Barrow Lancashire

[honky-tonk]

Trying to trace John White born 23rd Sept, 1900 father Ernest White named on Johns marriage certificate. Were do i apply for Johns Birth Certificate. On the 1901 census he was born in Barrow Lancashire but we were led to belive he came from Halifax also his mother is not on the census only his father. A mystery man indeed.
Can any one help would be much appreciated.

[dot.hawkes]

have you looked for a death of his mother in the last quarter.1st quarter 1900/1901?
there is a john White 's birth registered at Barrow In Furness in the last quarter of 1900. Barrow In Furness register office is:
Registration Of Births Deaths & Marriages 01229 894511
Abbey Road, Barrow In Furness, LA14 1LG
you should be able to get a copy there,.

[dot.hawkes]

actually i have just looked at the deaths for Q4 1900 and there is a john white aged 0 registered at Barrow in Furness.
I would maybe wonder if that isnlt the one registered in the births in that Q too,

[honky-tonk]

Cheers for the adress Dot.
Dont know his mothers first name. Apparently he had two sisters but dont know of their names. He is my grandfather never spoke about his past life to his children there is only my aunty who is alive and she had always wondered if she may have any relations from his side of the family. All we have is Johns marriage certificate and a apprenticeship indventure form for a company named James Mackrell & Co which has his date of birth.

[dot.hawkes]

there are two Ernest Whites on the 1891 census that could be the father, one in Halifax aged 13, born halifax and working in the worsted mills
another living in Barrow-in-Furness aged 15 but born in worcestershire!
what did it say on the 1901 entry? i don;t think my ancestry.com account is up to date or i would check them both out on there to see where they both were in 1901

[greengoddess]

If you look on the IGI site( www.family search.org) there are several Whites christened at St. John, Barrow in Furness including an Ernest Harry Stobert White 20/10/1881 son of Richard and Agnes.

[spudqueen]

1. How do you know that the John White in Barrow is the person you are looking for? Both John and White are fairly common names, and Ernest is not that uncommon.
2. Have you looked in the births registry? In the quarter ending December 1900 (just because he was born in September doesn't mean that was when the birth was registered - and the BMD's go by when an event was registered, not when it occured) there are eight plain John Whites and 21 John and a middle name White. Similar numbers on the quarter ending September.
3. Having looked on the 1901 census there is a Mary J White on the line above Ernest White. Would this not be his wife?
4. Where was John married, and where were James Macrell and Co based. If these were in Barrow then there is a chance that you have found the right person. However this is no guarantee, as I have found with my family. My Gt Grandfather came from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne but married my Gt-Grandmother in Kirkby Lonsdale.