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Member Since: September 2014 Posts: 3 Send Message	Laura	Report	21 Apr 2018 18:02
Member Since: September 2014 Posts: 3 Send Message	Mary Ellen is my great great grandmother .
Member Since: September 2014 Posts: 3 Send Message	Laura	Report	21 Apr 2018 17:37
Member Since: September 2014 Posts: 3 Send Message	Violet A Bryan (Walker) 29 Dec 1924 Bakers Assistant :-)
Member Since: September 2014 Posts: 3 Send Message	Laura	Report	21 Apr 2018 17:35
Member Since: September 2014 Posts: 3 Send Message	My great grandmother is violet bryan walker her mother was Mary Ellen walker my great great grandmother :-)
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31 288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	28 Apr 2017 09:22
	Samuel Walker Ward married as.........Samuel Ward Walker Thomas Walker Ward married as.......Thomas Ward Walker Samuel Ward Walker in the Derbyshire, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1910 Name: Samuel Ward Walker Gender: Male Marital Status: Single Birth Date: 1882 Marriage Date: 6 May 1905 Marriage Place: St Peter's Church, Belper, Derbyshire, England Marriage Age: 23 Father: Samuel Ward Walker Spouse: Martha Annie Melbourne 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription 22 Crossley St Ripley Derby, Ripley, Derbyshire, England Samuel Walker Head Married Male Coal Miner Hewer 29 1882 Derby Ripley Martha Annie Walker Wife Married Female - 32 1879 Derby Belper Doris Walker Daughter - Female - 5 1906 Derby Codnor Winnie Walker Daughter - Female - 3 1908 Derby Codnor Nelson Walker Son - Male - 4 1907 Derby Codnor WALKER, DORIS MAY MMN MELBOURNE GRO Reference: 1905 D Quarter in BASFORD Volume 07B Page 176 WALKER, THOMAS NELSON MELBOURNE MMN MELBOURNE GRO Reference: 1906 D Quarter in BASFORD Volume 07B Page 193 WALKER, WINIFRED MMN MELBOURNE GRO Reference: 1908 M Quarter in BASFORD Volume 07B Page 209 Samuel W Walker in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 Name: Samuel W Walker Birth Date: abt 1881 Date of Registration: Dec 1930 Age at Death: 49 Registration district: Belper Inferred County: Derbyshire Volume: 7b Page: 700 Marriages Jun 1908 (>99%) ROBERTS Mary Ellen Belper 7b 1430 Walker Thomas Ward Belper 7b 1430 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Derby Road Ripley Derby, Ripley, Derbyshire, England Thomas Ward Walker Head Married Male Coal Miner Stallman Hewer 26 1885 Ripley Derby Mary Ellen Walker Wife Married Female - 21 1890 Codnor Derby Lillian Elizabeth Walker - - Female - 2 1909 Codnor Derby WALKER, LILIAN ELIZABETH MMN ROBERTS GRO Reference: 1908 S Quarter in BASFORD Volume 07B Page 196 Thomas W Walker in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 Name: Thomas W Walker Birth Date: abt 1884 Date of Registration: Dec 1919 Age at Death: 35 Registration district: Belper Inferred County: Derbyshire Volume: 7b Page: 654 Mary Ellen remarried John James Walker Marriages Mar 1921 (>99%) Walker John J Walker Belper 7b 1495 Walker Mary E Walker Belper 7b 1495 Mary E Walker on the 1939 Register Walker Household (4 People) 87 Fletcher Street , Ripley U.D., Derbyshire, England Mary E Walker 08 Sep 1889 Unpaid Domestic Duties John J Walker 27 Oct 1900 Coal Hewer (Below) Heavy Work Lilian E Walker 03 Jul 1908 Domestic Duties (Unemployed) Violet A Bryan (Walker) 29 Dec 1924 Bakers Assistant WALKER, JOHN JAMES MMN MORLEY <<<<<<<<< GRO Reference: 1900 D Quarter in BELPER Volume 07B Page 583
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Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 24 447 Send Message	Dea	Report	27 Apr 2017 12:13
	Oooerr - this is very strange ! I had discounted the one born in Chester for some reason but but that address of Bridge Gate matches with the address for both William and Rhoda on their marriage cert. ??? Dea x
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31 288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	27 Apr 2017 11:53
