Genealogy Chat

I have just received a death certificate,
the person died 25 September 1945 aged 75, am I thinking right that he could have been born from September quarter 1869.

Annabel

Annabel

The info on the the death would be only on what the informent knew, so it might be right or it might not

If you need help finding the birth i don't mind helping

Hi Julie

The name is William New

almost 100% know he came from Wiltshire, I come up with two William New's born Hungerford one 1869 and the other 1870.
cheers Annabel

Hi Annabel


Do you have his M/C for his dads name, being as there were 2 it would be best to pick him up in the census first


I've just looked on FreeBMD and i see what you mean

Sorry I have been searching for my husbands family for years, this the first break though I have had, after going quarter by quarter this his grandfather his aunt was the informant, have very little info on this family, its a long and puzzling story, Annabel

Did he marry, and if so what was the wife's name name?
Joan

If the informant on the death certificate had his age right, he would have been born anytime from 26th September 1869 to 25th September, 1870.

However I have loads of death certificates where the age is out by quite a few years - people just didn't keep track of birthdays in the same way in those days and it also depended on how good the informants memory was.

Getting his marriage certificate for his father's name is the best idea.

Kath. x

two pos for marriage


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Marriages Dec 1904 (>99%)
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New William Hungerford 2c 618
Newman Sarah Hungerford 2c 618

and

GUNTER Rhoda Jane Hungerford 2c 586
New William Hungerford 2c 586
SANDFORD William George Hungerford 2c 586
WALLACE Lily Hungerford 2c 586

William New's wife was a Mary Potter 1890c no birth for her or census records

she died in 1958, can find no trace of a marriage for her and William New.

Have the birth certificates for their two youngest children born 1915 1923
there were three other children of William New ,

Thomas, and Hilda, who were supposed to be older than my late father in law

James, Richard Rowland Lawrence New
(three dates of birth for him 1908,1910,1911 ) have his marriage and death certificates

Of these three children there is not a trace of their births, have searched all way I know and employed professionals to look but alway come to a brick wall,

So seaching quarter by quarter found I William New's death.

cheers Annabel

There is a Mary Potter aged 3m living in Rushall, Wiltshire in 1891.

Isaac Potter Head 40 Carter Horse b. Rushall
Jane Potter Wife 44 b. Enford
Richard Potter Son 14 Agricultural Labourer b. Rushall
Sarah Potter Daur 11 Scholar b. Rushall
Job Potter Son 5 Scholar b. Rushall
Charlotte Potter Daur 2 b. Rushall
Mary Potter Daur 3m b. Rushall

Possibly Mary above's birth reference

Mary Potter Jun qtr 1891 Pewsey reg district vol 5a pg 151

Just a thought - is it possible that they didn't actually get married? That it was just thought they were?

Thank you kate, will look further at that family as its in the same area,

it looks like the the eldest children had a different mother, did he marry either of them.

Annabel