Individual Details

When and where born: Twelfth May 1879 High Street Eckington
Name, if any: Gertrude
Sex: Girl
Name and surname of father: George MASSICK
Name, surname and maiden surname of mother: Mary Jane MASSICK formerly JOHNSON
Occupation of father: Coal Miner
Signature, description and residence of informant: M.J. Massick Mother High Street Eckington
When registered: First July 1879
Signature of registrar: John Ibbotson Hayes


Gertrude WEST 71 widow of Alfred Frank WEST Colliery Hewer Cause of Death: Carcinoma of Lung
Certified by A H Rankin MB
Informant: Colin WEST son present at the death 1 Church Row Eckington
Registered on: Eighteenth October 1951
Registrar: W A Watson

funeral notice in Derbyshire Times: Died aged 71. Buried at Eckington Cemetery on Thursday. Widow of A.F. West, who died the previous Tuesday (? this doesn't make sense). Mourners: Colin West, Mr. and Mrs. K. Marsh, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred West,Mr. Frank West, Mr. Bernard West (Staveley), Mr. and Mrs. F. Lowe, Mrs. H. Moorcroft, Mr. and Mrs. Bertram West, Mr. K. Lowe (Ridgeway), Mr. and Mrs. Raymond West (Mosborough), Mr. H. Massick, Mr. and Mrs. A . Noden (Beighton), Mr. and Mrs. T. Edwards, Miss D. Edwards, Mrs. R. Bircumshaw (Mosborough) , Miss A. Lowe, Mrs. F. Godley (Mosborough), Mrs. H. Hunt, Mrs. A. Plant (Killamarsh), Eva Booth, Mr. S. Robinson, Mr. S. Marsh (Ridgeway), Mrs. G. Humphries, Mrs. I. Fisher, Mrs. F. Walker, Mrs. J.Rossington, Mrs. J. Buckley, Mrs. C. Bufton, Mrs. T. Peat, Miss L. Feek. Arrangements by F. Crossley, 10 Park Hill and 43 Southgate.

Gertrude MASSICK daughter of George and Mary Jane Eckington Collier
The entry appears to call her 'Merrick', possibly suggesting that a batch of entries were copied up at a later time, because the previous entry is 'Merryman'. An entry made at the time would not confuse the names.

Birth	12 May 1879	Eckington, Derbyshire, England
Christen	17 Jul 1881	Eckington, Derbyshire
Marriage	22 Oct 1898	Eckington, Derbyshire - Alfred Frank WEST
Death	17 Oct 1950	1 Church Row, Eckington, Derbyshire, England
Burial	Aft 17 Oct 1950	Eckington, Derbyshire
Reference No		10

Spouse	Alfred Frank WEST (1876 - 1941)
Child	Annie "Ann or Nan" WEST (1918 - 2003)
Child	Alfred Massick WEST (1898 - 1970)
Child	Harold Ernest WEST (1901 - 1905)
Child	George WEST (1902 - 1905)
Child	Colin WEST (1905 - 1976)
Child	Frank WEST (1906 - 1995)
Child	Mabel Gertrude WEST (1908 - 2007)
Child	Bernard WEST (1910 - 1974)
Child	Raymond WEST (1912 - 1983)
Child	Norah WEST (1914 - 1971)
Child	Ivy WEST (1916 - 1997)
Child	Bertram WEST (1921 - 1973)

Father	George MASSICKS (1852 - 1902)
Mother	Mary JOHNSON (1854 - 1937)
Sibling	Herbert MASSICK (1874 - )
Sibling	Hannah Martha MASSICK (1876 - 1876)