looking for grandfathers sibblings

[Cragside]

Leonard Bennett born 1908 Newcastle upon tyne (Northumberland) and Charles Henry Bennett born 1903 Gateshead Durham. 1911 28 Claremont Rd, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Census shows them living at
28 Claremont Rd, Newcastle Upon Tyne.
 
I'm trying to establish if either ever married and had children. Not had any success so far. Found a possible marriage for Leonard to a Phyllis Hardy but turned out not to be him.

Any help will be much appreciated.

[BumbleB]

Have you tried looking for them on the 1939 Register?  Have you checked FreeBMD for possible marriages etc.? 

[sgf28]

Electoral register for 1929 and 1930 has a Charles Henry Bennett and Margaret Bennett living at 28 Claremont Road, Newcastle upon Tyne.

[Cragside]

Thanks for your prompt reply. I haven't been able to find any marriages but have not checked the 1939 register which I will do now.

[Cragside]

Thanks sgf28 much appreciated

[iolaus]

Once you have gone a little further down the path and identified potential kids (and you will have an advantage if one child is a girl and married someone with an unusual name) it can be worth sending messages on facebook.

I did it to potential relatives of my grandmother - her maiden name is very unusual - so I looked for people with that surname in the town she was born and sent them a message, basically saying I know it's weird and a long shot but was looking into my family history and grandmother was X and was born in that town but had had no contact with her family since the 1920s (she had a child without being married and I wondered if that was the cause fo the rift), and was wondering if they could help or knew anyone who could, and giving my email.

A cousin eventually found the message and replied, saying he'd never heard of my grandmother but as far as he knew there was only one family in the town with that name - and put me in touch with his uncle who had done research into it, but gave me the name of his grandfather - his grandfather was my grandmothers little brother.
When I then spoke to the uncle he believed that his father's sisters had both died - one did as a child, my grandmother hadn't - but it seems her parents told her brothers she had

Worth trying modern methods too

[iolaus]

With Charles Henry there is a record on ancestry of a second mate certificate in the merchant navy in 1926 - which says born 1903 in Gateshead

That Charles Henry Bennett of 4 Havelock Street, Gateshead dies 19th Jan 1941 on his ship in Australia from suicide

[BumbleB]

There would also appear to be a sister for Charles Henry and Leonard, born 1911 with mother's maiden name of Elliott, and living at 28 Claremont Road in 1939.  She doesn't appear to have married and dies March 1980 in NoT District.

There is a marriage - Newcastle T District - December quarter 1902 where Charles Henry Bennett and Florence Elliott appear on the same page.

[Cragside]

Thanks for the prompt response. Very useful info.