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I really do not see the point of asking Geoffrey his personal details which is also not advisable to display on the boards and should be deleted.

I understand your mother would be 90 but as I say she could still be alive or died in the last 5 years in which case those records are not available to view

jax

Hi Again

I see you have Edie siblings in your tree also, did she not have contact with any of them after your birth ?

Hi Geoffrey

When where you born ? can you give us your birth name and the year, then we can work forwards after your birth.

She could still be alive unless you know otherwise?

jax

Thanks for suggestions and info. I am in Australia hence leaving the discussion at 3am in the morning here. sounds like i should join Ancestry if you can search first name with date of birth. i wonder why they havent picked that up on here.
can i ask did you search for marriage between Clark & Green in the military overseas marriages?

The death registration was found on Ancestry where it is possible to search using just a forename and an actual birth date (As it appears on the register).

I note that her sister married in 1945. Did she have any children? If so might they have any information about their aunty?

Getting back to your mother, I took a look to see if I could spot a Edie (Edith) Clark/Green marriage post 1941 but nothing shows up in England or Wales. There could of course be several reasons for that:

a) She married elsewhere

b) She never formally married

c) If she did marry a Mr Green it may not have been her 1st marriage in which case her marriage to him would have been in her formerly married name, not her maiden name.

I was thinking that was a birth cert.(didnt actually read it properly) yes I think you are right that could be worth a try. how did you find that. i would be interested to know if you can search with just the first name and where you searched.
with regards to the knowledge about the army that was from family members who did tell me little bits of info about her. She did not keep in touch with them after a certain time though

Grasping at straws I know but as the forename and birth date tally I think that I would be tempted to obtain a copy of the 1984 death certificate that I noted above.

It should give details of the persons birthplace and if they were married or widowed who their spouse was.

You seem very convinced that she was in the army during the 1940's. What was your source of information regarding that?

I have Edie or Ediths birth cert thanks Jonesey. she was born in alton as per your first notice. Edie Elizabeth clark. I need her marriage details now. or army info. I found one overseas (army) marriage for an Edith E Clark in 1944 and sent for the cert it wasnt her.

WW2 army service records are not currently online anywhere. The records are only currently available to the individual themselves or their next of kin if the individual is deceased.

See:

http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_records/service_records.html

I did hear that she travelled overseas a fair bit is there any way I could find info on this. I guess it would depend if that was in her maiden or married name. Is there a place I can search army records from 1941

How about this as a possibility:
Name: Edith Green
Birth Date: 24 Aug 1921
Death Registration Month/Year: May 1984
Age at death (estimated): 62
Registration district: Doncaster
Inferred County: Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire
Volume: 3
Page: 575

Thanks everyone for your help. I am almost sure that Edie didnt die before 1969 but could of course have done so after 2005. so any ideas how I would find this out. I have a feeling it comes down to getting a married name first. .

I have correct birth cert but now trying to find out married name
with regards to the army not sure

yes it is Edie on the birth certificate but on my birth cert it is Edith so I assumed she would use edith on marriage cert - not sure though

the information re being marrying and adopting a child came from a living relative who years ago had contact with Ediths sister Evelyn. Evelyn has since passed away.
I sent for her birth certificate. I knew my mothers date of birth or at least the day and the month and found out the year by doing a search on here.

What if her name was Edie rather than Edith?

Name: Edie E Clark
Mother's Maiden Surname: Simpson
Date of Registration: Oct Nov Dec 1921
Registration district: Alton
Registration county: Hampshire, Berkshire
Volume Number: 2c
Page Number: 323

As mentioned her birth is not obvious on freebmd if you dont know where she was born can you tell us the area you were born please

jax

thanks for looking that up. I thought there might be a way of finding the marriage record but it is difficult to find as they dont have the persons age on them. - unless you pay for the certificate. I did send away for one marriage cert with Edith E Clark married in the army but unfortunately was not the right one.

Cannot see any Ediths with that dob that have died up until 2005 unless it was before 1969 she died or after 2005 of course

jax