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Vera Welldrake

(1911 - 2003)


Father: Willie Welldrake (1888 - ?)
Mother: Elizabeth Haworth (1889 - 1973)

Siblings:

Children:


Timeline

Date Event Information Sources
1911-06-06 Birth
  • lancashirebmd:  T1
  • GRO index (online):  T2
  • 1939 register
1921-06-19 Census
  • Abode: Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Birthplace: Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Census record RG15-PN20274:  T3
1936-06-06 Marriage
Albert Sutcliffe (abt.1915 - ?)
  • Place: St Luke the Evangelist, Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Abode: 6 Mount Street, Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Age: 25
  • Occupation: Cotton weaver
  • Witness: James Sutcliffe
  • Witness: Gertrude Greenwood
  • Witness: Mary Wood
  • lancashirebmd:  T4
  • lan-opc:  Link  T5
1939-09-29 1939 register
  • Birthdate: 1911-06-06
  • Abode: 11 Albion Street, Brierfield, Lancashire
  • Occupation: Cotton weaver
  • 1939 register RG101-4709-4709A-011-14:  F1  F2  T6
abt.1946-02 Marriage
Thomas Waterland (1920 - 2007)
  • Place: St Paul, Little Marsden, Lancashire
  • lancashirebmd:  T7
  • freebmd:  T8
abt.2003-05 Death
  • GRO index (online):  T9


Transcripts of sources

Ref. Transcript
T1
Birth:  WELLDRAKE  Vera  HAWORTH    1911  Nelson  Lancashire  Preston  NEL/33/72
        
T2
WELLDRAKE, VERA     HAWORTH
GRO Reference: 1911  S Quarter in BURNLEY  Volume 08E  Page 440
        
T3
RG15-PN20274 (FMP search results)

Elizabeth Welldrake  1889  Brierfield, Lancashire  Brierfield  Burnley  Lancashire
Vera Welldrake       1911  Brierfield, Lancashire  Brierfield  Burnley  Lancashire
Clifford Welldrake   1918  Brierfield, Lancashire  Brierfield  Burnley  Lancashire
        
T4
Marriage:  SUTCLIFFE  Albert  WELLDRAKE  Vera  1936  Brierfield, St Luke  Lancashire  Preston  CE115/4/168
        
T5
Marriage: 6 Jun 1936 St Luke the Evangelist, Brierfield, Lancs.
Albert Sutcliffe - 21 years, Motor Driver, Bachelor, 6 Mount Street Brierfield
Vera Welldrake - 25 years, Cotton Weaver, Spinster, 6 Mount Street Brierfield
    Groom's Father: Joseph Sutcliffe, Deceased, County Council Road Scavenger
    Bride's Father: Willie Welldrake, Clerk in an Office
    Witness: James Sutcliffe; Gertrude Greenwood; Mary Wood
    Married by Banns by: Thomas Smith, Vicar
    Register: Marriages 1927 - 1940, Page 84, Entry 168
    Source: Original Parish Register
        
T6
NTQA   Brierfield   472A/2

11. ALBION ST   Schedule 143

12  1   Welldrake Elizabeth     F  3 MAY   89  M  Cotton Weaver
13  2.  Welldrake Clifford      M  29 MAY  18  S  Cotton Tape Labourer Heavy Worker
14  3.  Sutcliffe Vera          F  6 JUNE  11  M  Cotton Weaver                    [Name change] WATERLAND 8.3.46 NPA.M.

Transcribed from TNA_R39_4709_4709A_011.jpg by dh

        
T7
Marriage:  WATERLAND  Thomas  SUTCLIFFE  Vera  1946  Little Marsden, St Paul  Lancashire  Preston  CE124/6/186
Marriage:  WATERLAND  Thomas  WELLDRAKE  Vera  1946  Little Marsden, St Paul  Lancashire  Preston  CE124/6/186
        
T8
Marriages Mar 1946
Sutcliffe  Vera    Waterland  Nelson  8e 453
Waterland  Thomas  Sutcliffe  Nelson  8e 453
        
T9
WATERLAND, VERA     1911
GRO Reference:  DOR  Q2/2003 in BLACKPOOL  (5811D)  Reg D14D  Entry Number 40
        


File sources

Ref. Type File name
F1 Image TNA_R39_4709_4709A_011.jpg
F2 Transcript R39-4709A-011-Welldrake.text


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