	I checked William out earlier. I think this is him on the 1881 census,,,,,, 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription B-, 12, Bridge Gate, St Alkmund, Derby, Derbyshire, England William Ward Head Married Male 24 1857 Carter Chester, Cheshire, England Ellen Hunt Sister In Law Single Female 26 1855 - Derbyshire, England Eliza E Ward Daughter Single Female 0 1881 Infant Derbyshire, England I haven't figured out the Sister-in-Law connection though. WARD, ELIZA ELLEN MMN HUNT GRO Reference: 1881 J Quarter in DERBY Volume 07B Page 504 Deaths Jun 1881 (>99%) Ward Eliza Ellen 0 Derby 7b 275
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Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 24 447 Send Message	Dea	Report	27 Apr 2017 11:43
	Well, here's a little snippet, if I am right, - Although Rhoda did not marry again as she was already married, it didn't stop her husband William from taking another wife.......... I believe this is William on 1861, living with his father: Jesse and family: 1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription 6 Court House, 8, Bartholomew Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Learn more Print transcription View image Household Members First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place Jesse Ward Head Married Male 48 1813 Ostler Little Brickhill, Buckinghamshire, England Transcription Selina Helen Ward Wife Married Female 36 1825 Ostlers Wife Edmonton, Derbyshire, England Transcription John Jesse Ward Son Unmarried Male 19 1842 Smith Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Transcription Selina Ellen Ward Daughter Unmarried Female 14 1847 Scholar Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Transcription Henry Holones Ward Son Unmarried Male 9 1852 Scholar Edmonton, Derbyshire, England Transcription Sophia Elizabeth Ward Daughter Unmarried Female 7 1854 Scholar Crewe, Cheshire, England Transcription William James Ward Son Unmarried Male 4 1857 - Crewe, Cheshire, England Transcription Sarah Jane Ward Daughter Unmarried Female 0 1861 - Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Transcription Hanna Clara Blunt Lodger Married Female 30 1831 Seamstress Dudley, Worcestershire, England Transcription Elizabeth Ann Blunt Daughter Unmarried Female 2 1859 - Birmingham, Warwickshire, England By 1871, he was in Derbyshire: 1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Morley Park, Heage, Belper, Derbyshire, England Learn more Print transcription View image Household Members First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place Isaac Stone Head - Male 27 1844 - Derbyshire, England Transcription Elisabeth Stone Wife - Female 32 1839 - Derbyshire, England Transcription Harry Stone Son - Male 6 1865 - Derbyshire, England Transcription Louisa S Stone Daughter - Female 4 1867 - Derbyshire, England Transcription William A Stone Son - Male 2 1869 - Derbyshire, England Transcription Charles Stone Son - Male 1 1870 - Derbyshire, England Transcription Elisabeth Shawcroft Servant - Female 14 1857 - Derbyshire, England Transcription William Ward Servant - Male 14 1857 - Crewe, Cheshire, England This appears to be him again on 1891 (now married to Sarah) : 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Poole Street, Alvaston, Shardlow, Derbyshire, England Learn more Print transcription View image Household Members First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place William Ward Head Married Male 35 1856 Agricultural Labourer Crewe, Cheshire, England Transcription Sarah Ward Wife Married Female 35 1856 - Kirk Ireton, Derbyshire, England Transcription John Ward Son - Male 10 1881 Scholar Hulland, Derbyshire, England Transcription Selina Ward Daughter - Female 7 1884 Scholar Derby, Derbyshire, England Transcription Sarah Ward Daughter - Female 5 1886 - Derby, Derbyshire, England Transcription Elizabeth Ward Daughter - Female 3 1888 - Sinfin, Derbyshire, England Transcription Frances Amy Ward Daughter - Female 0 1891 - Alvaston, Derbyshire, England Transcription Marriages Sep 1882 (>99%) Fearn Sarah Derby 7b 755 Scan available - click to view Harlow Sarah Derby 7b 755 Scan available - click to view Tebbutt John Derby 7b 755 Scan available - click to view *Ward William Derby 7b 755 Scan available - click to view WARD, FRANCES AMY FEARN Order GRO Reference: 1890 S Quarter in SHARDLOW Volume 07B Page 443 (John was born before marriage but given the name Ward !) WARD, JOHN WILLIAM - Order GRO Reference: 1881 S Quarter in BELPER Volume 07B Page 601 This would be Sarah, single and pregnant and living with her married sister: 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription The Firs, Hulland, Ashborne, Derbyshire, England Learn more Print transcription View image Household Members First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place John Goodwin Head Married Male 47 1834 Farm Labourer Longnor Transcription Annie Goodwin Wife Married Female 28 1853 Wife Bradley, Derbyshire, England Transcription Sarah Fearn Relative Single Female 22 1859 Wifes Sister Kirk Ireton, Derbyshire, England I can't yet see William on 1881................ I cannot imagine that William was divorced from Rhoda as divorce was very uncommon in thos days and also VERY expensive so if this is the same William, which I strongly suspect it is, then his marriage to Sarah was a bigamous one ! Dea x
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31 288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	27 Apr 2017 07:26
	WARD, SAMUEL WALKER MMN COOPER GRO Reference: 1881 D Quarter in BELPER Volume 07B Page 592 WARD, THOMAS WALKER MMN COOPER GRO Reference: 1884 J Quarter in BELPER Volume 07B Page 663 (Ooops! Dea already posted the above births) Rhoda Cooper in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 Name: Rhoda Cooper Registration Year: 1854 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration district: Belper Inferred County: Derbyshire Volume: 7b Page: 433 Rhoda Cooper in the Derbyshire, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1910 Name: Rhoda Cooper Gender: Female Marital Status: Single Birth Date: 1856 Marriage Date: 28 Jan 1877 Marriage Place: St Alkmund's Church, Derby, Derbyshire, England Marriage Age: 21 Father: Thomas Cooper Spouse: William Ward Marital Status: Single Spouse Father: Jesse Ward Rhoda Ward in the Derbyshire, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1910 Name: Rhoda Ward Birth Date: 1855 Burial Date: 9 Jul 1890 Burial Place: Heage, Heage, Derbyshire, England Death Age: 35
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Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 24 447 Send Message	Dea	Report	27 Apr 2017 07:16
	YEEeeeeess !!! That's it! - I hadn't been able to find the link from Ward to mmn Cooper on Samuel & Thomas's birth reg. above but you have it! Marriage: Name: Rhoda Cooper Registration Year: 1877 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration district: Derby Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District Inferred County: Derbyshire Volume: 7b Page: 540 Records on Page: Name Frank Campion Rhoda Cooper * Georgiana Taylor William Ward * Rhoda was married on that 1881 image and the above is the marriage so yes, she is the mother of Samuel and Thomas. :-) :-) Dea x
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 376 Send Message	Ellen	Report	27 Apr 2017 01:33
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 376 Send Message	On the 1881 Census Samuel is living with his widowed father John ,also living there is a Rhoda Ward who I think might be the mother of Samuel & Thomas Ward .Rhoda died in 1890 they never married
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31 288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	26 Apr 2017 21:09
	Happy researching Ellen. Prickles....;o))
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Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 376 Send Message	Ellen	Report	26 Apr 2017 17:31
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 376 Send Message	To all of you wonderful people I thank you for all of the information you have given me much more than I expected
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31 288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	26 Apr 2017 11:22
