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William Henry Bacon b.1878 d.1973 juneqtr in willesden brent i have seen the entry on ancestry with my own eyes , but when i rang Brent records they said they havent got him ,also rang Brent council to find which of the three willesden cemetries he could be in they said none of them they havent got him either ,i am baffled as to where the poor man is resting Carol

Hi, the death is recorded Q1 J/F/M 1973, b Ap 1878, Brent 5a 947. Is it possible he was only visiting the area and his body was taken home?

Carol I would order the death certificate from the GRO using the reference number Keith has posted above and see what the certificate says, it should give you his address so you will know if he was living in the area. The local Brent office wont recognise the GRO number they use a different system at local offices. Georgina.

Georgina, the record office should be able to find him in the quarter. BUT I dont know if Brent do family history certs.

Hi Georgina an Kieth I received the death cert last week and he died in a hospital in willesden and it was demolished and is now a reserviour can you believe that , his son registered him he is also William Henry Bacon and lives in yarmouth having done so all his life as william senior was born there but william senior left his wife around 1930 and moved to willesden so william junior was born before 1930 which would make him probably in his 80s if he is still alive , am off to bed now but will return 2moro thankk you both so much for your help Best wishes Carol

Do you think this was William junior? Name: William Henry Bacon Birth Date: 12 Dec 1913 Death Registration Month/Year: Jan 1996 Age at death (estimated): 82 Registration district: Great Yarmouth Inferred County: Norfolk Register number: A54B Entry Number: 44 Rose

Looks like it was: Marriages Dec 1904 Bacon William Henry Yarmouth 4b 26 Salter Alice Louisa Yarmouth 4b 26 Births Mar 1914 BACON William H Salter Yarmouth 4b 6 Rose

Carol, Perhaps his son took the body back to Yarmouth? He lived well into his 90s so perhaps he outlived the woman he left his wife for. Rose

Hi Rose Yes i think this was him , thank you rose i have just printed that info off ,i am hoping that there are grandchildren now what a task , The lady he ran off with was my grandmother she left my grand dad when my mum was 6 never to be seen again it is her death i am looking for , she never married william but had a child with him called Iris Beatrice Bacon b.1931 yarmouth i have traced her up till her marriage in willesden sent for her marriage cert she married a Vivian Vincent Godfrey in 1950s i cannot find either of these 2 would be in there 70s now my grandmother died around 1939-44 but cant find her because i dont know her surname she was born in scotland in 1899 moved to england in1919 married my grandad in yarmouth her maiden name was stewart her married name was mills her parteners name was Bacon she did not die under any of those names i have looked, so that i s why i have to find iris her daugther to know where she is buried , have got work now but will be back on line tonight , thank you again for your help Rose Best wishes Carol x

Hi Carol, Do you have a date of birth for Iris? I don't see a death for Vivian since 1984 or see him on the electoral register. It's possible he died and Iris remarried. There's this death for an Iris Beatrice born 1931: Name: Iris Beatrice Poole Birth Date: 4 Sep 1931 Death Registration Month/Year: Aug 1987 Age at death (estimated): 55 Registration district: Camberwell Inferred County: London Volume: 11 Page: 1241 Perhaps your grandmother was a civilian casualty in the war. Have you tried the Commonwealth War Graves Site? Rose

There's an Iris B Godfrey living in Kent on 192. Can't get the rest of the address though. Rose

Hi Rose Well i never, such a lot of options thank you so much , I have Irises birth cert she was born on the 6th sept 1931 in yarmouth , i am wondering if the death is her and she did remarry, having said that my gran was supposed to have died in kent where you have found an iris Godfrey, i will try cwg site for Annie first i think, thank you Rose you are a gem

Carol, So you know where in Kent she died? I can usually get addresses off 192 by guessing the first 2 letters of the postcode. I haven't been successful in this case despite there only being a few combinations for Kent -BR, CT, DA, ME and TN. Rose

Hi Rose my gran Annie Gellatly stewart or mills or Bacon is the one who died in kent but i do not know where, only that she died between 1939 and 1944 i have searched for her death in all three names but nothing , i just had a look on the cwg site but nothing thats why i thought i might find out something through her partener william Bacon (senior) and his first wife i will have to send for irises death cert (poole)to establish if this is her , in order to eliminate Iris Godfrey in kent what a muddle i keep forgetting who married who. Carol

Carol, What about searching for children of Iris and Vivian? I'm worried that death cert might not be correct. What leads you to believe Annie died during the war? Rose

Hi Rose I have a letter from Annies sister in law to Annies brother dated 1949 and talking about Annies death and that she died had died in kent just before her 2 yr old neice so i asked someone who could do scottish records and the child died in june 1944 in aberdeen and i have a photo of Annie and william and daughter iris who was about 9 in the photo also the tree of them were standing outside there house and they had blackout curtains up at the window , now if iris was 9ish photo would be 1940 so she was dead before 1944after many yrs of searching i found Annies brothers daughter on the internet who came over from scotland especially to give me the photo of my gran and to meet us but she knows less than me and the brother is dead so we just cant move on with this until now that we have a few more options thanks to you and my mum saw the photo of her mother as she was only 6 when annie left my grandad and my mum died last year so she saw it just in time Carol

Carol, I'm working on an address for Iris B Godfrey. She's in Greenwich. Will get back to you. Rose

Hi Rose Thank you Best Wishes Carol