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PLEASE CAN ANYONE HELP ME. I AM SEARCHING FOR A MARRIAGE DATE FOR MY SONS PARTNERS PARENTS. hE CANNOT ASK FOR IT AS HE WANTS TO PROPOSE ON THIS DAY AND DOES NOT WANT TO GIVE THE GAME AWAY. BOTH PARENTS HAVE PASSED AWAY NOW SO IT IS A VERY SPECIAL DATE FOR HIS PARTNER AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. THIS IS WHAT i KNOW.
Brain David Simmons
born19 july 1947. unknown place of birth
diad 23 april 2013. Solihull
Donna Gladys Mcevoy
born 25 August 1948. Birmingham
died June 2003. Solihull
They had 1 child Ben Simmons 1986
so they were older parents.
I have searched up to 1983 as i cant gain access further than this on BMD
Please can anyone help with the QTR and Year of Marriage and the Place
So very much appreciated
Thank you

A member on Ancestry has a photo of Donna and her parents.

Tree owner Gerald Mcevoy.

I am not seeing a marriage though.

For INFO

MCEVOY DONA G 1948 — 1948 Births & baptisms Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

No marriage on FMP

No birth record for Brian........

Perhaps both events took place somewhere other than England or Wales.

However, if they'd married, one would have expected them to have celebrated anniversaries, of which their daughter should have been aware


It would be a simple enough matter for your son to bring up the subject in conversation................

Not seeing a birth for Donna so maybe she was married before

Birth already posted

Just seen that .am on I pad so it's doesn't reload

ITS NOT SIMPLE TO ASK OR MY SON WOULD DO THAT

BUT THANKS FOR THINKING THAT MAY HELP

without having to go into too much detail..... my Son does not want to ask as his partner still gets very upset when he talks about his Mum and Dad.. he cannot just come out with the one question without talking about the subject... So We have thought about this route but it is not an option at the moment. I dont mean to sound unappreciative however I always get negative comments on here from 1 person because there is always 1 !!

if you ccant help me that is absolutely fine. just dont comment please......

Well Dona birth is reg in Birmingham reg district mmn Dolan

There looks to be two elder brothers born before her ,look on FreeBMD

Maybe you can trace family of the brothers who may have some info

I can understand that Wendy.

Unless they married outside of England and Wales........there is not a marriage registered for them unfortunately.

According to Gerald's tree on Ancestry, the brother Leo James Mcevoy died in Ontario, Canada in 2002.

It does look as if either they weren't married, or they married somewhere which isn't covered by Familysearch, Scotlands People, or Ancestry's records.

Re Brian's birth, there's the birth of a Brian Simmons in Wakefield, Yorkshire, Jul/Aug/Sept 1947, which would fit the DOB you've given.
I won't post it here, in case it's a completely different person who may be alive.

Anyway, it doesn't help with the marriage question, I'm afraid.

Maybe he was adopted, and his birth registered under a different name.

This looks to be her parents
Marriages Sep 1939
McEvoy Leo B Dolan Birmingham 6d 2432
Dolan Nora F

The mums death. Maybe the informant is family


First name(s) NORA FLORENCE
Last name MCEVOY
Gender Female
Birth day 21
Birth month 6
Birth year 1916
Age -
Death quarter 3
Death year 1995
District BIRMINGHAM
District number 0611F
Register number F2B
Entry number 047
Date of registration mm/yy 0895
County Warwickshire
Country England
Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Deaths & burials

Don't know if any of this will help

First name(s) LEO BERNARD
Last name MCEVOY
Gender Male
Age 17
Birth year 1915
Occupation SALESMAN
Departure year 1932
Departure day 9
Departure month 5
Departure port BELFAST
Destination port QUEBEC
Destination QUEBEC
Country CANADA
Destination country CANADA
Ship name DUCHESS OF YORK
Ship official number 161202
Ship master's first name R N
Ship master's last name STUART
Shipping line CANADIAN PACIFIC
City BELFAST
Ship destination port MONTREAL
Ship destination country CANADA
Ship registered tonnage 11815
Number of passengers 18
Record set Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890-1960
Category Travel & migration
Subcategory Passenger lists

Thank you everyone :-)

The dad seems to have been still alive to 2006. As he is on the electoral roll in Birmingham till then

Perhaps his mother had been married before?

I am drawn to this marriage but it may be a complete red herring and I haven't time to follow it up at the moment.

Brian D M Simmons
Spouse Surname: Powell
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1982
Registration district: Birmingham
Inferred County: Warwickshire
Volume Number: 32
Page Number: 1138
Find Spouse: Dora G Powell

If no marriage is found maybe your son would like to think about proposing on Dona.s birth date instead.

August isn't too far away :-D