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Does anyone know generally what the age between generations is, I have a relative born 1914 but not sure age of father, any ideas gratefully received.

Thanks

Oh dear, well at a guess 25 but then people carried on producing kids into their 50s back then :)

Whats the details of the 1914 rellies birth certificate?

I usually reckon on twenty five years as a rough average, but saying that it obviously varies. My dad was 33 when I was born, my grandad was 48 when Dad was born, and my great-grandad was 31 when Grandad arrived.2
But I would try twenty five as an average - then you can look, say, 5 years either side.

My immediate ancestors seem to have had older parents for some reason - my mum's parents were 44 and 42 when she was born, but on the other hand it was a second marriage and my grandma's parents were 38 and 46 when she was born (but she was the youngest of eight).

If you can work out whether your relative had older siblings or not, that might give you a starting point for the marriage date of the parents, if you haven't got it already.

By 1914 the mother's name will also be recorded on the index.
You might be able to then find a marriage and also use the 1911 search facility to find a suitable match.

Gwyn

Thanks Heather Kate and Gwyn

I was thinking around the 20 mark but will use 25 as a rule of thumb!

They were married 4 sept 1940 Harry Adams was 26 and Mary Martin was 25 they lived in coventry and her dad is listed as Frank Martin Miner, no father listed for Harry, so was gonna try and track down her dad, but looks like its gonna be a lengthy process so will have to leave it to tomorrow when have more time.

Thanks again for your quick responses
Steph

There are these two Frank Martins on the 1901 census living in Coventry which would be possibles:-

1901 England Census about Frank Martin
Name: Frank Martin
Age: 11
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1890
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Frank
Mother's Name: Pauline C
Gender: Male
Where born: Long Ditton, Surrey, England
Civil Parish: Coventry
Ecclesiastical parish: St Thomas
County/Island: Warwickshire
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Coventry
Sub registration district: St John
ED, institution, or vessel: 17
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 351
Household Members:
Name Age
Frank Martin 40
Pauline C Martin 35
Hubert Martin 18
Pauline A Martin 15
Frank Martin 11
Harry Martin 6
David C Brown 29
Charles W Brown 26
Sarah Brown 17
Ellen Dale 15

Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 2907; Folio: 166; Page: 55.

AND:-

Name: Frank Martin
Age: 6
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1895
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Alfred Peter
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Hannah
Gender: Male
Where born: Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Civil Parish: Coventry
Ecclesiastical parish: St Peter
County/Island: Warwickshire
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Coventry
Sub registration district: Holy Trinity
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 2
Household Members:
Name Age
Alfred Peter Martin 43
Elizabeth Hannah Martin 42
George Alfred Martin 18
Harry Herbert Martin 16
Amy Martin 12
Fred Martin 10
Frank Martin 6

Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 2911; Folio: 200; Page: 1.

Kath. x

If you bought her birth cert youd have mums name as well. Did Mary have a middle name?