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Robert Arthur Reed 1918-1990

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Rosie

Rosie Report 18 Jul 2022 13:36

Any information on my grandfather, all i know is he died in hastings in 1990, i cant find any information on a birth and have no record of his parents. i belive he grew up in Northiam east sussex.

alviegal

alviegal Report 18 Jul 2022 13:44

For ref with date of birth 8/10/1917.

First name(s) Robert Arthur
District Hastings & Rother
Last name Reed
Register number 990
Gender Male
County Sussex
Birth day 8
Volume 18
Birth month 10
Page 896
Birth year 1917
Country England
Age -
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Death quarter 3
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Registration Month 9
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
Death year 1990

alviegal

alviegal Report 18 Jul 2022 13:45

Possible birth.

First name(s) Robert A
Country England
Last name Reed
Volume 2A
Birth quarter 4
Page 1167
Birth year 1917
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
Mother's maiden name Brunton
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
District Tonbridge
Subcategory Civil Births
County Kent

REED, ROBERT ARTHUR BRUNTON
GRO Reference: 1917 D Quarter in TONBRIDGE Volume 02A Page 1167


from https://www.gro.gov.uk/

alviegal

alviegal Report 18 Jul 2022 13:51

Possible marriage for parents going by area of death

Marriages Dec 1906 (>99%)
>>BRUNTON Annie Hastings 2b 60
GUTSELL Fanny Hastings 2b 60
>>REED Charles Hastings 2b 60
White Frederick James Hastings 2b 60

https://www.freebmd.org.uk

alviegal

alviegal Report 18 Jul 2022 13:58

Siblings?

REED, HELEN AMELIA BRUNTON
GRO Reference: 1911 D Quarter in MILTON Volume 02A Page 1792
REED, SUSAN ANNIE BRUNTON
GRO Reference: 1909 S Quarter in HASTINGS Volume 02B Page 16
REED, EDWARD CHARLES BRUNTON
GRO Reference: 1907 M Quarter in HASTINGS Volume 02B Page 7
REED, JANETTA BRUNTON
GRO Reference: 1913 M Quarter in MILTON Volume 02A Page 1869
REED, NELLIE EVELYN BRUNTON
GRO Reference: 1914 S Quarter in MILTON Volume 02A Page 2009
REED, RICHARD THOMAS BRUNTON
GRO Reference: 1916 M Quarter in TONBRIDGE Volume 02A Page 1506
REED, BEATRICE ANNIE BRUNTON
GRO Reference: 1920 J Quarter in MALLING Volume 02A Page 1791

alviegal

alviegal Report 18 Jul 2022 14:01

1911 Census For England & Wales
24 Cockleshell Walk Sittingbourne, Sittingbourne, Kent, England
View original record
Household members (7 people)
First name(s) Last name Relationship to head Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Arthur Reed Head
Married Male 26 1885 Labourer general Hastings Sussex
Mary Ann Reed Wife
Married Female 27 1884 - Milton Regis
Dorothy Mary Reed Daughter
- Female 4 1907 - Sittingbourne Kent
Florence Beatrice Reed Daughter
- Female 1 1910 - Sittingbourne Kent
>Charles Reed Brother
Married Male 29 1882 Labourer general Hastings Sussex
>Annie Reed Sister
Married Female 22 1889 - Hastings Sussex
>Edward Charles Reed Son
- Male 5 1906 - Hastings Sussex

alviegal

alviegal Report 18 Jul 2022 14:09

1939 Register
3 Reeves Cottages, Northiam, Battle R.D., Sussex, England

Household members (6 people)
First name(s) Last name(s) Birth date Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule sub number
Charlie Reed 01 Oct 1881 Male Road Labourer Married 37 1
Annie Reed 14 Dec 1887 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 37 2
Beatrice Reed 16 Mar 1920 Female Domestic Service (Paid) Single 37 3

The record for this person is officially closed.

The record for this person is officially closed.

The record for this person is officially closed.

alviegal

alviegal Report 18 Jul 2022 14:16

1921
Annie
Reed
1890
Hastings, Sussex, England
Wrotham
Malling
Kent
----

Beatrice
Reed
1920
Wrotham
Malling
Kent
----

Charles E
Reed
1905
Hastings, Sussex, England
Wrotham
Malling
Kent
----

Charlie
Reed
1881
Hastings, Sussex, England
Wrotham
Malling
Kent
-----

Richard
Reed
1916
Wrotham
Malling
Kent
-------

Robert
Reed
1917
Wrotham
Malling
Kent
-------------

Nellie
Reed
1914
Wrotham
Malling
Kent
-------

Jessie
Reed
1913
Wrotham
Malling
Kent


All from the 1921 census which is, unfortunately, pay to view.

Rosie

Rosie Report 18 Jul 2022 15:41

Thank you so much, as far a i know he could possibly have had a brother by the name of richard/Dick.
He had a son Robert Fifield, mothers name Doris ruby charlotte fifield.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 18 Jul 2022 16:17

Look for possible birth registration of sibling(s) on the following FREE site

https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Input the surname and mother's maiden name in the appropriate boxes, and click 'find'

Although.........the names are all posted above!

Not tactful to give details of illegitimacy...................

Rosie

Rosie Report 18 Jul 2022 16:41

Pretty sure that boat has passed long ago!

alviegal

alviegal Report 19 Jul 2022 12:56

Doris in 1939.

1939 Register
Little Gate Farm, Beckley, Northiam, Battle R.D., Sussex, England

Household members (3 people)
First name(s) Last name(s) Birth date Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule sub number
Herbert C Coakes 15 Jan 1890 Male Private Means Married 142 1
Alice M Coakes 11 Jan 1880 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 142 2
Doris R C Kaulich (Fifield) 03 May 1921 Female Maid Servant Single 142 3


and her death.

First name(s) Doris Charlotte R
District Ashford
Last name Kaulich
County Kent
Gender Female
Volume 16
Birth day 3
Page 0100
Birth month 5
Country England
Birth year 1922
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Age -
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Death quarter 2
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
Death year 1979

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 31 Jul 2022 06:47

Name: Doris R C Fifield
Registration Date: Apr 1922
[May 1922]
[Jun 1922]
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration District: Malling
Inferred County: Kent
Mother's Maiden Name: Kemsley
Volume Number: 2a
Page Number: 1425

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 31 Jul 2022 06:49

The son was born 1941

Details on freebmd