My brick wall!!

[Makayla77]

Im trying to find out about my gt grandfather, Enoch Isac Bailey. He had children in 1921, (my grandma) but im no further to getting anthing beyond this birth!

I have no idea when he was born or when he married Mary Bradford. I think he was born in yorkshire, somewhere!

Where do i go from here?

Makayla.

[Barbara F]

Hello Mykala
Your first place to search is Free BMD. This marriage came up

Sep 1915 
Bailey  Enoch  Bradford  Hemsworth  9c 357   
Bradford  Mary  Bailey  Hemsworth  9c 357   

I will have a look in the 1901 census to see if I can locate him, which will give us a date of birth.

You will really need to buy the marriage certificate to be sure we are following up the right man - the certificate will give his father's name and occupation.

Barbara

[Makayla77]

Thankyou for that!

If you find him on the census that would be a real help!

Makayla.

[Barbara F]

Hello again Makayla
Sorry I spelt your name incorrectly last time.
I have looked at the 1901 census but there are 35 entries for Enoch Bailey. Some could be discounted because of age but there is not an obvious contender.  Although Enoch married in Yorkshire he may not have been born there or have been living there in 1901. Also we have no idea of his age.
I think that marriage certificate is going to be required. You can order on line at
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/
When you get the certificate we can help you find the right person in 1901 and find a birth for him.
Barbara

If you have Enoch's death certificate that would give us some idea of his age and we might get a better idea of which Enoch is yours in the 1901 census.

[Makayla77]

Probably will mean geting the cert!

I do know that he died around 1940 and he apparently flew planes in one of the wars though not sure which, though he was attahced to Doncaster at time. He was injured during this time and left the war.

Makayla.

[Barbara F]

You could search the full death indexes which are free on ancestry.co.uk to find out when he died and his age at death. You may want to do this anyway to fill out your tree.
However, you are right - you really need that marriage certificate!
Good luck
Barbara