Hereford Industrial School 1911

[Antony1977]

I completely forgot about “Reggie” everyone called him Reginald, the males in the family all have the middle name Reginald !

[Ron Preece]

Just in case you don't have the full details.
Marriage; William Green to Lilly Coley 22/03/1924 Ledbury Register Office. Register 5, Entry 127.
Source; Herefordshire Family History Society Marriage Index.

[Antony1977]

In order to find William Greens parents what would be the best course of action?

Ancestry gives me a hint that the parents are Benjamin and Nancy Coley, but I have no proof?

[Antony1977]

I received this from Hereford archives

 
I’m not entirely sure what you already know about William but this is the index entry to his birth record:-
 
Births Total Index
Date
Surname
First Names
Fathers First Names
Fathers Occupation
Mothers Maiden Name
Mothers First Names
Area
Register Ref
Registrar
ID
02/06/1898
GREEN
WILLIAM JOHN
GREEN (MOTHER)
ANN MARIA
BOSBURY
LEDBURY 30/493
LEDBURY
403319
 
I can see he married a Lily Coley who died in 1936 and then he was  married again in 1941 to an Edith Lloyd. On the 1939 register he is living in Ledbury listed as a public works contractors labourer. He died in Ledbury in 1965.

[Ron Preece]

Re the Ancestry hint. The following marriage took place at Hereford Register Office on 01/12/1877.
Benjamin Green to Nancy Hopson. Register 15, Entry 85. Source; Herefordshire Family History Society Marriage Index. Hope this doesn't muddy the waters. Ron.

[osprey]

there is more than one William Green around. I would suggest you buy the marriage cert for William Green & Lily Coley. As in one of the replies, it was a register office marriage so no other way of getting the details. The cert would confirm name & occupation of William's father.

Lily Coley march qtr 1924 Ledbury vol 6a pg 678 to William Green.

Have you looked at the links I gave you in earlier posts? The info from the record office is the birth record for the William born 1898 who was in the industrial school, illegitimate son of Anne -posted in reply 4.
The William born 1887 son of Benjamin & Nancy is the Mordiford baptism also given in reply 4.

There appears to be at least four children born to the Green/Coley marriage, one of them Eileen A Green reg jun qtr 1929 mmn Coley died the following quarter. There are 2 girls registered at Ledbury and a son registered at Hereford. I won't given the names as they could still be alive.

[Antony1977]

Well I have had a copy of the birth cert thru for Reggie

States mother is Lily Coley

Fathers name is blank 😬

Awaiting marriage certificate for Lily coley and William green next.

[Antony1977]

How would we try to find out where Lily is buried ? Would be nice to put flowers down?

[Antony1977]

I have discovered that Lily Green  (nee Coley)  went into Burghill asylum 🙁 in 1931 and died there in 1936, a few months after she was admitted, she gave birth to William John Green 13th October 1931. I can’t find anything on him at all on ancestry. Can anyone shed any light on him?