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Hi yes he was in the RAF his no. is listed at the top of this thread. Where would I go to look for a marriage overseas? To be honest I am not having much luck looking for anything.

I cannot understand if I have his sisters names and DOB and parents why they do not come up in searches?

"I wonder if the Margaret E. If the E stands for Evelyne as I thought he called a sister Lyne and Evelyne Richardson witnessed my Baptism. I also have peen trying to find Peggy and I think that was Beryl. It is such hard work when so many of them used their second names"

Peggy is most likely Margaret.

Jude

Joanne, what site are you searching on? - the parents marriage and births for your father and his sisters all show up on the freebmd site. To find the birth regs just put Richardson in surname box and Shepherd in the spouse/mother surname box. Then select say 1918 to 1930 and all 4 births will be there.

Hi thanks for new replies, I really appreciate it.

Yes very new and very keen. But today work early to late and again tomorrow.
Then I am on hol. for a week so hope to do much more on my return and would love to carry on with these chats.

Flip I have mainly been using Ancestry co.uk and a bit on this site.
I will look more at the free site on my return.

Jo

I am trying to look up my father's sisters marriages.

I have tired the suggested BDM free site but with no luck.

Father was Gordon Frederick Richardson DOB 1922
Spouse C shephard DOB
They lived in Portsmouth

His sisters were Joan DOB 1924
Margaret E (Peggy) DOB 1925
Beryl DOB 1923

As far as I remember as a child. Joan emigrated to South Africa, but came back I think?

Peggy as I knew her married Gordon Yates and owned or managed a pub in Leicestershire.

Beryl married and moved to Canada.

I would love to know who they married and what children they had so that I can contact them?

The only family I do know are the ones in Canada.

Thank you, anything would be a help. I did try the free BDM for the three sisters but found nothing.

Margaret's marriage - I think is on Freebmd - q3 1945. Gordon - is I assume - a middle name. Without having any idea of who they married, the names are far too common to be guessing

Jude

Have you looked to see if any of your family are in trees on here or on ancestry?

And have you put them into your tree on here?

Marriages Jun 1944 (>99%)
REANSBURY George Richardson Barrow S. 7a 448 Scan available - click to view
RICHARDSON Beryl Reansbury Barrow S. 7a 448 Scan available - click to vie



UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 about Beryl Reansbury
Name: Beryl Reansbury
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Birth Date: abt 1924
Departure Date: 30 Mar 1946
Port of Departure: Southampton, England
Destination Port: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ship Name: Ile De France
Search Ship Database: Search the 'Ile De France' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping Line: Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
Master: Le Uede

She was travelling alone - a housewife, in fact the whole page of the travel record is taken up with housewives travelling on their own which makes me think that the husbands were probably Canadian and they were being taken over there to join them?

Do you know if her husband was Canadian?

I can see no record, as yet, of her returning to U.K.

Her UK address had been 96 Seagrave Rd., Sileby, Leicestershire.


Dea x

Thank you.

I am saving all this and will look into it more after my hol. this week. Once again thanks.

I do know a little about the Canadians as a cousin visited.

I would still love any info. on the other two sisters as I know at least one of them had children, who may still be alive.

I will as Patchem. suggests put them into a tree but someone did warn me off trusting all info in trees? Without fully researching to check info.

If I know that Margaret Richardson, married Gordon Yates and lived at a pub in Leicester about 50 yrs ago, where would be a good place to look for a census record. I remember visiting the pub when I was a child - so def. about 50 years ago.

The pub may have been called 'The Duke of York'
thank you

The most recent census available is the 1911 - the 1921 won't be available until 2021.

You say Evelyn witnessed your baptism, presumably as Richardson, so if she married it would have been after that date which will give some parameters for searching for her marriage or possibly her death.

Hi Joanne,

There's a 100 year closure on census records, so the latest available is 1911.

The only other way is to find someone close to the local records office who's willing to look them up on the electoral rolls - but these are not indexed by name, you need an address.

I'm not seeing a marriage between Gordon Yates and a Richardson that could match your info though - are you sure you've remebered the names right?

Flip the marriage is (I think) the one I referred to above in Q3 1945 - Margaret E Richardson and William G Yates. It's in Barrow on Soar in Leicestershire.

Jude

???????
Name: William Gordon Yates
Birth Date: 20 Jun 1924
Date of Registration: Oct 2006
Age at Death: 82
Registration District: Leicester
Inferred County: Leicestershire
Volume: -1
Page: -1
Register Number: E24D
District and Subdistrict: 600/1E
Entry number: 197

?????
Name: Margaret Evelyn Yates
Birth Date: 3 Oct 1925
Date of Registration: Jul 1996
Age at Death: 70
Registration District: Leicester
Inferred County: Leicestershire
Register Number: C59C
District and Subdistrict: 6001C
Entry number: 179

Ah Gwyn well done! I did wonder whether the E was for Evelyn - as indeed did Joanne!

Jude

That is great info. thanks.

Is there anyway to find out if they had children?

They had a pub in Leicester for a long time when I was a child, I know there was a son as he was always helping out.

Have pm'd 'possible' children, as they are most likely still alive.

Dea x

Joanne - I did check on some stuff relating to Beryl and George. It seems likely you know some of what I've found, so I'll not post it - I'll send my notes by pm.

I did find some trees on Mundia relating to your George - it's hard for an outsider to verify as Ontario has a 97/82/70 y closure on B/M/Ds (strictly speaking, Ds are not closed, but no index is published for 70y).

There are some tress on Mundia:
http://www.mundia.com/ca/Person/28086332/12540239973
[the above link worked 3 days ago, but seems broken now]
http://www.mundia.com/ca/Person/23481736/1392384993


George Reansbury
1922-1981
Born: Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Died: Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Father
Hugh Reansbury 1882-[1952]
Mother
Winifred Margaret Fletcher 1884-1964
Brother
Frank Reansbury
Brother
Hugh Reansbury 1912-1961
Sister
Sister Mary Reansbury 1913-2003
Sister
Winifred Reansbury 1914-1980
Brother
John Joseph Reansbury 1920-1943
Brother
Bernard Reansbury 1924-1979
Brother
Thomas Reansbury 1926-2006
Wife
Beryl


Hugh Reansbury
1882-[1952]
Born: Carlisle, Cumberland, England
Died: Brantford, Ontario, Canada

Father
Geeorge Reid Reansbury 1851-1886
Mother
Mary Jane Smith 1850-1931
Wife
Winifred Margaret Fletcher 1884-1964
Son
Frank Reansbury
Son
Hugh Reansbury 1912-1961
Daughter
Sister Mary Reansbury 1913-2003
Daughter
Winifred Reansbury 1914-1980
Son
John Joseph Reansbury 1920-1943
Son
George Reansbury 1922-1981
Son
Bernard Reansbury 1924-1979
Son
Thomas Reansbury 1926-2006

Mary Jane Smith
1850-1931
Born: Cumberland, England
Died: Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Father
Hugh Smith
Mother
Ann Hinson
Husband
Geeorge Reid Reansbury 1851-1886
Son
Hugh Reansbury 1882-[1952]


http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~onbrant/blowups/Brantfordpg131.jpg
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~onbrant/blowups/TGTLpg52.jpg
I am just guessing that these pics are of your George and most of his brothers - however, since George had 2 uncles living in Brantford, so some might be cousins.