	Marriages Mar 1942 (>99%) Gibson Clarice A Walker Belper 7b 1949 Walker Albert E Gibson Belper 7b 1949 This was Clarice's second marriage. Her first marriage was in 1930. Marriages Mar 1930 (>99%) Gibson Enoch Hillyer Belper 7b 909 Hillyer Clarice A Gibson Belper 7b 909 Hillyer Household (2 People) 1 Raglan Street , Alfreton U.D., Derbyshire, England Ellen E Hillyer 28 Jun 1876 Widow Unpaid Domestic Duties Clarise A Walker (Gibson) Widow 09 Dec 1908 Unpaid Domestic Duties Deaths Dec 1937 (>99%) Gibson Enoch 30 Belper 7b 735 Albert Edward Walker in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 Name: Albert Edward Walker Birth Date: 1 Mar 1915 Date of Registration: Dec 1981 Age at Death: 66 Registration district: Chesterfield Inferred County: Derbyshire Volume: 6 Page: 0161 Clarice Annie Walker in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 Name: Clarice Annie Walker Birth Date: 9 Dec 1907 Date of Registration: Jun 1979 Age at Death: 71 Registration district: Chesterfield Inferred County: Derbyshire Volume: 6 Page: 0498
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Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 24 447 Send Message	Dea	Report	26 Apr 2017 10:25
	Just looking at these for Samuel & Thomas: Births Dec 1881: WARD Samuel Walker Belper 7b 592 WARD, SAMUEL WALKER COOPER Order GRO Reference: 1881 D Quarter in BELPER Volume 07B Page 592 Births June 1884: Ward Thomas Walker Belper 7b 663 WARD, THOMAS WALKER COOPER Order GRO Reference: 1884 J Quarter in BELPER Volume 07B Page 663 Dea x
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31 288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	26 Apr 2017 10:18
	Rebecca Walker in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 Name: Rebecca Walker Birth Date: abt 1876 Date of Registration: Mar 1955 Age at Death: 79 Registration district: Belper Inferred County: Derbyshire Volume: 3a Page: 78 Rebecca Walker in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 Name: Rebecca Walker Death Date: 22 Mar 1955 Death Place: Derbyshire, Derby, England Probate Date: 21 May 1955 Registry: Nottingham, England Of 72 Nottingham Road, Greenwich, Ripley, Derbyshire. To John Rodgers miner.......Effects: £1049 18s 11d
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Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31 288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	26 Apr 2017 10:13
	Samuel Walker in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 Name: Samuel Walker Birth Date: abt 1860 Date of Registration: Sep 1920 Age at Death: 60 Registration district: Belper Inferred County: Derbyshire Volume: 7b Page: 539 Samuel Walker in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 Name: Samuel Walker Death Date: 22 Aug 1920 Death Place: Derbyshire, England Probate Date: 3 Dec 1920 Registry: Derby Of Nottingham Road, Ripley, Derbyshire. To Rebecca Walker widow......Effects: £370 Rebecca Walker on the 1939 Register Walker Household (3 People) 72 Nottingham Road , Ripley U.D., Derbyshire, England Rebecca Walker 12 Feb 1876 Unpaid Domestic Duties Albert E Walker 02 May 1915 Dyer Cut Silk Norman Walker 19 Aug 1918 Colliery Banks Man Above Heavy Worker Births Jun 1915 (>99%) Walker Albert E Morley Belper 7b 1265 Births Sep 1918 (>99%) Walker Norman Morley Belper 7b 1048
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Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31 288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	26 Apr 2017 09:35
	No father named for Thomas on the marriage record. Derbyshire Marriage Index 1538-1910 Transcription First name(s) Thomas Hedley Last name Holmes Sex Male Age 21 Birth year 1889 Marital status Single Marriage year 1910 Marriage date 20 Aug 1910 Marriage place Denby, Denby, Derbyshire, England Spouse's first name(s) Sarah Spouse's last name Hardy Spouse's sex Female Spouse's age 22 Spouse's birth year 1888 Spouse's marital status Single Spouse's father's first name(s) Edwin Spouse's father's last name Hardy Place Denby County Derbyshire Country England Record set Derbyshire Marriage Index 1538-1910 Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Marriages & divorces Collections from Great Britain
