Genealogy Chat

I have an uncle that appears to have vanished, can anyone suggest anything to find him. He is Herbert R Arnold born 1900 in Shoreditch. Parents are Charles Samuel Arnold and Ellen Louisa Arnold (nee Turner) I have found his birth and an entry on 1901 Census but that's all. No marriage, no death. nobody in the family that I have spoken to even knows of his existance including his younger sister who is still alive aged 89yrs. Any ideas please Linda

Have you looked at the FULL marriage and death index right up to about 1990 ish, not just FreeBMD? Kath. x

That certainly looks like the right one Gwyn. Mrs. N. Arnold could be Ellen (Nellie). Kath. x

Could this be Charles on the Commonwealth War Graves site? Name: ARNOLD, CHARLES WALTER GEORGE Initials: C W G Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: East Yorkshire Regiment Unit Text: 1st Bn. Secondary Regiment: Army Service Corps Secondary Unit Text: formerly (T4/090438). Age: 20 Date of Death: 16/04/1918 Service No: 29621 Additional information: Son of Mr. C. and Mrs. N. Arnold, of 12, Youngs Buildings, Webber Row, Blackfriars Rd., London. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 47 to 48 and 163A. Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL Gwyn

Thank you Gwynneth, That is spot on. That was their address and Mrs N Arnold is Ellen she was know as Nell. Thank you so much.

Yes Kathleen, Search Ancestry, Gwynneth has found Charles, just have to find Herbert now

There is an H. R. Arnold on the Commonwealth War Graves site but parents are Harvey and Nellie Arnold of Birmingham, so don't think this can be the right one. Kath. x

Hi Kathleen, I'm certain that Herbert isn't my rellie, they stayed around the same area forever.

Lindy I can't help you but I am not suprised that a sister wouldn't know about siblings who may have been born before them. I have suprised my mum by finding 3 siblings that were born and died before her birth.....She was the last of, as it turned out, 13 children and all three had died in early childhood. If I remember correctly, without hunting through my files....One born before her eldest known sibling, one between sibling one and two, and the third between sibling four and five. Mum was a 'late' baby and her nearest sibling was 7 years older than her so she never heard sibling 'gossip'. She now has only one sibling alive, the nearest to her in age, and he doesn't remember them ever being talked about. As I said not any help :))) Chris >>UPDATE.....So if a sister is now 89 and a brother died in 1918 then that might explain why she didn't know about him!