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Hi Susan

1st US air raids from the UK were in 1942..although small...6 bombers..
But the Americans were here in the UK between 42/43.

Im afraid I can't ask any of my grandparents.. I never meet any of them on either side of the family....I didn't even know theirs names until a year & a half ago.

This story comes via my mother's half sister...but she didn't know anything more than what i have posted here.

Can't ask my mum..as both my parents have passed away also....

There is also this one

England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005
about Colin E Parsons
Name: Colin E Parsons
Mother's Maiden Surname: May
Date of Registration: Oct Nov Dec 1944
Registration district: Reading
Registration county: Hampshire, Berkshire
Volume Number: 2c
Page Number: 643

There are a few marriages that fit the above in the Uk in the area but no marriages for a Colin c May in the area.

You could always order the birth cert for Colin C May,to know for sure.

Hi Boogie

It is a possible then,I think a lot of American pilots did go over to the UK before they offically joined the war effort.

Are you able to ask Marjorie ? is she or your grandfather still alive.
Sue

If the mother of the Colin you found Susan was a Marjorie..we might be onto a winner..! :)

HI Susan,

Most interesting find.....

Marjorie was married in 1945..and so had the child before that time...but exactly when..i do not know.

Being the father was an american..I assume he was a GI...or possible belonging to the US Airforce..as they were here before the GI's who had come for D-Day.
The USAF was in England in 1942/3...so I assume he was born something between...42 & 44...probably 43
An that it was in the Reading area...as thats where Marjorie lived..and was about 20 in 1943..so probably..not moved to far from home.

She was a Bus Conductress (clippy) and so..probably meet the Amercian on the bus..

The only one coming that I can find ,a little early for the Americans

England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005
about Colin C May
Name: Colin C May
Mother's Maiden Surname: May
Date of Registration: Jul Aug Sep 1942
Registration district: Reading
Registration county: Hampshire, Berkshire
Volume Number: 2c
Page Number: 725

Hi Quinsgran,

I have been looking...but can't find any reference to a Colin May.
I assume he was born in Reading, Berkshire..as thats where Marjorie was born & lived.

I don't have any dates to go on as such....just an aprox time of when he may have been born...

Have you looked for his birth?If he was adopted there will be a change of ref number next to the old number.
Only the person who was adopted can access the details

Have you checked for him on this site to see if another member has him on their tree?

Looking for possbile places to look for an adoption.

My grandmother Marjorice May was believed to of had a child by a US GI in ww2.. ..I'd guess about 1942/43 as this was the time when the 1st GI's were arriving (USAF ?). Plus she was married in 1945 to my grandfather...so it was certainly before than.

I'm lead to believe the child's name was Colin. He was then adopted... again...I believe by the father and taken back to the US.

Any ideas on where I might start looking for records of such?.

Cheers in Advance
Paul