Hello Happy Wirral,I wonder if any one could help me find out what happened to my grandad Albert Holmes? He disappeared from the Tranmere Birkenhead area c.1910 leaving grandma Flora with 5 children to bring up on her own. He was about 46 yeras old, a book bnder all his life. Have tried all the usual records and family members . No body knows anything about him.I am looking for book binding companies around the early 1900's in Birkenhead. Thank you.
How about trying Liverpool Central Library. They still do bookbinding there and possibly, may have access to records. Might be an option if nothing else turns up.
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No Albert Holmes died in Birkenhead with a suitable age match between 1910 and 1966, only one died in Birkenhead between those dates and he was new born, the others who deaths were registered in Cheshire are not the right age for a birth 1865 ish.
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Have you tried the 1911 census? If you have his birth date and place of birth, he could turn up somewhere, unless he went to sea.
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Yes I have looked on the 1911 census for Birkenhead and he is not on it but the family he left behind are. Is there a general index of names for the whole of the country I could look at instead of just looking under Birkenhead.?
Yes that would have been possible. He was infact born in Birmingham. But wouldn't someone in the family have told his wife in Birkenhead. I have been in touch with all the cousins etc who are descended from Albert's brothers and sisters and nobody has ever heard of him.For the 1911 census would Birmingham have been divided up into areas or was it just all Birmingham and again would it have been indexed?
Yes this is my Albert but his death wasn't registered anywhere. Birkenhead has been suggested by some relatives researching our family history but it is not correct.