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Re: Would like to find relatives to return a letter
« Reply #18 on: Thursday 12 December 19 07:41 GMT (UK) »
I have found Dorothy and her marriage to David I think there was two daughters  from that marriage but as wood is so common I have no idea where they are .Also I think Dorothy had a brother Edward Shingles who married and also had 2 daughters ,but strangely one has the same name as one of Dorothy's children,unless one of those passed away so the other was given the same name

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« Reply #19 on: Thursday 12 December 19 07:53 GMT (UK) »
Edward died in 1976 and left a will

Deaths Sep 1976   
Shingles    Edward William    15MR1925    Poplar/B Grn    14   1162

Left £11,212 - quite a sum in 1976
Ashford: Somerset, London
England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
Windo - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire

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Re: Would like to find relatives to return a letter
« Reply #20 on: Thursday 12 December 19 07:54 GMT (UK) »
Yes, I have reached those conclusions too.
Dorothy was Dorothy Lena. But no death showing for any D L born 1916

Makes me wonder if they emigrated.

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Re: Would like to find relatives to return a letter
« Reply #21 on: Thursday 12 December 19 08:01 GMT (UK) »
Unless Dorothy and David left the UK fairly swiftly after marriage, I can find a son and daughter with the Wood/Shingles combination.  Born in the 1940's.
Ashford: Somerset, London
England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
Windo - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire


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Re: Would like to find relatives to return a letter
« Reply #22 on: Thursday 12 December 19 08:04 GMT (UK) »
They could have emigrated after the second birth
Big wave of immigration into NZ and Aust in the 1950s

Did Edward Shingles marry a second time.  First wife dying in 1961 (childbirth??)

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Re: Would like to find relatives to return a letter
« Reply #23 on: Thursday 12 December 19 08:16 GMT (UK) »
Can't see any suggestion that he did.  There appears to be two possible marriages for Edward

Marriages Jun 1947   
Calver    Jocelyn A    Shingles    Acle    4b   955
Shingles    Edward W    Calver    Acle    4b   955

Marriages Sep 1948 
Nolan    Rosemary    Shingles    E.Ham    5a   62    
Shingles    Edward W    Nolan    E.Ham    5a   62

No idea which is the correct one
Ashford: Somerset, London
England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
Windo - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire

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Re: Would like to find relatives to return a letter
« Reply #24 on: Thursday 12 December 19 08:17 GMT (UK) »
I hunk it has to be the second going by location, but of course only the marriage cert would confirm for sure,

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Re: Would like to find relatives to return a letter
« Reply #25 on: Thursday 12 December 19 08:27 GMT (UK) »
Could this be Dorothy?

First name(s)   Dorothy Lena
Last name   Wood
Death year   2000
Death date   28 Oct 2000
Probate year   2001
Probate date   23 Feb 2001
Registry   Winchester
Registry county   Hampshire
Country   England
Document type   Grant and will
Number   617462
Record set   England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1960-2019
Ashford: Somerset, London
England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
Windo - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire

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Re: Would like to find relatives to return a letter
« Reply #26 on: Thursday 12 December 19 08:37 GMT (UK) »
Weird, can't find any death registration for Dorothy  :(  So why does her death not appear to be registered?

Done much later?
Ashford: Somerset, London
England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
Windo - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire