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Offline M S Harmer

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Missing family members
« on: Monday 22 May 17 08:31 BST (UK) »
Still looking for births deaths marriages and most of all children of the following siblings and there partners. ;
  • Alfred Charles Ward 1895. Married Rosie Stewardson
    Arthur Harold Ward 1898. married Jill Morgan
    William Henry ? married Vera Thurston
    Matilda Ivy Ward. married George Grant
    Doris Eleanor ? married Fred Kingston
My grandfather (another sibling) Hector Donald was born in Leytonstone as far as i know.
Any help would be great full.
Ward, Kempson, Donovan, Kiesler, Sutherland, Anesbury, Haines, Crowle, Smith, Benfold, Binstead, Bairstow, Tullock, Wallace, Wood, Oakland, Parker, Payne, Stokes, Botten, Stacy, Brooks, Harmer, Sinclair

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Re: Missing family members
« Reply #1 on: Monday 22 May 17 08:54 BST (UK) »
Have you looked at FreeBMD?
www.FreeBMD.org.uk
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)

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Re: Missing family members
« Reply #2 on: Monday 22 May 17 08:54 BST (UK) »
Where have you looked?  I just did a search for births for Ward with maiden name Stewardson and came up with several hits on www.freebmd.org.uk   I am sure it will work for the others too so do try it.

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Re: Missing family members
« Reply #3 on: Monday 22 May 17 09:03 BST (UK) »
Just for starters:

Births, June qtr 1905
West Ham Registration District     vol 4a, page 360

Ward, Matilda Ivy


The GRO Index Search shows Mother's Maiden Names for births from 1837 to 1915. So:
WARD, MATILDA  IVY      BENFOLD      
GRO Reference: 1905  J Quarter in WEST HAM  Volume 04A  Page 360

and

WARD, DORIS  ELEANOR      BENFOLD      
GRO Reference: 1903  M Quarter in WEST HAM  Volume 04A  Page 364
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)


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Re: Missing family members
« Reply #4 on: Monday 22 May 17 09:09 BST (UK) »
And:

WARD, ALFRED  CHARLES      BENFOLD      
GRO Reference: 1895  M Quarter in WEST HAM  Volume 04A  Page 325

WARD, WILLIAM  HENRY      BENFOLD        
GRO Reference: 1896  S Quarter in WEST HAM  Volume 04A  Page 308

WARD, ARTHUR  HAROLD      BENFOLD      
GRO Reference: 1898  S Quarter in WEST HAM  Volume 04A  Page 341

WARD, HECTOR  DONALD      BENFOLD        
GRO Reference: 1900  S Quarter in WEST HAM  Volume 04A  Page 375

Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)

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Re: Missing family members
« Reply #5 on: Monday 22 May 17 09:18 BST (UK) »
You will find marriages and children of those marriages on https://www.freebmd.org.uk/ ,your guess is as good as ours after 1911 as they don't mention a middle name ,but just initials.
With a surname such as Ward you might find a few options,maybe you know a few of your cousins names to help in your search?

You could use the 1939 register now you have narrowed down some of their birth dates.

See http://www.findmypast.co.uk/1939register  we are not allowed to do look ups for anyone else,for that register (nor the 1911 census)

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Re: Missing family members
« Reply #6 on: Monday 22 May 17 09:21 BST (UK) »
Those births I found on the GRO site:
https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/

You have to register, but it's free to use.

Back to FreeBMD, and marriages:

September qtr 1919
West Ham Registration District     vol 4a, page 244
Ward, Alfred C   to   Stewardson, Sarah A R

June qtr 1919
West Ham Registration District     vol 4a, page 920
Ward, William H   to   Thurston, Vesta H
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)

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Re: Missing family members
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 21 June 17 04:36 BST (UK) »
Hi Martin,

Have you checked out the info provided on this thread?

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=516393.0

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