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Erika, thank you for all your infornative posts. I had indeed typed in Bailey instead of Medlicott in my original post. Clarissa Medlicott was married to Stanley Bailey, they were my Grandparents. I am trying to find out more information about Stanley Bailey’s parents and if there were any siblings.I will look into this further.

I have only been going by the clues that sometimes appear next to a member in your family tree. I am very new to this journey. I am in Australia, so not familiar with where to look in the UK for info. I think I will need to start looking for reaching out for Birth Certificates. My mother Winifred Bailey (not Winifred Clapham Ronladson Bailey) was born in 14/10/1933 in Manchester. She also had a sister Muriel born in 1927, I cannot find any further info on her other than the year she was born. She was estranged from her parents and my Mother and she was very rarely mentioned. Muriel did not move to Australia with her parents and my Mother, which I think was around 1954.

I am not familiar with GRO & MMN, but I will Google what they are.

I appreciate you and your posts, thanks so much for replying Erika. I will make a note of the info you kindly provided.

So sorry, i have made a mistake in my post folks! I put the incorrect surname in for Elisha, I have fixed my post now. I put Elisha Bailey instead of Medlicott. My grandfather was Stanley Bailey, married to Clarissa Medlicott, my Grandmother. I am so sorry to type the wrong name.

I will read all the replies now and answer the other posts.

So sorry, i have made a mistake in my post folks! I put the incorrect surname in for Elisha, I have fixed my post now. I put Elisha Bailey instead of Medlicott. My grandfather was Stanley Bailey, married to Clarissa Medlicott, my Grandmother. I am so sorry to type the wrong name.

I will read all the replies now and answer the other posts.

So sorry, i have made a mistake in my post folks! I put the incorrect surname in for Elisha, I have fixed my post now. I put Elisha Bailey instead of Medlicott. My grandfather was Stanley Bailey, married to Clarissa Medlicott, my Grandmother. I am so sorry to type the wrong name.

I will read all the replies now and answer the other posts.

So sorry, i have made a mistake in my post folks! I put the incorrect surname in for Elisha, I have fixed my post now. I put Elisha Bailey instead of Medlicott. My grandfather was Stanley Bailey, married to Clarissa Medlicott, my Grandmother. I am so sorry to type the wrong name.

I will read all the replies now and answer the other posts.

Name Elisha Medlicott
Death Age 71
Birth Date abt 1858
Registration Quarter Jan-Feb-Mar 1929
Registration District South Manchester
Inferred County Lancashire
Volume 8d
Page 217

Name Elisha Medlicott
Baptism Date 19 Apr 1857
Baptism Place Wentnor, Shropshire, England
Religion Anglican
Search Photos
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Father John Medlicott
Mother Susanna Medlicott
Page number 16
Reference Number P296/A/2/2

1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Upper Mill, Ash Grove, Adston, Clun, Shropshire, England

John Midlicott Head Married Male 60 1801 Miller Wentnor, Shropshire, England
Susanna Midlicott Wife Married Female 40 1821 - Hope Bowdler, Shropshire, England
William Midlicott Son Unmarried Male 19 1842 Miller son Wentnor, Shropshire, England
Alfred Midlicott Son Unmarried Male 17 1844 Draper Wentnor, Shropshire, England
Martha Midlicott Daughter Unmarried Female 14 1847 - Wentnor, Shropshire, England
Henry P Midlicott Son - Male 13 1848 - Wentnor, Shropshire, England
Mary A Midlicott Daughter - Female 11 1850 - Wentnor, Shropshire, England
Ida Midlicott Daughter - Female 8 1853 - Wentnor, Shropshire, England
Jeremiah Midlicott Son - Male 6 1855 - Wentnor, Shropshire, England
Edith Midlicott Daughter - Female 5 1856 - Wentnor, Shropshire, England
Elisha Midlicott Son - Male 4 1857 - Wentnor, Shropshire, England
Hannah Midlicott Daughter - Female 1 1860 - Wentnor, Shropshire, England
Eliza Williams Visitor - Female 48 1813 - Hope Bowdler, Shropshire, England

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Bank Street, Cheadle, Stockport, Cheshire, England

Charles Ridings Head Married Male 41 1840 Platelayer (railway) Cheadle, Cheshire, England
Clarissa Ridings Wife Married Female 33 1848 Platelayer (railway) wife Hulme, Lancashire, England
John Charles Sever Son Single Male 13 1868 Scholar Manchester, Lancashire, England
Louisa Ridings Daughter Single Female 8 1873 Scholar Cheadle, Cheshire, England
Henry Ridings Son Single Male 3 1878 - Cheadle, Cheshire, England
Joseph Ridings Son Single Male 0 1881 - Cheadle, Cheshire, England

Marriages Mar 1872 (>99%)

RIDINGS Charles Stockport 8a 28
SEVER Clarissa Stockport 8a 28

RIDINGS, LOUISA SEVER
GRO Reference: 1873 J Quarter in STOCKPORT Volume 08A Page 91

RIDINGS, HENRY SEVER
GRO Reference: 1877 J Quarter in STOCKPORT Volume 08A Page 97
RIDINGS, JOSEPH SEVER
GRO Reference: 1880 J Quarter in STOCKPORT Volume 08A Page 97

Marriages Dec 1954 (>99%)
Bailey Winifred Clapham Chatham 5b 481
Clapham Ronald N Bailey Chatham 5b 481

Marriages Jun 1959 (>99%)
CLAPHAM Winifred RONALDSON Plymouth 7a 1087
RONALDSON Leslie CLAPHAM Plymouth 7a 1087

