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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.

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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

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 -

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

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

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

Marriages Dec 1924 (>99%)
Bamforth Harry D Coles Coventry 6d 1462
Coles Agnes H Bamforth Coventry 6d 1462

Births Jun 1926 (>99%)
Bamforth Gerald D Coles Coventry 6d 1154
Births Mar 1928 (>99%)
Bamforth Phyllis E Coles Huddersfield 9a 453
Births Jun 1929 (>99%)
Bamforth Muriel C Coles Huddersfield 9a 428
Births Sep 1931 (>99%)
Bamforth Eugene B Coles Bridgwater 5c 396


1939 Register
34 Mulberry Street, Huddersfield, Huddersfield C.B., Yorkshire (West Riding), England
Sarah Ann Bull 09 Jun 1873 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Widowed 13 1
Harry D Bamforth 24 Aug 1898 Male Bronze Moulder & Aluminum H Married 13 2
Gerald D Bamforth 11 Apr 1926 Male At School Single 13 3


1939 Register
1 Sunnydale,South Hill Road, Callington, St Germans R.D., Cornwall, England
Agnes Bush 20 Apr 1881 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Widowed 74 1
Phyllis Stoneman (Bamforth) 19 Feb 1928 Female At School Single 74 2

In a tree on Ancestry...........probably that of Phylliis's son/grandson

Muriel Chris Bamforth
1929–2020
Birth 1929 • Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

Death 12 FEB 2020 • Florida, USA


Name Agnes Hilda Sharman
Death Age 67
Birth Date 24 Mar 1905
Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec 1972
Registration district Lambeth
Inferred County Greater London
Volume 5d
Page 445

Name Agnes Hilda Coles
Gender Female
Record Type Baptism
Baptism Date 17 Jul 1905
Baptism Place Walham Green, Hammersmith and Fulham, England
Father John James Greenslade Coles
Mother Agnes Annie Coles

BAMFORTH, EUGENE BRIAN 1931
GRO Reference: DOR Q1/2016 in OLDHAM (007-1B) Entry Number 513162668

Marriages Jun 1952 (>99%)
Bamforth Eugene B Kaye Upper Agbrigg 2d 1001
Kaye Brenda Bamforth Upper Agbrigg 2d 1001
Kaye Brenda Ramsden Upper Agbrigg 2d 1001
RAMSDEN Eugene B KAYE Upper Agbrigg 2d 1001


Marriages Mar 1956 (>99%)
Bamforth Eugene B Beckwith Huddersfield 2b 1735
BECKWITH Mavis RAMSDEN Huddersfield 2b 1735
BECKWITH Mavis BAMFORTH Huddersfield 2b 1735
RAMSDEN Eugene B BECKWITH Huddersfield 2b 1735

Children registered as Ramsden

From an Ancestry tree
Mavis Beckwith (Aveyard)
1937–2019
Birth 20 NOV 1937 • Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Death 31 MAY 2019 • Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England

From the GRO site...............FREE to all

AVEYARD, MAVIS 1937
GRO Reference: DOR Q2/2019 in KIRKLEES (090-1A) Entry Number 519112888

1939 Register
Cross Road, Emley Moor, Emley, Denby Dale U.D., Yorkshire (West Riding), England

Henry S Beckwith 08 Nov 1905 Male Colliery Ripper Underground Married 144 1
Edna Beckwith 12 Jul 1903 Female Domestic Duties Married 144 2
Brian Beckwith 13 Sep 1931 Male At School Single 144 3
Mavis Ramsden (Beckwith) 20 Nov 1937 Female Under School Age Single 144 4

Name Ida Bamforth
Gender Female
Birth date 06 Oct 1907
Baptism Date 27 Oct 1907
Baptism Place Woodhouse (near Huddersfield), York, England
Father Joe Bamforth
Mother Elizetta Bamforth
FHL Film Number 1542099
Reference ID Roll 32 P255 R4


Name Ida Mclane
Death Date 11 Oct 1981
Death Place Rawcliffe York
Probate Date 16 Nov 1981
Probate Registry Leeds

