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Adoption Mystery

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ErikaH

ErikaH Report 23 Dec 2024 13:25


Name Alice Annie Bamforth
Birth Date abt 1904
Event Type Marriage
Father Joe Bamforth
Marriage Date 9 Aug 1928
Marriage Age 24
Spouse Stanley Styan
Spouse Marriage Age 22
Archive Location Kirklees
Parish or Chapel Queen Street Chapel
Spouse Father George Styan
Reel Number Batley Carr, Berry Brow, Golcar, Hardingley, Huddersfield; K12
Reference Number H/M/QS/12

1939 Register
122 Broomfield Botham Hall Road, Longwood, Huddersfield, Huddersfield C.B., Yorkshire (West Riding), England
Stanley Styan 11 Aug 1906 Male Silica Brick Maker Married 125 1
Alice A Styan 21 Feb 1904 Female Woollen Weaver Married 125 2


Name Alice Annie Styan
Gender Female
Residence Date 1937
Residence Place Colne Valley, West Yorkshire, England
Street Address 122
Reference Number COL:14/6

Name Alice A Styan
Residence Date 1946
Residence Place Colne Valley, West Yorkshire, England
Street Address 122
Reference Number COL:15/3

Name Alice A Styan
Death Age 63
Birth Date abt 1904
Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun 1967
Registration district Huddersfield
Inferred County Yorkshire West Riding
Volume 2b
Page 690


Name Alice Annie Styan, of 122, Botham Hall Road, Longwood, Huddersfield, who was last seen alive on 27th June and whose dead body was found on 28th June
Death Date 28 Jun 1967
Death Place Huddersfield
Probate Date 18 Sep 1967
Probate Registry Wakefield
Probate to Yorkshire Bank Ltd


Stanley pre-deceased his wife

Name Stanley Styan
Death Age 56
Birth Date abt 1906
Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec 1962
Registration district Huddersfield
Inferred County Yorkshire West Riding
Volume 2b
Page 692

Jink20

Jink20 Report 23 Dec 2024 12:41

There are 21 Public Trees on Ancestry with Harry's name listed
One tree has photographs

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 23 Dec 2024 12:38

Deaths Mar 1930 (>99%)
Bamforth Elizetta 53 Huddersfield 9a 395

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 23 Dec 2024 12:34

BAMFORTH, ALICE ANNIE LODGE
GRO Reference: 1904 J Quarter in HUDDERSFIELD Volume 09A Page 300
BAMFORTH, IDA LODGE
GRO Reference: 1907 D Quarter in HUDDERSFIELD Volume 09A Page 277

1921 Census Of England & Wales
55, Wasp Nest Road, Huddersfield, Yorkshire (West Riding), England

Joe Bamforth Head Male 1876 44 Stockbridge, Yorkshire, England Sanitary Labourer Huddersfield Corporation
Elirzetta Bamforth Wife Female 1876 44 Greetland, Yorkshire, England Household Duties -
Alice Annie Bamforth Daughter Female 1904 17 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Woollen Weaver Middlemost Bros & Co, Woollen Manufacturers
Ida Bamforth Daughter Female 1907 13 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England -

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 23 Dec 2024 12:30

BAMFORTH, HARRY DIXON (MMN)LODGE
GRO Reference: 1898 S Quarter in HUDDERSFIELD Volume 09A Page 350

The reason for his being taken in by another family may be deaths of either or both of his parents.

Look for records.................

There is a tree on Ancestry which seems reasonably well-researched............

Parents' marriage..........

Marriages Sep 1898 (>99%)
Bamforth Joe Huddersfield 9a 723
Lodge Elizetta Huddersfield 9a 723

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 23 Dec 2024 12:19

Suzanne is unlikely to be looking for replies after 13 years. Click on her name and send a contact message. If she still uses the e-mail she registered with GR when she joined, she will be notified.

The chances of anyone on here 'knowing' anything are remote, sorry to say.

Have you looked in 'search all member trees'?

