Pledger

[Karytay]

Help please in looking for parents for Eric Chester Pledger born 18 Apr 1927 Swanage Dorset. Married Joy Rogers in Johannesburg, South Africa on the 21 Apr 1956 in the Methodist church.
Eric Chester Pledger died on 04/07/2013 South Africa

Thanks
Karen

[rosie99]

Presumably you have found this birth registration of freebmd which gives mothers maiden surname

Birth Jun qtr1927   
Pledger    Eric C   mmn Dell    Wareham    5a   409

[rosie99]

Likely marriage of parents
Marriage Mar qtr 1925 
Dell    Gladys M   
Pledger    Edwin C   
Cambridge    3b   674   

ADDED from the GRO index
Births Sep qtr 1898 
Edwin Chester Pledger mmn PAMMENT 
Chesterton  3b   452

[rosie99]

Probably this birth reg for his mother also from GRO index
https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp

Birth Mar qtr 1900   
DELL    Gladys May mmn BARKER     
Chesterton    3b   464

[Karytay]

rosie 99
Thanks for all the info, I did see the birth at Wareham and was not sure if it was his.
I am afraid I get confused with  England's town city lay out, with counties , parishes and what ever else

[rosie99]

If you use freebmd to find an entry you can 'click' the district name against the entry ie Wareham, that takes you to a page with this option -
The district Wareham is in the county of Dorset; information about it can be found here
Select 'here' and it takes you to the page that shows where the registration district covers
https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/wareham.html

When I am not sure which registration district somewhere is in which is quite often I 'google'. for example - 'Swanage registration district' and that generally takes me directly to that same page

Hope that helps

[Karytay]

Yes, thanks Rosie99.