My Grandfather the elusive Charles Duff

[MonicaL]

You are right about the death cert, Meelystar so thank you for making that point.

They look for confirmation via a death cert to ensure the person you are enquiring about has indeed passed. If they died less that 25 years ago, they limit the amount of details you get (I don't know what the criteria is for this). For deaths more than 25 years ago, you will receive the full records that they hold.

The fee of £30 is an admin fee, payable whether they are successful or not in finding the correct records.

Monica

[Girl Guide]

This is Charles's death record

Deaths Mar 1963
DUFF    CHARLES G    59    ST.PANCRAS    5D   607

Gives a birth year of 1904.

Over 50 years ago so the full records should be sent.  Unfortunately the GRO doesn't go up to 1963 for a pdf, so the full amount of £11 will have to be paid for the death certificate.

[sparrett]

Going back to the mention of 'bookie's runner", is this a hint of a tendency to gambling being in the family?
Sorry I can't see more of the item.
Sue

[Girl Guide]

The full article says:-

GAMBLING - Albert Woods of Boyton Road, Hornsey and Herbert Jennings, Gideon Duff and Thomas Stebbings of Brook Road, Hornsey, were summoned for gambling with cards and money in Therniston? Road, and were fined 2s 6d each.

Not sure if Therniston is correct but that is what it looks like in the report.

[Gibel]

Just a thought, if Charles was so badly injured in the evacuation from Dunkirk which took place in 1940 wouldn’t he have been discharged by 1944?

[hughflouch]

Hi Carl, you approached me about your family via Harringay Online. Not sure if you got my emails. I'd meant to just have a quick look at your family and ended up spending an hour or so building a better picture. This will answer a few of your questions. I've emailed you but not heard back and tried to attached the research here, but the system says its too big and every time I reduce the file size, they make the maximum smaller! So I gave up.

[sarah]

hughflouch

every time I reduce the file size, they make the maximum smaller!

The image can be upto 500kb, we do not change the size.

Regards

Sarah

[Carl Chorley]

My apologies that I haven't responded sooner.
Work and trying to put this into a structured form so I can explain to my Mum, what you amazing people have found for her and I.
Taking the advice given I have applied for Charles Death cert and will be applying for his war records too.
I have messaged the DNA connection via Ancestry and await a response. Michelle Bristow appears to be cousin to Mum. Via Alice Millicent her mother I think. I have no idea if Michelle is in Australia or the U.K. Edit: had the message bounced back from Ancestry saying "This User isn't accepting Messages". Mum doesn't know this as its just literally come in as I'm typing and checking What to do now?
I have put together the information from here and from Hugh at HOL as of yesterday and today.
Spent this morning at Mums, we had tears for about 15 mins. Some of joy because she knows that she had family, but immense sadness that she din't get to meet them.
I am blown away by everyone's kindness and taking time to help me out.
My faith in humanity is once restored.
I want to try and persuade Mum to come to London and just see the area her family were from.
Sadly my Mums started this search for her Dad back in the 90's. Writing to the Salvation Army whom wouldn't help because her parents were not married and she just isn't computer literate, I think she had all but given up.
May I buy any of you a drink?


 

[MonicaL]

Amazing how this thread has progressed. Hope you get all the full confirmation you both deserve from the next set of papers and research

If I can suggest, re the offer of a drink (as nice an offer as that is  ), use the money to buy her a bunch of flowers and tell her the RC bunch wish her all the best!

Monica