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Hi Gemma
Just read this thread through. Amazing detective work.
Hope you have some good news soon.
I went through a similar thing last week, wrote the letter and put in a self SAE and fingers crossed am waiting now. I have so much to share with them.
Joan x

contacted a few people on here, waiting on some responses. contacted a diana who has an Hazel Dewick in her tree.

contacted Lisa Rees who has an Ivy Bryant on here and it is not the lady I am looking for. thanks for all the new messages, still waiting on some response on the death certs. x

hi,
don't give up.i knew nothing other than a name and that my dad was in the raf and welsh! i have found him after 43 years of not knowing.all my family are dead so had no help.you will find him,please keep your chin up.
good luck.
jane

PM sent with some phone numbers

Any phone numbers for these?

Hey thank you for all that information! Wow I am slighlty overwelled now! but thats all good I have some work cut out for me next week!

Big thanks to you all, fingers crossed and I will keeep you updated.

I have just found a 2008 address for a relative of Patricia Long, I have sent a pm to Gemma.

Gemma

If you search the tress on GR for Ivy Bryan 1919 their is a match.

Regards
LfW

I have found a marriage for Patricia I Long and found them on 192 up to 2003 only.

I will pm Gemma with the info and she can try to get in touch and find out if this is David's sister.

ValT

Possible for Frederick Jnr:

Marriage
1959 JAS Long Frederick G - Dewick Hazel L - Ealing 5e 546

Child:
Birth
1959 OND Long Sharen T - mmn Dewick - Windsor 6a 343

(I've spelt Sharen as it is on the GRO index)

I'll look and see if I can find a marriage for Patricia, it could take some time.

I was wondering if David's middle name was Bryan????

ditto ValT

The middle initial should help to narrow the list down.
I wonder if their were other siblings, they could have been 20ish by the time David was born and in their early 40s by the time Gemma was born which could explain why they weren't known of !?!

Updated:
ValT - we're obviously on the same wavelength :-)

Found a son

Frederick G Long mmn Bryan
Mar 1939
Bermondsey
Vol: 1d
Page: 76


Found a daughter

Patricia I Long mmn Bryan
Jun 1941
Barnstaple
vol: 5b
Page: 1036

wtg LfW

Found this marriage

JUN 1938
Ivy L Bryan to Frederick W J Long
Bermondsey
Vol:1d
Page:260

Bingo!!!

Marriage:
1938 AMJ Bryan Ivy L - Long Frederick W J - Bermondsey 1d 260

Their is this birth:

1961 AMJ
Long David B
mmn Bryan
Bermondsey 5c 51

and this one possibly for his mother:

Births Dec 1919 (>99%)
Bryan Ivy L Johnson St. Olave 1d 372

Could be a coincidence, have you found the marriage for Davids parents?

Regards
LfW

thanks for the info, i have sent them an email

Hi Gemma

You could try looking at old newspapers to see if there were any announcements from family on that death of FWJ Long. The other thing that it might be worth doing is to look at the probate information held in Holborn which, if he left a will, should tell you who the executors were and if you got a copy of the will it might give some other clues. A copy of a will costs £5 I think.