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Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31 288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	26 Apr 2017 09:32
	Thomas H Holmes in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 Name: Thomas H Holmes Birth Date: abt 1889 Date of Registration: Dec 1958 Age at Death: 69 Registration district: Belper Inferred County: Derbyshire Volume: 3a Page: 61 Thomas Hedley Holmes in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 Name: Thomas Hedley Holmes Death Date: 10 Dec 1958 Death Place: Derbyshire, Derby, England Probate Date: 1 Apr 1959 Registry: London, England Of 125 Heage Road, Ripley, Derbyshire... To Sarah Holmes widow and Hedley Holmes greengrocer. Effects: £6004 9s 2d
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Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49 454 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	26 Apr 2017 09:27
	First name(s) HEDLEY Last name HOLMES Gender Male Birth day 10 Birth month 4 Birth year 1912 Age - Death quarter 1 Death year 1990 District Belper Register number 290 County Derbyshire Volume 6 Page 100 Country England Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 2nd marriage Hedley Last name Holmes Marriage year 1965 Parish Derby Register Office Place Derby Spouse's first name Gwendoline Mary Spouse's last name Hardy Reference DU/186/046 Register Office South Derbyshire (Derby) County Derbyshire Country England Record set Derbyshire Registrars Marriage Index Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Marriages & divorces Collections from Great Britain Derbyshire Family History Society Marjorie also remarried Marjorie Last name Holmes Marriage year 1965 Parish Ilkeston Register Office Place Ilkeston Spouse's first name Richard Spouse's last name Hardy Reference IRO/29/028 Register Office Erewash (Ilkeston) County Derbyshire Country England Record set Derbyshire Registrars Marriage Index Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Marriages & divorces Collections from Great Britain Derbyshire Family History Society MARJORIE Last name HARDY Gender Female Birth day 7 Birth month 4 Birth year 1910 Age - Death quarter 4 Death year 2000 District Derby District number 3941C Register number C39C Entry number 150 Date of registration mm/yy 1000 County Derbyshire Country England Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49 454 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	26 Apr 2017 09:08
	Thomas birth is out by two years 1939 register Holmes Household (4 People) 125 Heage Road , Ripley U.D., Derbyshire, England Start free family tree View original imagePrint FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB OCCUPATION Hedley Holmes 10 Apr 1912 Joiner Foreman (Shop ?) Thomas H Holmes 29 May 1887 Colliery Road Repairer (?) Sarah Holmes 26 May 1886 Unpaid Domestic Duties Madge (Marjorie) Hardy (Holmes) 07 Apr 1910 Unpaid Domestic Duties Ref: RG101/5921C/010/37 Letter Code: RBVG © Findmypast Ltd Open a closed record Request a living person's record Close an open record Report an error Marriages Mar 1935 ( Holmes Hedley Wright Belper 7b 1021 Wright Marjorie Holmes Belper 7b 1021 1 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Overlane Belper, Belper, Derbyshire, England Thomas Hedley Holmes Head Married Male Coal Miner Labourer 21 1890 Belper Derbyshire Transcription Sarah Holmes Wife Married Female - 22. 1889 Belper Married under one year no children THOMAS HEDLEY Last name HOLMES Birth year 1889 Death year 1958 Age 69 Place Ripley County Derbyshire Country England Register entry RD/A09/054 Register office Amber Valley (Ripley) Record set Derbyshire Registrars Death Index First name(s) THOMAS H Last name HOLMES Gender Male Birth day - Birth month - Birth year 1889 Age 69 Death quarter 4 Death year 1958 District Belper County Derbyshire Volume 3A Page 61 Country England Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

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Samuel Walker born 15th November 1859 Derbyshire