Sinead

Sinead Report 23 Dec 2024 11:30

Hi I’m very late to this but Harry Dixon Bamforth is my great grandad , I’m too trying to find out more

I have found he was married to Agnes Hilda Cole , his mum was Emily Bamforth ( but I’ve found her under the name Elizetta Bamforth nee/ lodge too, his dad was Joe Bamforth , he had a sister Emily , was adopted by Henry RB bull and Sarah Ann haighs ?

There’s more children that Joe and Elizetta had later on

I’ll add we have found our dna has significant African dna my dads %13 so we think he may have been mixed race ??

Sad to see he wasn’t well liked
He went on to have children. My nanny Phyllis, Edna , Muriel , Gerald and Eugene who later changed his name to ramsden !
But I’m not sure if the siblings had the same dad Eugene’s great granddaughter doesn’t share the African dna ?!!! Agnes Cole was my great grandmother ( got sentenced to prison for man slaughter as she did illegal abortions with her new husband Thomas Shamen ) she also had a brothel and used the girls , they ran away to one to America (mureal) and my lovely nan who luckily ran away too, I think the boys went with Harry . Not the most proud of the ancestry I’ve found .

I would love to know why Harry was adopted , I think Agnes is a dodgy character and I’m not entirely sure all her children were from same dad based on dna

Anyway if anyone as any more info I’d love to know
Thanks
Sinead

jax

jax Report 24 Dec 2013 15:56

Hi Valerie welcome to the boards

As Suzanne post this a couple of years ago she not be checking for replies now.

Click on her name and send a private message, if she still has the same email address she will be notified

valerie

valerie Report 24 Dec 2013 15:12

I am geralds second wife and i live in dalton hudds

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 23 Mar 2011 23:56

I'll send that stuff by PM, Suzanne.

Suzanne

Suzanne Report 23 Mar 2011 23:42

Oh, interesting. I'd love to know more Janey!
Thanks Mike, for the link.

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 23 Mar 2011 23:35

Just to toss in my belated two cents here -- has anyone mentioned a second marriage for Gerald and the fact that his wife is still on the electoral roll in 2011? It seems Gerald himself has died, between 2008 and the present.

Mike *

Mike * Report 23 Mar 2011 23:31

Always check on freebmd for certificated records from 1837 to about 1945 ( not all transcribed yet )

LINK
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

Suzanne

Suzanne Report 23 Mar 2011 23:29

Oh, I see, where are you getting your marriage records if you don't mind me asking?

Suzanne

Suzanne Report 23 Mar 2011 23:27

So I now have all his info and can build a record for him, and I should now be able to find out what happened to his parents and sister, possibly... I'm amazed, thanks so much everyone.

Mike *

Mike * Report 23 Mar 2011 23:27

John and Elizabeth are just the other marrying couple who share the same page on the record.
Sorry, should have editted them out to avoid confusion.

Suzanne

Suzanne Report 23 Mar 2011 23:20

That's all correct I think.
Here's what I know for sure:

He was 12 on the 1911 census listed with my GG Gprts as 'adopted'
He was 02 on the 1901 census listed with his parents, the only Harry D I could find matched the Birth record for him.


Mike*, on this marriage record, who are John and Elizabeth?

>>>>>Bamforth Joseph Edwin - Huddersfield 9a 447
>>>>>Dyson Emily - Huddersfield 9a 447
Grimstone John Huddersfield 9a 447
Redfearn Elizabeth Huddersfield 9a 447

the marriage records you have seem more detailed than anything I've found searching this site...

Mike *

Mike * Report 23 Mar 2011 23:15

Working off the fact that he had a son Gerald.

There's a birth for Gerald with mother's mn Coles. and a marriage for Harry D Bamforth to Miss Coles.

Harry D was born in Huddersfield ( as per poster's info) albeit a year different but that's par for the course with census data.

Or have been mislead ?

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 23 Mar 2011 23:04

Can I just check? How do we know which Harry Bamforth he is?
jan

Mike *

Mike * Report 23 Mar 2011 23:04

This looks like Harry's parents marriage

Marriages Mar 1889 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

>>>>>Bamforth Joseph Edwin - Huddersfield 9a 447
>>>>>Dyson Emily - Huddersfield 9a 447
Grimstone John Huddersfield 9a 447
Redfearn Elizabeth Huddersfield 9a 447