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I am trying to trace for my family tree a DAVID PHILIP ROSSER born in 1917 at BROMYARD. The family moved to BIRMINGHAM in the 1930's but cannot trace anything after 1940. Any help would be welcome

Have you tried looking for a marriage for him

DAVID P
Last name ROSSER
Birth year 1917
Birth quarter 2
Registration month -
Mother's last name PRICE
District BROMYARD
County Herefordshire
Country England
Volume 6A
Page 730
Record set England & Wales births 1837-2006
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Births & baptisms
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Do you know his parents names ?

is this parents ??
Name: Richard M Rosser
Spouse Surname: Price
Registration Year: 1912
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration district: Newport
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Monmouthshire
Volume: 11a
Page: 361
Records on Page:
Name
Flora G Price
Richard M Rosser

1939 register
4 Tilsley , Birmingham C.B., Warwickshire, England
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First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule Sub Number
Richard M Rosser 08 Jan 1888 Male Brass Copper Road Mills Labourer Heavy Worker Married 195 1
Flora G Rosser 05 Sep 1889 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 195 2
Morgan G Rosser 21 Feb 1915 Male Metal Fireman Metal Rolling Mills Heavy Worker Single 195 3
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Stanley A Rosser 13 May 1930 Male At School Single 195 7
Flora G Curtis (Rosser) 16 Nov 1921 Female Nurse Single 195 8

Name: Morgan G Rosser
Mother's Maiden Name: Price
Registration Year: 1915
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration district: Bromyard
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Herefordshire
Volume: 6a
Page: 893

Name: Morgan Gwynne Rosser
Birth Date: 21 Feb 1915
Date of Registration: Mar 1983
Age at Death: 68
Registration district: Birmingham
Inferred County: West Midlands
Volume: 32
Page: 1722

Births Dec 1913 (>99%)
Rosser Molly G Price Bromyard 6a 887

Births Dec 1921 (>99%)
Rosser Flora G Price Bromyard 6a 880

Births Sep 1924 (>99%)
Rosser Maurice A Price Bromyard 6a 830


Births Sep 1927 (>99%)
Rosser Gerald V Price Bromyard 6a 747

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First name(s) DAVID
Last name ROSSER
Marriage year 1945
Marriage place COLOMBO
Country SRI LANKA
Spouse's first name(s) -
Spouse's last name -
Page 778
Line number 73
Record source GRO Index Army Marriages (1881 to 1955)
Record set British nationals armed forces marriages 1796-2005
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
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Married to Luckham



three births Solihull and first one in a newspaper

Name: Rosser
Birth Date: 5 Feb 1946
Birth Place: Solihull, Warwickshire, England
Father's name: David Rosser
Mother's name: Marion Luckham

2 boys 1 girl born between 1946 and 1957. Middle child had name of grandparent from above 1939 register

Not putting them on here as should be still alive.

her name was marion j luckham

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First name(s) MARION J
Last name LUCKHAM
Marriage year 1945
Marriage place COLOMBO
Country SRI LANKA
Spouse's first name(s) -
Spouse's last name -
Page 778
Line number 44
Record source GRO Index Army Marriages (1881 to 1955)
Record set British nationals armed forces marriages 1796-2005
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
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Name: Stanley Austin Rosser
Birth Date: 13 May 1930
Date of Registration: Sep 2001
Age at Death: 71
Registration district: Hereford
Inferred County: Herefordshire, Monmouthshire
Register Number: A22D
District and Subdistrict: 5161A
Entry Number: 136

she is Marion J born 1922 and looks to have remarried in 1962

think this is the 1962 bride if it's the 1 in Oxford

Name: Marion J Rosser
Mother's Maiden Surname: Harris
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1939
Registration district: Oxford

Family returning temporarily to UK:

David Rosser
in the UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960

Name: David Rosser
Birth Date: abt 1920
Age: 32
Port of Departure: Sydney, Australia
Arrival Date: 16 Nov 1952
Port of Arrival: London, England
Ports of Voyage: Sydney
Ship Name: Strathaird
Shipping line: P and O Steam Navigation Company Ltd
Official Number: 162670

It says he's retired.
Travelling with wife Marion, 30, and the two older children - names and ages matching those on FreeBMD.
Proposed address in UK: (an address in), Chingford E4.

Country of last permanent residence: India
Country of intended future permanent residence: "Other parts of the British Empire" - ie = not UK or Eire.

Not the right David Rosser, 1960 on way to Borneo with Marion J and daughter, think boys may be in a boarding school. Marion J born 1922 and David Rosser born 1921.

Complete DOB for all three

Pat, do you mean the 1952 record I posted above, isn't the right family?

To me, it all seems to fit.

EDIT: No, sorry, I see what you mean! Wrong YOB's.


So David Philip Rosser did not marry Marion Luckham.

Yes the ship's list of names also has the full DOB and the their address in UK it is shown as Solihull. Marion J is 1922, the daughter DOB ties up with year and quarter of registration so it must be the family we've been looking at. The DOB for David is 1921 so it can't be David Philip. This David Rosser married Marion and they lived in B'ham area, it was just a coincidence.

David Rosser is still with his family in Tilsley Grove in 1945 (but not there in 1947). The rest of his family are there until 1952.

Birmingham Electoral Register 1945:
4 Tilsley Grove:

Richard M Rosser
David Rosser
Flora G Rosser QAEC -195-2
Flora G Rosser QAEC-195-8

No P initial- is this also the wrong family?

This is the correct DAVID ROSSER as this was the area they moved in birmingham. I now need to find where he moved to from 1945 and if he married and any other information .

OK, so this is the death of David Rosser who married Marion- as noted by PatinCyprus, seems quite a coincidence that one of the children has the same name as David's father and they were living in Warwickshire area:

Name: Mr David Rosser
Gender: Male
Age: 88
Birth Date: 12 Mar 1921
Death Date: 2 Jan 2009
Residence Place at Death: Ripon, North Yorkshire, England

One of the passenger lists gives a Chingford address- this fits with the birth below:
Name: David Rosser
Mother's Maiden Surname: Foot
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1921
Registration district: Hackney
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume Number: 1b Page Number: 662

and parents that were living in Chingford in 1939:

Rosser Household Chingford M.B., Essex, England
Ruby B Rosser 1886
Frank I Rosser and 1 more person are on this record
1 more person who is officially closed

So certainly seems not to be the David we're looking for.

Peter, do you have his birth certificate, or exact date of birth? It may help in find him- especially if he dropped the Philip from his name.

we know he was born APRIL-JUNE 1917.