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firemansam

firemansam Report 6 Feb 2011 22:22

harold wallace tombs coal miner

Catherine

Catherine Report 6 Feb 2011 22:30

Need more that you have posted. Approximate dates, location and what do you want to know.

Catherine

TheLadyInRed

TheLadyInRed Report 6 Feb 2011 22:31

Jeffery - this is at least your third posting tonight. Again, is the info posted by safc on other thread correct?

Catherine

Catherine Report 6 Feb 2011 22:32

Is this him?

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Birth, Baptism & Christening

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Name: Harold Wallace Tombs
Year of Registration: 1892
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Worcester
County: Hereford and Worcester, Worcestershire
Volume: 6c

Take a look at the picture to see even more.

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Name: Harold Wallace Tombs
Birth: Oct 1892 - Worcester, Hereford and Worcester, Worcestershire

Catherine

firemansam

firemansam Report 6 Feb 2011 22:46

this i am not sure my father is from maesteg

TheLadyInRed

TheLadyInRed Report 6 Feb 2011 22:53

you didn't mention this before. Anything else you know about him? Approx date of bitth, parents, spouse etc?

Mike *

Mike * Report 6 Feb 2011 23:04

When you say he "from" Maesteg, do you know he was born there or just that he lived there. ?

Is the date about right ?

Mike *

Mike * Report 6 Feb 2011 23:06

Is this his marriage ?

Marriages Sep 1915 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dobbins Elizabeth A - Tombs Bridgend 11a 1843
Tombs Harold W - Dobbins Bridgend 11a 1843

Mike *

Mike * Report 6 Feb 2011 23:08


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Harold Wallace Tombs
Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 19 FEB 1893 St Martin'S, Worcester, Worcester, England

Parents:
Father: Daniel Tombs
Mother: Selina Tombs


Mike *

Mike * Report 6 Feb 2011 23:10

Possible for his parents marriage

Marriages Mar 1885 (>99%)
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>>>>>>>>>BARBER Selina Martley 6c 319
BISHOP Walter James Martley 6c 319
Hyde Alice Elizabeth Martley 6c 319
>>>>>>>Tombs Daniel Martley 6c 319

Mike *

Mike * Report 6 Feb 2011 23:12

Again maybes ... need checking out.


Births Mar 1861
Tombs Daniel - Martley 6c 308


Births Jun 1861
BARBER Selina - Martley 6c 295

TheLadyInRed

TheLadyInRed Report 6 Feb 2011 23:23

Jeffrey has pm'd me to say he's new to this so have given him advice about how to reply to threads and avoid duplication

Mike *

Mike * Report 7 Feb 2011 00:09

Births Jun 1897
Dobbins Elizabeth Ann - Bridgend 11a 785



1901
Elizabeth Dobbins - 4 - born Glam Maesteg - residing Maesteg Higher Llangynwyd

Mike *

Mike * Report 7 Feb 2011 00:15

Children of Harold Wallace Tombs and Elizabeth Dobbins ???


Births Sep 1916
Tombs Hilda G - Dobbins- Bridgend 11a 1623


Deaths Mar 1918
Tombs Hilda [GC] - 1 - Bridgend 11a 902

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Births
Tombs Harold E - Dobbins -Bridgend 11a 2116

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Births
Tombs Doris S- Dobbins - Bridgend 11a 1758

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Births
Tombs Florence M - Dobbins - Bridgend 11a 1463

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Births
Tombs Ronald V - Dobbins - Bridgend 11a 1317

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Births
Tombs Hilda - Dobbins - Bridgend 11a 1117



Some of these may still be alive so have deleted the dates.

You can look them up on freebmd

LINK
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

Mike *

Mike * Report 8 Feb 2011 20:43

PM received from Jeffrey

"yes this does look like the marrage because my father is born in maesteg in 1919 but my grandfather looks like he is from worcester thank for information any more would be helpfull "


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Please make your replies on here Jeffrey for all to see. (unless it's about living people)
Thanks

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 8 Feb 2011 20:49

Here's Daniel & Selina in 1891, before Harold. Still searching 1901.

1891 England Census
Name: Daniel Tombs
Age: 30
Estimated birth year: abt 1861
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Selina Tombs
Gender: Male
Where born: Leigh, Worcestershire, England
Civil Parish: South Claines
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
County/Island: Worcestershire
Country: England
Street address: 69 Northfield St

Occupation: Bread Deliverer

Registration district: Worcester
Sub-registration district: North Worcester
Household Members:
Name Age
Daniel Tombs 30
Selina Tombs 30 - also born Leigh, Worcestershire
Ethel M Tombs 2
Hilda M Tombs 10/12

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 8 Feb 2011 20:57

1901 England Census
Name: Harold Tomes
Age: 8
Estimated birth year: abt 1893
Relation: Son
Father's name: Daniel Tomes
Mother's name: Selina Tomes
Gender: Male
Where born: St Marys, Worcestershire, England
Civil Parish: Leigh
Ecclesiastical parish: St Edburgha
Town: Leigh
County/Island: Worcestershire
Country: England
Street address: Ashfield

Registration district: Martley
Sub-registration district: Leigh
Household Members:
Name Age
Daniel Tomes 40 - Bricklayer's Labourer
Selina Tomes 40
Ethel Tomes 12 - born St Pauls
Hilda Tomes 10 - born St Marys
Harold Tomes 8 - born St Marys
Gladys Tomes 2 - born St Johns