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Hi,not sure if I'm putting this in the right place,please let me know if not.I am looking for Jeffrey Bates,aged about 72 now.I went to Kings Norton Grammar School with Jeff in the 1950's in Birmingham.I also met Jeff in the mid 60's when we were both in the Royal Navy.At the time Jeff lived with his parents in Bournville,Birmingham.That's about all I know.Please can anyone help?

Welcome to the boards David - "Find Living Relatives" wold be the best place to post this

you could also try Friends Reunited - they have a school section

Not really the right board but heh ho!!

Have you tried friends reunited website as that is more schools oriented

Thankyou for your replies ladies.I have tried friends reunited with no luck.I am now looking through telephone directories.Anyway,thankyou again.

There is a birth in Birmingham in 1942 for a Jeffrey A Bates
(there were only 3 born 1942-1944 anywhere in England/Wales)

There are far more Geoffrey Bates in the same period, with a Geoffrey C Bates born Birmingham 1944.

Of course, unless you know differently, he could have been born anywhere.

Can you remember the names of his parents? If we can find records for their deaths, we could back-track to find their probable marriage and his birth. He may have been the informant on their DC.

https://www.freeelectoralroll.co.uk/ is a database of ER entries. As there is no indication if they are current, cross reference with the post code on 192.com. Basic results are free.
Remember that we have been able to opt out of the commercial ER listing since 2002.

as you say - quite a few around that date - and as few marriages to fit the bill as well

David - take a look on the free Mormon site - www.familysearh.org - very easy to use

Only one person on this site has a Jefferey Bates in their family tree; and he was born in 1956. If he was on this site himself, I would have thought he would have at least appeared in his own tree.

DetEcTive,he is definitely a Jeffrey not Geoffrey,Jeffrey A Bates certainly sounds a possibility,though I never met his parents.Someone else who is looking into this mentioned Jeffrey A Bates and said he thought he married a Janet Stansbie.
AnnCardiff,I will have a look on the Mormon site,thankyou,and thankyou for your information Graham.

Jeffery A Bates did marry a Janet Stansbie in 1966 in Birmingham. Good Luck
Ann

Hi David...

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/

Two possible children (Sutton Coldfield) on above site, also the marriage Ann gave....

Good Luck

Mistyx

Lost me post!

Janet M is listed on freeelectoralroll roll for 2002-03 , but no sign of Jeffrey.
You could write to her in case she has opted out, or possibly try to find the children on Facebook.

Ann,Misty and DetecTive,thankyou so much for this information,it all sounds quite possible.Only trouble is I'm not very good at finding the info.How can I write to her if I don't know where she lives?How do I find out the names of the two possible children?Sorry to be such a dumb dumb. :-S

To find the children’s names, go to http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
Select Births
Surname Bates
Mother Surname Stansbie
Date range 1971-1974

Only 2 results.

Janet M Bates, Jeffrey A Bates and one of their children show on the ER for 2002 in Birmingham. The link to the Freeelectoralroll isn’t working for me at the moment. If it’s the same with you, either use credits to view the entry on GR or pay-to-view on 192.com.

Hi David

Look in Search Member Trees.

There is a Tree on here with the names of Jeffrey Bates b 1942 Birmingham also contains Janet Stansbie b1945. They married in 1966. Tree holder is Joanne Bates.

This is also the name of one of the children of Jeffrey and Janet born 1974 Sutton Coldfield.Try sending her a message.

Good Luck

Once again people I am indebted to you.Thankyou so much for the info.I will now follow up your suggestions :-)