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Ohhh i see now I wasn't ticking the box! doh! Thanks again

Thank you very much Joan :)

Yeh I'm trying to use the GRO I don't know if its in Southport or not this is the site http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/
Is the one you mean a different one as this definately asks for date of death?

I don't have the reg number either how do i get that?
I've only ever ordered marraige certs before

You can order on line at gro.gov.uk
Certificates are £7 if the registration number is known. REMEMBER to tick the box
Arthur Goodchild
age at death 66
year of registration 1963
July-Sept
vol 4B
page 656
District Deben

Are you ordering from GRO in Southport ?
If so. You don't need the date but the registration number. Do you have that ?

Thank you very much!

I'm trying to order Arthur's death certificate right now but the site says i need his date of death how can i get this?

Hi Kristine
I can't find anything either. I have looked for Violets death.
Also looked for children born to Arthur and Violet.
Can't find a marriage for Arthur to Dorothy.
Can't find the O'Hara's on any English census.
Could be many many reasons for not beng able to find the truth......
Violet became pregnamt and so went 'home to Ireland' to have the baby.
Arthur was in the war, Violet didn't come back to England - deserted Arthur. Arthur met Dorothy, couldn't marry because Arthur wasn't divorced. Had children and gave them rightly the Goodchild name. Never got round to marry or married many years later when and if they found out that Violet was no more.
Phew, I'm rambling; must go and put kettle on and calm down.
Consider buying the certificates of his death and April's birth; you don't know what they may reveal
Keep at it
Joan x

thanks for trying anyway, I guess this is just a puzzle in my tree i'll have to leave unsolved

Have either of you managed to find anything?

No I don't have her death certificate as I can't find it anywhere, thats another part of the mystery surrounding Violet, all I could think of is that maybe she and Arthur seperated and she went back to Ireland and thats why I can't find it.

Chris
Do you have Violet's DC ?
Joan

Just found Aprilie birth reg a-j 1937 mmn Pegg. This would i have thought mean that Arthur and Dorothy were married.
Now looking for that
Joan

Don't be sorry any help would be great as I haven't got a clue what to do next?

I don't know if Violet and Arthur had any children all I know of Violet is from her DC.
I dont know if Arthur and "Dorothy" married I can't find a record for it if they did and their daughter has her doubts that they were.
The child born 1937 is my Grandma April Anne Goodchild she also has a sister Susan born 1940

It would say widower of................
The informant to the death may be a clue.
Did he and Violet have children between them ?
Did arthur and 'Dorothy' marry ?
Do you know the child born in 1937 ?

Sorry, lots of questions but I am thinking aloud and around the houses . if you know what I mean
Joan

would his death record say how many people and who he was married to?

No he died 1963 though

Hi Chris Miss
Do you have the DC for your Arthur Goodchild ?
Joan

I've now reworded my previous post to make more sense

Hi
Sorry my post before was a bit misleading.
I do not know, I can't actually be certain that he was married the second time I was hoping to find out about his 1st partner to proove that he definately wasn't or that he may have been.

All i do know is that his 2nd partner was Susan (Also known as Dorothy) Pegg she was born in 1903 so the marraige can't have been before c1921 and their 1st child wasn't born till 1937 so I'm assuming it is closer to this time. I would also assume if they were married it would have been in Suffolk.

Hi kristine
When did your granddad remarry ? and where ?
Joan

OK Thank you
Does anyone know where i can search irish records?