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Hello Edward,

At the moment I cannot give you any information on how you may be related to Hilda Riley - do you have certificates with information about her birth, marriage and death? Do you think you may have a Riley or a Beswick connection?

Information for Edward perhaps, but also other contributors to this thread - I have viewed the marriage certificate on microfilm today

On 6th June 1936 at St. Peter's Church, Oldham, Thomas Riley, 29, bachelor, cotton worker, abode 7 S. Peter St., father James Riley married Hilda Beswick, 21, spinster, card room hand, abode 7 S. Peter St., (father's name was struck through) The witnesses were John Chadwick and Gladys Cooper.

Oh, OK, thanks, Gwyn.

English certificates of death do not name the parents of adults.

There were two Hilda Beswick births registered in the relevant quarter, the Oldham one posted by MarieCeleste above, and also this one:

Births Mar 1915
BESWICK Hilda Edgar Warrington 8c 505

Buy her death cert to see who her parents were: [EDIT: No I'm wrong, according to Gwyn's post below.)

England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007 about Hilda Riley
Name: Hilda Riley
Birth Date: 23 Feb 1915
Date of Registration: Mar 1972
Age at Death: 57
Registration district: Oldham
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 10f
Page: 427

Connection maybe??
1911 5,crompton street Oldham
Clara Beswick 1883 single died 1859 in Oldham

Hilda and Thomas Riley had daughter
Clara Riley nee Beswick born Oldham 1937.

Someone on here has Hilda,Thomas and Clara 1937,he also has a Clara Beswick born Oldham 1886!

Maryb.

I give up ! ....[snaps pencil in half ]

I had a feeling something didn't add up.

Hello Eddy - yes, you did confuse us!

This is a possible birth:

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Hilda Beswick
Mother's Maiden Name: Beswick
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1915
Registration district: Oldham
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8d
Page: 1328

Note that because the mother's maiden name is also Beswick it implies her mother wasn't married. We're not going to be able to find a possible marriage to work back from so you might want to buy the birth certificate to find out who the mother was.

There's also a Hilda Beswick born to an apparently single mother in Chorley in 1914. That one's in a tree on Ancestry and I think it's safe to say that one's not yours as they give a different husband for her.

Thanks for your help, however I may have caused some confusion. the Hilda Riley I am seeking was Born Hilda Beswick, in the Oldham area in 1915. and Married Thomas Riley in 1936, she died in 1972. I am trying to find the link to myself.
regards Eddy

Hello Edward and welcome to the Community Boards.






Note: I will let Edward know that he has replies to his query. :-)

There was 1 match for this search!
????
Baptism: 7 Oct 1914 St Alban, Cheetham, Lancashire, England
Hilda Riley - [Child] of Ernest Riley & Hilda
Born: 30 Aug 1914
Abode: 72 North Greaves St.
Occupation: Plumber
Baptised by: W. Kenneth Maclure
Register: Baptisms 1914 - 1931, Page 4, Entry 29
Source: LDS Film 1408887

There was 1 match for this search!

But then there is a birth to match that marriage but Cheetham doesn't cover Beswick !

1914 BIRTH
RILEY Hilda - Cheetham Manchester - GARM


More info needed I think.

Do any of these people ring a bell ?

1911

Ernest Riley 31 - plumber - Manchester
Laura Hilda Riley 29 - Sale, Cheshire
Arthur William Riley 7
Jack Riley 3
Jessie Riley 1
George Riley 2/12

Nearest I can see for a marriage is


Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1903

RILEY Ernest - GARN Laura HILDA
Chorlton-on-Medlock
Register Office or Registrar Attended Manchester

One of the above appears to have died as a baby


Name:Hilda Riley

Estimated birth year:abt 1914

Date of Registration:Jul-Aug-Sep 1915

Age at Death:1

Registration district:Prestwich
Inferred County:Lancashire
Volume:8d
Page:432


so if the infant had had a birthday it would have been the top one.
Maybe your Hilda is the one born Sept quarter

Could be either


Births Mar 1914
RILEY Hilda - Doran- Prestwich 8d 843



Births Sep 1914
Riley Hilda- Barn - Prestwich 8d 619

Beswick is an area of the city of Manchester, in North West England. Historically in Lancashire, it neighbours the district of Bradford to the east and the two areas are sometimes referred to as Bradford-with-Beswick

SO probably ...


Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1914
RILEY Hilda - Bradford Manchester


Maybe you should start with her birth cert

I am trying to find a link between the above lady and myself, I know she was a distant relation and we visited her in Long lane, Chadderton , Oldham in the 1950s any info would be helpful.