Trotts in England

[Neesha]

Hey there....Im searching for my English ancestors and my extended family....My great grandfather Danvers Hsrrington Trott was a soldier in WW1 and then came down to India he was married in Bangalore and passed away in Madras....

We've been looking high and low to trace his irth details...would anyone be able to help me....

Regards,
Neesha

[silvery]

About what year was he born and where do you know?   
Have you any further information from the marriage certificate?

[Neesha]

We have his marriage and his death certificate...howvere the thing is that on both the certificates his date of birth is not mentioned just his approximate age...

So when we calculate his DOB backwards from the date of marraige or death with the age mentioned on the cert we're getting different dates....any idea if i can getnay records from the WW1 offices...would anything he would have done or registered at have his Birth details...

[silvery]

But what is the approximate dob?

[Manchester Rambler]

The age at mariage is likely to be more reliable, because he gave the detail himself - age at death is how old the informant thought he was...

If you don't have details of his WW1 medal entitlement, you can download the medal card for £3.50 at the National Archives site: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

Medal card of Trott, Danvers H
Corps:  Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Regiment No:   30381    
Rank:     Acting Serjeant

If his service record survived the bombing of WW2, it will be at Kew, but can only be consulted in person, not by mail.  Some service records are now online at Ancestry http://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/, but only a few so far.

At the moment, I can't see a Danvers TROTT on the 1901 census or Free BMD.

Rambler

[jorose]

Is his father mentioned on the marriage certificate?

search.fibis.org shows a James Harrington Trott m. Blanche Louisa Gomez around 1891-1895.

This may be a second marriage as www.familysearch.org also shows Edgarina Harrington Trott, a daughter of James Harrington Trott and Edgarina (b. in India).

What was Danver's occupation after the war?

[Neesha]

his date of death was the year 1916 and his age was 32 so going back 32 years from 1916 we get 1884 which should have been his year of birth

According to his death cert in 1940 he was 65 yeras so his DOB 65 years backwards from 1940 is about 1874 or 75....

I too came to the conclusion that the marraige cert would be more reliable as he would have given his date of birth himself and not a third person who would be guessing...

Nee

[silvery]

Marriage 1916 ?     Yes?  who did he marry?  Was father named on cert?

Jorose and rambler got some good information here for you.  Try and put down everything that you know of , names place dates etc.

best of luck

[Neesha]

now here's the confusing part his father's name was james harrington Trott his mother's is not mentioned any where....

he had 6 children Elsie Margaret Trott who married Sydney Bertram Rozario

Clinton Joseph Harrington Trott died in Dec 1989

Ines Edgarina Dorothea Trott (also called Dorris and is my Grandmother asin my dad's mum ) married Vincent johnson (both deceased)

Ronald Charles Harrington Trott Bachelor deceased Feb 1963

Helen May Lousie Trott married Harry Peters and settled in UK

James Lawrence Harrington Trott marriedJean Mary Philomena Rhyce

So im not sure if Edgraina was his mother and that why the 3 rd child (my grand mum ) and the last son James were named after his parents....

Super confusing....