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Offline valerie1

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William Williams
« on: Tuesday 18 March 14 12:19 GMT (UK) »
Born around 1908, 2 years old in 1911 census living with mother Grace Parry Davies and Father William Williams 1 Bedford Place Rhyl, just looked in Ancestry to  find BC there's lots of them lol how can I know if it's the right William is there Parrish records I could look at ( not that I really know what that means lol.

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Re: William Williams
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 18 March 14 12:29 GMT (UK) »
No birthplace shown in post - assuming born Rhyl you can narrow a search by just using births registered in St Asaph RD which covered Rhyl for that period

However - if there are a lot - it's difficult
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Re: William Williams
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 18 March 14 12:29 GMT (UK) »
Hi valerie1

For a start Rhyl is in Flintshire, not Denbighshire.

There is a baptism in 4 Oct 1908 at Rhyl, William Williams son of William & Grace of 6 Crescent Place, a Bottler by trade. could this be him?

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Re: William Williams
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 18 March 14 13:08 GMT (UK) »
Thank you for the reply Carole, I'm sorry  I posted in the wrong area Colin, thank you for the reply yes this is William, he was adopted by his his paternal grandmother after his Mother died and his Father was killed in 1918 in France.
I am now hoping to track his life.

Thank you once again 

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Re: William Williams
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 18 March 14 13:26 GMT (UK) »
Is there anything else you need help with regarding William?

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Re: William Williams born about 1885/7 his father WIlliam WIlliams
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 18 March 14 14:38 GMT (UK) »
Thank you for the offer Colin, I have found n the 1901 census a family Wiliam Head wife Emily and 3 other children inc WIlliam who is about 14 so age about right there in Rhyl, I can't find them in the census before that.
I guess I best try and find William's  BC then if the mother is right I can go from there.
William the father of my William I seeking ( all these WIlliams ), on the certificate it staes  his father WIlliam WIlliams was a tailor or a Jailor but the WIlliams I found in the 1901 census says a labourer.
So any advice would be welcome wonder if the adoption was made legal by the paternal grandmother ?

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Re: William Williams
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 18 March 14 14:44 GMT (UK) »
Was there an exact date of birth shown on baptism ?

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Re: William Williams
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 18 March 14 14:56 GMT (UK) »
No there was not.

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Re: William Williams
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 18 March 14 15:02 GMT (UK) »
Thank you anyway, it appears Williams mother was Elizabeth they lived at 43 Wellington Road and William was a native to Rhyl

He is at the  Etaples  military  cemetery . God rest his soul

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