Looking for my fathers family

[Girl Guide]

You can open a closed record on the 1939 provided you can produce a death certificate.  If Sandra has a death certificate then she can apply to have the record opened.

However she would need to find his parents on the 1939 and if she doesn't know their names then it will be virtually impossible to locate the record.

[djm297]

Just a thought...you say he said he came from Bolton-did he have a Lancashire accent ? Did he use any dialect words which might give a clue to where he was brought up?What did he call canvas shoes? What did he call a bread roll? etc etc

My mother was from Carlisle, but moved to Somerset in 1947, where she stayed until she died a few years ago-however she retained her accent and ways of speaking...people from "up north"sometimes remark that I use the right dialect words/ways of phrasing things , but with the wrong accent!!

[[Ray]]

"If he didn't die till 2000,then his 1939 record will still be closed until a hundred years have passed since his birth (2020)"


I was checking the 5 years +/- to the estimate of 1920/3, of which some fall outside the closure rule.

[CaroleW]

Hi

From info you have provided I am now wondering if my earlier suspicions may be correct.  Daniel Yates was an assumed name hence his non-involvement with all the usual "authorities"

Going back to my thoughts that he may have a previous marriage/family - when he arrived in Solihull may also have been the time he became "Daniel Yates"

[Sandra Yates62]

Hi once again thankyou. He did have a northern accent
Alright me duck was his usual address
I know it may seem strange as they stopped together and I had a happy upbringing I think about this all the time if I have siblings what had he done

[CaroleW]

I'm not certain but I think that expression was a Notts one.  I worked with a lady from Notts who used it a lot and told me it originated there

[Treetotal]

I'm not certain but I think that expression was a Notts one.  I worked with a lady from Notts who used it a lot and told me it originated there

Yes...me too.

Carol

[medpat]

Me duck is a Nottinghamshire saying as I lived there for over 20 years.

[carol8353]

Me duck is a Nottinghamshire saying as I lived there for over 20 years.

It's also said a lot in Northamptonshire,I've lived here for 45 years LOL