Genealogy Chat

I am looking for Doris Cowell, Gateshead born around 1917-1918
She was divorced from Aaron Thomas Lumsden in December 1948 in Gateshead.
Anyone who knowa her or any family members I will be grateful to hear from you.

Her birth can be found on free bmd, and the certificate will give exact date:

Births Mar 1918
COWELL Doris Johnson Gateshead 10a 1638

You can find siblings by searching from surname and mother's maiden name.

Have you searched trees to see if anyone else has her listed?

There were 2 people having the same name born in the Gateshead reg district..

One reg 1Q 1918 which is probably the one you are thinking of (mmn Johnson) and the other reg 4Q 1920 mmn Potts.

In 1Q 1951 Gateshead, a Doris Lumsden m John T Bell

John T Bell
Spouse Surname: Lumsden Or Cowell
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1951
Registration district: Gateshead
Inferred County: Durham
Volume Number: 1a
Page Number: 2499

There are several Bell/Cowell children who should still be living. However, they may not belong to Doris and John.

Sep 1950 - Gateshead, Durham - before 2nd marriage, but we all have rellies who declared they were.
Sep 1946 - Sunderland, Durham - unlikely to be a child of Doris
Dec 1952 - Northumberland West, Yorkshire North Riding

There are various deaths for Doris Bell born 1918, you need the birth certificate to find out which one.

Thank you thankyou thank you!! Honestly everyone on here is so helpful. I have been searching and searching and hadn't been able to find this information. Now I need to find if she is alive or deceased......

You're welcome :-)

If you purchase the BC we can then search by dob to see if any of the deaths bear any relation to it. "The information given is only as good as the informants knowledge"

The death indices on-ine only go up to 2006, so anyone who has died after then won't be available >on line< but we'll cross that bridge if comes to it.