Summerfield, Basford

[BIRDI]

I'm trying to find details of my husbands grandfather.  We have been told his name is Thomas Summerfield, born in Ilkeston, but I have been given his date of birth as  29/01/1917, and the details Basford 111 of 154.

I don't really understand what the Basford 111 of 154 means, and I can't find any records of him on the BMD indexes

Any help would be gratefully appreciated

[Dizzifish]

Hello…..

I have had a look for you but nothing for 1917, nothing for 1916.

There is this entry……

March Quarter 1918
Summerfield Thomas W, mothers maiden surname – Statham, Basford registration district 7b 398

You can check for free on Ancestry but the image on there is very poor, but I have just discovered if you use FreeBMD and search the “view images”, when you get to the – “Look for Births in March 1918, starting with S, page”; it gives a long list of page numbers from a drop down list and the image number for the entry on Ancestry is 92 which is the end number of the image you need to find it on FreeBMD;  1918B1-S-0092   ( hope you can follow what I mean)....might come in handy for having another source to check against, that image isn't the best, but better than the Ancestry one.

Regards

Sheila.

[BIRDI]

Hi Sheila.  Thanks for your help with this.  I was starting to think I was completely stuck at the first hurdle.  I think I'll have to try and find out some more information before I can get started with this.  This family is my husbands birth relatives who he has only just found out about.

I believe he is Thomas W Summerfield.  Is it possible that with the war going on his registration was delayed as i was fairly sure I had his date of birth correct

Thanks again

Irene

[Dizzifish]

Hello Irene,

Not so straight forward then 

I wonder if whoever gave you the date were out by a year?

There is this marriage which may be Thomas's parents
JuneQ 1813
Thomas Summerfield & Mary A Statham  - Basford 7b 427

Sheila.