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Carmarthenshire Lookup Requests / Re: Joseph DAVID - Carmarthenshire Workhouse
« on: Sunday 31 May 09 05:38 BST (UK)  »
Hi Kazzy2,

Derek is my father, so I guess that makes us 2nd cousins!  What a small world it is! 

Dad and Joyce were very close while he was still in England and they still keep in contact now.

Would love to chat more to you about this and am really keen to know what you have found out.  I am finding it hard to do the research needed from Australia, so any help you can give me would be hugely appreciated.  Dad is 81 in 2 weeks and his health isn't the best so I would love to find out more about his father for him sooner rather than later.  My email address is (*) if you would like to contact me directly.

Based on your research so far, do you think the 'Joseph David' listed at the Carmarthenshire Workhouse in 1891 is Derek's father?

Look forward to hearing from you.

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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Joseph DAVID - 1928 - Bigamy
« on: Tuesday 26 May 09 00:06 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for having a look Ron,

I have found a Joseph David born 1879 in the 1891 Welsh Census.

He was an inmate of Carmenthenshire Workhouse.

I have posted a message on the Carmarthenshire Forum to see if I can get any more info (eg his father's name).

Any more suggestions?

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Carmarthenshire Lookup Requests / Joseph DAVID - Carmarthenshire Workhouse
« on: Monday 25 May 09 05:35 BST (UK)  »
Seeking to prove (or disprove!) this is my grandfather.

Family stories say Joseph David was already married when he married Ivy Reid in 1928.  Apparently not long after their son, Derek, was born he was sent to jail for bigamy and never heard of again.  Family stories also say Joseph David was Welsh.

Only facts I have from a marriage certificate are:

Marriage Certificate from Hampstead, London states:

16-Feb-1928
Joseph David - 48 years - Bachelor - Builder and Decorator - 120 Mill Lane - Father: Frederick David (deceased) Merchant Seaman.

and

Ivy Reid - 22 years - Spinster - Tailoress - 120 Mill Lane - Father: Frederick Reid - Brush Manufacturer.

I have found a 'Joseph DAVID' in the 1891 census of Wales stating he was 12 yrs old (born in Carmarthen, St Clears) and an inmate of the Carmarthenshire Workhouse. 

Could this be my grandfather?

Can you suggest how I might find out his father's name (hopefully Frederick as per marriage certificate)?

Any help greatly appreciated!

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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Joseph DAVID - 1928 - Bigamy
« on: Monday 25 May 09 05:00 BST (UK)  »
I am trying to find any info re my grandfather, Joseph David, especially court/prison records or ancestry details.

Family stories say Joseph David was already married when he married Ivy Reid in 1928.  Apparently not long after their son, ---------, was born he was sent to jail for bigamy and never heard of again.  Family stories also say Joseph David was Welsh.

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Marriage Certificate from Hampstead, London states:

16-Feb-1928
Joseph David - 48 years - Bachelor - Builder and Decorator - 120 Mill Lane - Father: Frederick David (deceased) Merchant Seaman.

and

Ivy Reid - 22 years - Spinster - Tailoress - 120 Mill Lane - Father: Frederick Reid - Brush Manufacturer.

Birth Certificate of --------------, London states:

1928
Father: Joseph David
Occupation of Father: Master Builder of Lewisham
Informant: Ivy David, mother, 52 Arabin Rd, Brockley

 
Any help would be hugely appreciated!

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