Well I thought I would just update my blog with what I did on my day off this week. After receiving Annie Gibson's wedding certificate I was surprised that it had said Thomas Allan Gibson, her father, was an Innkeeper. I decided to send off for Thomas Allan's death certificate, as I knew this was a couple of years before Annie had married.
Anyway the certificate arrived and he died on 24 Dec 1909 and it states he was an Innkeeper and Farmer and lived at Cross Keys Inn,
Goosnargh. Annie's marriage certificate had said it was in
Whitechapel, which is very close to
Goosnargh. So I think I can safely say I had found my great, great grandfather's death.
So yesterday we, myself and my uncle Alan, decided to go and look for the Cross Keys Inn. I got out my trusty sat
nav, I don't know how I ever got anywhere without it, we set off to
Whitechapel and decided while we were there we would look for the local church to see if there were any graves of interest to us.
Above you can see the picture I took of what is left of the Cross Keys Inn, it is not open anymore which is a shame, and there is no farm there now either.
The church turned out to be directly across the road, which was handy. We easily found Thomas Allan's grave and he was buried with his wife Alice and two of their children, who I
hadn't been aware of as they had only lived a short while. Both called Amy, one died at 1 year and the other only 7 months, poor little girls.
We also found Annie's grave with her husband William Procter, so that was an added bonus.
So a good afternoon's work all in, more dates and pictures for my family tree and two little girls death certificates to find now.