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Hi
I am hoping someone can help.
I am trying to find out my family history on my father's side.
My dad is named - Peter Charles Ellam born 04.01.1953. His father was also Peter Ellam born 1929. My dad's mothers name is Joan Ellam but I am unsure on her maiden name.
My granddad originally came from Huddersfield and came to Portsmouth o join the Royal Navy.
I would love to find out as much as I can on the family history and as far back as possible. I do not know where to start. Please can anyone help?

Jason if you are going to family history then you are going to have to accept that you need to invest in some certificates.

You also need to realise that the work that's been done on here is done by other members using their own subscriptions so it's best to acknowledge the help you've been given as it is considerable.

Try using this site, input you're grandad's name and year of birth and see what comes up

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Thank you for the advice as I am not very good at this thing.

Your mothers birth name is Joan G Pithers

You will learn Jason, that's why I'm posting how to find instead of giving you the info.

Peter Ellam
England and Wales, Birth Registration Index
Name: Peter Ellam
Event Type: Birth Registration
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration Year: 1929
Registration District: Huddersfield
County: Yorkshire
Event Place: Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Mother's Maiden Name (not available before 1911 Q3): Ellis
Volume: 9A
Page: 378
Line Number: 108

Now using the same site, input Joan G Pithers but to save time input dates 1920 to 1930

marriage for parents 1926

Ellam Arthur Ellis Huddersfield 9a 396 Scan available - click to view
Ellis Ellen Ellam Huddersfield 9a 396

was your mother born in portsmouth there is a birth 1928 mothers name gillman

Jason

Ancestry is free to use this weekend, have a root round and see what you can find


http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/

Yvonne Thats correct Gillman was her mothers maiden name.

Regards Jason

hi
cant find a marriage for gillman and pithers could they have married abroad?

My great grandmother was originally from Guernsey and she may have married whilst still in Guernsey. I believe her husband was called Charles Pithers.
They lived together in Alton for a while before setting up home in Portsmouth. Details are a bit sketchy. I never met either of them as they died way before I was born.
My great grandmother's name was Gertrude Gillman.

do you know when Gertrude died

am posting this just in case it may become relevant

birth: 21 April 1899 Saint Pierre Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands
residence: 1899 Guernsey, Channel Islands Edith Gertrude Gillman
Channel Islands Births and Baptisms, 1820-1907
father: Joseph Thomas Gillman
mother: Elizabeth Roberts

birth: 22 December 1901 Saint Pierre Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands
residence: 1901 Guernsey, Channel Islands Gillman
Channel Islands Births and Baptisms, 1820-1907
father: Joseph Thomas Gillman
mother: Elizabeth Frances Roberts


Order death certificate for Edith Gertrude Pithers
Add alternate information
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Name: Edith Gertrude Pithers
Birth Date: 21 Apr 1898
Date of Registration: Jun 1976
Age at Death: 78
Registration district: Portsmouth
Inferred County: Hampshire
Volume: 20
Page: 0845

Name: Charles Pithers
Birth Date: abt 1898
Date of Registration: Dec 1961
Age at Death: 63
Registration district: Portsmouth
Inferred County: Hampshire
Volume: 6b
Page: 450

Name: Charles Pithers
Birth Date: 7 Feb 1898
Enlistment Date: 31 Jul 1916
Division: Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division
Register Number: 19569
URL: http://discovery.nationalarchi...

I pop down the road and come back to this! There was nothing wrong with Jason's original post nor Yvonne's reply so why on earth has this thread been reported, not once but twice??

I think it could be because the DOB was given for Jason's father who is possibly still living born 1950s?

To be honest I can't remember if the date or just the year was posted.

What have I done wrong, why has this been reported?

Jason I am not certain if you put your father's full date of birth? If so that could be why it was reported, it's advised just to put the qtr and year rather than full date of someone who could be living, to protect privacy and protect against possible ID theft.

Would have been better if the reporter had asked you to edit though ( asuming this is the reason for report).