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michelle

michelle Report 27 Jun 2011 20:51

hi i am looking for my husbands great grandads family he was called frank massey and born in holmfirth yorkshire in the 1870s he married a woman called mary louisa pykett ,in1911 they lived in henry street grimsby with there daughters ida and hilda they latterly lived and died in cawthorpe near louth but have no idea when or why they moved to cawthorpe if anyone can help i would be very grateful

PollyPoppet

PollyPoppet Report 27 Jun 2011 20:56

Hi this looks like him


1911 census
Household information
Address 13 Henry St Grimsby
Parish Great Grimsby
Town Grimsby
Type of Building Private House
Number of Rooms 5
Inhabited Y
Reference RG14PN19949 RG78PN1197A RD422 SD1 ED4 SN202
Administrative County Lincolnshire
Registration District Grimsby
Registration Sub District Great Grimsby
Enumeration District 4

Householder 1
Name Frank Massey
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Condition / Years Married / 7 Years
Total Children Born Alive 2
Children Still Living 1
Children Who Have Died 1
Gender M
Age 24
Estimated Year of Birth 1887
Occupation Journeyman Joiner
Employed Y
Working at Home N
Industry Builder
Place of Birth Yorkshire Holmfirth

Householder 2
Name Mary Louisa Massey
Relationship to Head of Household Wife
Condition / Years Married / Years
Gender F
Age 38
Estimated Year of Birth 1873
Employed N
Working at Home N
Place of Birth Derbyshire Ashbourne

Householder 3
Name Ida Massey
Relationship to Head of Household Daughter
Gender F
Age 7
Estimated Year of Birth 1904
Occupation Juvenile
Employed N
Working at Home N
Place of Birth Lincolnshire Grimsby

Householder 4
Name Hilda Maltley Pykett
Relationship to Head of Household Adopted Daughter
Gender F
Age 9
Estimated Year of Birth 1902
Occupation Juvenile
Employed N
Working at Home N
Place of Birth Lincolnshire Grimsby

patchem

patchem Report 27 Jun 2011 20:57

The most obvious people to ask would be your husband, and his parents.

Frank Massey
Birth Date: abt 1886
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1967
Age at Death: 81
Registration district: Louth
Inferred County: Lincolnshire
Volume: 3b
Page: 319

patchem

patchem Report 27 Jun 2011 21:05

Grimsby to Louth is only 15 miles. Did they move to be closer to one of their children?

1901 England Census
Charles Massey
Age: 40 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861
Relation: Head Spouse's Name: Harriet Massey
Gender: Male Where born: Holmfields, Yorkshire, England
Civil parish: Great Grimsby Ecclesiastical parish: St James
Town: Grimsby County/Island: Lincolnshire Country: England
Occupation: gardener
Registration district: Grimsby Sub-registration district: Great Grimsby
ED, institution, or vessel: 9 Household schedule number: 462 Piece: 3089 Folio: 168 Page Number: 68

Charles Massey 40 Holmfirth
Harriet Massey 43
Frank Massey 14 Marsden apprentice joiner
Robert Massey 13
Charles R Massey 7 Pontefract
Edwin Hill 20

Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 3089; Folio: 168; Page: 68.

michelle

michelle Report 28 Jun 2011 14:17

thank you all for your help im starting to make progress