Marjory Ormrod

1894 Marjory Ormrod born on 6/11/1894 Old Hall Thackley. Idle, N. Bierley Dec 1894 to Henry Lewis Ormrod & Florence Bannister - Thackley 3 k E of Shipley,~8 k N of Bradford where Henry H Ormrod was living 1891C . HLO and Florence seemingly were never legally married - but there was an announcement in the Yorkshire Gazette in 1892 to the effect that they had married 7/11/1892 in Manchester Registrar Office!!. She was likely his first child, he ~22 at the time On the 1939 Register her birth is given as 1895/ this must be wrong!

1901C. Henry L Osmond, 29, b. Mississippi US , is living 18 Albert Street, Fleetwood, Fylde , Lancs with his parents, a 'wife' Florence 26, and daughter, Marjory F Osmond- born as Marjory Ormrod. No m.c seems to exist of Henry to Florence

Henry H	Osmond	Head	Married	Male	56	1845	Electrician	Burnley, Lancashire, England
Mary A	Osmond	Wife	Married	Female	55	1846	-	Crook, Durham, England
Henry L	Osmond	Son	Married	Male	29	1872	Theatre Manager	-
Florence	Osmond	Daughter-In-Law	Married	Female	26	1875	-	London, Middlesex, England
Margery F	Osmond	Grand Daughter	Single	Female	6	1895	-	Thackley, Yorkshire, England
John A	Ottley	Visitor	Single	Male	24	1877	Musician	Hoyland, Yorkshire, England

By 1911, daughter Marjory is still living with the paternal grand parents, but mother Florence has vanished. I cannot find her in 1911C, nor a death for her-Wendy thinks she might have remarried ~1903: too many Florence Bannisters on BMD, but there is a Florence Louise Bannister marrying Arthur C Frost/Arthur J Palmer- almost certainly the latter St Geo H Sq Sep 1909

1911C. Henry H Osmond, 66, joiner & carpenter, b.Burnley, is living 9 Sunderland Street, Houghton le Spring, Durham with his wife, 2 grandchildren, Marjorie F & Agnes M and a boarder, a music hall professional . Think original is actually written as Osmond. Houghton le Spring ~15 k NE of Durham, in Tyne & Wear today. Henry Lewis Osmond had a theatre company, Houghton Players, in Houghton, dissolved in 1910 - which is when his bankruptcy was discharged

Henry H	Osmand	Head	Married	Male	Joiner And Carpenter	66	1845	Lanc Burnley
Mary A	Osmand	Wife	Married	Female	-	66	1845	Co Durham Not Known
Marjorie F	Osmand	Granddaughter	Single	Female	Book Keeper	16	1895	Thackley Yorks
Agnes M	Osmand	Granddaughter	-	Female	School	10	1901	Lanc Fleetwood
Sam	France	Boarder	Single	Male	Music Hall Professional	25	1886	Cardiff Wales

Marjory was known as Madge and was seemingly brought up by her grandparents, as were Agnes/Agda 1901 and half sister Irene May 1916 . She was the only one of HLO's first 4 daughters , 1894-1916, not to follow him on to the stage

Marjory (Madge), was later to become a great friend of Ethel's as they were about the same age"- Wendy .

1916. Marjorie Osmond, b.1894 - so aged ~22, father Henry Lewis Osmond, married Albert Henry Balmer on 14/11/1916 in Houghton le Spring - Ancestry Select Marriages. Also Houghton Dec 1916. His father was a Builder, he a Mason in 1911C. . No mention of Frances- given her on Cooper Ancestry tree - as a middle name on this marriage, nor on her dc!! & in my opinion, her middle name more likely to have been Florence!!Albert Henry Balmer was in the Durhan Light Infantry during WW1: as was his brother, Pringle Balmer, who was killed on 27/5/1918 in WW1 in the third battle of Aisne in Picardie,France. He was serving in the 5th Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry.. Pictures of his grave exist

1918.Henry L Balmer was the only child born to Marjory Balmer- 25/8/1918 Houghton Sep 1918. COOPER Family Tree-Ancestry

1919. Living 2 Ironside Street, Houghton le Spring - COOPER Family Tree-Ancestry gives her husband's medal card

1921C. Marjorie Frances Balmer , 26 yrs 7 mths, is living??? with her husband and son Henry Lewis Balmer .

