Genealogy Chat

Hi can someone please explain to me how I could find out if my grandfather had children with his 1st wife thank you

Use freebmd and put in the two surnames and the year they married as a starter

Depending on grandfathers age wouid he have been on any census with his wife ?

Where in the world would this be?

Freebmd only covers England and Wales. If they were born elsewhere you will need to use other resources.

I think Nottinghamshire - if this is related to a previous thread in which Linda asks about her mother 's side of the family.

Her maternal grandfather is not named in that thread. Her maternal grandmother was born in November 1901 .

But I don't know if Linda is now asking about her maternal or paternal grandfather, and in any case, her maternal grandmother isn't relevant to the present query..

In that case, the advice about looking at freebmd is relevant

Thank you My previous thread was about Lily Scott who was my grandfather's 2nd wife but he was married before Clara Lowe who was born in 1897 and died in 1921she married my grandfather in 1917 but was wondering if they had children

Put the two surnames in the correct boxes on freebmd and click 'find'

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

I presume this is their marriage? (you haven't told us the man's name)


Marriages Jun 1917 (>99%)
Lowe Clara Timson Nottingham 7b 522
Timson William H Lowe Nottingham 7b 522

William was living alone in 1921

Thank you I have all the details about them but not if they had childre

It's very easy to look for births

I know YOU had the details, but we didn't have all of them ;-) ;-)

Yes that is them, sorry I forgot to put his name, I looked for William in the 1921 census but could not find him could you tell me where he lived please

Thank you ErikaH I am fairly new to all this so excuse my mistakes can't look for births because I am not sure they had children or not
:-)

You only have to put in the surnames, which you know. Go to freebmd and try it..............

Linda
Freebmd is where most of us look to see if there were any births.

You just need to put your grandfather's surname in the search box, then a couple of spaces under that put just the surname of his wife.

If a lady has previously been married, you need to put her maiden name in that section instead.
Click ...Find

The link to freebmd is in my post at 15.23

Thank you

Tha k you to all, I looked on freebmd and it seems they did not have children but the advice was most appreciated

A worthwhile exercise........................gets you used to using the resource, which will come in handy in the future.

If this is William's death in 1938

Deaths Jun 1938 (>99%)
TIMSON William H 52 Nottingham 7b 293

Perhaps this is the 1921 for him.


1921 Census Of England & Wales
32, Upper Eldon Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England

First name(s) William
Street Upper Eldon Street
Last name Timson
Address 32 Upper Eldon Street
Sex Male
Full address as transcribed 32 Upper Elder St
Birth year 1887
Parish Nottingham
Census date 19 June 1921
Registration district Nottingham
Age in years 34
Registration district number 430
Age in months 2
Sub-district Nottingham North East
Age as transcribed 34 y 2 m
Sub-district number 3
Relationship to head Head
Enumeration district number 40
Marital status Widowed
County Nottinghamshire
Birth place Whitwick, Leicestershire, England
Country England
Birth town Whitwick
Ward of borough or urban district Manvers
Birth county Leicestershire
Parliamentary borough or division Nottingham PB, East Div.
Birth country England
Archive The National Archives
Birth place as transcribed Leicestershire, Whitwick
Archive series RG 15
Nationality Resident
Piece number 16033
Occupation Miner Coal Hewer
Schedule number 45
Occupation code 042
District reference RD 430 RS 3 ED 40
Occupation code with suffix 042/8
Schedule type code E
Employer Newstead Colliery, Out Of Work
Schedule type England household, single page, 10 entries

Hi death sounds right because my mother said he died 1st April but I am not sure about the census because it said he was born 1887 but I suppose they could have got it wrong,was he with any one else living with him, I know when he married my grandmother he lived on Newcastle Street in Bulwell Nottingham