Deaths Mar 1889 (>99%)
MEDLICOTT Albert Edward 4 Chorlton 8c 521

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1884
Surname Forename(s) Mother's Maiden Name Year Sub-District Registers At Reference Add to Summary
MEDLICOTT Albert Edward SPLAINE 1884 Ardwick Archives+, Manchester Central Library ARD/192/38
Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1885
Surname Forename(s) Mother's Maiden Name Year Sub-District Registers At Reference Add to Summary
MEDLICOTT Laura SPLAINE 1885 Ardwick Archives+, Manchester Central Library ARD/200/14
Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1888
Surname Forename(s) Mother's Maiden Name Year Sub-District Registers At Reference Add to Summary
MEDLICOTT Edith Emily SPLAINE 1888 Ardwick Archives+, Manchester Central Library ARD/217/7
Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1893
Surname Forename(s) Mother's Maiden Name Year Sub-District Registers At Reference Add to Summary
MEDLICOTT Henry Percival SPLAINE 1893 Ardwick Archives+, Manchester Central Library ARD/257/66



Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1902
Surname Forename(s) Mother's Maiden Name Year Sub-District Registers At Reference Add to Summary
MEDLICOTT Clarissa RIDINGS 1902 Ardwick Archives+, Manchester Central Library ARD/340/2

Expanding on my earlier post

1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census
139, Earl Street, Gorton, Chorlton, Lancashire, England
Elisha Medlicott Head Married Male 31 1860 Commercial traveller Shropshire, England
Isabella Medlicott Wife Married Female 30 1861 - Manchester, Lancashire, England
Laura Medlicott Daughter Single Female 5 1886 - Longsight, Lancashire, England
Edith E Medlicott Daughter Single Female 3 1888 - Longsight, Lancashire, England

Deaths Jun 1900 (>99%)
Medlicott Isabella 40 Chorlton 8c 517

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census
1, Victoria Street, South Manchester, Chorlton, Lancashire, England
Elisha Medlicott Head Married Male 38 1863 Tram driver Shropshire, England
Louisa Medlicott Wife Married Female 28 1873 - Cheadle, Cheshire, England
Edith Medlicott Daughter Single Female 13 1888 - Manchester, Lancashire, England
Henry Medlicott Son Single Male 8 1893 - Manchester, Lancashire, England


1911 Census For England & Wales
11 Nelson St Rusholme, South Manchester, Lancashire, England
Elisha Medlicott Head Married Male 48 1863 Car cleaner corporation Shropshire
Louisa Medlicott Wife Married Female 38 1873 Shop keeper fried fish Cheadle Cheshire
Clarissa Medlicott Daughter Single Female 9 1902 School Longsight Lancs
Ada Williamson Servant Single Female 23 1888 Domestic servant Vulcon Lanc
John Henry Weatherhogg Boarder Single Male 25 1886 Carter for corn merchant Fishtoft

1921 Census Of England & Wales
11, Nelson Street, Rusholme, South Manchester, Lancashire, England
Elisha Medlicott Head Male 1856 65 Shropshire, England Supper Bar Own Account
Louisa Medlicott Wife Female 1874 47 Cheadle, England Home Duties -
Clarissa Medlicott Daughter Female 1902 19 Longsight -

Medlicott
Louisa
1873
1944
England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Manchester, Lancashire, England

Louisa was Stanley's WIFE's mother..........................he married CLARISSA

1939 Register
15 Broadoak Drive, Manchester, Manchester C.B., Lancashire, England
Stanley Bailey 04 May 1903 Male Tinning Room Attendant Married 190 1
Clarissa Bailey 04 Jan 1902 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 190 2
The record for this person is officially closed.
The record for this person is officially closed.
Louisa Medlicott 06 Mar 1873 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Widowed 190 5
Winifred Ronaldson (Clapham,Bailey) 14 Oct 1933 Female - Single 190 4

MEDLICOTT Clarissa BAILEY Stanley 1927 Chorlton-on-Medlock Register Office or Registrar Attended Archives+, Manchester Central Library

You will need to get a copy of the marriage cert to find out if Stanley knew his father's details. No image online as it was not a CofE marriage

The marriage to which I referred above


Name Louisa Ridings
Gender Female
Marriage Age 28
Event Type Marriage
Birth Year abt 1873
Marriage Date 1 Jan 1901
Marriage Place Heaton Norris, Christ Church, Lancashire, England
Father Charles Ridings
Spouse Elisha Medlicott
Father John Medlicott

Posting what I’ve found using the mother’s name…………….

Louisa Ridings married Elisha Medlicott in Heaton Norris on 1st January 1901

They had a daughter Clarissa who is with them on 1911and 1921 censuses, but NO child named Stanley.

Elisha was born in Shropshire…Louisa in Cheadle, Cheshire

Louisa was Elisha’s second wife, his first being Isabella Splaine, with whom me he had a number of children

Have you looked for Stanley’s birth on the GRO website, which includes MMN from the start?

Where have you been looking?

How do you know the names of Stanley’s parents?

Who and when did Stanley marry?

Hello everyone! I am having no joy locating any information about the following relatives. If anyone would be so kind to help me, that would be wonderful and I thank you!
Elisha Medlicott b. 1863 in possibly Cheshire or Manchester UK
Cannot locate his marriage date (to Louisa Ridings) and if there were any more children other that my Grandmother Clarissa Medlicott.

Thank you in advance if you can assist.

Kindest, Lynne