PATEY family in Devon

[LizzieL]

There is a birth registration on freebmd for quarter 4 1926 in Kingsbridge registration district (Devon) for William M Patey mother's maiden name Prowse. At this time the indexes did not give full middle name(s) only initial. Is this likely to be the right one?
This William seems to have several siblings - five sisters and two brothers. I won't name as there is a chance some may still be alive. If you go to freebmd.org.uk enter patey as surname select births with Prowse as mother's maiden name you will get the list. No Vivienne though, nor a sister with V as middle initial.
Do you know anything about the names of your great grandparents?

[RachaelPatey]

I know nothing about them. But this does sound like my grandad. I'll have a look. Thankyou so much for all your help. I think there was another sister called Isobel too

[LizzieL]

Looking for newspaper reports of your great grandfather's accident, the only thing I can find comes up in 1932 a bit earlier than expected.

"Charles Cranch Patey, 52 labourer, of Malborough, was killed near Kingsbridge, Devon, when his bicycle collided with a car. He leaves family of eight children."
from Shepton Mallett journal 16 Sept 1932.

The number of children is right and the location is possible but your grandfather would be 5 almost 6.
But might be worth investigating further


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I've found Charles C Patey on death registration index, it gives his age as 51 not 52 but correct quarter for September 1932 death. 

[LizzieL]

On birth reg index a Charles Cranch Peatey (sic) was registered Quarter 4 1878 Kingsbridge, slightly older than expected. He is probably the Charles C Patey on the 1881 census age 2 born Malborough with parents James and Elizabeth A Patey, living at Coombe Hamlet, Malborough,

[LizzieL]

Another snippet
The new GRO index gives Charles Cranch Patey's mother's maiden name as Perring.
On 1891 census Charles is still with his parents and one of his older brothers is actually a half brother with surname Perring. 

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The half brother looks like a full brother
He is registered as James Henry Patey Perring with mother's name not on index. I think that's a good indication that he was the illegitimate son of Elizabeth Perring and James Patey was the father.

[RachaelPatey]

I've just had a thought. It wasn't Vivienne. It was Lillian that was his sisters name! Thank you all so much for all your help with this

[LizzieL]

I'm struggling to find a marriage between Charles and a lady with surname Prowse.
but this has come up for a google search of his full name

http://salcombehistorysociety.co.uk/tng/familygroup.php?familyID=F663&tree=tree1

It has her name as Florence Louise Prowse and marriage in 1914,

Using Florence Prowse and date of 1914, the marriage comes up. Charles has been indexed as Paley not Patey.

[RachaelPatey]

This is amazing. This is definitely his family. Thank you so much

[LizzieL]

And another thing
Going back a generation - James Patey father of Charles Cranch Patey was registered in Q4 1846 Kingsbridge district. His mother's maiden name was Cranch. It looks like he is the one born West Alvington on 1851 census son of John and Jane. Their oldest son shown on the census was registered quarter 2 1844, so there's a fair chance they married after civil registration began and they may be single still in 1841, so you may be able to get back a generation further.