1939 Register - Uncle Herbert Hardy 1880 to 1959 is not there

[Johnsonsyard]

Hi Everyone, no doubt many people will be delving into the 1939 register. Me to and got a problem for the more advanced genealogist. My Grt Uncle Herbert Hardy 1880 to 1959 is not there ! He never married .He was in service all his life and at one point was Valet to Lord Derby. I assume this would be towards the pinnacle of his career. He moved around the country a lot with different employers. Have checked the Earl of Derby in 1939 and strangely he is listed on his estate as the only one ? Anyway Herbert must be somewhere so any ideas what to do next would be greatly appreciated.

[rosie99]

Where was he born

[Johnsonsyard]

Where was he born

Hi , he was born at Thornton Dale N Yorks.. thanks for showing an interest. nick

[ShaunJ]

The one in Westminster is a possibility perhaps ?

http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record/locked?id=tna%2fr39%2f0630%2f0630i%2f013%2f05

I fear that you could spend a lot of money eliminating all the possibilities

[Aulus]

If you know Herbert's date of birth you could try searching for Herbert Hardy with his d.o.b.

If that doesn't return a match, then try using elements of his date of birth and either Herbert or Hardy or both.

[bugbear]

His 1911 census give an age of 28, so he thought he was born in 1883, in 1911 (if you see what I mean).

The 1881 census is much more helpful ; he's listed as being 6 months old, which is likely to be pretty accurate. Since the census in 1881 was 3 Apr 1881, that makes his month of birth somewhere around October 1880 (this tallies with what I suspect to be his FreeBMD entry, Pickering/9d/435, last quarter 1880.

(can anyone find a baptism or exact DOB?)

Adding search months of sep-oct-nov to the 1939 search might cut down the search range, allowing the name components to be "flexed" a bit more.

If the DAY of birth is known, that would be a magic search parameter.

  BugBear