Stephen HIRE b.1886 d.1942?

[yogievans]

Hi,

My grandmother's brother Stephen HIRE was born in 1886 in Milford Haven, the son of Henry HIRE and Mary JENKINS. In the 1911 Census he was a mason's labourer living in Milford with his wife an child.

I have been unable to find any record of his death. There is a suggestion that he died in 1942 at sea. Could nyone help me with this? Could he have been a casualty of the war? as a fisherman? He would have been rather too old for military service.

Thanks

Ian EVANS

[osprey]

I wonder if this was mistranscribed when it was indexed at the GRO, it's a match for age

Stephen Hird 53 dec qtr 1939 Haverfordwest vol 11a pg 2350

I can't seen a Stephen Hird of the right age in the birth or marriage indexes of England & Wales or in the census.

 

[yogievans]

Thanks Osprey,

I think you have done this sort of thing before!!!

I'm flush with cash, so I'll buy the death certificate.

Ian

[osprey]

fingers crossed!

 

[yogievans]

Hi,

I've just received the death certificate for Stephen HIDE, and it is for Stephen HIRE. He died on 13 Dec 1939 in Milford Haven.

Thanks especially to Osprey for the help.

Ian 

[osprey]

glad that worked out. It's always nice to hear back.