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Thanks once again for your help. Will try
other avenues. Have traced Alice's tree back further.havn't noticed any comparisons will look closer. I did think if anything he might be older as I have photo of him(I believe its him) in army uniform of Royal Horse Artillery. Have looked on medals for WW1 and can't find him there either. I think he has told a lot of porkys over the years. Just want to find out if he really is who he said he was!!

Hi Pat

Thou it say 34 on his M/C i got a sneaky suspicion he was tell porkies about his age lol

I think the birth for Kensington 1906 is the one you are after

Julie

the issue you have is he may have been 'from' Bray but originated from somewhere else. I would also suggest he may have lied on his marriage cert... this happened alot.... he may have made himself appear older or younger depending on his wifes age. Ladies did this more than men. Unfortunately you can only register a death with the data you have, which can be wrong. I have several members of my tree who changed ages everytime they married and also were either alot older or younger than they actually were on their death certs.


Have you tried going back in Alice's tree? coupling's usually happen with families from the same village/town or at least the same census district. It might reduce down your options trying to find him. He may well also have had his surname transcribed wrong...

Julie and Wayne,thanks for your quick response, Alice Blagg was definately his wife(she was my husbands mother) I have been following up the William Henry from Bray but can't find him with a son called William. Thanks for your help. Pat

.... start as i mean to go on....lol

Wayne

It's been a bad year lol..it's only just started lol

Julie

Happy new Year

Yes so it seems... looks like when i edited to add the second census data i've gone over the one i had!!

Been a bad year...lol

Wayne

You changed it as you had his parents as William & Caroline

And the last one you put up William is a Painter

Another possibility

1901 England Census
about William Coombs
Name: William Coombs
Age: 12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1889
Relation: Son
Father's Name: William H
Mother's Name: Anne
Gender: Male
Where born: Fulham, London, England

Civil Parish: Kensington
Ecclesiastical parish: St Luke Radcliffe Square
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Kensington
Sub-registration district: Brompton
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 105A
Household Members: Name Age
Anne Coombs 32
Annie Coombs 1
Edith Coombs 3
Mary Coombs 5
Rose Coombs 6
Walter Coombs 10
William Coombs 12
William H Coombs 32

Heres his wifes birth

Births Jun 1908 (>99%)
Blagg Alice Elizabeth F Chelsea 1a 411
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The only William Ernest i can find that is the nearest is this one

William Ernest Coombs
Year of Registration: 1903
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Luton
County: Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire
Volume: 3b
Page: 406 (click to see others on page)
_______________________________

Or he started out as William Henry & the age on his M/C is wrong

William Henry Coombs
Year of Registration: 1906
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Kensington
County: Greater London, London, Middlesex
Volume: 1a
Page: 111 (click to see others on page

A possibility, this william was a carpenter

1901 England Census
about William Coombs
Name: William Coombs
Age: 48
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1853
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Charlotte
Gender: Male
Where born: Bristol; Bedminster

Civil Parish: Leyton
Ecclesiastical parish: Leytonstone St Margaret
County/Island: Essex
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: West Ham
Sub-registration district: South Leyton
ED, institution, or vessel: 33
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 158
Household Members: Name Age
Charlotte Coombs 44
Henry Coombs 6
Louisa Coombs 10
William Coombs 48
William Coombs 12

Pat

This William H was a Coachman..and Knightbridge is up the road from Kensington

William H Coombs
Age: 34
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Charlotte
Gender: Male
Where born: Bray, Berkshire, England

Civil Parish: St John The Evangelist and St Margaret Westminster
Ecclesiastical parish: All Saints Knightsbridge
Town: London
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: St George Hanover Square
Sub-registration district: Mayfair and Knightsbridge
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 313
Household Members: Name Age
Albert V Coombs 3
Charlotte Coombs 36
Evelyn Coombs 1
William H Coombs 34
Thomas Eades 25
John C Nichol 40
Henry Sales 53
Atta E Truckle 23

Trying to find information of my father-in-law to help my children. He was married in 1933 marriage cert says he was 34,married in StPhilips Kensington and his father was a coachman named William Henry Coombs,deceased. I can't find a birth cert that ties up. He died in 1976,my husband registered the death but we never knew anything of his family. Would be grateful of any help.Thanks
Pat Coombs