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Member Since: April 2011 Posts: 37 Send Message	Unknown	Report	20 Jun 2012 21:33
Member Since: April 2011 Posts: 37 Send Message	thanks everyone for your help, i will send for the certs and get back to you all looks like they might be from the midlands thats where ilive now
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18,042 Send Message	MarieCeleste	Report	20 Jun 2012 20:56
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18,042 Send Message	Might Alfred have died the year before you thought? England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2006 Name: Alfred Williams Birth Date: abt 1884 Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1957 Age at Death: 73 Registration district: Barnstaple Inferred County: Devon Volume: 7a Page: 267
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 16,405 Send Message	patchem	Report	20 Jun 2012 20:24
	? 1891 England Census Florence M A Holland Age: 5 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886 Relation: Daughter Father's Name: Frederick W Holland Mother's name: Sarah A Holland Gender: Female Where born: Birmingham Civil parish: Aston Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary County/Island: Warwickshire Country: England Registration district: Aston Sub-registration district: Duddeston ED, institution, or vessel: 26 Piece: 2419 Folio: 109 Page Number: 31 Frederick W Holland 30 Sarah A Holland 26 Maud B Holland 8 Florence M A Holland 5 William F Holland 3 Ann Holland 58 David Charles 28 Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 2419; Folio: 109; Page: 31; GSU roll: 6097529. ?? 1901 Wales Census Florence M Holland Age in 1901: 15 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886 Relation: Daughter Father's Name: Frederick W Holland Mother's name: Sarah Ann Holland Gender: Female Where born: Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Civil parish: Swansea Ecclesiastical parish: Llangyfelach County/Island: Glamorgan Country: Wales Registration district: Swansea Sub-registration district: Llangafelach ED, institution, or vessel: 17 Household schedule number: 17 Piece: 5072 Folio: 120 Page Number: 3 Frederick W Holland 40 Sarah Ann Holland 36 Florence M Holland 15 Frederick Wm Holland 12 Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 5072; Folio: 120; Page: 3. You need the marriage certificate for Father's names, as it could be that she was registered at birth as just Florence, and picked up the other names later, though as she married after the war it is more likely that she could have travelled far from her birth place.
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	20 Jun 2012 20:17
	Marriages Sep 1919 Holland Florence M A Williams Barnstaple 5b 1252 spouse Alfred Williams
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	20 Jun 2012 20:14
	Their marriage cert should name their fathers and give their ages on marriage
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 16,405 Send Message	patchem	Report	20 Jun 2012 20:09
	Have you got the wedding certificate for Florence and Alfred? ? Florence M A Williams Birth Date: abt 1886 Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1959 Age at Death: 73 Registration district: Barnstaple Inferred County: Devon Volume: 7a Page: 332 ?? Florence Margaret A Holland Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1885 Registration district: Birmingham Inferred County: Warwickshire Volume: 6d Page: 111
Member Since: April 2011 Posts: 37 Send Message	Unknown	Report	20 Jun 2012 20:07
Member Since: April 2011 Posts: 37 Send Message	please can anyone help me im looking for the names and any information of my great grandad and grandad mother on both sides of the family. my nan was florence m a holland who married alfred williams in barnstaple in 1919 they lived and died in braunton in 1958 and 59. they had my dad donald in 1921 and my auntie in 1923.

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