Another recent old photograph find was this lovely one below of a wedding which had written on the back ‘ Sincerely Yours Mr & Mrs H BYROM 22nd December 1928’ – could I discover more without a location?
On checking the marriage registrations in 1928 I quickly found a marriage of Harry BYROM to Mary E DUNCAN in the October quarter of 1928 in the Stockport registration district.
Using this information I found Harry BYROM on the 1911 census, as below, aged 8 born in Denton in Lancashire living with his parents Joe and Bertha BYROM and a sister Alice aged 12 – Joe and Bertha had been married for 13 years and Joe’s occupation was a Stoker for Gas Furnaces.
Source Citation: The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911 Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1911 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Doing the same thing I then found Mary Ellen DUNCAN on the 1911 census, as below, aged 8 living in Reddish near Stockport in Lancashire with her parents Joseph William and Mercy DUNCAN and siblings Edith aged 5 and Edwin aged 1 – Joseph and Mercy has been married for 9 years and Joseph’s occupation was a Bobbin Carrier in Cotton Mill.
Source Citation: The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911 Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1911 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
I then found Harry and Mary Ellen (Nellie) BYROM on the 1939 WW2 register, as below, living in Denton with two children Edna born on 4th May 1931 and Ray mind born on 15th February 1934 – Harry’s occupation was a Wool Hat Finisher.
Source Citation: The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: Rg 101/4744aSource Information: Ancestry.com. 1939 England and Wales Register [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018.
I then looked at the old newspapers online and found a report of Harry and Nellie’s wedding in the Stockport Advertiser dated 28th December 1928, as below, which gave some great details about the wedding and confirmed the match to my old wedding photograph – it read as follows:
BYROM – DUNCAN – A quiet but pretty wedding took place at Reddish Green Wesleyan Church on Saturday, the Rev. Stanley C JONES officiating. The bride was Miss Nellie DUNCAN, the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs J W DUNCAN of 65 Gorton Road, Reddish, and the bridegroom, Mr Harry BYROM, son of Mr and Mrs J BYROM of Denton. The bride was attired in peach celanese satin with a picture hat, and she carried a bouquet of white chrysanthemums and pink carnations. She was given away by her father and attended by her sister Miss Edith CROFTS. The bridesmaids’ dresses were powder blue suede crepe de chine. They wore picture hats and had bouquets of chrysanthemums. Mr H ELLIOTT was best man, and Mr Edwin DUNCAN groomsman. The wedding breakfast was held at the home of the bride, and the happy couple later left for their honeymoon, the bride’s travelling dress being a blue velour coat with hat to match.
Harry BYRON died aged 84 in 1987 and Nellie BYROM died in 1983 aged 81.
Do you have a family connection to the BYROM or DUNCAN families as it would be great to reunite this lovely old wedding photograph with a family member if possible – if you do please message me via this blog or send me an email.
Many thanks
Simon LAST
charnwoodresearch@virginmedia.com
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