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trying to find half brother simon r lewis
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Teresa | Report | 27 Feb 2023 12:04 |
i was adopted in the 60,s i have found my mothers side but i have a half brother from my fathers side i cant seem to get anywhere ,just dead ends i joined ancestry with my dna etc but still hardly any information , found distant family but that was all , dont know if anyone could help on here ? my fathers name was r.v.lewis richard victor lewis 1918 t0 1976 last address 28 robin hood lane hall green birmingham , i think he married a valerie j clarke 1926 / possibly still alive ,mothers maiden name strong ?? and they had a son simon r lewis born 1958 born in warwickshire meridean 9c 1434 , im fairly certain this is correct but have had a lot of guesses but i think im on the right lines now just wondered if anyone could help as ive been looking for a few years and never get any further, a distant relative on ancestry seemed to think simon r lewis was last working for bernard mathews but she has had no contact for years and didnt know anything else , i m happy topay a proffessional researcher for their time if need be |
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ErikaH | Report | 27 Feb 2023 12:35 |
There may actually have been 6 children from the marriage |
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ErikaH | Report | 27 Feb 2023 12:40 |
No-one other than you has Richard in a GR tree |
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Teresa | Report | 27 Feb 2023 13:15 |
i have gone down every avenue available to me , im guessing his wife valerie j lewis would have registered his death he died in 1976 and his wife isnt my birth mother , i only know his last address was robin hood lane hall green birmingham that was my father r.v .lewis . i have very limited results from my dna and i just dont know where else to search its an impossible task !!!! i have looked for possible marriages for simon but such a lot come up , i was hoping my dna may have profered some results but they are all very distant family members and although they are aware of parts of my family they are too distant to have any contact or knowledge , the only piece of information i did get was that a distant cousin believed simon was last working for bernard mathews but she no idea in what context , i searche norfolk in case he showed up there but again i dont have enough background and it seems a common name , grrrrrrrrr |
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Teresa | Report | 27 Feb 2023 13:17 |
i have only found simon from the marriage if im researching the right way , thankyou for taking time to have a look |
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nameslessone | Report | 27 Feb 2023 13:20 |
Buying the 1958 birth certificate from the GRO will confirm if it is the right Simon, again the marriage certificate for Richard would also confirm if you are on the right track.. If it is you could look to see if Simon married, then you would have two names to look for. |
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ArgyllGran | Report | 27 Feb 2023 16:37 |
You say you have only found Simon as a child of the marriage. |
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nameslessone | Report | 27 Feb 2023 17:13 |
You say you have been down every avenue available to you - what are those? Have you bought any certificates to prove you are following the right family? |
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ArgyllGran | Report | 27 Feb 2023 18:02 |
There's a very slight possibility that the youngest Lewis/Clarke child (1972) may now be named Lewis-Campbell. |
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ArgyllGran | Report | 27 Feb 2023 18:11 |
However, re the Lewis/Clarke children - |
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Kay???? | Report | 27 Feb 2023 18:16 |
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Teresa | Report | 27 Feb 2023 21:58 |
thankyou to everyone taking time out to do some research for me it is very much appreciated , i am going to look down some of these new avenues and see where it takes me, it would be lovely to think there are more family out there but i am fairly certain they had only 1 child , although this information was given by my birth mother who wasnt married to him etc but she thought he had 1 son , i find a lot of dead ends but you have all given me some more work to do , valerie j lewis/clarke to my knowledge is still alive , i had a dna ancestor come up who had one of my fathers sisters in her tree but she had very little knowledge of this side of the family unfortunatly, or she didnt want to disclose, i did write again to her but have had no reply and it is very difficult if my birth was a secret and i do understand this , so i am going to get my head down and follow these leads thankyou everyone , i shall try keep you informed |
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ArgyllGran | Report | 27 Feb 2023 22:41 |
Re Simon Richard Lewis details posted by Kay???? |
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Teresa | Report | 27 Feb 2023 23:21 |
thankyou, it is so very difficult with only guesswork , i wish i had more information to give clues , i cant find a census record but i believe my father moved to robin hood lane halll green birmingham and had a plant shop prior to that he lived on chester road birmingham but cant even find any census records to confirm any people living there ,its very frustrating , i was so praying my dna may of shown something up |
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ArgyllGran | Report | 27 Feb 2023 23:42 |
1921 is the most recent census to have been made public, so your father won't appear on any census available to us. |
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Teresa | Report | 28 Feb 2023 08:56 |
yes that is definitly correct re the forces etc i have found a lot of this on ancestry and some of his wifes ethel may bailey relatives , but sadly none of them know a lot about my side of the family although they came up in my dna matches i seem to have hit a very dead end , i do know my father died young of his war injuries as a result of being a prisoner of war so the only near family member i have if he is still alive would be richard and valeries child/children, i am certain there was only 1 child but i may be wrong there , would be wonderful if there were more . thankyou again |
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ArgyllGran | Report | 28 Feb 2023 09:08 |
If you feel it's worth spending money on it, you could get a copy of one (or all ???) of the other children's birth cert(s) to see the details. |
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ErikaH | Report | 28 Feb 2023 09:19 |
Have you obtained a copy of the birth cert? |
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nameslessone | Report | 28 Feb 2023 10:29 |
Sorry Teresa, I am having a bit of trouble understanding. Are you saying that the Bailey family come up in your dna matches or your fathers Lewis relatives. |
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ArgyllGran | Report | 28 Feb 2023 10:49 |
You don't seem to be sure that Valerie 1926 is actually the Valerie who married Richard, nor that Simon is a son of that particular Lewis/Clarke couple. |
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