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Sorry Jillian, only just realised you had posted again. I'll keep looking for as long as it takes, he must be out there somewhere. I did watch 'who do you think you are' with Alan Carr last night, his relative was a deserter, I'm wondering if this could also be the case and he changed his name as he would have been old enough (just, i think).

Don't give up looking for him. I looked for my Amy Wassall for such a long time. Eventually I found her with her family sometime after the 1891 was released. It was the 'find' that allowed me to work out the family details and why I couldn't find her birth reg under Wassall. I had her marriage cert and her death cert, her signature on her brother's marriage cert and on my maternal grandmother's marriage too. I'll never know why my mother or aunt had never heard of her but presumably some rift. My sanity was tested because I knew she existed but I couldn't find her anywhere.

I'm sure that somewhere out there we can find something about him that will point us in the right direction.

J

Hi Jill
Thanks for that information, I will be contacting them tomorrow. That is a very kind offer to go to the library and look, but only if you have the time.

I've been looking into William Woods for the last 12 years and have come up with nothing as yet :-S so any help I'm really grateful for.

Thanks

Hi Wendy.

As far as I know you can't but I thought if someone there is having a 'be kind to another day' they might look through back numbers for the relevant period - assuming that they keep them. What I was suggesting was that if they do keep back numbers but won't look for you, ask if someone can come and look in person.

Of course they might be kept at the library which would in a way be better. Perhaps you could e-mail the local studies and ask them.

I'm up to my eyes for the next couple of weeks but after that, so long as life stays a bit calm, my time is my own so it won't be a bother to spend a few hours in the library with the kids.

I'm happy to help as I'm obviously so close.

Jill

A brief history of Barston by one of the library historians
http://www.solihull.gov.uk/localhistory/16320.htm

Jill
How do you search through the papers? on http://www.solihullnews.net/

Thanks
Wendy

Hi
The marriage certificate for Dorothy's marriage to William Teager has her name as Haywood aged 41 a widow. I have no idea when they married (Dorothy and Mr Haywood, she had a further two children with him in 1945 and 1953) .
And Jill, thanks I'll see what I can find out, would be fantastic if you could go.

And I just remembered Solihull Library has the heritage department.

http://www.solihull.gov.uk/heritage/

J

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Type: Births Surname: woods First name(s): albert w
Start date: Mar 1892 End date: Dec 1896 District: all

Births Dec 1893 (>99%)
Woods Albert William E Wycombe 3a 686

The district Wycombe spans the boundaries of the counties of Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

Hi

The local paper (I live not far from Knowle and Barston) is called the Solihull News. It's been around since 1930 so you might have some luck with them.

http://www.solihullnews.net/

See what you can get from them and if they can't help but would agree to someone going in person to look for you, I will do it.

If you can get an idea of where he might be buried (if you get some info from the paper), I'll go look at the graveyard for you.

Jill

When did Dorothy marry Mr Haywood - as that 'marriage' does not seem to be showing, either?

Sorry Jeseylily, yes Dorothy did marry a Haywood as well, seems she liked weddings ;-)

Curious - the only marriage I can find for a William Teager, searching +/- 10 years from 1955 is to a Dorothy Haywood in Bridgenorth, Shropshire.

Hi Patchem, yes my grandmother did marry again to a William Teager 16 July 1955. William Teager was aged 31 and his previous marriage was disolved.

Do you think there is any possibility that they did not marry?
Also, did your grandmother marry again?
Thanks

Yes, my Grandmother was Knowles, and he was stationed in Knowle, Solihull, and I got the information I do have from the police records, but due to a fire, that was the only information they had. There records didn't have a date of birth only when he died. I do have a copy of his death certificate, but that doesn't really give me any more information

Is your grandmother Knowles, and he was stationed at Knowle?

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Births Jun 1914
KNOWLES Dorothy Norbury Chesterfield 7b 1518

The death index states Albert William died aged 47 so that would make his birth around 1894, however information given at the time may have been incorrect regarding his first/second names.

Have you tried Warwickshire record office to see if there are any Police records available, I think the closure on those are 75years.......these may have his DOB & POB.

Ann

Death registration?

Deaths Sep 1941
Woods Albert W aged 47 Meriden 6d 728

Where was your Grandmother born?