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I wonder if his age was a year out?

Births Sep 1937 Stevenson Leon B Stevenson Barrow S. 7a 243

I saw that birth rootgatherer, wondered if he was called "Len" and Leonard would be the first assumption.
Perhaps the Death Certificate would give more clues.

Yes it is a possibility even if he was known as Leo.

Perchino, I hope you don't mind me re-posting your link as the one above didn't work:

http://www.leicestershirevillages.com/barrowuponsoar/availablechurchandbu.html

Kevin, if you follow that link, it's the Register which Perchino listed and is at the very bottom of the page. It opens as an Excel spreadsheet. You will find what may be some useful contact info within the record.

Thanks MarieCeleste. I was trying to cope with a driver malfunction, a post and a telephone call all at the same time. Known as multi-tasking!

Perhaps the step-parents are on that site.

There are deaths registered for:
John William Smith
12 June 1971

and:

Gertrude Louisa Smith
5 December 1965

Edit:
John's death and dob:

Name John William Smith
Year of Registration 1971
Quarter of Registration Apr-May-Jun
Registration District Leicester
Registration County Leicestershire
Date of Birth 31 July 1906
Volume Number 3A
Volume Page 1383

and Gertrude:

Name Gertrude L Smith
Year of Registration 1965
Quarter of Registration Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration District Loughborough
Registration County Leicestershire
Age at Death: 64
Volume Number 3A
Volume Page 797

There is also a William John Smith.

This looks to be his death entry but older than the 72 years stated on the website?

Name: William John Smith
Birth Date: 1897
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1976
Age at Death: 79
Registration district: Leicestershire Central
Inferred County: Leicestershire
Volume: 6
Page: 2534

Hi all
Just spoke to me mum the link is his DOB 16 June 1936, if ican find a match to that ? He went in the army under that, 1941 census would be useful, i might not be around for that ! War bonds had his dads name on ? ID Card during war ?

Just as a by the way, there is no marriage showing on Ancestry for Leon B Stevenson - of course he may not have married or even emigrated.

Looks like the way ive got to go, is there a death ?

Well as I have quite a few acquaintances, no, several friends and family born before 1930 who are still with us, I wasn't too surprised that there wasn't a death before 2005.

EDIT

Just wondering Kevin, if he was illegitimate and you don't know his mother's name how will you know when you find the correct birth certificate? I suppose you could then search for a death for his mother in the time scale that you have.


Personally, I would ask someone to splash out the £9.25 for Leon's birth certificate as a Christmas pressie! Even if only to eliminate him.

Kevin, back to basics. Exactly what official documentation do you have showing the dob as 16/06/1936?
So far rootgatherer's find of Leon's birth is the closest and a pressie of the certificate is the answer!
Life for a single mother 1936/1937 was very different from now and it may be that your father's mother was sent to stay in Derby before/after the birth to avoid local scandal. For certificate purposes Derby could well be a "red herring".
Did John William Smith work in Derby at some stage? Do you know if he was employed in (say) engineering (Rolls Royce, Railways etc)? Knowing his occupation could provide more leads.

Re 1941 census

Affraid even if you were around for that, there was'nt one due to the war

jax

TRying to place Gertrude. There is no birth registered for Gertrude Louisa Cooke to fit the age given on her death. So I wondered if. in fact her marriage to Mr. Smith was actually her third as she was 44 years old when she married Mr. Denby. Not impossible for a first marriage to be later in life of course.

Marriages Mar 1928 (>99%)
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ALLEN David Leak Loughbro' 7a 183
COOKE Tommy Wells Loughbro' 7a 183
LEAK Violet M M Allen Loughbro' 7a 183
WELLS Gertrude L Coke Loughbro' 7a 183


Births Dec 1901 WELLS Gertrude Louisa Nottingham 7b 304


HOUSEHOLD WELLS GERTURDE LOUSIE F 1902 9 Loughborough Leicestershire

I don't have a sub to see who she is living with. Can someone check for me please? It may be a waste of time but I am trying to see if there is a Stevenson connection with her.

Sorry, got it (didn't notice that Gertrude had been mis-spelt)

She is living with these people.

HOUSEHOLD WELLS ETHEL F 1910 8 MONTHS Loughborough Leicestershire
HOUSEHOLD WELLS FLORENCE F 1907 4 Loughborough Leicestershire
HOUSEHOLD WELLS FLORENCE F 1877 34 Loughborough Leicestershire
HOUSEHOLD WELLS JOSEPH M 1875 36 Loughborough Leicestershire
HOUSEHOLD WELLS JOSEPH M 1898 13 Loughborough Leicestershire


Well none of that was any good as her mother's maiden name was Martin.

