Genealogy Chat

Yes Chrystine they were a couple we were looking for (on my husband's side) and found them in the Mixed Marriages but there seems to be other indexes as well so you may find what you're looking for.
Good luck
Maggie

Hope you have some luck.Chrystine it looks like it could be helpful in ordering.

Maggie Im sorry I think I may have misunderstood you, I take it you found the couple you were looking for and not the ones Im looking for.

Thank you Kay I am ploughing my way through this now.

Hi Maggie Im sorry but I have followed your link but cant see anything. could yougive me a bit more detail please, many thanks.

I found this site yesterday re Malta family history and found the couple we were looking for. He was in the navy.

http://website.lineone.net/~stephaniebidmead/index.htm

Maggie

have a look at this site for online ordering of a copy of marriage certs.


www.barbsnow.net/Malta.htm


(many church registeres were destroyed in WW2,)

(noticed 2 Burials on below link)

http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/Advancediscovery.aspx

DEAKES Ellen
Burial 18 Jun1900

DEAKES Ethel
Burial 27 Aug1900

Chris :)

thanks for that Kay???? i will try them, I suppose your right mgnv, it looks as if I will have to try to get what I want another way, never mind, once again thanks to everyone for your help.

I've got my grandad's WW1 service record.
My gran's name appears twice, firstly as n.o.k (I presume - the caption is burned off), and secondly, on a page giving details of his family, which lists his kids along with their d.o.b. This was updated when my aunt was born.
It also gives the date of his marr, but only my gran's marr name.
I have seen other WW1 service records that give the maiden surname and church, but that's not on mine.
Who knows why the army does anything, but I'd assumed his family structure would affect any pension paid to his widow in the event of his death.

there is a Maltese family history forum.

also google throws up some info.

Rootsweb have a Maltese section.

Thanks to everyone for your help, I think the marriage must have been in a Maltese Church. thats going to be hard to find out. If anyone has any ideas about how that can be done i would be grateful.

Whats really frustrating is that the births only say that each child is recorded as a child of the marriage of 3355 george deakes, bachelor and helen hales widow. not even mothers maiden name.

The boys births are both on his papers along with dates of baptisms his wife and daughter ethel are crossed through and over the wifes name is written deceased. its all very accurate which is why Im suprised not to be able to find the marriage.

maybe one of the birth certs will give more info

No marriage record though !

Hi Shirley yes you are quite right, all my life i thought he was George Deakes thats the name he was brought up with, stepfathers name, but in fact he was born George Hughes, and I have looked under Hughes as well. I didnt think that a marriage would be on his papers like that if it wasnt a army marriage. the trouble is his wife was a widow, and I dont know if she was british or simply married someone who was. Hales doesnt sound maltese to me.

Helen/Ellen ??

Name: DEAKES, Ellen
Station: Jhansi
Country: Indian Subcontinent
Year: 1900
Page: 213
Age at death: 33
Record source: GRO Army Death Indices (1881 to 1955)

Ethel was crossed through on the papers this is why


Name: DEAKES, Ethel
Station: Jhansi
Country: Indian Subcontinent
Year: 1900
Page: 214
Age at death: 0
Record source: GRO Army Death Indices (1881 to 1955)


no Army births for the elder boys though

wrong death then , the age did tie up with birth year and where he was born .