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Hello,
I have been trying to trace my grandmothers line of the family now for 2 years and I have drawn a blank and hit a brick wall. I am trying to find any baptism or census records for Gertrude Lydia Bull born 13th February 1883 in Birmingham. Birth cert states parents names as Lydia Bull formerly Davis & William James Bull - address at birth was 34 Court, 5 Bromsgrove Street, Birmingham. Her marriage was to John William Brannan in July 1901 at St Josephs Church, Birmingham and address on marriage cert is 6 Court, 4 Great Colemore Street, Birmingham. (Fathers name is James Bull on marriage cert) This is my problem:
I cannot find any census records at all - no 1891, 1901 or 1911 for any of them. I have her 1911 census record as a married woman, but still cannot find Her parents.
I don't know if she had any siblings. All I can find is a birth in 1885 of a William James Bull in Birmingham - possible sibling. I have also found a death for a Lydia Bull in 1885 too, which could explain why I cannot find her.
Is there any way of find out from baptism records if the chld William James Bull born in 1885 is their child without me paying for a certificate on the hope that it is? Also don't know where they would have been baptised, if they have!
Any offers of help are gratefully appreciated.
Thanks
I have been trying to trace my grandmothers line of the family now for 2 years and I have drawn a blank and hit a brick wall. I am trying to find any baptism or census records for Gertrude Lydia Bull born 13th February 1883 in Birmingham. Birth cert states parents names as Lydia Bull formerly Davis & William James Bull - address at birth was 34 Court, 5 Bromsgrove Street, Birmingham. Her marriage was to John William Brannan in July 1901 at St Josephs Church, Birmingham and address on marriage cert is 6 Court, 4 Great Colemore Street, Birmingham. (Fathers name is James Bull on marriage cert) This is my problem:
I cannot find any census records at all - no 1891, 1901 or 1911 for any of them. I have her 1911 census record as a married woman, but still cannot find Her parents.
I don't know if she had any siblings. All I can find is a birth in 1885 of a William James Bull in Birmingham - possible sibling. I have also found a death for a Lydia Bull in 1885 too, which could explain why I cannot find her.
Is there any way of find out from baptism records if the chld William James Bull born in 1885 is their child without me paying for a certificate on the hope that it is? Also don't know where they would have been baptised, if they have!
Any offers of help are gratefully appreciated.
Thanks