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i am trying to from out about the chard side of my

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Sarah

Sarah Report 23 Sep 2007 13:41

hello again mellie, i have ordered the birth records for my nan and grandad now, so i will just have to wait and see,
thank you so much for all your help xxx

MellieMob

MellieMob Report 22 Sep 2007 14:11

if you do normal post about 10-14 days but you can pay extra to have them in a couple of days (about £28 i think) so if your not rich try doing another part of the tree untill they come
lolxxx

thats why i help people. passes the time untill i can do more on mine lol

Sarah

Sarah Report 22 Sep 2007 13:31

thank you for all your help how long does it take to order them

MellieMob

MellieMob Report 22 Sep 2007 13:06

the problem with that one is it took place 11 years before your nan was born so keep all the details and when your nans birth cert comes and then your know her name.

my nana and grandad came and lived in sunderland but got married in dorset, so keep all of them untill you know for sure once you know give me a shout and i will look some more for you

mellie

Sarah

Sarah Report 22 Sep 2007 05:35

nan was the oldest but she only had one brother, i think it may be bristol, cos thats where they all came from, thank you once again

MellieMob

MellieMob Report 21 Sep 2007 18:57

ok you have a choice of three so keep these untill you have your nans birth certificate to confirm her mums name

1)

grace bowden to thomas m ford
greewich 1924 1st quarter 1d 1032

maude bowden to walter e ford
west ham 1923 3rd quarter 4a 9

elizabeth m bowden to charles e ford
bristol 1919 3rd quarter 6a 564

was your nan one of the youngest?

MellieMob

MellieMob Report 21 Sep 2007 18:28

does grace bowden ring any bells

Sarah

Sarah Report 21 Sep 2007 17:29

sorry just worked it out mum maiden name

Sarah

Sarah Report 21 Sep 2007 17:27

this may be a silly question but what mmn

MellieMob

MellieMob Report 21 Sep 2007 17:22

no the 1907 ernest was ernest john frederick it could pos be your williams brother the dates would be around that time

MellieMob

MellieMob Report 21 Sep 2007 17:19

i'm cleaver he he

no i just search

between 1922- 1983 i have to go through page by page
between 1866- 1920 i only have to put the name in

if you have your nans mmn you just look for a marriage between a (male) ford and a (female) bowden

then you have there first names you can then search

Sarah

Sarah Report 21 Sep 2007 17:05

how are you finding out all this

Sarah

Sarah Report 21 Sep 2007 17:02

was it 1907, i have that as well but was not sure

Sarah

Sarah Report 21 Sep 2007 17:01

hello my nan is bowden i have that, my grandads full name was ernest william thomas, sothat could be him,

MellieMob

MellieMob Report 21 Sep 2007 16:34

oh ps you know you said you thought ernest father was also called ernest then we find out it was william

williams middle name was ernest so he could of been known as ernest./??

MellieMob

MellieMob Report 21 Sep 2007 16:32

tipical out of the three there was one margaret d and two margaret a

do either of these ring any bells

1st one

margaret a (mmn) bowden 1930 1st quarter 6a 82

2nd one

margaret a (mmn) knight 1930 2nd quarter 6a 338

any of the mmn ring a bell if they do let me know and i will find her parents

Sarah

Sarah Report 21 Sep 2007 16:27

my names middle name is alice

MellieMob

MellieMob Report 21 Sep 2007 16:03

good question i normally google

order bmd certificate and it gives the page i need, i know there is a thread around here that tells you the exact site you need , also any luck on your nans middle name?

Sarah

Sarah Report 21 Sep 2007 14:17

hello again thank you for that, how do i order there birth cert,

MellieMob

MellieMob Report 21 Sep 2007 13:00

as for williams birth there is lots of williams that where born so you need to get his wed cert to cecilia ball and that will give us his age to narrow down when he was born. this has to be right as i sat here last knight and went through 286 pages (not names pages) and this was the only record i could find of a ball marring a chard (ball being mmn) and the places fit to where you said. if you want to, you can order your grandads birth cert and that will give you his mother and fathers name so you will know for sure. then if this is right, you will still need to order the wed of william and cecilia to find there fathers names and dates

and as for you nan i was hoping you were going to say 1928 as there was only one born then and there was three in 1930 do you know her middle intial or even better her date of birth???

p.s what does

didi married a ball? mean