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Member Since: April 2011 Posts: 14 Send Message	Sherrie	Report	12 Jun 2011 23:05
Member Since: April 2011 Posts: 14 Send Message	I am trying to trace my fathers real father,Geoffrey George Cross .He married my Fathers mum Beatrice Peggy Sell in Hendon 1944.I have a copy of their wedding certificate Naming his father as Henry James cross.I,ve no idea where he was born,but the wedding certificate stated he served in the royal navy. Im trying to look for a birth for him and also his Mothers details but I do not know how to look from here with so little known about him.I appologise but I am quite new to this so am a little stuck! :-S Thanks to anyone who can help!
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	12 Jun 2011 23:13
	Don't know if it's the right one but there is this Henry James Cross on the 1911 census:- CROSS, Mary Susannah Head Widow F 65 1846 Southwark London CROSS, Henry James Son Single M 30 1881 Iron Metal And Wastepaper Merchants Southwark London <<<<<<<<<<<<< CROSS, Horace Son Single M 27 1884 Lambeth London CROSS, Mabel Elizabeth Daughter Single F 26 1885 Lambeth London MCQUALLAIN, Mary Ann Emma Servant Single F 20 1891 General Servant Domestic Lambeth London Address: 48 Stockwell Park Road SW Reference: RG14PN2026 RG78PN71 RD25 SD3 ED20 SN24 Kath. x
Member Since: April 2011 Posts: 14 Send Message	Sherrie	Report	12 Jun 2011 23:19
Member Since: April 2011 Posts: 14 Send Message	Geoffrey was 20 when he married according to the wedding certificate!
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	12 Jun 2011 23:21
	There are no births with a middle intial of G on BMD. The G appears on the marriage entry.
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	12 Jun 2011 23:26
	Do you know if he was actually born in England?
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: April 2011 Posts: 14 Send Message	Sherrie	Report	12 Jun 2011 23:30
Member Since: April 2011 Posts: 14 Send Message	No idea what so ever,My Nan never talked about him and was not married long to him.?
Member Since: August 2007 Posts: 13,276 Send Message	Lindsey*	Report	12 Jun 2011 23:30
	Do you know when he died please ?
	Researching: For better results please give all the details ,name, date place as you can {pictures by me }
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	12 Jun 2011 23:34
	Welcome to the boards by the way...........PH.
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: April 2011 Posts: 14 Send Message	Sherrie	Report	12 Jun 2011 23:35
Member Since: April 2011 Posts: 14 Send Message	No im sorry,I dont know that information .I know he was living in Kenton when he married as this is on the wedding certificate!
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,062 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	12 Jun 2011 23:39
	There are two possible Geoffrey Cross's showing on freebmd. One baptised in 1924, and one in early 1925. As PH posted, there are none showing with second forename beginning with G ...... but this is not unusual. Many babies are registered with only one name, and then the second name is added at baptism. The birth certificate is not amended in such cases. Are there any more clues on that marriage certificate?? eg, names of witnesses? sylvia
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,062 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	12 Jun 2011 23:41
	There is a death for a Geoffrey George Cross in 1998 ....... but it says he was born in 1928 England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005 Name: Geoffrey George Cross Birth Date: 27 Mar 1928 Date of Registration: Nov 1998 Age at Death: 70 Registration district: Surrey South-Eastern Inferred County: Surrey Register number: 1B6F District and Subdistrict: 7601B Entry number: 22 sylvia
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,062 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	12 Jun 2011 23:44
	when you say your nan was not married to him for very long, what is "not very long"??? There is a marriage for a Geoffrey G Cross registered at Hendon just 1 year later in December quarter 1945 .......... the same place where the marriage to your Nan is registered! sylvia
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: April 2011 Posts: 14 Send Message	Sherrie	Report	12 Jun 2011 23:47
Member Since: April 2011 Posts: 14 Send Message	This would only have made him 16 when he married my Nan? He was according to the certificate a stoker in the R.N. M.X 118259 was the Rank or profession shown.His address is given as 20 newnham way Kenton? :-S
Member Since: August 2007 Posts: 13,276 Send Message	Lindsey*	Report	12 Jun 2011 23:50
	http://www.genesreunited.com.au/boards.page/board/ancestors/thread/1264417 Previous thread
	Researching: For better results please give all the details ,name, date place as you can {pictures by me }
Member Since: April 2011 Posts: 14 Send Message	Sherrie	Report	12 Jun 2011 23:50
Member Since: April 2011 Posts: 14 Send Message	My Nan never said how long!! Im guessing by my Dads DOB she was pregnant at the time when she married him but according to my nan he went off with somebody else and never stayed with her after my Dad was born!!
Member Since: April 2011 Posts: 14 Send Message	Sherrie	Report	12 Jun 2011 23:57
Member Since: April 2011 Posts: 14 Send Message	I have names on the wedding certificate as witnesses.Ada Ivy Appleyard(this is what it looks like anyway) and Henry cross his Father!
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 16,802 Send Message	Click ADD REPLY button - not this link!	Report	13 Jun 2011 00:07
	Sherrie, There was no need to start a new thread on this. You should have updated your old thread with the marriage cert. details. Rose
	Researching: I am not related to you and I'm not your husband's first wife!
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,062 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	13 Jun 2011 00:16
	Sherrie sometimes people get information wrong when they are registering a death. It's because people don't always tell the truth to their relations or friends ...... or possibly to the care worker who has to register the death! People often know the birth date and month of an older person, but may not know the year ...... so make a guess. Or the person themselves might have knocked 5 or so years off their actual age, because of vanity! I was just intrigued because that is the only death registered for a Geoffrey George Cross up to 2005. He could still be alive of course! Then I was intrigued by that other marriage which took place one year later in Hendon. Your Nan must have divorced him (or been divorced by him) ............. have you seen any papers? sylvia
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: April 2011 Posts: 14 Send Message	Sherrie	Report	13 Jun 2011 00:17
Member Since: April 2011 Posts: 14 Send Message	Sorry , Its the first time iv,e been on here and it,s a little confusing :-S Sherrie
Member Since: April 2011 Posts: 14 Send Message	Sherrie	Report	13 Jun 2011 00:21
Member Since: April 2011 Posts: 14 Send Message	I have not come across any divorce papers for my Nan and Geoffrey!

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Geoffrey George Cross born approx1924