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I am trying to find information on Charles Sorrell. His son Albert Ernest Rogers Sorrell was born in Tenterden,Kent in 1888. He appears on marriage certificate of Alberts in 1912 but is listed as deceased.

Do you have access to ancestry records? Have you bought the sons birth cert for both parents names and dads occupation?

You can find the GRO refs for births, marriages and deaths on freebmd.org - free - use the ref to buy a cert for £7 from GRO online

Births Dec 1888
SORRELL Albert Ernest R Tenterden 2a 755

No i do not have access. Birth certificate does not state parents names, but Charles was a farm worker

I do not think so Ninjalady.

His birth cert doesnt state any names of his parents?

If you do have the cert, exactly what does it say?

Alberts birth certificate is dated 30.4.1949 and does not contain any information on parents

Name and Surname . Sex. Date of birth. Place of birth.

Im at a loss who that is, this is the reference and year for the Albert you give in the original posting:

Births Dec 1888
SORRELL Albert Ernest R Tenterden 2a 755

Whoever the Albert is born 1949 - you have a short cert and need to get a full one.

Yes. Albert Ernest Rogers Sorrell, Boy, 9.9.1888, Tenterden.

So why did you give this?

Alberts birth certificate is dated 30.4.1949 and does not contain any information on parents

Witness my hand this 30th day of April 1949 . W Hammond, Superintdent Registrar. It does not say this is a short certificate.

David, who is Albert born 1949? You were looking for the Albert born c1888 in Tenterden? Is that a duplicate cert or something?It may be a short cert issued for labour or social purposes. You need to buy the full one, the reference I have given you is above.


This looks like him with grandparents in 1891 - the name is definitely Sorrell on the census image

Name: Albert E R Torrell
Age: 2
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1889
Relation: Grandson
Gender: Male
Where born: Tenterden Minon, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Tenterden
Ecclesiastical parish: St Michael
Town: Hamlet
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street address:



Registration district: Tenterden
Sub registration district: Tenterden
ED, institution, or vessel: 21
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Torrell 65
Ann Torrell 64
Agnes Torrell 22
Emily Torrell 16
Albert E R Torrell 2

Thank you very much Heather.

You need to get the 1888 certificate - it may be that one of those unmarried girls are his mum

Thank you I will. Best regards David

Possible?
1891

Name: Charles Sorrell (Agricultural labourer)
Age: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872
Relation: Servant
Gender: Male
Where born: Tenterden, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Biddenden
Ecclesiastical parish: Biddenden
Town: Hawkhurst
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street address:



Registration district: Tenterden
Sub registration district: Tenterden
ED, institution, or vessel: 1

Household Members:
Name Age
William Weeks 43
Elizabeth Weeks 42
Elizabeth Weeks 19
Caroline Weeks 17
John Weeks 14
Emmie D 13
Esther Weeks 11
Annie Weeks 9
Thomas Weeks 7
Charles Weeks 5
Jesse Weeks 3
Harry Weeks 1
Charles Sorrell 19

And the family we found in 1891 with the 2 year old Albert:


1881
Name: Charles Sorrell
Age: 9
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Thomas
Mother's Name: Anne
Gender: Male
Where born: Warehorn, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Tenterden
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street address: Park Gate
Education:

Employment status:

View Image
Occupation: Scholar

Registration district: Tenterden
Sub registration district: Tenterden
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Sorrell 55
Anne Sorrell 49
Ann Sorrell 23
William Sorrell 19
James Sorrell 14
Edith Sorrell 12
Agnes Sorrell 11
Charles Sorrell 9
Edward Sorrell 8
Emily Sorrell 6

I have now obtained Alberts birth certificate dated the 9.9.1888. He is named as Albert Ernest Rogers. There is no fathers name. Agnes Sorrell is named as his mother. Agnes married a Charles Sims (1892) and appears on the the 1901 census. Albert is listed there as Albert E. Sims. I now appear to have 4 surnames for Albert (Sorrell, Torrell, Rogers and Sims) and I am no further forward to finding his father Charles Sorrell named on his marriage certificate in 1912. Where should I go next ? Regards David Sims -Torrell- Rogers- Sorrell