Great Grandfather was Mayor of Winterborne Abbas

[Damon1970]

My Great Grandfather was made mayor of Winterborne Abbas in Feb 1955.

His name was Frederick (or Fred) Hawkins . He married Edith  Gilbert. I dont know the date of the marriage.

I hope somebody can help me as i am new to all this.

[nanny jan]

Work back from yourself finding dates of birth and marriages of children.  If you know when the eldest child of your gt. grandfather was born you then have a rough idea of when the marriage would have taken place.  You can find births, marriages and deaths on ancestry.co.uk.

Local newspaper would have covered Mayor Making, also the local council where he was Mayor would have details in  their archives.


Happy hunting,


Nanny Jan