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Hi, can anyone help please. My Aunt, Patricia Gertrude Ward married a William Meadows in Leicestershire Central on 4 August 1955. William is given as being 25 years old. Aunt Patties is given as being 40 years old. Her previous marriage had been dissolved. William is given as being a Sergeant 22190934 in the R A P C which I believe is the Royal Army Pay Corps. At the time of their marriage William's address is Station House, Town Green, Nr Ormskirk. His father also William Meadows is given as being a Station Master. Am trying to find as much info as possible about William who married my Aunt. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Am not sure if William was 25 for sure when he married Aunt Pattie but that's what it states on the marriage certificate that I received today.

Regards

Kathryn

Births Dec 1929 (>99%)
**Meadows William Littlewood W.Derby 8b 500 Scan available - click to view***


Births Mar 1930 (>99%)
Meadows William Wagner W.Derby 8b 960 Scan available - click to view
Meadows William Meadows Liverpool 8b 119 Scan available - click to view
Births Sep 1930 (>99%)
Meadows William Sullivan W.Derby 8b 1059 Scan available - click to view.


This marriage is possibly a match for the 1929 birth.

Marriages Jun 1927 (>99%).
LITTLEWOOD Alice Meadows W. Derby 8b 1169 Scan available - click to view
Meadows William Littlewood W. Derby 8b 1169 Scan available - click to view.


This is the family in 1939,with some blocked out names of possibly younger siblings.

Meadows Household (6 People)
Maries Lea , Chorley R.D., Lancashire, England
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FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB OCCUPATION
William Meadows 12 Oct 1929 At School
William Meadows 30 Jan 1903 Railway Station Master
Alice Meadows 03 Sep 1903 Unpaid Domestic Duties.

Above details match an age in 1955 as 25


Are your aunt and William still living?

Hi Kay. Thank you for this information. Aunt Pattie died in 1989 in Aglionby, Carlisle. She was 74 years old. I don't have her death certificate so don't know if William was the informant or not. Obviously I have no idea when he died or if he could still possibly be alive.

Regards

Kathryn

2002 is a last electoral listing in Carsile of a W Meadows.....If he has passed away since 2006 when gro indexed deaths ceased, an obituary may have appeared in a local newspaper.

As William is an open record on the 1939 register that's usually indicates a death has been picked up for him

Not seeing one for his birthdate though

Morning all. It has now been found that William was born on 12 October 1929 in West Derby. Mother maiden name Littlewood. Auntie Pattie died on 10 October 1989 in Aglionby, Carlisle. Am wondering if there might be a site where I could find info on William's Army days as we have his number? Still can't find a death for him though.

Regards

Kathryn

No WW2 army records arent online

His death would have to be proved in order to order them and think it would have to be a relative too

I would be inclined to get Patties death cert to see if he was the informant

Thanks Shirley. Will do in a couple of weeks. Have just paid out for the marriage Cert. Pennies a bit tight at the mo. It's always worth trying via GR and Ancestry. I do have William and Auntie Pattie in my tree on Ancestry and am adding any bits of info to William's profile as they come to light.

Regards

Kathryn

Or Probate:

MEADOWS Patricia Gertrude of Hill House Aglionby Carlisle died 10 October 1989 Probate Newcastle Upon Tyne 20 February Not Exceeding £100000

https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills

Thank you Austin. As above, if I can't find William's death then I'll send off for Aunt Patties but then if William is the informant at least I know he was still alive in 1989. I have been searching though for his death beyond this point.

Regards

Kathryn

welllll he was still at that address in 2002 !!

Hill House, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA4 8AQ

it seems to be an area rather than a house name

Possibly?

MEADOWS WILLIAM
Date of Probate: : 23 June 2004
1552426
Date of Death: 09 May 2004
Grant and will
Newcastle Upon Tyne

EDIT: Not correct- Seems to fit this death

First name(s) WILLIAM
Last name MEADOWS
Gender Male
Birth day 31
Birth month 3
Birth year 1913
Age -
Death quarter 2
Death year 2004
District Gateshead
District number 051/1
Register number B80F
Entry number 187
Date of registration mm/yy 0504
County Durham

There are other probate entries that might be considered.

Thank you all for your continued help. Much appreciated. So obviously looking for a death post 2002. I'll have another hunt and if I find anything I'll post it. We're getting closer.

Regards,


Kathryn

When he married in 1955 he was probally doing his 2 year National Service.

Hiya, just found this on Rightmove. Well if this was their house. If so I believe the death then would be between 2002 and 2003 unless of course William had to sell to go into a Care Home or similar.

Hill House, Aglionby, Carlisle, Cumbria CA4 8AQ
£360,000 Detached, Freehold 28 May 2004
£315,000 Detached, Freehold 15 Nov 2002

Regards,

Kathryn

Why not write to the present occupier of Hill House, Aglionby and see if they have any information about the whereabouts of William?

Kath. x

There is this but not an uncommon name.

William Meadows : Memorial
Published in the Evening Gazette on 19th September 2008 (Distributed in North East)
This notice has had 92 visitors.
MEADOWS William (Billy) Thinking of you today and always. Love, Mary, Jimmy and family.



I dont know if there is a connection to William snr on this link,but in an audio he talks about his life on the railway.

specialcollections.le.ac.uk/cdm/ref/collection/p15407coll1/id/439

Thank you all. I will follow up your latest info. I work in a Solicitors so on Monday I'm going to get a search done on Hill House. I realised earlier that one of my other relatives (a brother of Auntie Pattie) lived at Hill House until he died in 1981. I'll let you know what the search reveals. Thank you all for your continued help.

Regards

Kathryn