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On the picture Nellie was tall and slim so is Hilda and someone wrote Hilda Atkinson could not be a sister.
Yes my grandma Elsie was married in 1922
How did she have a house like that if she was not married
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Might Hilda have been a niece ?
Just a suggestion, as I see that Nellie had a brother Peter:
Births Dec 1921 (>99%)
Atkinson Hilda Withington Wigan 8c 59
Marriages Jun 1919 (>99%)
Atkinson Peter Withington Wigan 8c 198
Withington Annie Atkinson Wigan 8c 198
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What lovely memories to have David. Thanks for sharing.
Is this your Nellie and Elsie?
1911 Census For England & Wales
25 Pottery St Wigan, Wigan, Lancashire, England
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Thomas Atkinson Head Married Male 47 1864 Coal Miner Hewer Lancashire Wigan
Ellen Atkinson Wife Married Female 45 1866 - Lancashire Lower Ince
Peter Atkinson Son Single Male 23 1888 Coal Miner Hewer's Trammer Lancashire Lower Ince
Richard Atkinson Son Single Male 20 1891 Underground Labourer Coal Mine Lancashire Lower Ince
>>Nellie Atkinson Daughter Single Female 15 1896 Machine Cotton Roller Cotton Mill Lancashire Lower Ince
Thomas Atkinson Son - Male 14 1897 Underground Labourer Caol Mine Lancashire Lower Ince
>>Elise Atkinson Daughter - Female 9 1902 School Lancashire Wigan
Gladys Atkinson Daughter - Female 3 1908 - Lancashire Wigan
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Why do you say she 'must' have been married?
If you want help, we need facts
Here's one for a start
Marriages Dec 1922 (>99%)
Atkinson Elsie Riley Wigan 8c 127
RILEY Albert W Atkinson Wigan 8c 127
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How do you know that Hilda Atkinson is Nellie's daughter?
Are you just assuming that from the inscription on the photo, or do you have proof?
What year do you think the photo might have been taken?
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My Aunty Nellie was my Grandma Elsie sister and I never saw her till I was a young teenager and she had moved to Blackpool.
I went with my Grandad Albert Whalley Riley 1890 for a few mid week holidays in 1962, 63 and 64. Elsie my grandma died in 1961
Nellie lived at 20 Gorton Ave FX4 2JW Blackpool a very smart semi
What I remember was there was no chap in the house but another lady lived in the back room and I called her aunty Maggie but she was not my relative.
There was also lots of model planes made out of wood which had been varnished brown and they hung from the ceiling in the bedroom and outhouse I was not allowed to touch them but they were all fighter jets like spitfires.
I have a picture on my Aunty Nellie with her daughter who looks about 13 at the end of the pier in Blackpool and someone has wrote in pencil at the back Great Aunty Nellie and Hilda Atkinson which is strange that she is referred to Atkinson her maiden name.
Also a young lady used to call at the house from school who was a couple of years older then me and she was obsessed with Cilla Black and had a Cilla haircut and my grandad gave us some money and we went to the pleasure beach together and my grandad and Nellie went went to the pub and went back on the bus together.
A number of my relative moved to Blackpool do not know why Ernie Riley grandad brother, James Shorrock Riley who had a car garage there he was the most interesting person on my family tree as he was a wheel wright and `emigrated` to Midlands as part or of car manufacturers and I have him in lodgings with people from Daimler, Rover etc .and lots of pictures with my Aunty Nellie.
My grandad when he was in his late 80`sreceived a letter from Nellie to say she had gone blind and was in a nursing home.
Sorry about the tale but I cannot find the marriage on my aunty Nellie she must have been married perhaps he was killed during the war.
Thanks David hope you can help they were happy times in Blackpool.
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