Harbutts in the Birmingham area

[voodoochilli]

Hi I am trying to find info on any Harbutts in the Birmingham area. My father Martin Harbutt (Niel, now deceased born in 1955) was from Dudley and his parents Ronald and Pearl (Adams) were from their also. Born around 1930. Rons Father was called "Red" as he had red hair, dont know his real name, he married someone called Rebecca. Would have been born around 1890.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Harry Harbutt

[willow2670]

Hi Harry & welcome to Rootschat   

If you obtain a copy of Ronald Harbutt's marriage
to Pearl Adams, this should give Ronald's fathers
name & occupation.
Any idea when & where they married?

Sue

[voodoochilli]

Hi thanks for that. I wouldnt know where to start! Is there somewhere online I can look for this?

Many thanks for your help.

[Necromancer]

Welcome Harry !

This is the classic situation needing you to work backwards thru the Indexes of Birth and Marriages ....

Look for your Grandparents marriage - obtain the Cert and it should identify each partner's father.

Work back from that (or you could seek out their Birth Certs to also get their mothers names) and find the Birth entries for Ronald and Pearl's Fathers - then again, look for an earlier marriage of those names until you are in 1901 Census timeframe.

I'll get you started ....

Whoops, sorry Sue - I see you are on the case.

Harry - Search here ... you will have to register, but not pay ...

http://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/rectype/vital/freebmd/bmd.aspx

Use the COMPLETE INDICES option

[willow2670]

Harry

You could look for a marriage for them at
http://www.ancestry.co.uk/

Make sure you check the Complete Index.


Was your Father Ronald their eldest child.
It would help to narrow down the search.

Sue

[voodoochilli]

Thanks for that, I will give it a go!

[Galium]

Working backwards is definitely the best way.  However there is a useful website:

http://www.bmsgh.org/wmbmd/

where you can search births/marriages/deaths in the Birmingham area.  Their transcriptions are not complete so you won't find more recent records there yet.

However, they do show that in 1918 Arthur Harbutt married Rebecca Millership at Christchuch in Oldbury, Sandwell, and that the birth of an Arthur Harbutt was registered at Oldbury in 1893.

If you find Ronald's birth entry on the index at Ancestry it will show his mother's maiden name. (the website I gave the link for doesn't go up to the 1930s at present.)

[Necromancer]

Excellent !

[willow2670]

Here's the marriage reference for Ronald & Pearl...

Ronald Harbutt ~ Pearl Adams
Year 1954 Qtr Oct-Dec Dist: Rowley R Vol 9b pg 698

You can order a copy of the marriage certificate on-line at
http://www.gro.gov.uk/

The cost of a cert is £7.00 sterling.
This includes postage.

Sue