Genealogy Chat

Whatever the spelling, Reed or Read, I think that must be her. She's the only Winifred E READ/REED registered on the IOW between 1890 and 1920. Spellings get changed over time! My IOW GLASBEY became GLASBY when they moved to London.

Richard ok will look on the iow site and see if i can find anything about Paxman thankyou

Maureen has Read next to her name. Rose

So it is Read then? This is so frustrating and hard, but i need to find out because my aunt hasn't got long left and i want to grant her her last wish, thankyou Rose and Richard for your help

Well Pat I think that your best bet is to get that marriage cert - that will at least give you her age (therefore an approx year of birth) and also her father's name. If the age on her marriage cert ties in with the Winifred Reed birth in 1906, you would then need to get that birth cert. This will give you her exact date of birth and confirm the father's name. Once you have her date of birth, you might then be able to match up the forenames and dob in the 1984-2004 deaths index. Like Rose said, you could also trawl through the Ancestry images of the marriage index to see if there's another marriage. But you don't know which surname she would have used (Read or O'Connor) and in either case, you'll probably find several Winifred marriages, so still won't know for sure if it's her or not. Cheers Richard

Thanx i will do that, how do i go about getting the marriage cert? Thanx again both of you xxxx

You can order online here: http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/

I will do that and hopefully i will get some where. again thanx for all your help

nudge I have been told to do this lol

Sorry Pat, Had to disappear for a bit. If you order the marriage cert you will need the reference I gave you earlier. Willesden 3a 1036 Jun 1935 3a is the Volume and 1036 is the page. Rose

Thankyou Rose I hope i can find some info before it is too late, Thanx for your help

Hopefully the certificate will only take a few days. It should give Winifred's full name and age and father. That will help a lot. You might then have to order her birth cert to get an exaxt date of birth. This will help you find her death certificate. Rose

Pat, If you use the quick search at the top of this page someone called Zygmunta has the Winifred Gladys Read in her tree. You could try contacting her. Rose

Rose I hope it doesn't take long, Have been in touch with zygmunta and they are not who i am looking for. Thanx

Just a thought......Any chance Maureen or Margaret has their birth cert? Winifred's middle name might be on them. Rose

Hi Rose I was so tired had to give up and go to bed, i am going to bed when everyone is getting up lol No they haven't got their birth certs, thankyou again for helping me Pat