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Thank you so much for looking Megan, I also rechecked and couldn't find anything in Ancestry's marriage registers or the census (nothing tangible so far anyway).

I'd be interested to know if...

Hi, the birth certificate has just arrived for Ivy!

It transcribes...

Registration district: West Ham
Sub-district of: Forest Gate
County of: West Ham

Born: 26 August 1895, 36 Elmhurst...

Yes, there seems to be hundreds of Arthur Lewis', you would think Arthur Walter Lewis would stand out like a sore thumb. I have the same problem with Ellen Heath! If only she had a middle name.

I...

Tried that. :smilewinkgrin:

Ivy's birth certificate is on order! :)

Thanks Mutley. Sorry for not replying sooner – I'd written a lengthy reply earlier this afternoon with a view to finishing it when the children where in bed, only to find the browser tab had been...

Hi Peter,

Ellen's death certificate transcribes as:

Yr 1955; Qtr J; District Amersham; Vol 06a; Page 248.

No. 385
When & where died: General Hospital, Amersham
Name and surname: Ellen...

That's definitely them. Thanks Mutley!

Thanks Jack, will investigate.

Hi Peter,

You're right, I shouldn't be going by Ivy's wedding certificate alone, I'll order her birth certificate now.

I haven't been able to find Ellen's marriage certificate yet. I use...

Thanks Megan, not that we know of. It's possible Ellen was the bigamous wife, but then I can't understand why she would keep his name? Was this typical of the time?

Hi,

My maternal great grandfather x2, was apparently a bigamist and spent 2 years as a guest of HRH. I'm desperate to find more information on him as a personal mission for my grandmother, now...

Sorry, here it is...

http://flickr.com/gp/40780125@N02/2yM1WV

Here's John's birth certificate :)

http://flickr.com/gp/40780125@N02/2yM1WV

For anybody researching Queen Charlotte's Hospital, here's a delightful film from 1932, then sited on the Marylebone Road; it is now part of the Hammersmith Hospital in west London:...

Hi Peter, my grandfather's birth certificate has arrived! It does confirm he was born at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in St Marylebone, which is great, but it doesn't include an entry for the father or...

Hi Mutley, thanks for the welcome. I'm not from Sheffield originally but my wife is Sheffield born and bread, so I'm sure between us, we'll help any way we can. Happy to visit church yards for photos...

Hi Diana, it could quite possibly be the Arthur W Oct 1921. That certainly would have been enough to push Edith into some sort of compensation claim. I'll keep this and see whether there's some...

Yes, I believe it was Queen Charlotte's! My grandmother (John's wife) told me that he was born in the 'hospital for unmarried mothers'. You've just confirmed it for me Peter, thanks! Do you think the...

Thanks Peter. That will come in very handy. Illegitamcy has appeard elsewhere within my family (the things you uncover), thankfully down another branch!

Thanks Raffaele, I had found the index some time ago but wasn't absolutely sure whether it was the same John, because of the change in location (historically the Hartley's didn't venture out of...

Bois Moor Road is the same road that Edith lived on! It has to be him surely?

Thanks Pennydog!

Thanks Megan, I'll give that a go.

Thank you everybody, what a great welcome! I'm excited already. Just the site I've been looking for.

'Fiery Fred' was indeed from South Yorkshire, Colin. Stainton, I think?

Hi,

I'm trying to find my great grandfather (my maternal grandfathers' father), but need some help to point me in the right direction if possible?

My grandfather was called John Douglas...