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Oh my gosh , I can't believe all this has been going on whilst I,ve been asleep. Don't know how to thank you all for your amazing help. I can't wait to get stuck in now , now that you helped me over that 'brick wall' !!
very grateful Yvette xx :-D

Hi Yvette
Thank you for your thanks to us all, and I do hope it is the right Mabel for you,

To be really sure you really could do with Mabel's marriage cert, without that all the info may be wrong !!

Someone on Ancestry has Albert in their tree --but no wife recorded, they have his death as


Name: Albert Vernon Mellor
Birth Date: 27 Sep 1905
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1974
Age at Death: 68

Registration district: Trafford

Inferred County: Cheshire
Volume: 39
Page: 1944

Now I am wondering ---did Mabel move back to Salford before she died, or have we the wrong death index for your Mabel !!

Hope you can see why the marriage cert is is so important, It will give Mabels age and fathers name and occupation --to verify (or not) that we are on the right track for your Mabel.

Best wishes
Barbara xx

Thanks Barbara, this is the right Mabel, and I have actually just spoken to her grandaughter who has confirmed a lot of the info, even though she only new half of it.So grateful.
Yvette xx :-D

pleased for you that that baptism sparked off all that info for you and that you were able to confirm it was correct.

Good hunting with the rest.

If that 1911 census is right there is this matching death for father William.

Deaths Mar 1942 (>99%)
Turner William 87 Salford 8d 713

and the probate to go with it:

died 8 Jan 1942 at 19 Pembroke St Salford. Administration to RobertTurner of no occupation.

Thats wonderful, Yvette , I am so pleased.

Yes Ann, it was your post of the baptism, what a great find, I am sure without that we wouldn't have found the rest so easy, thank you.

Best wishes
Barbara xx

A note on sources:

I'm guessing Ann's baptism came from:
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1®ion=UNITED_KINGDOM_IRELAND

Mike's post of:
Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1906
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
TURNER William RIDGARD Louisa B Salford St Luke Salford C33/4/188
came from http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/

Salford St Luke was more commonly known as Weaste St Luke, and Barbara's post comes from:
http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/

There's also another collection at FS, namely:
England, Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1603-1910
This collection is only partly indexed, and sometimes you have to browse images to find your target - then it's very helpful to note the entry#=188 embedded in Mike's post. However, in this case, it is indexed, and you can get the image of Mabel's parents' m.cert via:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FMR5-T68