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help please i want to put my g.father on trying to

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Dea

Dea Report 15 Jan 2006 17:55

If you mean you can't add a message - go to trying to find board - put in a name - click twice on trying to find at the top, then click on add message. - This should give you a box to add your message. Dea x

Zoe

Zoe Report 15 Jan 2006 17:46

No sign of a Mary b1898 in St Helen with a father Joseph just checked abour 30ish images Sorry Zoe

Zoe

Zoe Report 15 Jan 2006 17:38

Only John I can find in St Helens with a dad called John but doesn't mean its the right one as they may have moved there after 1901 John Rigby abt 1870 Rainford, Lancashire, England Head St Helen Lancashire <<Railway Carter John Rigby abt 1896 St Helens, Lancashire, England Son St Helen Lancashire Joseph Rigby abt 1900 St Helens, Lancashire, England Son St Helen Lancashire Lillian Ellen Rigby abt 1895 St Helens, Lancashire, England Daughter St Helen Lancashire Sarah Ellen Rigby abt 1873 Rainford, Lancashire, England Wife St Helen Lancashire Thomas Rigby abt 1899 St Helens, Lancashire, England Son St Helen Lancashire Will try and find wife Zoe

Joanie

Joanie Report 15 Jan 2006 17:35

Zoe both John and his dad John were Chemical workers, mary ellens dad was Joseph Rigby and he was a coal miner, John's family still lived at dwerryhouse lane after his death, y he was in Blackburn hospital god knows...joanie

Zoe

Zoe Report 15 Jan 2006 17:30

What were the fathers names and occupations on marriage cert Zoe x

Joanie

Joanie Report 15 Jan 2006 17:27

Zoe...thanks John Rigby b 1897 married Mary Ellen Rigby b 1898 (her maiden name was Rigby ) they married 1919 in St Helens Lancashire ...addresses on cert were numbers 5 and 13 Appleton st St Helens... they had children : mary b1919 Joseph b 1925 Albert b? Arthur b? Patricia b? Christopher B ? They lived from sometime in the 1940's in Dwerryhouse Lane West Derby Liverpool till at least the 1960's maybe later...any help please, as i only Know about My Grandfather John Rigby that he died in Blackburn hospital 1942 age 47yrs of gangrene of the leg, His dad on marriage cert was also John Rigby both Chemical workers. Thanks Joanie

Jeanette

Jeanette Report 15 Jan 2006 17:14

click on to trying to find then put surname in search then click . Click on any tab at top then click back on trying to find then add message Jeanette

Zoe

Zoe Report 15 Jan 2006 17:13

Joanie just post it here I'll see what I can do Zoe x

Joanie

Joanie Report 15 Jan 2006 17:12

When i tried to follow instructions...made no sence to me ...i must be thick...help please....Joanie