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elaine

elaine Report 1 Aug 2013 20:17

looking for family of harold king blake born 1890 plymouth, married ? polkinghorne. see a william b. 1918, percy 1920 and mary 1923. all born bodmin tp a couple with those surnames. percy married ? borlase and, i believe, had 2 sons michael and brian blake. any help would be great

Rambling

Rambling Report 1 Aug 2013 20:20

Marriages Jun 1919 (>99%)
Blake Harold K Polkinghorne Plymouth 5b 710

Polkinghorne Ethel Blake Plymouth 5b 710

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Rambling

Rambling Report 1 Aug 2013 20:26

a couple of people have an Ethel Polkinghorne in their trees , born Cornwall 1884.

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patchem

patchem Report 1 Aug 2013 20:35

Welcome to the boards, Elaine.

You can find births and marriages in free bmd
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

e.g.
Marriages Jun 1948
Blake Percy Borlase Bodmin 7a 28
Borlase Rita J Blake Bodmin 7a 28

Do you know if this is Percy's death, as the informant could be a relative
Percy Blake
Birth Date: 8 Jun 1920
Date of Registration: Mar 2003
Age at Death: 82
Registration District: St Austell
Inferred County: Cornwall
Register Number: 5D
District and Subdistrict: 367/1A
Entry number: 131

Rita Borlase is in someone's tree on here, use Search/Search All Member Trees (top right) to find and contact them.
She has Rita's birth as 1924, in Bodmin district - I wondered if there was a name change, as this one shows
Births Jun 1924
Borlase Esta J Trebilcook Bodmin 5c 90

elaine

elaine Report 2 Aug 2013 12:29

thanks for this and yes, that is Percys death. how do i go about find an actual cert? in scotland i have cert. going back years but struggle as it appears english ones just give name and date. Every chance that im missing something!!!

jax

jax Report 2 Aug 2013 12:52

You have to purchase the cert using the ref numbers to see any details

always use GRO https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/Login.asp

a cert will cost £9.25 including postage

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