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A Birth in the 1920s...UPDATE

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Unknown

Unknown Report 2 Dec 2006 19:47

Thanks for your help and pointing me in the right direction. I have now managed to trace that Walker family back to Derbyshire in 1841. The Patriarch was successively a Railway Inspector, Railway Superintendant and Road Surveyor. He travelled all over the Country popping out offspring as he went.

Unknown

Unknown Report 2 Dec 2006 13:50

Thanks Marie, That is very kind of you. I will apply for her Birth Certificate next. However, it is her daughter's marriage which is causing my headache.

Marie

Marie Report 2 Dec 2006 13:35

possible marriage Marriages Jun 1908 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------COLES Bessie Pontypridd 11a 1097 DANIEL David William Pontypridd 11a 1097 ---------------Walker Thomas Spencer Pontypridd 11a 1097 Williams Mary Hannah Pontypridd 11a 1097

Marie

Marie Report 2 Dec 2006 13:32

found these births No Surname Forename1 Forename2 Forename3 Mothers maiden name District Page No Event Quarter Year View Image 1 Walker James S Coles Merthyr Tydfil.11a 1623 Birth 3 1911 2 Walker Maria Coles Pontypridd.11a 1116 Birth 4 1918 3 Walker Verdun J E Coles Pontypridd.11a 1199 Birth 2 1916 4 Walker Violet M Coles Pontypridd.11a 1359 Birth 1 1914

Unknown

Unknown Report 2 Dec 2006 12:45

I think I may have her. June Qr 1925 Alice C Walker mmn Coles Pontypridd, 11a 1167 Thanks guys.

Unknown

Unknown Report 2 Dec 2006 12:19

Marie, They had several children starting with Leonard Vernon Thomas Wright in 1949. I have today received his birth cert. Prior to that we thought her name had been Alice Maud Walker. Reggie, I have just spoken to son-in-law and he has confirmed that she remarried and she was definitely Welsh.

Marie

Marie Report 2 Dec 2006 12:15

what was their sons name?? found it Leonard V T Wright (mmn Walker) Birmingham 9c 470 1949 Q1

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 2 Dec 2006 12:07

Only one other 'Alice Comfort' death on Ancestry for the 1984-2004 timespan, and that one is completely 'wrong' Could 'your' Alice have been Welsh? Reg

Unknown

Unknown Report 2 Dec 2006 12:01

Marie, I have that certificate, but it looks as if it is the wrong person. Reggie, She may well have married twice, her husband Leonard Walker died in 1979. Alice died (I believe) in Dec 1990 in Solihull. At the moment I can only work to memories by the family and they are very vague.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 2 Dec 2006 11:48

Did Alice marry more than once? Or is this just a coincidence? Name: Alice Comfort Davis Birth Date: 16 Apr 1925 Death Registration Month/Year: Dec 1991 Age at death (estimated): 66 Registration district: Birmingham Inferred County: Warwickshire Volume: 32 Page: 135 Reg

Marie

Marie Report 2 Dec 2006 11:42

Leonard A Wright - Alice S Walker - hailsham 1944 Q2 2b 220

Marie

Marie Report 2 Dec 2006 11:36

found this marriage Leonard Wright - Eileen L Walker 1945 Q3 Birmingham 6d 112

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 2 Dec 2006 11:27

All bmd's are completely free on Ancestry..just register with the site and search the full records.............NOT the freebmd extracts,which are not recent enough for your requirements Reg

Unknown

Unknown Report 2 Dec 2006 11:18

I am looking for information re Alice Comfort Walker who married Leonard Wright. They had a son in Jan 1949 in Birmingham. Any suggestions as to how I might locate her birth and their marriage welcome.