Genealogy Chat

im trying to find out the maiden name of my grt uncle who was called Alfred Gearge Brock, he was born 1917 and died in dunkirk in 1942, her name was Harretta Sophia ???? how do i find her maiden name and when they married,

thanks
karen

From the CWG site

BROCK
Initials: A G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Driver
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps
Age: 25
Date of Death: 27/06/1942
Service No: T/139054
Additional information: Son of Robert Frederick and Rosa Brock; husband of Harretta Sophia Brock, of Lambeth, London.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 74.
Memorial: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL

You can either search for his marrige in the complete marriage index or if they had any children her maiden name will be on the birth certificates.

Kath. x

thanks all, i will have a look.

karen

As it would be after about 1929 this will not be available on freebmd so it would need for you or someone to buy credits and do a search quarter by quarter an apporixmate year by year which is very time consuming unless you have an approximate year of marriage. Did they have any children? What was the year of birth for the first child. Perhaps you can take off a couple of years and start the search for the marriage then i.e. married 1938 child born 1940 just in case I have not explained myself very well.

Good luck

Regards Paula

Hi Paula, i dont know nothing abt them or if they had any children, it was my mums uncle and she never knew anything abt him,

There is this marriage although I don't know if it is his:-

Alfred G. Brock
June qtr. 1939, Bridgend, 11a, 1500

The spouse is given as Wright or Thomas, so she must have used both names, however when I tried to check that her first names are what you give, I can't find a corresponding entry under either Wright or Thomas. Strange??

Kath. x

Thanks Kath, i may send for it to make sure,

regards Karen

Sophia H Hardcastle and Alfred G Brock

OND 1936

Lambeth 1d 457

Son, also Alfred G born OND 1937
Lambeth 1d 219

Robert F born OND 1939
Lambeth 1d 206

No more children to start of 1943

Well done Janice for finding the right marriage. If I were you I'd send Karen a pm so she doesn't send for the wrong certificate (just in case she doesn't come back to this thread).

Kath. x

OK will do. Thanks.