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I am looking for information on the above person, born 1913 in Essex - son of John and Emily Witney - can anyone help please. :-)

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Parents...........

Marriages Dec 1913 (>99%)
Chapman Emily Witney Maldon 4a 1357
Witney John Chapman Maldon 4a 1357

How do you connect with him?

He was the only child of the marriage

Is Wandsworth in Essex?? :-S

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 about Claude A Witney
Name: Claude A Witney
Mother's Maiden Name: Chapman
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1913
Registration District: Wandsworth
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1d
Page: 1239

No birth listed on the index for a claude a witney born 1913 in Essex

Is this the man your looking for?

Births Dec 1913
Witney Claude A Chapman Wandsworth 1d 1239

WANDSWORTH REGISTRATION DISTRICT
Registration County : London (1837–1965), Greater London (from 1965).
Created : 1.7.1837 (originally "Wandsworth & Clapham").
Sub-districts : Battersea, Clapham, East Battersea, North West Battersea, Putney, South West Battersea, Southfields, Springfield, Streatham, Tooting, Wandsworth, Wandsworth Central, West Battersea.
GRO volumes : IV (1837–51), 1d (1852–1946), 5D (1946–65), 5E (1965–74), 15 (1974–92).
Registers currently held at : Wandsworth and Lambeth.


Roy

I can see no record of him anywhere apart from his birth.............

.............we need feedback

I wonder if Emily re-married? Bit of speculation though, as haven't seen a death for John!

Marriages Jun 1918
Stone George Witney Maldon 4a 1233
Witney Emily Stone Maldon 4a 1233

??????

Marriages Mar 1940 (>99%)
Gaskell Elsie Stone Hendon 3a 1927
Stone Claude A Gaskell Hendon 3a 1927

Jan

It's a possibility Jan, I did search the CWGC for him but Nothing found for him, and Witney is not a common name so he should be easy to find,

There is only 4 medal cards listed on the national archives web site for a John Witney and 3 of them have a middle name so it is possible that the 4th is the John Witney in question

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Medal card of Witney, John. Corps Regiment No Rank Hertfordshire Regiment 9728 Private. Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment 269734 Private.

Roy

There is a John Witney listed on ancestry UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919

Sorry i don't have subs for ancestry

Roy

Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919 (Find My Past)

Name: John WITNEY
Rank: PRIVATE
Initials: J
Birthplace:
Place of residence: Oxford
Enlisted: Oxford
Regiment, Corps etc.: Royal Defence Corps
Battalion etc.:
Number: 50837
Date died: 1 December 1916
How died: Died
Theatre of war: Home
Supplementary Notes: FORMERLY 4565, OX. AND BUCKS. L.I.

(if above)

Chris :)

http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.witney/7/mb.ashx?pnt=1

Thats not him

WITNEY, J
Rank:PrivateService No:50837Date of Death:01/12/1916Age:49Regiment/Service:Royal Defence Corps 9th Observation Coy. Grave Reference CemeteryTETSWORTH (ST. GILES) CHURCHYARD
Additional Information:

Son of Henry Witney; husband of Mary Witney, of 40, Charles St., Iffley Rd., Oxford.

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/393208/WITNEY,%20J

Roy

Message from Barbara,

Yes this is the Claude A Witney - we have no further details after he left the school he attended in the early 1920's. Apparently his parents John and Emily split up and we have no further trace of him. His father, John Witney was my uncle, who died in 1959.


I have asked Barbara to add all replys to her thread

Roy

Hi Astra, just deleted the Claude Archibald bit as I realised it was the wrong year for his birth. <3

Hi - looks like there is a registration for a Claude a Chapman - Oct 1913 which is the same month as John and Emily married. so very possibly Claude used both his mothers maiden name ( his birth name) and his fathers name, There is a Claude A Chapman on the 1947 Electrol role in Depford married to an Annie Chapman. Was your uncle John known as Jack and remarried a Annie Downing as there are a few trees around with this connection ( but some have their marriage the same as Annie's)

You are quite correct Gaynor.


England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 about Claude A Chapman
Name: Claude A Chapman
Mother's Maiden Name: Chapman
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1913
Registration District: Wandsworth
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1d
Page: 1239

I recieved a message from Barbara posted above 8 Feb 2014 16:52 and i replied within minuts of recieving her message asking her to to add all replys to her thread and with instructions on how to,

The message i sent has been opened but as you can see we have had no responce/feedback

Others may be happy to spend time looking for info with no further input from Barbara but i will not waste any more of my time under those circumstances,

Good luck

Roy

Possibly the man on the Kent ER

Death

Name: CHAPMAN, Claude Augustus
Registration district:Bexley
County: Kent
Year of registration: 1978
Quarter of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Date of Birth:26 July 1909
Volume no: 11
Page no: 0507

He was born in Essex

Barbara

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What was Claude's second forename?

Sorry do not know what Claude's second name was.