Name Walter Wilfred McLane
Gender Male
Death Age 68
Birth Date abt 1900
Residence Place 2 Stocks Green Darley Harrogate
Death Date 18 Jun 1968
Burial Date 24 Jun
Obituary Date 20 Jun 1968
Obituary Place Hull, Humberside, England
Newspaper Title Daily Mail
Spouse Ida
Child Peggy

Name Walter W McLane
Registration Date Jan 1932
Registration Quarter Jan-Feb-Mar 1932
Registration district Leeds North
Inferred County Yorkshire West Riding
Spouse Ida Bamford
Volume Number 9b
Page number 678

Name Walter Wilfred McLane
Gender Male
Birth Date 15 Nov 1899
Birth Place Wilmingto, Yorks
First Service Date 15 Mar 1916
First Ship Served On Ganges
Last Service Date 25 Oct 1928
Last Ship Served On Pembroke I
Service Number J51616

Name Walter Wilfred Mclane
Death Date 18 Jun 1968
Death Place Harrogate
Probate Date 15 Jul 1968
Probate Registry Wakefield


1939 Register
5 Healey Wood Bottom, Brighouse, Brighouse M.B., Yorkshire (West Riding), England
Walter W McLane 14 Nov 1899 Male Radio Service Engineer (Manager) Married 292 1
Ida McLane 06 Oct 1907 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 292 2
The record for this person is officially closed.

Closed record is daughter Peggy , whose married name was/is Oddy. She moved to Manitoba - as per newspaper acknowledgement following her mother's death - and changed her forename to Margaret.

Name Margaret Oddy
Arrival Age 20
Birth Date 14 ***1935
Port of Departure Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Arrival Date 1 Dec 1955
Port of Arrival Liverpool, England
Ports of Voyage Boston; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and St John's
Ship Name Nova Scotia
Shipping Line Johnston Warren Line
Official Number 6535/01


Name Jack Oddy
Residence Date 1962 and 1963
Residence Place Saint Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
Street Address Haney
Electoral District St. Boniface
Occupation Building Maintenance
Reference Number M-5073

Name Margaret Oddy
Residence Date 1962 and 1963
Residence Place Saint Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
Street Address Haney
Electoral District St. Boniface
Occupation School Teacher
Reference Number M-5073

Walter's parents' marriage

First name(s) Walter
Last name McLane
Birth year 1875
Age 21
Father's first name(s) Stephen Spencer
Father's last name McLane
Residence 10 St Silas Street
Marriage date 03 Jun 1896
Marriage place Sculcoates, All Saints
Spouse's first name(s) Ethelene
Spouse's last name Abbs
Spouse's age 20
Spouse's father's first name(s) Richard
Spouse's father's last name Abbs
Spouse's residence 12 St Silas Street

Name Harry Dixon Bamforth
Military Year 1914-1920
Rank Private
Company WO 329
Regiment or Corps Labour Corps
Regiment Number 650649
Medal Awarded British War Medal and Victory Medal

Name Harry Dixon Bamforth
Topic Law and Justice
Residence Date 17 Dec 1932
Residence Place Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England
Publication Date 17 Dec 1932
Publication Place Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England
Newspaper Title The Huddersfield Examiner and West Riding Reporter

The sister (1901 census)

Name Emily Bamforth
Age 4
Estimated Birth Year abt 1900
Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun
Death Registration Place Huddersfield, Yorkshire West Riding, United Kingdom
Death Date Jun 1904
Volume 9a
Page 216

In 1911, parents say 5 children born in marriage - 2 have died


BAMFORTH, JOHN LODGE
GRO Reference: 1902 J Quarter in HUDDERSFIELD Volume 09A Page 315

BAMFORTH, JOHN 3
GRO Reference: 1905 D Quarter in HUDDERSFIELD Volume 09A Page 198

Name Joe Bamforth
Gender Male
Enlistment Age 37
Birth Date abt 1878
Marriage Date 16 Aug 1898
Marriage Place Registry Office Huddersfield
Document Date 1915
Residence Place 55 Wasp Nest Rd Fartore Huddersfield Yks
Military Date 1915
Regimental Number 22776
Regiment Name Garr Bn West Yorks
Number of Images 26
Form Title Attestation
Family Members (Name) Relation to Soldier
Joe Bamforth
Elizabeth Lodge