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I don't see the problem here. Your friend must know her mother's maiden name. it would be on her birth certificate. She just has to go to FreeBMD and find her parents' marriage and send for the certificate. It would show the fathers' names. From there we should be able to find the family on the 1911 census.

could this be him

Births Jun 1910

NEWMAN Frank Davis Edmonton 3a 463

Do you know when and where her father, Frank, died?

Thanks for all the suggestions. No my friend does not have any birth certificate for her father. At her parents' wedding there were simply two witnesses and no family present. She does not know the name of the aunt who brought up her father. She is an only child and, like many of us, did not think of exploring family connections till later in life when both parents were dead and she does not have any other knowledge or certificates. Her late mother's family do not have any more info regarding her father. I, and various other people, have tried all the usual routes and drawn a blank. There is very little info to go by. She suspects that her father's name may have been changed. I hate being defeated by something like this and have posted this on here as a last resort.

Welcome to the boards, Lesley.

I don't see any Frank Newman in 1911, living in London, and born London, with a father named James, nor one who is listed as a nephew.

The aunt's name might be helpful, as Margee has mentioned.

(PM sent to Lesley to let her know there are replies, as she's a new poster.)

Births Sep 1909 (>99%)


NEWMAN Frank W.Ham 4a 7



West Ham area covers East Ham.

Has anyone heard of this person? Trying to help a friend trace her family. Her late father was Frank Newman, b 1910 in London. She has no info on her family but thinks her father believed his father was called James Tillard Newman and it seems they were from East Ham. No trace of this person through the usual methods. As her father was brought up by his aunt the name may have been changed.