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looking for my father

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david0121

david0121 Report 2 Jun 2012 15:13

i am looking my father, his birth name is martin f coley he was born approx 1944 married in 1965 to a mary f lucas they had three boys david steven and chris, we lived in stockport when we were children, my parents broke up and we moved back to solihull approx in 1970 with our mother(mary f lucas) my father( martin f coley )moved back to live my grandmother in west midlands, we had brief visits with our father but after a few months they stopped and never saw him again after that,the reason im searching now is my children and neice are making efforts to find their grandfather,also i would like to meet my father again,my appeal is i need to be pointed in the right direction to find him,so if any body has any tips we would be very grateful(my neice has even contacted jeremy kyle in an attempt to find him)

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 2 Jun 2012 16:23

There are marriages for the name subsequent to the one to your mother, but no way of knowing if they are for the same man unless you purchase the certs

I will send by PM the details you need to order the certs - if you say that you would wish me so to do

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 2 Jun 2012 16:28

Are these your father's parents?

Marriages Jun 1935 (>99%)
Coley William H Downing Birmingham 6d 757
Downing Winifred Coley Birmingham 6d 737


ErikaH

ErikaH Report 2 Jun 2012 16:33

Suggestions ONLY

Name: Winifred Coley
Birth Date: 25 May 1911
Date of Registration: Aug 1993
Age at Death: 82
Registration district: Birmingham
Inferred County: Warwickshire
Register Number: 60A
District and Subdistrict: 0611A
Entry number: 207


Name: William Harry Coley
Birth Date: 23 Feb 1907
Date of Registration: Dec 1987
Age at Death: 80
Registration district: Birmingham
Inferred County: Warwickshire
Volume: 32
Page: 1768

OR

Name: William Henry Coley
Birth Date: 1 Oct 1908
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1973
Age at Death: 65
Registration district: Birmingham
Inferred County: Warwickshire
Volume: 9c
Page: 226

OR

Name: William Harold Coley
Birth Date: 22 May 1909
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1981
Age at Death: 72
Registration district: Birmingham
Inferred County: West Midlands
Volume: 32
Page: 1319

The informant's details could prove useful

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 2 Jun 2012 16:37

There is a current entry for Martin F Coley on www.192.com

At the same address is a female whose details tally with one of the marriages I mentioned

You would have to purchase credits - but I'm sure you'd feel it worth the outlay

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 2 Jun 2012 16:38

Sorry to seem dim - but who is Jeremy Kyle?

patchem

patchem Report 2 Jun 2012 17:49

Reggie,

Are you pretending or do you not know?

http://www.itv.com/jeremykyle/

(Not a picture of him)

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 2 Jun 2012 22:46

No, I haven't the foggiest who he is - I'll check your link to find out what I've missed

Whoever he is - he can't be much good