Find Living Relatives

Top tip - using the Genes Reunited community

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

  • The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
  • You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
  • And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
  • The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

Quick Search

Single word search

Icons

  • New posts
  • No new posts
  • Thread closed
  • Stickied, new posts
  • Stickied, no new posts

death or whereabouts of Rita Birtles

ProfilePosted byOptionsPost Date

Vanessa

Vanessa Report 7 Sep 2011 23:23

I am looking for a work colleague of my mom's from 1950s. they were both hairdressers in Birmingham.
The person i am looking for is Rita birtles born in Kent in 1927.
she married Edward Prince in 1964. I may have found his death in 1989 and a very vague possible remarriage for Rita back in Kent in 1995?

any further help/ ideas gratefully received. Hope I haven't put anything too personal as Rita may still be alive.

Many thanks
vanessa

Click ADD REPLY button - not this link!

Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 8 Sep 2011 02:15

Worth mentioning that Rita has the middle initial M.

Rose

Vanessa

Vanessa Report 8 Sep 2011 06:55

Yes, Rita's middle initial is M. Thank you for your interest.

Mom and Rita were good friends and I would love to be able to find out where she is now.

have done some basic checks on 192 and discounted a couple of options in the Solihull area where she married ( 1960s)

Thanks again for any help.

chrissiex

chrissiex Report 8 Sep 2011 10:54

that marriage while unusual is certainly possible, there is no birth for a Rita M Prince that looks like a likely candidate and there are no births to that marriage ( assuming that the wife's birth name was Prince ), and on the 2002-2007 electoral roll she is aged 65+

however that is the last listing for both spouses and there is no counterpart listing at BT on line ... so it seems likely that they died after 2007

the deaths index is only accessible to 2005 so this cannot be verified unfortunately

note she was actually born in Kent so that increases the likelihood that the marriage was her perhaps

Vanessa

Vanessa Report 8 Sep 2011 19:26

Thanks for your input. I don't have a 192 subscription and on the free searches I am not seeing any Rita or the possible second husband D-----
in Kent.

I will ask my Mom if she remembers any siblings for Rita as it may be they are on someone's tree as Rita is not.

Thanks x

Had a look and can't see anything obvious.

On another post yesterday someone mentioned searching the GRO index with the first names only and a birthdate. Is that a facility on this site or elsewhere?
( although I have been a member for a while I have not done anything for the last 9 months and there have been numerous changes on here}

:-)

Click ADD REPLY button - not this link!

Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 8 Sep 2011 21:45

If you look on FreeBMD she had a brother. Unfortunately he died in 2004.

Rose

Click ADD REPLY button - not this link!

Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 8 Sep 2011 22:13

Keith's widow is in the phone book. Will PM details.

Rose

Vanessa

Vanessa Report 8 Sep 2011 22:45

Thank you so very much Rose. I have received your PM and I will be passing this information to Mom in the morning. I am truly grateful for your time and efforts in helping my search.

Will update asap

Vanessa x