1928. Her husband then built Pendleholme, Houghton , where their grandson, David Balmer 1947, still lives today, 2021 . So Pendleholme has been the family home for almost a century . At this stage, or maybe even earlier, Marjory´s grandmother, Mary Ormrod/Murphy , came to live with them

Pendle is a region just north of Burnley, where her grandfather, Henry Hopwood Ormrod, was born and lived at times

( A strange coincidence. On 5/2/1900 an Eliza, 48, wife of James D Ormrod,died at Pendleholme, Upper Brighton. Funeral at Wallesey Cemetery -FMP. And in fact James Dixon Ormrod was born 1850 to Henry Marsden Ormrod, thus an uncle of HLO )

Her grandmother, Mary Ann Ormrod/Murphy, seemed to have lived with them . after the death of Marjory´s grandfather in 1922, but likely not until around 1925 - see Irene´s Memoirs . Mary Ann Ormrod/Murphy died, reportedly aged 90?, at Pendleholme, in 1932

1938. Mrs Balmer of Pendleholme, Hetton Road, Houghton won 3pounds of ardening goods in a Sunday Mirror competition, hers being one of the 1st 4 entries opened - FMP

1939. 20/3/1939 in the Sunderland Daily Echo, an Austen 7 DeLuxe Ruby Saloon, one owner, mileage 20000, 1935-6, was offered for sale:contact Balmer,Pendleholme, Hetton Road, Houghton - FMP

Albert H	Balmer	04 Feb 1891	Male	Builder Heavy Worker	Married	196	1
	Marjorie F Margery	Balmer	06 Nov 1895	Female	Unpaid Domestic Duties	Married

1944. Henry L Balmer married Lily Lane Durham N Mar 1944. They had Henry R Balmer 1945- 2019, David P Balmer 1947, Mary R Balmer 1948 & Peter L Balmer 1959 . Henry R Balmer married Elizabeth Price Jun 1968 Wallesey Sons were Adam Balmer & Daniel Balmer

Adam has a family tree on ancestry.co.uk including the Balmer family photos. This is a public tree called ‘Balmer Family Tree’ under the profile name ‘Adam Balmer’. The tree is fully viewable, except living people are hidden. To access you do have to be an Ancestry subscriber. Adam has asked interested Ormrod family descendants to contact him through the Ancestry website or via Facebook.

David Balmer 1947said Marjory was close to Agda but didn't hear or know anything about the half-sisters. Reg Tulloh-Hatchett was a notorious character who lost his money on ill fated enterprises and was penniless. David said stage actors were at a loose end in the day and Reg was a bit of a drinker, so frequented pubs in the day.

In 1947, Marjory Balmer/Ormrod 1894 got a telegram from Agda saying that they had run out of money and needed help to get to the next town for the next theatre show. She asked if Albert Balmer( Marjory´s husband) would send £5. He sent it to help them out.

Then a month later, they received a second telegram with the same story, asking for another £5. Albert sent the £5 a second time. (Adam assumes this could have been under pressure by Marjory.)

Then on a third occasion another telegram arrived, again the same story. Albert refused this time to send them money. Note £5 in 1947 is equivalent to approx £200 today. Albert was very hard working - 6 days a week, so probably took a dim view of all this.

Albert died in 1961. Marjory inherited his estate. Then in 1963 a letter arrived at Marjory´s son´s Henry Lewis Balmer's shop (he was a shopkeeper). Agda must have lost the Pendleholme address and got hold of the shop address instead.

Agda said that Reg T-H was in poor health and gave a sob story for Marjory to send money. HLB knew about Agda asking for money in the past and thought it was a try-on, so didn't tell his mother. (Adam assumes Marjory would have been more sympathetic to their request.)

The Balmers kept more photos of Agda, than HLO, Marjory or Florence so I think that it shows a fondness for Agda despite parting company over asking for money.

Henry Lewis Balmer 1918, his wife, & 3 of their children, Henry 1945, Mary 1948 & David 1947. Around 1952

1967. Marjory Balmer, 73, died Sunderland Dec 1967/ Does David Balmerhave this d.c.?

1995. Her son, Henry Lewis Balmer died Sunderland Nov 1995. He was a Sergeant -4454630- in the Durhan Light Infantry during WW2.

I am the eldest grandson of Henry Lewis Balmer, so a great great grandson to HLO. I'm seeing my uncle David in August, and he has the family photos, which I know include HLO.

COOPER Family Tree-Ancestry has 3000 people on it and no descendants for Henry Lewis Balmer .
 Gives Marjory as Marjory Frances Osmond - but not sure why?, but they do have erroneous parents 
for her mother Florence Bannister/ Osmond!!!