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Rachel FLETCHER

1910 – 1975 Β· 199 Upper Aughton Road, Birkdale, Southport, Lancashire
Father: Arthur FLETCHER Β· Mother: Betsy Alice HOWARD
πŸ‘ΆBirth
19/11/1910
πŸ›οΈ George V accedes to the throne
199 Upper Aughton Road, Birkdale, Southport, Lancashire πŸ“ β“˜Birth Certificate
Death Certificate
Birth 19/12/1905 at Southport
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Ref: Ormskirk 8b 816
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Her death certificate records birth as 19 Dec 1905, Southport and 1939 NHS Register as 17 Aug 1910 but they must be mistakes.

Most likely birth was 19/11/1910 at 199 Upper Aughton Road, Birkdale to Arthur Fletcher, Bricklayer's Labourer and Alice Fletcher (formerly Norris).
Informant: X The mark of Alice FLETCHER, mother, 199 Upper Aughton Road, Southport

Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
FLETCHER, RACHEL NORRIS
GRO Reference: 1910 D Quarter in ORMSKIRK Volume 08B Page 816

β›ͺBaptism
05/02/1911
πŸ›οΈ National Insurance Act
St Peter Parish Church, Birkdale, Southport, Lancashire πŸ“ β“˜Baptism Records πŸ“Ž View
🏠Lived (1)
02/04/1911
Southport Infirmary, Scarisbrick New Road, Southport, Lancashire πŸ“
Patient in hospital β“˜1911 Census
🏠Lived (11)
1921
πŸ›οΈ Irish Free State established
20 Compton (Chatham) Road, Birkdale, Southport, Lancashire πŸ“ β“˜1921 Census πŸ“Ž View
🏠Lived (23)
1933
πŸ›οΈ Great Depression
61 Banastre Road, Southport, Lancashire πŸ“

On Electoral Roll from 1933 until at least 1967 (last date checked).

🏠Lived (29)
1939
πŸ›οΈ Second World War
61 Banastre Road, Southport, Lancashire πŸ“ πŸ“Ž View
πŸ’ΌOccupation (32)
1942
Daily Help β“˜Birth Certificate
of daughter
πŸ’ΌOccupation (34)
1944
πŸ›οΈ D-Day
Daily Cleaner β“˜Birth Certificate
of son
🏠Lived (65)
1975
91 Leyland Road, Southport, Lancashire πŸ“ β“˜Death Certificate
✝️Death (65)
11/09/1975
Promenade Hospital, Southport, Lancashire πŸ“
Bronchopneumonia β“˜Find My Past
Ref: Southport 37 0372
Rachael Fletcher Birth: 19 Dec 1905
Death Certificate
Burial Records
from Headstone
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πŸͺ¦Burial
17/09/1975
Duke Street Cemetery, Dukes Street, Southport, Lancashire πŸ“
Grave 1011 Section 19 β“˜Burial Records
Aged 69
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Original grave owner was Margaret Dewhurst.
Note different spellings of Rachel.

The headstone reads:

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
RACHAEL FLETCHER
DIED 11TH SEPT. 1975
BELOVED MOTHER OF
MARGARET AND CHRIS

ALSO ARTHUR
BROTHER OF THE ABOVE
DIED 23RD FEB 1992
AGED 71 YEARS.

AND MARGARET EVELINE
DEWHURST
DAUGHTER OF RACHEL
DIED 22ND JAN 1999
AGED 56 YEARS.
WORTHY OF EVERLASTING
LOVE.

Children
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b. 1942, Christiana Hartley Maternity Hospital, Curzon Road, Southport, Lancashire, PR8 6PL Β· d. 1999, Southport & Ormskirk Hospital, Town Lane, Kew, Southport, Lancashire Β· m. John DEWHURST
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b. 1944, Christiana Hartley Maternity Hospital, Curzon Road, Southport, Lancashire, PR8 6PL Β· d. 2022, Bing House Nursing Home, 30 Promenade, Southport, Lancashire
Notes

Never married. According to her son Chris, who had been told by his sister, his mother had several miscarriages.

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Witness of her Birth: Betsy Alice HOWARD
Witness of her Death: Margaret Eveline FLETCHER
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