harold Humphreys born 1896 plymouth devon

[mikal83]

He has disappeared from this planet.....well as far as I can search that is.
Parents Thomas and Margaret Humphreys. 4 th son. Walter/Percy/Phillip/Harold + a cpla others. He married Olive may Millward in 1919 and they had 3 kids. BUT Olive married again in 1947 but I cant find out what happened to Harold. he was alive after 1929 as the had a new child then. Any help...........thanks

[Kevin Burrell]

Hi - don't suppose you have his date of birth? As you have probably seen there are around 5 or 6 possible death records. The only one I found that included DOB was the following..

Name: Harold Humphreys
Birth Date: 30 May 1896
Date of Registration: Mar 1977
Age at Death: 80
Registration district: South Glamorgan
Inferred County: South Glamorgan
Volume: 28
Page: 0665s

As Harold's birth registration record is Q3 1896, he could have been born in May - there are plenty of marriages for Harold Humphreys in Wales between 1929 and 1977 as well!! Not going to be an easy nut to crack me thinks

Cheers

Kev

[mikal83]

Hi Kev and thanks. My Gdad was born in Plymouth in July/sept according to free BMD in 1896. now the problem I have is there are quite a few Humphreys in SE Wales. His parents lived near panteg for a while b4 heading off to S Africa for the wars then they came back to Plymouth and after a while back to panteg. So Its my thought , its a diff Harold.

[Kevin Burrell]

Yep - it is a shame these records are based on the date you registered the birth rather than the actual birth date because it makes it that much more difficult for us - in your case Harold could have been born as early as 1st April and registered on 1st July or 29th September and registered on 30th September - I guess that is part of the challenge:)

[rosie99]

BUT Olive married again in 1947 but I cant find out what happened to Harold.

Did Olives 1947 marriage say she was a widow

[mikal83]

Interesting point Rosie. I do remember reading somewhere that her new marriage had her surname as both maiden and married names....Humphreys/Millward.

[Neil Humphreys]

Mike

Just a heads up we are related in some way as my Harold is my Great Uncle. My Grandfather is Arthur Humphreys, Harolds Brother.

Where do you fit in as I have a whole tree of humphreys dating back to 18xx

Neil

[mikal83]

Hi Neil. This could be fun as I haven't an Arthur as Harolds bro???
Walter, Percy, Phillip, Harold, Maggie, Fanny, and maybe a Robert?

Mike

[Neil Humphreys]

Father is Thomas Henry Humphreys and Mother was Margaret Ann Francis
6 Sons as far as I can tell and one daughter
Charles T (1883), Walter (1889), Percy (1890), Phillip (1894), Harold (1897), Maggie (Margaret) (1898) and Arthur (My Grand father) (1884)

Now there does seem to be a bit of an issue between Phillip and Percy as they got mixed up a little so whether there is a another Son and Percy/Phillip are same person I cannot tell.

Where do you fit into this ?