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Thanks Jan, I will give that a try. I could also try to get the death certificate of her parents, which might well give 'next of kin' and I know when they died, so I will go down that avenue next. Many thanks for everything. Gabriella

My advice would be to get her birth cert. If she died 1970-2006 her first names and DOB can be used to search.
Jan

Many thanks Pam, you are so helpful. I will have a look to see if this is the right one, but its definately a possibility. Of course her daughter might well have been born and registered in the Army Birth records and that might be why I cant find it.

Many thanks once again. Regards Gabriella

MarriageFinder™: Dorothy M Ingram married Thomas Boddington [?]
Name: INGRAM, Dorothy M
Place : Madras
Country: Indian Subcontinent
Year: 1932
Page: 262
Spouse's last name: Boddington
Record source: GRO Index Army Marriages (1881 to 1955)

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Name: BODDINGTON, Thomas
County: Indian Subcontinent
Year: 1932
Page 262
Spouse's last name Ingram
Record source: GRO Index Army Marriages (1881 to 1955)

This is the only Dorothy M Ingram marriage on the Army Marriage Registers from Find My Past

Thanks to you both. I only know Dorothy was born Dorothy M. Ingram, parents Arthur William Ingram and Rose Chalk. I have tried each method I can to find either the husband by looking at all the deaths in Devon area, based on the fact that he was probably around 34-42 years told and then matching his name up to her and seeing if there were any children, but nothing positive. Its a shame as my aunt definately met her in 1947 and by that time Dorothy's daughter was about 3 or 4 and she thinks the husband who was a major in the army had died by then, and definately in the Devon area, just outside Bideford. I will try writing to the local newspaper there to see if they have any stories in the archives of the tragic accident. I was sure that it was the marriage to William Shepherd in 1931 and son Michael in 1938, but my Aunt says they definately had one daughter only and NO son, so consequently I dont think I have the right one!

Thanks for all your help. Much appreciated. Regards
Gabriella

England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005
about Michael I Shepherd
Name: Michael I Shepherd
Mother's Maiden Surname: Ingram
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1938
Registration district: Wandsworth
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume Number: 1d
Page Number: 708

this is the only birth in 1930s which might fit in with the 1931 marriage

Do you know Dorothy's full name and date of birth?
There is no way to ascertain father's name without buying cert.
Have you looked for matches with other members buy using 'search all trees' (in search box above right).
Jan

The parish records arent online/ you would need to buy the marriage cert to see if its the right lady