born Flint)
1881 - 3 Barn Street, Widnes (Born Flint)
1891 - 74 Dock Street, Widnes (Born Flint) - There is a separate piece of text AFTER Flint, but I can't make this out
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1867 - Marriage to Edward (Father noted to be John Jones)
1878 - 13 Evans Street, Flint (Born Mostyn)
1881 - 3 Barn Street, Widnes (Born Mostyn)
1891 - 74 Dock Street, Widnes (Born Mostyn)
1901 - 81 Pear Street, Widnes (Born Mostyn) - Widow
