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can any one help me with some info i am trying to trace john donovan he was married to winifred and had a daughter christine i am searching records i have found one john donovan not sure if its the one the only details i have are d.o.b.5/11/1924 gro.1a87 can any one tell me how i get forward now to check if this is him or not thanks dawn

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Births Dec 1924 (>99%)
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Donovan John Lear Mile End 1c 393
Donovan John Long Mile End 1c 506
Donovan John D Faulkner Camberwell 1d 1235
Donovan John G Beattie Paddington 1a 87 <<<<<
Donovan John H Elvin Cardiff 11a 577

All births for John Donovan for the Dec Qua 1924 looks like he is here,Mothers MM beatie.
I am trying ti find the marriage for you .
Do you have any information on Johns Dau ie;her date of birth,or an approx date for the marriage.

Hi do you have a middle name for Christine.

England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005
about Christine Donovan
Name: Christine Donovan
Mother's Maiden Surname: Smith
Date of Registration: Apr May Jun 1950
Registration district: Poplar
Registration county: Greater London, Middlesex
Volume Number: 5d
Page Number: 366

Possible birth mmm Smith,is Christine your Sister.
If so your birth cert would have mothers maiden name on it .

England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005
about Christine E Donovan
Name: Christine E Donovan
Mother's Maiden Surname: Hillier
Date of Registration: Jan Feb Mar 1954
Registration district: Bromley
Registration county: Greater London
Volume Number: 5b
Page Number: 253

Another Possible birth

is there any way with the date of birth that i have for john donovan if i could find out who he was married to and any names of children is there a way i could look that up please help

Hi Dawn I am trying to find a marr but it is proving difficult,I have to search the indexes qua by qua and it takes a while.
With no yr to work with it will be slow ,I have stared with 1945 yr so if anyone else would like to help search the indexes.Suex

the only way to find out anything for sure is to buy the certificates
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/default.asp

Any idea when and where he married winnifred?

also are any of the Christine births given to you by Susan any good?

see for BMDs on http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl and for more recent stuff www.ancestry.co.uk

V.

hi victoria not sure when he married could be 40s up to 1954 im sure it would have been in paddington area as he lived there in 60s but yet again not sure and as for his daughter christine i would say 1950s but no more than 1954

England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005
about Christine E Donovan
Name: Christine E Donovan
Mother's Maiden Surname: Guppy
Date of Registration: Jul Aug Sep 1947
Registration district: Paddington
Registration county: Greater London
Volume Number: 5d
Page Number: 384

Only paddington birth but is it to early (edited correct birth )

Surname First name(s) Spouse District Vol Page

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Marriages Jun 1913 (>99%)
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Beattie Alice C Donovan Paddington 1a 69
Donovan Thomas Beattie Paddington 1a 69

This could be the marr of Johns parents(bn 1924 dec Qua already posted) .

hi susan not sure it could be 1947 but how will i know depends on parents name

Hi Dawn I think I have found the marriage for John,
John G Donovan married Winifred E L Guppy Sept Qua 1946
In Kensington 5c 2898 you can order the marr cert with that information.
Already posted birth of Christine for 1947 Mothers maiden name Guppy.Suex

Well done Susan, how did you do it???

Just buy cross matching the indexes very time consuming though.
Very happy to have helped you,might be a bit more difficult finding who Christine marr.Suex

hi susan i cant believe you have done that i cant thank you enough im sure you know what my next step will be thank you again

Already on it Dawn ,looking for a marriage for Christine as we speak.Suex

i know this is going to sound a stupid question but this is all new to me to get birth and marrage cert do i go to my local town hall

refer to my earlier post

you buy the cert online http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/default.asp
they cost gbp7 if you put in all the reference data

thanks victoria but not sure what gbp7 stands for i will try to work out

Hi Dawn Just found what I think could be a marriage for Christine.
Christine E Donovan marr Robert C Dawkins March Qua 1966
Hillingdon Grt London 5c 697.
This is only a possible but a very good one,if you go to the site Victoria gave you, you can order the marr cert and check the parents details ,it cost 7 english pounds but it would confirm if it is the correct marr