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I have been unsuccessfully trying to trace my fathers family tree for him. Please help i really dont know which way to go and need expert advice. I am trying to trace the birth of his father William Reynolds in the midlands on 29th Nov 1902. I have search Dudley and Stourbridge areas but have all come back without success. On Williams marriage cert it states his father was Frederick, a puddler . .deceased. His mother was Gladys? We know gladys remarried and had three further childen all named Hall.. William had a brother George, and sisters Gladys and Daisy. My father has told me that they used to visit an aunt(possible Daisy) in Birmingham and that his father worked for a while in Wolverhampton, because i dont know where anyone came from i am finding this impossible. Anyone know a way forward? many thanks. Alison.

Alison

Have had a look at the BMDs for Dec 1/4 1902:

William Arthur Reynolds W.Bromwich Vol 6b Page 888

William Arthur Reynolds Birmingham Vol 6d Page 152

William Johnson Reynolds W.Bromwich Vol 6b Page 881

and William Sidney Reynolds Stourbridge Vol 6c Page 223

I can't identify the correct one with the info you have provided.

Would you know when William & Gladys were married?

Dee

Does it not give Gladys' maiden name on the marriage certificate?

Please give us your fathers full name and where he lived as a child, perhaps we can trace the family on the census forms???

Dee i have no idea when they were married but william was we believe william sidney, but it is not the stourbridge one, i sent off for a copy of the birth cert and it came back not the same parents. thanks. Ali

You said you have William's marriage certificate stating that his father was Frederick..

What age was William when he married, I may be able to trace a marriage cert for Frederick & Gladys?

Alison

Do you know when the Hall children were born? If we could find one of their births the cert would give Gladys's maiden name and we could then search for a marriage, which might give a pointer to where William was born. I cannot find a Frederick Reynolds marrying a Gladys between 1890 and 1902. Are you sure her name was Gladys?

My father lived in Brierley Hill west mids when he was small but because my father wasnt born until may 1928 i have found it difficult. I have no idea where William Sidney or Frederick his father were from? thanks ali

The Hall children we think were from Birmingham SarahEizabeth(sally) married a Charles Evans, Francis married a Frank Cullis and mary married a Ron Builder. I am not sure Gladys was really a Gladys only going on her son williams marriage cert. They might never have married which could be a possibillity William was married on xmas day 1924 to phoebe maria cooper at st johns church brierley hill west mids. Ali

Was Gladys a witness to the marriage? Is that why she is mentioned on the cert?

There was a Gladys pheobe Reynolds as a Witness but my father was led to believe that granny was a Gladys.....could be wrong.. grandad was william but they called him sid. Ancesters Heh!! Gladys who was witness was prob sister Gladys. Ali

sorry dee my father is john william sidney reynolds and he lived at mill street brierley hill west midlands when he was a child. thanks ali

Alison,

Who was the oldest sibling of your father,
himself, George, gladys or Daisy?

and what year were they born?

I am sorry i cant help you exactly but my father thinks that daisy was the oldest( he is 80 ) but we dont know any dates. I do know that daisy married an ernie bloomer and george married a florence painter and gladys married a frederick turner. these must have been 1915-1920s. My father thinks there may be connection with Edgbaston birmingham. thanks ali

Alison, can we do a recap, because I am getting confused.

Your father is John William Sidney Reynolds born in Brierley hill 1928 to Frederick Reynolds & Gladys ?

He has 3 siblings, Daisy who may be the eldest (could you find out about how much older she may have been to your father to get an approximate year) And there was a George ad Gladys reynolds.

You are saying that Frederick's father was a William Reynolds born 29/11/1902?? surely Frederick would have been born around this year?

Is this your dads birth record:

John S W Reynolds June 1/4 1928 Vol 6C Page 109?

It gives mothers maiden name as Cooper

hi. Lets recap. My father is John william sidney reynolds born may 1928. His father was william sidney reynolds born 1902 his father was we believe Frederick and mother Gladys? It was William Sidney that had sisters gladys and daisy and a brother george they must have all been born around the turn of the century because Mother Gladys went on to have a further 3 children after Fredrick died. Sorry this is confusing.. hope i have cleared up the mix up. many thanks ali

yes dee it is my fathers birth details his father was william sidney and mother pheobe cooper but its his fathers birth details i cant find. because i cant trace william sidneys birth cert i cant find his mother or father. I only have marriage of william to phoebe to go on and its there that it states father frederick deceased puddler. I cant go back any further at all. Thanks ali

thanks pamela. I am sure that the william sidney 1902 6c223 is not the correct one because it came back to me as father not frederick and mother not gladys. hope the others are right i am going to send off for copies to see if they are the right siblings. thanks ali

The thing is Frederick seems to have disapeared he is not on any of the census i cant find his death or marriage or birth. Weird eh. If anyone can find anything about him it would be great. thanks ali