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Hello I am trying to find my real great granmothers death record?
My grandad Edgar Massey was adopted by the downing family as his dad Richard Massey passed away of T.B in 1931. His wife was Louisa Perkin born 1895 in Stone,Staffs. I have looked on the genes death index from 1930 to 1985 and there is nothing in stone, Stoke or Stafford that matches her.
I have found a Louisa Massey in 1931 who was 48 and in Manchester, a Lousia Massey 70 1965 in Middleton and a louisa massey 72 in 1967 in Ormskirk? Just none near ware she was living in 1931? I know she could of remaried but there is nothing to say this either? Hope some one can help! Thanks.
Lee Greatrex

I assume you believe her to have been alive when Richard died?
Jan

Might be worth checking:

Marriages Jun 1933
Massey Louisa Morries Cheadle 6b 672
Morries William Massey Cheadle 6b 672

Marriages Sep 1937
Edwards Joseph Massey Rowley R. 6b 2838
Massey Louisa Edwards Rowley R. 6b 2838

Marriages Sep 1937 (>99%)
Gibson William Massey Birmingham 6d 1494
Massey Louisa Gibson Birmingham 6d 1494

Jan

HI Brummiejan, Yes becuse my aunty visited her in Sandon nr stone, Staffs when she was a woman, not sure what year but was alive, but didn't want to have any contact? So no idea what happend to Louisa?

Thanks again, I have seen the Morris marridge in the stafford record office and isn't her im afraid but not sure of the other on becuase you have to pay for the cert.

Do you have her exact birth date by any chance? If she died after 1969 it is possible to use this to look for deaths. Providing the informant knew of course!
jan

Louisa Perkin was born in october 1895 :-)

You need the actual birth date for this to be attempted - my idea would be to search using this plus 1st name, no surname. Something of a long shot though!
jan

thanks jan i will try this. I have found Richards burrial and hoping that Louisa could of been burried in the same place? Hoping that she did remarry and found some happienss after she lost her husband to a nasty illness and had to give up her 3 children. They don't know what happend to her either. I think her date of birth is the 3rd or the 8th of oct 1895 but forgoton, so will have to get out her birth cert! Thanks for your help and will keep you posted!

The problem however is that I am not a full memeber so I can't see all the records on any sight!

was Richard some years older than her ?

Deaths Mar 1931
Massey Richard 60 Stone 6b 52

so def 1895

Births Dec 1895
Perkin Louisa Stone 6b 25

Hi Shirely, Richard was a lot older as he was born in 1870 in Yarnfiedl nr Stone, Staffs. I don't know if she stayed in the work house after he passed away or that she did remarry? It's certanly a mistry and just don't know ware to look? Been looking all day on the death indexes on here and my eyes have done cartwheels three times heee.

Just looked at my records and Louisa Perkin date of birth is 30th September 1895 in Stone, Staffs

Not seeing a death for her. maybe she didn't remarry but lived with someone and was known by their surname. That would be a needle in the haystack!

Well she didn't die as Louisa Massey in Staffs as no ref found

These 2 Louisas have correct date of birth....

Name: Louisa Longley
Birth Date: 30 Sep 1895
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1970
Age at Death: 75
Registration district: Greenwich
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume: 5b
Page: 957

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Name: Louisa Mackie
Birth Date: 30 Sep 1895
Date of Registration: Nov 1994
Age at Death: 99
Registration district: Birmingham
Inferred County: Warwickshire
Register Number: E64A
District and Subdistrict: 0611E
Entry number: 129

WOW!! good greif! Thanks Gwyn and Shirley! It gets even more strager! I really don't know if she moved away from staffordshire and is one of the ladies you have here or remarried? It could be that Mackie is spelt wrong and is really Massey?
Thanks for your help! I guess my next step is to get the marridge certs that Jan told me about to rule them out! If I could get in touch with a decendat of her brothers or sisters and their parents or grandparnets had mentiond her, then that would put light on to it, but that is a very slim chance!
Louisa's family William George Perkin 1858 and Louisa Hodson 1860 both lived in Sandon, so surley that would be a good place to look? Louisa work at the Roma farm nr Sandon as a domestic Servant in 1925

Age-wise this could be the marriage of the Louisa who died in 1994????

Marriages Sep 1919
Mackie Philip G ...Matthews ... Birmingham 6d 480
Matthews Louisa ...Mackie ....Birmingham 6d 480


Gwyn

If you look on freebmd, there are EDWARDS births in the right region with mother's maiden name MASSEY following that marriage.

This suggests that this is probably not your Louisa marrying in 1937 in Rowley R.

Gwyn