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hotchoc

hotchoc Report 30 Sep 2013 20:09

Hi i have a marriage for Gifford Coleman( born Brixham Devon) and Lilian Mary Bond (born Scotland 1907) im trying to find out who her parents are.
On free BMD i found their marriage in Totnes 1933 - is anyone able to tell me her parents please? thank you. Pearl x :-)

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 30 Sep 2013 20:26

How do you know she was born in Scotland ?

hotchoc

hotchoc Report 30 Sep 2013 20:31

Its my friends grandmother x

hotchoc

hotchoc Report 30 Sep 2013 20:36

Its my friends grandmother. she had her daughter in scotland also before moving down to Devon

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 30 Sep 2013 20:37

Getting no hits on SP between 1906 to 1908 for that name which is why I asked the question

Either spelt Lilian or Lillian

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 30 Sep 2013 20:38

Even changed the search years from 1901 to 1911

hotchoc

hotchoc Report 30 Sep 2013 20:41

oh. thank you. i will get back to her to check what information she has x

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 30 Sep 2013 20:43

Is this her death

Name: Lilian Mary Coleman
Birth Date: 19 Mar 1907
Date of Registration: Apr 1996
Age at Death: 89
Registration District: Torbay
Inferred County: Devon
Register Number: C26A
District and Subdistrict: 4221C
Entry number: 185

hotchoc

hotchoc Report 30 Sep 2013 20:47

yes it is - thank you

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 30 Sep 2013 20:51

1911 one of a couple of possibles

Name: Lillian Bond
Age in 1911: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1907
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Brixham, Devon
Civil Parish: Brixham
County/Island: Devon
Country: England
Street Address: 59 Mount Pleasant Rd, Brixham, Devon
Occupation: school
Registration District: Totnes
Registration District Number: 273
Sub-registration District: Brixham
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Household Schedule Number: 134
Piece: 12803
Household Members: Name Age
Maryam T Bond 31
Margaret Bond 5
Lillian Bond 4
Annie Bond 1

Also on image is father William lock age 74 and a niece called Nellie Phillips age 14

Name: Lilian Mary Bond
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1907
Registration District: Totnes
Inferred County: Devon
Volume: 5b
Page: 129

hotchoc

hotchoc Report 30 Sep 2013 20:53


wow, thats great xx

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 30 Sep 2013 20:59

You really need her marriage cert


Just in case the 1911 is correct
Marriages Jun 1903 (>99%)
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Bond James Herbert Totnes 5b 410
Lock Mary Ann T Totnes 5b 410

hotchoc

hotchoc Report 30 Sep 2013 21:02

ok great. thanks for your help x