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then his wife was Elizabeth 1891 census
Household Members: Name Age
Elizabeth Besley 40
Frank Besley 3
John Besley 6
Joseph Besley 16
Thomas Besley 42
Thomas Besley 7

was it him who died or his father (if he was a Thomas) there is this death index is it the right area

Name: Thomas Besley
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1849
Year of Registration: 1915
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at Death: 66
District: Dulverton (1855-1936)
County: Devon, Somerset
Volume: 5c
Page: 451

yes oct/nov/dec/1883 he was born 16 feb 1915 he died. in between he married? and had a son thomas c 1910

looking at birth indexes and only finding one Thomas for about 1884 the ww1 that Angela posted seems to be the one you are looking for and the only one to die was the 17 year old , oh dear what a tangle!!!

just spoke to my gramps and he suggested an elizabeth!!! but hes not sure...

yeah i have been on that thats how i found out about my gggrandad, and findmypast. but not who he married although i know he did i will have to just be patient and wait for next census i think.

I have found a website for The Somerset Light Infantry and they have a roll of honour for all those who died in ww1
There is only one Besley
This is the only info given
BESLEY Thomas Pte. Bampton, Devon

http://www.lightinfantry.org.uk/regiments/sli/somerset_warmemo.htm
gives info on the battalion. Quite an interesting site.

oh my!!! no my gramps told me his dad never remembered his dad because he was only 5 when his dad died in the war!! but my gramps cant remember his nans name.... which is what we were originally trying to locate!!! lol:)

I found 1915 on Findmypast, military records soldiers died in 1st world war. 1917 one doesn't come up. Its very odd. If it is the same person and he was 17 in 1917, he'd have been very young to have a child in 1910!!!
Are you more confused yet Sylvia?
I think Jones might have been an easier name

Think i will just wait for next census to be released and see if it adds up then!!!

yeah i saw that but silly traditions of having a family name just confuses everything!!!:)

And it dont take much to get me in a tangle!!

only asked because both seem to have same service number?? and i couldnt see a 1915 one on cwgc site

yeah lindsey did post right thomas besley died 1915 in war. the other one was a cousin of his. does that make any sense?

Did it say where Joan was born ? because the is also an olive who was born in 1935 i assume it would be in same area as they lived in porthkerry barry for all their childhoods.

ok so no marriage of ggrandfather or birth of grandad!!! somethings up!!! lol:) Glad its not just me who cant find it though, makes me feel a bit better!!

Sylvia i thought you meant Lindsay had the right death in ww1 . if so the one i posted seems to be the same person

I have looked through freebmd and can find no other marriage for a Thomas Besley in the period 1898 to 1918. The father of the Thomas who married Elizabeth Vearncombe was Fred Besley which rules this family out.

Janice
Thanks for that but its a relation, Stephen was uncle to my thomas...

They had a son Thomas b1884 i cant find who he married!

A Thomas Besley married Elizabeth Chiplin in the Wellington Records area in 1871 (according to freebmd). I dont have access to the parish records for this period.