I'd like to start with a big thanks for the reply.
Well, if the rest of my research is right, the "w" will be "Walters", his father is called James, and his grandfather was called David, hence his name.
My paternal grandmother, Davids wife, died of Pnuemonia (nothing new in a pit village) in 1944, and her mother blamed him for the death, stating that if she'd never have been with him and got pregnant and weak etc..
Until a few years ago my mother didnt even know that the old lady who lived next door to her as a kid was actually her paternal grandmother, and that was the reason why whenever she gave my mother a gift, her maternal grandmother (with whom she lived after the death of her mother) would go crazy and throw it away.
They were neighbours, typical boy next door leaving the neighbours daughter pregnant etc etc etc.
To spite David after the death of my grandmother, they sent my mother, his daughter, to live in Hull, with her Aunt who i grew up thinking was my grandmother, but it was actually my great aunt.
As to his death and his life post the wedding in 1939..we know nothing. Thats basically one of the reasons im doing this. My mother never knew him. She's 74 now, and i'd like to find out what happened to him so i can tell her, may she can get some peace then.
And yes, i've sent to the GRO for the birth certificate.
