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HIi just wondering if you can help me please,my niece asked me to help find information on her late father,RICHARD BAILEY Born 1939 died 1964,married my sister Olive Ellis he died when his children wre only few years old,they don't no anything about his family,and im at a loss and been trying for ages and getting nowhere,ive found 2 sisters names but nothing else I would be grateful for any help you could give me ....thank you ...teresa,

what part of the country are we looking at

Does she know the maiden name of his mother

regards
Jan

Marriage 1959 Carlisle,

what were the sisters' names please?

? same area

Births Jun 1939 (>99%)

Bailey Richard Lewthwaite Carlisle 10b 815

sisters Elizabeth and Muriel? and other siblings if this the right one?, you can find the names by searching with the surnames, on freebmd.or.uk

Marriages Mar 1925 (>99%)
Bailey Richard Lewthwaite Whitehaven 10b 957
Lewthwaite Agatha M Bailey Whitehaven 10b 957

Teresa the marriage cert for Richard and Olive should have his father's name on it.

Does the DOB for Richard match this one ?

Agatha M Slight (Bailey)'s life in 1939
27 Mardale Road, Carlisle C.B., Cumberland, England

Richard Bailey 06 Feb 1902 Male Furniture Packer & Motor Driver Married 58 1
Agatha M Slight (Bailey) 29 Sep 1904 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 58 2
Sarah Fisher (Bailey,Asher) 26 Jul 1925 Female Cotton Spinner Single 58 3
John L Bailey 05 Apr 1928 Male At School Single 58 4
The record for this person is officially closed. Can I get around this?

The record for this person is officially closed. Can I get around this?

Richard Bailey 01 May 1939 Male Under School Age Single 58 7 <<<<<<<<<<<
Robert Knox 13 Feb 1907 Male Cooper Married 58 8

Richard BAILEY
Gender Male
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year 1939
Age 25
Death quarter 3
Death year 1964
District Carlisle
County Cumberland
Volume 1A
Page 36

His mother Agatha remarried in 1955,

her death
England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

First name(s) AGATHA MAUD
Last name SLIGHT
Gender Female
Birth day 29
Birth month 9
Birth year 1904
Age -
Death quarter 3
Death year 1984
District Carlisle
Register number 884
County Cumberland
Volume 1
Page 247

First of all you need to get the marriage certificate to your sister to find out his Father's name to ensure you are on the correct track. (Or has someone already got it somewhere?) Presumably your sister has died and can give no further information?