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Hi, I am trying to find information on Gordon Price born in 1927/1928 in Stoke on Trent and he was in the North Staffs regiment Army. His father was Thomas William Price.

Can anyone please help. Am a complete novice to this and am drawing blanks.

Thanks in anticipation

Jo

There only seems one birth registration that might be him based upon the information that you have given:

Births Mar 1928 (>99%)
Price Gordon Bloor Stoke T. 6b 125

Info found at www.freebmd.org.uk (A free site)

Hi, thanks for replying/looking into that for me that's really good of you. I've looked on various sites and have managed to find 2 - one born in 1927 and one born in 1928, both with different mothers. What's the best way for me to find out which is the correct one ?

Jo

Hi yeah, that's the site that I looked at, but there is another one born Newcastle Under Lyme which is same sort of area.

Note the mothers name of both births and then use the site to look for a marriage of a Thomas W Price to a lady whose surname was the same as the maiden name shown on the birth record.

Good luck

I have tried that and drawn a blank. Unfortunately, I cant afford to subscribe to loads of sites, just wondering if there is a way of doing it without having to subscribe.

Freebmd doesnt have all records subscribed as yet.

Thanks for your help up to now though :-)

possibly not Bloor

here's two possible Price/ Bloor marriages

Name: Norman Price
Spouse Surname: Bloor
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1925
Registration district: Stoke-Upon-Trent
Registration county (inferred): Staffordshire
Volume Number: 6b
Page Number: 430


William H Price
Spouse Surname: Bloor
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1933
Registration district: Stoke-Upon-Trent
Registration county (inferred): Staffordshire
Volume Number: 6b
Page Number: 565

Hi, it was definately Thomas William Price. The other name is Bebbington. I can find a marriage to an Elizabeth Bebbington in Northwich Dec 1907 but one is 8a 498 and the other is 8a 493 - should they not be the same?

Jo

Duplicate thread. I've been wasting time on the other one. SIGH!


Rose

Sorry Rose. I posted here then found the other board. Sorry to have wasted your time. I am a novice so please excuse me

Jo

it's 493 on the original

(498 is a transcription error)

Really, so those two are linked then. Mind you I have been thinking about that - if Gordon Price was born in 1927 and they were married in 1907, that's 20 years - doubtful same ones do you think ?

Jo

I've just looked at original transcript (pdf) for thomas william and it does say 498 and elizabeth bebbington is 493. :(

looked on freebmd - sorry 4got to mention source.

Ok I have a bit more information - what I have to date is

His name was Gordon Price, he was born in 1927/1928. He was in the army, North Staffs Regiment - I can provide his army number later when my mum calls me if that helps. He was born in Cobridge, Stoke on Trent and his father was Thomas William Price.

He married Muriel James on 22nd May 1946 and had a daughter Kathleen in November 1946. He left when Kathleen was 3 years old. We believe he then went on to marry again, possibly having a son called David and 2/3 more children.

That I am afraid is everything that I have.

Any help at all would be appreciated so so much.

Jo

Ok I now have his Army No. 14918875 and he was a Private with the position of Lorry Driver.

Thanks in advance for any help :)

Jo

Is anyone able to help me on this, I really am struggling and need some help :(

I just want to get closure on this for my mum.

Jo

If he was born in Cobridge then it could be the Bloor birth. There's no middle initial on the marriage.

Rose

Thanks Rose. Neither Gordon or Muriel had middle initials. I think Bloor birth was registered Jan/Feb/Mar 1928 and there is a Bebbington registered in Jan/Feb/Mar 1927, just need to try and find out for definate which one it is.

Jo :)

I take it that you got Gordon's 'father's' name from the marriage cert?

Can you confirm that Gordon was only 17/18 when he married..............