Genealogy Chat

Hi Sue Good I am pleased you have got that so now you can be pretty certain about his approx birth year. Does his occupation on the death certificate give any clues as to where he may have worked. I found this website I don't know if it will be of any use but you could have a look and maybe make an enquiry. http://www.imeche.org.uk/ils/archive.asp Regards Gail

Sylvia registered his death in 1954 giving her name as Sylvia Millichamp nee May and his age as 65 giving him a birthdate of 1888/89. Death registered in Uxbridge.

Hi Sue Have you sent for the death certificate for that Arthur Millichamp - It would confirm if it was your Arthur or not and give some credence to his approximate birth year. He would have been 22 years older than Sylvia (May) if that is him but if it is not and he was actually born later he may not have served in WW1. It would also affect the date when he started any apprenticeships etc. It would help as well for you to see if Sylvia registered his death and under what name? I know you really want to find out about your grandparents, but you could do with getting some documentary evidence on Arthur's date of birth. That way you have a time frame to work to and have much more chance of getting to the bottom of this. Quite a lot of information came up when I googled mechanical engineers. Regards Gail.

Possible connections with Hawker's aircraft factories at Langley or Brooklands? Denis.

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Yes, sorry must be Harlington London not Bedfordshire - my error sorry to confuse. I have checked marriages 1930 - 1940 but I can't find any record. I would welcome any other tips on where else I can look forboth the marriage and the birth of my grandmother Sue

Harlington - Is this the part of Middlesex near Hayes? So not Bedfordshire then. So, your father was born in Middlesex in 1940. Have you checked the marriage indexes for the years 1930-1941? Pete

pete It is the Sylvia Millichamp buried in Ross and Sylvia and Arthur were the parents of my father. He is an only child and was born in August 1940 birth registered qtr 4 1940 in Staines Middlesex. At the time of his birth they lived at 141 Bourne Avenue, Harlington. Sylvia is listed as working as a house keeper and Arthur is listed as a Mechanical Engineer. There are no other names listed for Sylvia other than her maiden name of May and she never spoke of having any other names.

May I offer some suggestions here. What do you think your grandmother's surname was a her time of birth? (Sylvia May could be a full name or her first names, making it difficult to loacate her birth or a possible marriage). Is she the Sylvia MILLICHAMP who died in Ross with a stated date of birth of 9 Sep 1910. If so, less than 50% of the births in Qtr3 and hardly any of the Qtr4 birth registrations are included on the FreeBMD database. Which of your parents is the child of Arthur and Sylvia. Do you have their birth certificate. Where were they born, did they have any siblings. Once you have this information you may end up with a better idea of where (or if) Arthur and Sylvia married. You might have already done all this groundwork but it isn't apparent from your posting. There are several Arthur Millichamp's listed in the 1901 census - but without evidence it could be any of them! Pete

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Sue My grandfather was from an engineering family and studying at a mechanics institutute. If you google there are lots of sites and details of records. Hope this helps, Helen

Harlington...Is that in Bedfordshire? YOU KEEP UPDATING!!!! Please 'add to'.......NOT update?...I give up, sorry.It's late and wanted to help if i could just one more time before bed.....Looks like the bed wins....sorry again. Fingers n toes crossed for you :-)) Hope someone else can help you. Gerri x

Hi Harlington Bedfordshire. I was born in Newport, Mon but my father and mother moved from London just after my brother was born in 1964. I simply can't seem to find any records relating to my grandparents at all and am going round in circles at the moment. Sue

Hi Sue Gissa clue if we r talking England here?..If so, norff east sauff or west?....Ireland? Wales? Scotland? Where were YOU born? You wouldnt believe how much you really know if you put your mind to it!....just share a little with us? lol Gerri... updated..... ah! ha! I see you have amended your original question!....good girl :-)

Hi Does anyone have any idea whether apprenticeship records are kept back as far as the above dates and if so where I could find them. I'm looking for Arthur Millichamp possibly born in 1888 who is listed on my father's birth cert as a Mechanical engineer. I know they Arthur and Sylvia lived in Harlington in 1940 where my grandmother was a housekeeper and I vaguely remember my grandmother saying my grandfather may have had something to do with prototype aircraft. From Arthur Millichamp's date of death 1954 at aged 65 I get the date of 1888 but the trail goes completely cold as there is no record of him marrying my grandmother Sylvia May and in fact no record of her birth which she said was in 1910 although she never disclosed which district. I'm rapidly coming to a dead end and would appreciate any help. Additionally I'm wondering if he served at all in WWI or WWII or if he was in a reserved occupation and wonder if anyones knows where I can access military records for this period. Thanks Sue