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bullingham9

bullingham9 Report 2 Mar 2014 13:08

I am trying to find information on my grand father Patrick Williams. I have no info on him except that he was married to my Grandmother. I have searched the marriage records and found his name but cannot find hid DOB or place of birth, I checked my mothers birth records but only her mother comes up .....can anyone help. :-S

Mike *

Mike * Report 2 Mar 2014 13:10

There are thousands of Patrick Williams'

Who was your Grandmother ?
When did she marry Patrick ?
Where ?

Please give as much info as you can in order for anyone to be able to help you

KempinaPartyhat

KempinaPartyhat Report 2 Mar 2014 13:15

Any dates would help!!!

and above info Mike asked for

Potty

Potty Report 2 Mar 2014 13:18

Have you checked your mother's actual birth cert? If no father is mentioned, then her parents were probably not married at the time of her birth.

As Mike says, we really need more details from you. As the people concerned may still be living, you could PM them to me

KempinaPartyhat

KempinaPartyhat Report 2 Mar 2014 13:23

I pmd this person on how to come back to thread but membership shows long term member

bullingham9

bullingham9 Report 3 Mar 2014 03:30

Hello all.
Thanks for all the responses. I have no information on dates or anything. My Grandmother was Lucy Sarah Mariah Head b 1906
I think they were married in Islington and it would have been early 1920s. His name was actually on their marriage document as spouse but nothing else to help me trace his side of the family
I am a long term user but don't get on very often at all and am still learning to drive this bus. So much so that I don't even know what PM means( is that sad?)
Thankyou for all your help. :-S

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 3 Mar 2014 04:03

from ancestry ...................



London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 about Lucy Sarah Maria Head

Name: Lucy Sarah Maria Head
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 24 May 1906
Father's Name: John Thomas Head
Mother's name: Lucy Head
Parish or Poor Law Union: Islington St Michael
Borough: Islington
Register Type: Parish Registers

from image .............

Address:- 29 Cardale St
Father occupation:- Stoker

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 3 Mar 2014 04:07

For our information and help

1911 Census

Name: Lucy Maria Head
Age in 1911: 4
Estimated birth year: abt 1907
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Birth Place: London, United Kingdom
Civil Parish: Islington
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street address: No 9 Freeling St, Caledonian Rd, Kings X, Islington, London
Marital Status: Single
Registration district: Islington
Registration District Number: 10
Sub-registration district: Barnsbury
ED, institution, or vessel: 19
Piece: 890

John Thomas Head 32 b.ca 1879, Stanton, Huntingdonshire, Labourer, Vauxhall Gas Works
Lucy Maria Head 31 b.ca 1880, Stanton
John William Robert Head 11 b.ca 1900, London, Scholar
Charles Edwin Head 9 b.ca 1902, London, Scholar
William George Head 6 b.ca 1905, London, Scholar
Lucy Maria Head 4


Their marriage ................

England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005 about Lucy S Head

Name: Lucy S Head
Spouse Surname: Williams
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1925
Registration district: Islington
Inferred County: London
Volume Number: 1b
Page Number: 411
Find Spouse: Patrick Williams

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 3 Mar 2014 04:17

According to several trees, Patrick was born ca 1904, St Pancras, London

and died 12 June 1953, Watford, Hertfordshire

Did Lucy Sarah die 29 Feb 1992, Watford, age 85?




This could possibly be that Patrick in 1911..............

1911 Census

Name: Patrick Williams
Age in 1911: 7
Estimated birth year: abt 1904
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Birth Place: St Pancras
Civil Parish: Clerkenwell St James and Clerkenwell St John
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street address: 40 Southampton St
Registration district: Holborn
Registration District Number: 14
Sub-registration district: Clerkenwell
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Piece: 1221

Charles Williams 44 b.ca 1867, London, House Painter
Margaret Williams 43 b.ca 1868, Scotland
Charles Williams 16 b.ca 1895, St Pancras
Thomas Williams 14 b.ca 1897, St Pancras
Patrick Williams 7
James Williams 2 b.ca 1909, St Pancras


Charles and Margaret had been married 21 years, had had 10 children, 7 survived and 3 had died

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 3 Mar 2014 04:22

I am afraid that you are going to have to buy their marriage certificate in order to determine whether I have found the correct Patrick.

The marriage certificate will give you the names and occupations of both fathers, and the addresses where Patrick and Lucy were living.


In case you are not aware ..................... only buy the certificates from the General Registry Office, or the local Registry Office.

I myself buy only from GRO

The cost of a certificate is £9.25, including post and handling from GRO ................... local registry offices tend to charge £9.25 PLUS post and handling.


You order certificates from

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/default.asp

Flip

Flip Report 3 Mar 2014 05:40


Lucy Sarah Williams (Lucy Sarah Maria on image)
Year:1932
County or Borough:Islington
Ward or Division/Constituency:Finsbury

Address in 1932 - 3 Godson Street, Pentonville. Also at same address were Charles Thomas, Margaret & Patrick Williams. (Along with other names) maybe Charles Thomas *& Margaret could help - they could be the parents from 1911 census.

Flip

Flip Report 3 Mar 2014 05:50

They were at 3 Godson St from 1929-1934. In 1947 they were at 65 Pentonville Road, with Margaret Lucy/Richard Arthur Williams - possible children?

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 3 Mar 2014 09:27

Not sure what this is intended to convey...............

I checked my mothers birth records but only her mother comes up .....can anyone help. %3A-S

And this....................

I think they were married in Islington and it would have been early 1920s. His name was actually on their marriage document as spouse but nothing else to help me trace his side of the family

To which 'marriage document' are you referring?

As your info is not specific, one assumes you mean the GRO index.....................

Obtain a copy of the marriage cert, and you will then have some facts on which to base further searches

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 3 Mar 2014 09:56

Can we assume that this query has now been fully resolved?

It is 'marked as answered'

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 3 Mar 2014 10:57

Margaret Lucy and Richard Arthur are indeed the couple's children - born in the mid 1920's, mms Head.

Ancestry suggests this is Patrick's death, which matches with the trees mentioned above by SylviainCanada - though the tree owners may just have accepted Ancestry's suggestion as gospel , without checking. Best to buy the death cert.:


England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007 about Patrick Williams
Name: Patrick Williams
Birth Date: abt 1904
Date of Registration: Jun 1953
Age at Death: 49
Registration district: Watford
Inferred County: Hertfordshire
Volume: 4b
Page: 213

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 3 Mar 2014 10:59


England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007 about Lucy Sarah M Williams
Name: Lucy Sarah M Williams
Birth Date: 12 Apr 1906
Date of Registration: Mar 1992
Age at Death: 85
Registration district: Watford
Inferred County: Hertfordshire
Volume: 10
Page: 972

(EDIT: already suggested by SylviainCanada.)

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 3 Mar 2014 19:59

I have had a pm from the poster to say this is the correct Patrick.


I believe the certificates are needed in order to prove it.