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[apollonia]

Hi, I'm trying to find the parents of Florence Gething who married Henry Forrest in 1918. Reg district Stourbridge. On Ancestry there are two Florence Gethings and one Florrie whom it could possibly be. Help much appreciated.

[Pennines]

If you obtain the marriage certificate you will obtain her father's name and occupation, which would help enormously.

[apollonia]

Thank you for your reply, however, I am doing this for a friend, so hopefully, I will be able to find out without her having to purchase any certificates at this stage. Thanks again.

[Pennines]

If you look at 1939 Register it will give her date of birth. Then you may be able to find her birth on the GRO index with a mother's maiden name.

Then find the marriage of a male Gething to someone with that maiden name. Hopefully you can then find that couple on the census records of 1911 and 1901 with a daughter Florence (or Florrie).

[chempat]

Sometimes the 1939 has the correct (probably) day and month of birth, but the wrong year.
So it could confirm which Florence/Florrie you want, but the marriage certificate is really the best way to go.
If the friend is serious that they want the correct family it would be foolish to avoid paying out now and follow totally the wrong tree.

[chempat]

This is from Staffordshire bmd's showing on Ancestry
Florence Gething
Birth Date: 18th November 1889 in Staffordshire, England

[Pennines]

Chempat -- I do so agree with you about the marriage certificate. That will be definitive proof of the father.

As apollonia didn't want to go down this route - the 1939 and the birth registration/likely marriage of parents, was the only alternative that I could come up with

[apollonia]

Thank you all for your help. Much appreciated.

[philheeks]

its worth posting this request on the Warwickshire pages as a lot of the Stourbridge district was in that county

All the very best

Phil