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Walter Draine

Walter was born in 1899 R Rossendale.¹

Birth Notes
- Aged 1 in 1901
  Aged 11 in 1911
  
  Birth Place:    Crawshaw Booth, Lancashire, England
  Civil Parish:    Rawtenstall
  
  Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1899
  DRAINE    Walter    KNOWLES    Rawtenstall A 1st    Preston    R.A/7/67

Walter's father was John Draine and his mother was Elizabeth Knowles. His paternal grandparents were Robert John Draine and Hannah (Anna) Astin; his maternal grandparents were John Knowles and Jane Abbott. He had a brother and six sisters, named John, Jane, Mary, Elizabeth, Betsy, Alice and Sarah. He was the youngest of the eight children.

General Notes
- Walter married Lily Yates in 1926, Tonge Moor, Bolton.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John Draine
  
  John Draine
  - b.1801 in Bolton d.Sep 1877 in Haslingden
  
  Robert John Draine
  - b.07 Sep 1837 in Blackburn
  
  Betty Stott
  - b.~ 1806 in Bolton
  
  John Draine
  - b.09 Jun 1861 in Crawshawbooth d.Dec 1953 in Haslingden
  
  Hannah (Anna) Astin
  - b.1835 in Stalybridge d.Jun 1895 in Haslingden
  
  Walter Draine
  - b.1899 R Rossendale
  
  Michael Knowles
  - b.1805 in Darwen d.14 Dec 1859 in Blackburn
  
  John Knowles
  - b.1843 in Crawshawbooth d.31 Jan 1891 at Waterloo
  
  Mary Pomfret
  - b.1807 d.> 1859
  
  Elizabeth Knowles
  - b.1863 in Blackburn
  
  Henry Abbott
  - b.11 Dec 1800 in Blackburn d.1856
  
  Jane Abbott
  - b.20 Oct 1841 in Blackburn d.Mar 1878 in Haslingden
  
  Elizabeth (Betty) Edmundson
  - b.1803 in Preston

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¹ 1911 UK Census