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Patricia

Patricia Report 22 Apr 2017 18:40

I am looking for any relatives of Alfred Henry Dorrington b.1910 in West Ham

Rambling

Rambling Report 22 Apr 2017 20:05

A number of people seem to have him in their trees on here, have you used the Search a top of page and messaged them?

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patchem

patchem Report 22 Apr 2017 23:09

Death certificate for more information;
Alfred Henry Dorrington
BIRTH: 15 Jan 1910
DEATH: Aug 1990 - Newham, London, England

marriage?
Alfred H Dorrington
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1933
Registration district: West Ham
Inferred County: Essex
Spouse: Elsie Johnson
Volume Number: 4a
Page Number: 1068

Alfred H and Elsie on 1939 census.

Use free bmd to look for children, and compare with 1939.

patchem

patchem Report 22 Apr 2017 23:20

Births Mar 1934
DORRINGTON Irene E Johnson Stepney 1c 304

Marriages Mar 1952
Dorrington Irene E Drew W.Ham 5a 1698
Drew Albert E Dorrington W.Ham 5a 1698

Irene E Drew
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1965
Registration district: West Ham Inferred County: Essex
Spouse: Marsh
Volume Number: 5a Page Number: 1332

Possible death:
Irene Elizabeth Marsh
BIRTH: 10 Jan 1934
DEATH: Oct 1997 - Newham, London, England

Patricia

Patricia Report 23 Apr 2017 17:40

I do have the birth marriage and death certificates of his parents who were Alfred Dorrington and Eliza Dunsdon.Also some photos of them. They were my grandparents and Alfred Henry was my dad's brother

JoonieCloonie

JoonieCloonie Report 23 Apr 2017 22:10

Patricia, it's a good idea to reply to the messages you get in reply.

as Nyx asked: Have you searched trees here and have you tried to contact people who have him in their trees?

In case you found it hard to follow the data posted,

patchem has given you info about Alfred's daughter: birth, marriage and death

you can find her children's names here

https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

by searching for births with surname Drew and mother's surname Dorrington

(names not to be posted here for their privacy)

Then you can look for them by doing internet searches, e.g. at Facebook

You can also add 'postems' at FreeBMD (see the instructions there) for each record in the family, giving an email address (best to use a permanent online anonymous one like at Gmail), so that anyone who looks up one of the family members there will find you.

And of course search trees here for the children's names. You will find that someone has a person with the right given name and middle initial as the youngest of the three children.

I did a quick search at Ancestry and I would be pretty sure the tree owner is his daughter -- great-graddaughter of Alfred and Elsie, the family having stayed in the same area.

Here, this will make it simple :-)

http://tinyurl.com/lw5v86o

Researching:
You remember me. :)

Patricia

Patricia Report 26 Apr 2017 18:38

yes I have done a search and been in touch with most of the people who have him in their tree but have not heard from a direct contact. I have also contacted people on Ancestry who have him in their tree but so far not found any direct descendants of him.

Thanks for all your suggestions which I will follow up