Probably an impossible question

Originally Posted by kiterunner

You aren't trawling through all the birth indexes for a quarter looking for people with a particular first name, are you? Surely ancestry's birth index search will find them all in one go?

I hope not, Kite! I thinking I'm just thinking that maybe might be able to think of a new angle on this

[HarrysMum]

Originally Posted by kiterunner

You aren't trawling through all the birth indexes for a quarter looking for people with a particular first name, are you? Surely ancestry's birth index search will find them all in one go?

I'm just checking that.............I thought all of them would come up, but there doesn't seem as many as I thought there would be.

[MargaretMarch]

I was trying to think of other ways of finding info about your EW and wondered if you knew what schools he went to and whether you could contact anyone through friendsreunited who are registered at those schools for the years concerned. Regardless of the birth cert name you might find someone who remembers EW with parents FW and BW.
It might also be worth joining the Cheshire FHS to see if there are any school records available locally to search.
Maybe someone on here or another forum might live in the area and can look for you if the records are not online.
Is the address where they lived still there? could there be anything we could look at (other than the 1921 census) that might give some clues.
Margaret

[MargaretMarch]

Another thought - have you found FW's WW1 record? that might have some info as they did look at BC's for children who were declared.
Margaret

[MargaretMarch]

I found the marriage for Frank and Beatrice in Bucklow 1905 so looked for births with their surname W soon after and there are 2 that look interesting. I wonder if you have any siblings for your E.
On the 1911 they have 1 daughter and B is 35 which would make her 44 when E was born. F would have been 46 in 1919 so perhaps not in WW1.
Margaret

Originally Posted by HarrysMum

I'm just checking that.............I thought all of them would come up, but there doesn't seem as many as I thought there would be.

Thank you -that's just what I thought, Libby!

Margaret - thank you...I really like the idea of school records - I don't have any idea which schools he went to, but know the address he lived at...I hadn't thought of that line and will look into it.

I found what I thought was FW's WW1 record card.....it didn't say much - would there be any more detailed records anywhere?

The marriage you found for FW & BR is the same as I have and I only know of one other sibling...I met her once

Thank you again

[vallee]

Joan did FW get a war pension ?? that might give you a clue

Originally Posted by vallee

Joan did FW get a war pension ?? that might give you a clue

Ooh - I don't know Val -any idea how I would find out?

[vallee]

you could start with ancestry ?? I'll have a nosey shall I ?? what year was he born ?

[vallee]

do you have his army reg number anywhere??