HUDSON Alfred, Hull & Grimsby, Researching a Father.

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I want to research my Biological Father (Alfred Hudson) whose family were Trawler Owners in Hull & Grimsby (Hudson Brothers Trawlers Ltd). I do not have very much information about him, and I do not have any family history on my Fathers side of the family. During WW2 the government commandeered men and ships from Hull & Grimsby into the war effort to use as mine sweepers, and my father was stationed in Belfast Nr, Ireland and that is were he met my Mother in 1943, I was adopted by my stepfather when I was 3 years old and not told that I had been adopted until I was a teenager.
I am sure the family must have been well known in the area, and I have found a number of reports in the Hull Daily Mail newspaper archives but I do not know how to begin researching the family tree as I do not have any documentation, or other names of family members to be sure I have the correct Alfred Hudson? I would appreciate any help that could be provided from other members, ideally I would like to see a photo of my father.

[CaroleW]

Hi and welcome to Rootschat

We are not allowed to post personal info about any person who may still be alive and if your father was born in the 1920's - that's possible

Have a look at these links which may be of help

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,142443.0.html

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,142443.0.html


EDIT

I see you were given some advice last year on a different website

http://www.GenesReunited.co.uk/boards/board/living_relatives/thread/1299328

 

[fastfusion]

There is in fact an overwelming amount of information in google about this topic with a lot of resources and I would make use of "Hull Grimsby Minesweepers" as keywords in google>

the following 3 are probably most poignant  towards this>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimsby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETiHg0_v210

http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4006-15RNHome2.htm

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2/          as for you doing research on your dad.....   Clarify his living ...or decease status.......

If he was Irish or English......   one needs to start with the freebmduk and find his birth cert if uk
or the irish bmd..........

rootschat policy is simply not to do the living or research that is under 50 / 100 years for privacy reasons.

I would however start with his birth cert, and death if you can,   then find the marriage and acquire all 3.... as there will be a raft of information about the parents of your father / mother.
Then you can start to look at PODs, electoral, census etc so forth and so on.

have fun

 

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Hi fastfusion, Thank you very much for getting back to me, it has taken me a while to work out how to say "Thank You" on the RootsChat system, and even now I don't know if I am replying to myself or to you. I am sure my Father was English and I am pretty sure he would be dead by now, which is why I feel I can search without causing anyone any problems. But I can see that I need to find out definitely, but the problem is that if I find a registration of death for Alfred Hudson, how will I know if it is the Alfred Hudson that belonged to the Hudson Brothers Trawlers Ltd, which is the only information I have at present? And what are PODs?

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Hi CaroleW, Thank You very much for your reply, I have not had time to check any of the links you have given me yet, but I look forward to doing this as soon as I can. My problem is that I am a complete novice on Family History, and I have very little information to check if I have located the correct Alfred Hudson, that is the one whose family were Hudson Brothers Trawlers Ltd. I have contacted The Hull City Museum who have information about the Company and would do a search for me, but they do not have information about the Family so that really would not be what I am looking for. I have joined the EYFHS hoping that they would be able to help, they have advertised in their magazine for help from their members, but I have not had any replies as yet. Thank You once again I will try this information you have given me and see how I get on.

[avm228]

Do you have any idea how old he was in 1943?

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Hi avm228, I think he was born about 1920, so that would make him 23 in 1943, but I can't be absolutely sure because my family have never spoken to me on the subject, I overheard my grandmother speaking about my Father to a priest at the time of my Mother divorcing my Stepfather .  My Mother Mary Cumberland was born in 1922 in Belfast, and he (Alfred Hudson) was a little older than her.
Thank You for your interest.

[fastfusion]

if it helps any.....   that utube clip mentioned the fellows had to be between 18 and 40 to join the minesweepers......

i suppose you may just have to find the marriage first  if in deed there was one or database all the namesakes for a 20 year period and attempt to clarify who belonged to what......    i would also look for all death  entries on the name , as they have age given by informant to possibly knock a few on the head.....

checked freebmduk.......... no mariage for england....    couple of options for Alfred born Hull, but there were a few accross UK....    i would check irish bmds     for which i am unfamiliar

POD > Post office Directory

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Hi fastfusion, I have my Birth Certificate, and the Fathers name is not on it, but my first name and middle name is Alfred Hudson on the Birth Certificate. My sister has told me that Alfred Hudson paid my mother a sum of money at the time, offering her either a regular payment or a lump sum, she took the lump sum because of the uncertainty of circumstances during the war. So I doubt that he was married in Ireland at any time, my mother's two brothers met my Father on a train journey in England when I was about 8 years old and told him that I had been adopted by my stepfather, he told them he was married with children, which I would think would be in his home town of Grimsby or Hull. So any BMD certs would be in England.
Thanks again for your help, Kind Regards.