Marriages Dec 1896 (>99%)
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Martin Florence Loughbro' 7a 300
Moss Mary Ann Loughbro' 7a 300
Rice Thomas Loughbro' 7a 300
WELLS Joseph Loughbro' 7a 300

the one rootgatherer found

1911
WELLS, Joseph Head Married M 36 1875 Labourer Borough Council Barrow Leic VIEW
WELLS, Florence Wife Married F 34 1877 Quorndon Leic VIEW
WELLS, Joseph Son Single M 13 1898 Loughborough Leic VIEW
WELLS, Gerturde Lousie Daughter Single F 9 1902 Nottingham Notts VIEW
WELLS, Florence Daughter Single F 4 1907 Loughborough Leices VIEW
WELLS, Ethel Daughter Single F 0 (8 MONTHS) 1911 Loughborough Leices VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
19106 Reference:
RG14PN19106 RG78PN1144 RD405 SD1 ED8 SN300

Registration District:
Loughborough Sub District:
Loughborough Enumeration District:
8 Parish:
Loughborough

Address:
5 Court B Dead Lane Loughborough County:
Leicestershire

Now this could be a co-incidence. I am thinking that if Leonard was brought up by family, he was maybe not officially adopted.

Could this be a second marriage for Gertrude's brother?

Marriages Mar 1955 (>99%)
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HARPER Doris A WELLS Leicester 3a 1859
HARVEY Isabella A STRETTON Leicester 3a 1859
STEVENSON Doris A WELLS Leicester 3a 1859
STRETTON Sidney R HARVEY Leicester 3a 1859
WELLS Joseph HARPER Leicester 3a 1859
WELLS Joseph STEVENSON Leicester 3a 1859


Looks like Doris was born Stevenson?

Name: Doris Wells
Birth Date: 10 May 1900
Date of Registration: Aug 2001
Age at Death: 101
Registration district: Spilsby
Inferred County: Lincolnshire
Register number: 16C
District and Subdistrict: 6261
Entry number: 269


Births Jun 1900 STEVENSON Doris Althea Barrow S. 7a 159

Marriages Jun 1919 Stevenson Doris A Harper Barrow S. 7a 444

1901 - so many siblings!

Name: Doris A Stevenson
Age: 1
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1900
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: William Stevenson
Mother's Name: Annie Stevenson
Gender: Female
Where born: Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire, England

Civil parish: Woodhouse
Ecclesiastical parish: Woodhouse Eaves St Paul
Town: Woodhouse Eaves
County/Island: Leicestershire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Barrow upon Soar
Sub-registration district: Quorndon
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 26
Piece: 2981
Folio: 54
Page Number: 3
Household Members: Name Age
William Stevenson 38
Annie Stevenson 38
Frederick Stevenson 16
Edith A Stevenson 14
John W Stevenson 12
Florence L Stevenson 10
Shirley Stevenson 7
Evelyn Stevenson 5
Isabella Stevenson 3
Doris A Stevenson 1


Marriages Jun 1880
CROSSLEY Isabel Barrow S 7a 205
HIMAN Annie Barrow S. 7a 205
Mason Thomas Barrow S. 7a 205
Stevenson William Barrow S 7a 205

1911

HOUSEHOLD STEVENSON DORIS F 1900 11 Barrow upon Soar Leicestershire

Living with?

HOUSEHOLD STEVENSON ANNE F 1862 49 Barrow upon Soar Leicestershire
HOUSEHOLD STEVENSON EVELINE F 1896 15 Barrow upon Soar Leicestershire
HOUSEHOLD STEVENSON FRANK M 1902 9 Barrow upon Soar Leicestershire
HOUSEHOLD STEVENSON FREDERICK M 1885 26 Barrow upon Soar Leicestershire
HOUSEHOLD STEVENSON ISABELLA F 1898 13 Barrow upon Soar Leicestershire
HOUSEHOLD STEVENSON JOHN WILLIAM M 1889 22 Barrow upon Soar Leicestershire
HOUSEHOLD STEVENSON SHIRLEY M 1894 17 Barrow upon Soar Leicestershire

All the girls in that family married so any children would not be Stevensons.

John William married in 1913 and died in 1953 still living in Leicestershire.

Frank died in Leicestershire in 1990.

John William Stevenson had 2 daughters. One died in 1990 unmarried. This could be the death of the other daughter but English geography not my strong point so not sure how near this is to Barrow.

Name: Betsy Stevenson
Birth Date: abt 1920
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1942
Age at Death: 22
Registration district: Melton Mowbray
Inferred County: Leicestershire
Volume: 7a
Page: 607


Kevin, I still think that you should send for that Leon birth certificate and come back to the thread and let us know the outcome - even if it is the wrong one.