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Please can anyone help I am trying to locate the birth details of my grandfather his name was Robert Edward Barnes dob 05/09/1911 he died in 1989 in Gloucester his fathers name was Samuel James Barnes and mother was Alice Maude Marriott. I can find information on his parents but I cannot find a birth record anywhere!!! :-(
I am not 100% sure of his birth place could be Gloucestershire and surrounding areas or Somerset maybe..

I would be extremely grateful if someone could help !! :-D

Many thanks Karen

Just a tip on Gloucestershire Karen. Where in Gloucestershire did he die/was he buried?

The reason I ask is that Gloucestershire is split in two. anyone born in South gloucestershire will come under the record office for S Glos which is not Gloucester record office. I think it is Bristol.

Try FreeBMD without using a area

for ref


Name: Alice Maud Barnes
Age in 1911: 29
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1882
Relation to Head: Wife
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Civil Parish: Gloucester
County/Island: Gloucestershire
Country: England
Street Address: 4 Davonport Yard, Westgate Street, Gloucester
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 4
Estimated Marriage Year: 1907
Registration District: Gloucester
Registration District Number: 325
Sub-registration District: Gloucester Northern
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Household Schedule Number: 158
Piece: 15281
Household Members:
Name Age
James Samuel Barnes 29
Alice Maud Barnes 29

Have you tried to find Samuel James Barnes & Alice Maude in the 1911 census.
Robert Edward was born about 4 months later so may give you a clue to area.

Too late... someone beat me to it.

Maybe he was registered as James??

Births Jun 1911 (>99%)
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Barnes James Gloucester 6a 285


No forget that too early

On the 1911 image, there were 3 children born but sadly all 3 had died

Maybe he was adopted as they had three children that had died in the last 5 years

Here are the three children that died I searched from 1906 -1920 these are all that came up

BARNES Arthur James Jonas BARNES BARNES MARRIOTT 1908 Gloucester Gloucester, Northern 2 272
BARNES Emily Sarah Maud BARNES BARNES MARRIOTT 1907 Gloucester Gloucester, Southern 1 498
BARNES Phyllis Beatrice Norah BARNES BARNES MARRIOTT 1909 Gloucester Gloucester, Northern 3 197

http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/BirthSearch.aspx

There were these three found on Freebmd....No Robert

Births Dec 1914 (>99%)
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Barnes Lionel J Marriott Gloucester 6a 512 Scan available - click to view

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Births Mar 1916 (>99%)
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Barnes Dorothy M Marriott Gloucester 6a 489 Scan available - click to view

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Births Sep 1920 (>99%)
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Barnes Walter J Marriott Gloucester 6a 650 Scan available - click to view

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

So looks as though he was born in Gloucester itself then so not South Gloucester. You could contact the Record Office in Gloucester I believe they are very helpful although not had to use them myself, not got anyone born in Gloucester.

I have just seen this site mentioned on Genealogical chat board

, but here is a link to this free online site:

http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/MainMenu.aspx

It might be of help to you.

I already posted the link when I found the earlier births Ann