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Hi Christine,

Would just like to wish you a good weekend and the pm was the very least i could do for all the help that you have given me

Regards Elaine

Hi Elaine,

You're welcome and many thanks for your kind words and pm.

Christine

Hi Christine,

Thankyou very much, i will send for the certificate and then i can hopefully build from there.

I can only guess that you have been doing this for quite sometime as you have found out more for me than ive been able to find out alone lol, you are such a special person helping me with this dont think i will ever be able to put into words how grateful i really am for all the help that you have given me,

Kind regards Elaine

Hi Elaine,

Found the marriage

Q1 1941 Nottingham 7b 785

John G Thorpe to Moesby

Wish I'd started in 1940 and gone forwards rather than going back from 1948 lol, but got there in the end.

If you get that cert it will give both their father's names and ages then hopefully we will be able to find out more for you.

Christine

Ok Christine many thanks

I checked marriages in 1945 and 46 and not there, had to give up because Ancestry has gone daft and isn't displaying the images but will try again later this evening.

Christine

Hi Christine your an angel thankyou so much for this information you really dont know how much all this means to me and its going to mean even more to my mum as she is one of the main reasons for me doing this as she really remembers very little about her family as she was so young when both her parents died.

Kind regards Elaine

Ancestry is playing up but found her

Q3 1939 Nottingham 7b 416

Patricia A Moesby mmn Church

We now need to find the other childrens birth registrations to try and determine when she married John Thorpe.

At least it's narrowed down a bit, checked and Susan was registered as Thorpe so marriage is between 1839 and 1848

Christine

Was just about to post this when saw your reply.

I checked Mosby and nothing, will now check other spelling

Christine

Hi Christine im lead to believe that two possibly three of the girls was from the 1st marriage and we think the correct spelling of the 1st husbands name is moesby this is about all i have managed to find out im still trying to seek information on edna and lilian, i know rosemary was definatley a thorpe as was my mother so the chances are that patricia would of been moesby, thanks for your help

Had a quick look, there is no Patricia Thorpe in 1939 with MMN Church so maybe she was from 1st marriage.

Christine

Hi Elaine,

You said he was her 2nd husband, do you know if all the children were his or were some from the 1st marriage.?

Am going to bed shortly but will look tomorrow for Patricia to see if she was Thorpe.

Christine

Hi Cristine, I found out his approxmite age through one of my mums sisters as im trying all angles and everyone i can think of to find out as much as i can about my family, aswel as any help anyone can give me on here and all help is much appreciated by everyone that has replied on this message board a great big thankyou to you all.

Hi David, thanks for that information it is very much appreciated i can now try and work from this i have a real good feeling that you may have found my grandad for me thankyou

There is a birth reg for John George Thorpe in 1915 in Nottingham.

There is a death registered Q1 1962 in Poole, Dorset 7c 966

John G Thorpe age 45 which maybe him.

How did you know his age because he would have been a few years younger than his wife.

Christine

Also forgot to say that when mary ellen married john he was her 2nd husband as her 1st husband the name of mosby died so for the marriage of herself and john think i maybe looking for mosby(not sure if ive spelt mosby right) and not her maiden name of church, still having diffuculty finding the year that mary ellen and john married

I have just managed to find out that john george thorpe died around about 1961-1962 at the time of his death he was based in an army camp in ranford possibly ramford dorset he would of been about 45yrs old at the time, dont know if anyone can help with this

Ok thanks minnie

The thing is- something that you may not be aware of, you need to have a pretty good idea of when someone married, (certainly after about 1901 anyway) because the 'looking up' is quite involved. prior to 1910 it is easier.

first child born such and such , suggests they married before or around that time.

( at the moment, its pointless searching after 1939)

Sheila thorpe was born in 1950 and she died 1955 in nottingham i know patricia was born in 1939 in nottingham, still waiting for other information on the others