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Hi,

I am trying to find family members of a W.E Margison who served with the Loyal North Lancashire Regt, Labour Corps in WWI. I have a mystery that I need to solve.

British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
about William Ed Margison Name: William Ed Margison
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1892
Age at enlistment: 22
Birth Parish: Nelson
Birth County: Lancashire
Document Year: 1914
Regimental Number: 12554
Regiment Name: LN Lancs
Number of images: 33

will have a look at his records

Have you got any more details about him, do you know when he was born?...

Chris :)

Medal card of Margison, William Edward
Corps Regiment No Rank
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 12554 Private
Labour Corps 568568


Births Mar 1892 (>99%) ?
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Margison William Edwin Burnley 8e 290

Chris :)

He signed the enlistment papers as William Edwin, not Edward - so the birth posted by Chris is a possibility.

Marriage for the one posted by Chris:

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1917
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
MARGISON William Edwin HYETT Edith Mary Burnley Register Office or Registrar Attended Preston RM/183/79

His records say

Factory worker on enlistment
12 Brown st Colne Lanc.
bn 1891
Wife
Edith Mary Hight ?
Married 12 /9/1917
witt
John William Adams
Erva Adams
Father John 37 Lamond st
Brother Walter 21 Whitworth st Colcchester..
A lot of his record is very hard to read.

Hope it helps

Suex

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Brown Hair,brown eyes,5foot 9 inches/Methodist

Name: William E Margison
Birth Date: abt 1892
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1949
Age at Death: 57
Registration district: Nelson
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 10e
Page: 569


England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966

Name: William Edwin Margison
Probate Date: 5 Jan 1950
Death Date: 6 Dec 1949
Death Place: Lancashire, England
Registry: London, England

Of 6, Fairfield Road, Nelson, Lancs

Probate to John Hambley and Clarence Cunliffe

Births of two children are on freebmd.................

Possible marriage for son also on freebmd

..........and for the daughter

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/

Samantha

Just go to the end of your thread and reply please..... are we on the correct track .

sue :-)

Births Dec 1885 (>99%)
Hyett Edith Mary Burnley 8e 276


Name: Edith M Margison
Birth Date: abt 1886
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1962
Age at Death: 76
Registration district: Burnley
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 10b
Page: 570

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1901 England Census
about Willie Margison
Name: Willie Margison
Age: 9
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1892
Relation: Son
Father's Name: John Margison
Mother's Name: Alice Margison
Gender: Male
Where born: Nelson, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Nelson
Ecclesiastical parish: Nelson St Mary
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Burnley
Sub-registration district: Nelson
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 28
Piece: 3879
Folio: 106
Page Number: 6
Household Members: Name Age
John Margison 48
Alice Margison 48
Walter Margison 18
Herbert Margison 17
Willie Margison 9
Annie Margison 14
(Res: 44 Albert Street)


Household transcription
1911 census

Person: MARGISON, William
Address: 44 Albert St Nelson

BULL, John Willer Head Married M 29 1882 Cotton Weaver Nelson Lancs VIEW
BULL, Annie Wife Married2 years F 24 1887 Cotton Weaver Nelson Lancs VIEW
BULL, Alice Daughter F 2 1909 Nelson Lancs VIEW
MARGISON, William Brother In Law Single M 19 1892 Cotton Weaver Nelson Lancs VIEW
RG number: RG14
Piece: 24884
Reference: RG14PN24884 RG78PN1424 RD472 SD4 ED4 SN71
Registration District: Burnley
Sub District: Nelson
Enumeration District: 4
Parish: Nelson
Address: 44 Albert St Nelson
County: Lancashire



England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005
about William E Margison
Name: William E Margison
Spouse Name: Edith M Hyett
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1917
Registration district: Burnley
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume Number: 8e
Page Number: 430



Marriages Mar 1909 (>99%)

BULL John Willie Burnley 6c 455
MARGISON Annie Burnley 8e 455

(An error on the Vol number)

Margison on the image..........

1891 England Census
about Walter Sarpson
Name: Walter Sarpson
Age: 8
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883
Relation: Son
Father's Name: John Sarpson
Mother's Name: Alice Sarpson
Gender: Male
Where born: Haslingden, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Great Marsden and Little Marsden
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Burnley
Sub-registration district: Colne
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 3377
Folio: 67
Page Number: 29
Household Members: Name Age
John Sarpson 39 Ramsbottom Lancashire
Alice Sarpson 39 Haslingden Lancashire
Walter Sarpson 8
Annie Sarpson 4
Ebe Thursby 23 (Lodger)
Luke Thursby 21 (Lodger)
Herbert Sarpson 7
(Res: 44 Albert Street)


1881 England Census
about John Margison
Name: John Margison
Age: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1853
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Alice Margison
Gender: Male
Where born: Tottington Higher End, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Haslingden
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street Address: 35 Prospect Hill
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Cotton Weaver

Registration district: Haslingden
Sub-registration district: Haslingden
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4137
Folio: 43
Page Number: 36
Household Members: Name Age
John Margison 28
Alice Margison 27
(Res: 35 Prospect Hill)


Tottington is a small village in the middle of Ramsbottom.

website.lineone.net/~davghalgh/ramsbottom.html

Hello all,

I am trying to find any relatives of Pte Margison that live in New Zealand, Auckland to be more precise. A WWI British War Medal has been handed into the Police in South Auckland with Pte Margison's initial's, last name and service number on the edge. We assume that the medal may have been taken in a burglary and then handed in by a member of the public.

I had to search British National Archives to obtain his name and the unit that he served in during WWI.

Thank you

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Name: Clifford Margison
Spouse Surname: Sewley
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1943
Registration district: Isle of Wight
Inferred County: Hampshire
Volume Number: 2b
Page Number: 1370
Find Spouse: Find Spouse

Name: Evelyn M Margison
Spouse Surname: Horrocks
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1942
Registration district: Nelson
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume Number: 8e
Page Number: 544
Find Spouse: Find Spouse

Three births on freebmd for Evelyn's marriage

One for Clifford's

Hi Samantha,
As this is an old post I don't know if you ever got to the bottom of this, but I am able to add some detail.

William Edwin Margison, born Nelson, Lancashire in 1892 and died there in 1949. Married Edith Mary Hyett 12 Sep 1917.
Served as detailed above.

He was the son of John Margison and Alice (nee Barnes).
His mother Alice died in 1904, and as a consequence his father John sailed from Liverpool for Sydney 6 Jan 1910, and subsequently from Sydney to Auckland on 26 Feb 1911.

John's address in 1917 was 37 Symond Street, Auckland.

William's brother Walter as far as I am aware stayed in England. His other brother Herbert and sister Annie (who married my grand uncle) went to Canada.

So the only link I can find with NZ is his father John, who was born in 1853 so is unlikely to have remarried and fathered any further children in NZ (although not impossible!!!).

Regards, Phil.