Genealogy Chat

Im stuck with a relative John Forshaw. I had no info other than his name and he died in WW2. Ifound his marriage to Agnes helvin, so i ordered his marriage cert to get his fathers name. Still stuck though because i have no exact bitrh date for John (Cannot find it on Ancestry)and havent a clue when father was born. ............Can anyone help kelly

what was his fathers name and occupation on marriage cert? Linda

Is he the one buried in Blankenberge? A medal card might show date of birth? Does he give his age on marriage cert - what other details are on there? Dea x

he is 19 on the cert, but cannot find an entry on Ancestry for him (even 2 yrs either side) His Fathers name is Edward Forshaw and was a Cotton operative. They lived in Bamber Bridge, Walton- le- Dale, Preston. Yes he is the one in Blankenburg. where would i get the medal card?

He married Agnes Helvin in may 1937. St walbinge's church (i think it says that), Maudlands, Preston

Kelly can y ou give an idea of the correct dates please. i.e. teh year of his marriage and what the year of birth should be calculated from this. There are possibilities that he may be recorded under another name (if his parents weren't married at the time of his birth) or in a different index (if he was born overseas for some reason) It's difficult to attempt to solve the missing birth reference without an idea of the timeframe e.g. if we knew he was supposedly born in 1920 then we could search for the years after 1920 for his parents marriage which would lead to him being registered under his mothers maiden name Zoe

This is from the Army Roll of Honour - No bith date but does show he was born in Wigan: Name: FORSHAW, John Branch at death: Other Corps, Etc Regiment, Corps etc.: Royal Engineers Branch at 01/09/39: Regiment, Corps etc.: Surname: Forshaw Forename(s): John Initials: J Birthplace: Wigan Residence: Preston Rank: Sapper... Number: 2020917 Date died: 11 October 1944 Theatre of war: Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45 Dea x

okay - with a 1918 end-of-war birth I would defintely be looking for a birth out of wedlock first - which would be registered under his mothers name. if you have no idea of his mothers name then the first step is to look for marriages for the father and match up to get a list of possible spouses - personally I would start in 1918 and work forward. if Forshaw turns out to be a common name then it could be a lengthy procedure Zoe

KELLY - it is very naughty of you to post this thread on here, when you already have a near identical request on the records board. (1891/1901 census lookup preston. Thread 6385343) If nothing else, you could have made it clear that you had 2 threads running on separate boards. I've spent an hour with your Edward and John Forshaw this morning - looks like I should have done something else with my time. Jools

Possible births - I should think it is likely to be No 19 ?? (Or perhaps No 20?) 1 Forshaw John Wadsworth Barton Upon Irwell.8c 1270 Birth 1 1920 2 Forshaw John Duckworth Bury.8c 805 Birth 2 1918 3 Forshaw John Seddon Chorlton.8c 1686 Birth 1 1920 4 Forshaw John P Cooke Fylde.8e 743 Birth 4 1917 5 Forshaw John Boyd Fylde.8e 1027 Birth 2 1916 6 Forshaw John Wainwright Ormskirk.8b 1803 Birth 2 1920 7 Forshaw John Wilkins Ormskirk.8b 1811 Birth 2 1920 8 Forshaw John Howard Ormskirk.8b 1910 Birth 2 1920 9 Forshaw John Melvin Ormskirk.8b 2124 Birth 1 1920 10 Forshaw John Forshaw Ormskirk.8b 1136 Birth 1 1919 11 Forshaw John R Disley Ormskirk.8b 1275 Birth 1 1918 12 Forshaw John Gregory Ormskirk.8b 1419 Birth 2 1917 13 Forshaw John H Johnson Prescot.8b 805 Birth 4 1920 14 Forshaw John Turner Prescot.8b 1645 Birth 3 1920 15 Forshaw John K Keith Prescot.8b 1518 Birth 4 1919 16 Forshaw John Tinsley Prescot.8b 1436 Birth 2 1916 17 Forshaw John Hothersall Preston.8e 865 Birth 3 1916 18 Forshaw John M S Roberts West Derby.8b 330 Birth 1 1919 **19 Forshaw John Bradley Wigan.8c 161 Birth 1 1918 **20 Forshaw John Mcintyre Wigan.8c 9 Birth 3 1917 Dea x

Thanx everyone. i think i will have to visit to get accurate dates