Alan Spinks m. 1950 Doncaster Can't find his birth! Help please?

[carolsea]

Hi all, I'm back and needing help again please...

I have an Alan Spinks m. to Eunice Bentley,  1950 Doncaster 2B 724
I'm told Alan died 1968 on a train in Gainsborough, Lincs. age 39 and have found a matching death 3B 153.

 I'm guessing Alan would have been in his 20s when married.

I'm struggling with his birth, which I'm assuming was 1928/29.

Can anyone help please?
tia 

[CaroleW]

Hi
Birth on freebmd in Doncaster 1928  www.freebmd.org.uk

[carolsea]

So sorry CaroleW.
I've removed that.
Been a long time since I did this.
Promise to behave in future!

[CaroleW]

No problem.  Have just removed that bit from my post as I noticed you had amended it

Did you see the 1928 birth

[carolsea]

And thankyou CaroleW
I only read the first line of your post...

[carolsea]

So his mother is Singleton then?
I've looked at that one before but couldnt find a Spinks/Singleton marriage anywhere so dismissed it as wrong!
It looks like she had several other children all with surname Spinks.
Perhaps they never married but the children took the father's name?
Any ideas where I can go with this in that case please?
Am at a total dead end if Singleton is his mother!
tia

[CaroleW]

Just looking and the only marriage was 1895 so the only other possibility is that mum was previously married but born as Singleton - see example

Mary Singleton marries Joe Bloggs
Joe dies
Mary Bloggs marries Mr Spinks
Children born to the Spinks marriage will show her true maiden name

[carolsea]

Brilliant!
I hadn't thought of that scenario.
Thank you, I'll carry on looking just with Spinks and work backwards from there.

[carolsea]

Got a Lawrance Spinks & Edith E Braithwaite, Doncaster  1925 9c 1075 which is the only one that fits the dates really. But I cant then find Edith Singleton marrying a Braithwaite anywhere...grrrr!
Perhaps she had a series of husbands!
Thanks anyway