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Possible living in Yorkshire. He was my mother's half brother. She didn't know he existed until he called in 1961 but they couldn't meet because my family was just getting on a plane to go and live in New Zealand.

Sue

You would need to give us some background to the family connection in order that we can try to help .

His name is probably very common so won't be easy to pinpoint the right man

Pity the family didn't take some contact details from him at the time

Which parent did he share with your mother?

54 years is a long time..........he could be anywhere, or nowhere

Have you done anything about looking for a birth for him?

Was Campbell his birth name? How old was he in 1961?

John A Campbell was born in 1927, his mother was Ethel Eastwood and father James Colin Campbell. James Colin Campbell was my mother's father from his second marriage. So he would have been 34 in 1961 and 88 now. I know chances are slim.

Well, at least you've now told us what we need to try to assist you to trace him...........it helps

Birth registered Hunslet AMJ

A copy of the cert would tell you his second name and actual DOB, which could be useful in trying to trace him

Have you looked for info yourself anywhere?

Births Jun 1927
Campbell John A Eastwood Hunslet 9b 729

Marriages Mar 1916
Campbell James C Eastwood Huddersfield 9a 665
Eastwood Ethel Campbell Huddersfield 9a 665

Thank you, yes, I should have given you more information. All I have is the information that Fairthorn has given. I do have a copy of the marriage certificate because I was interested to see if my grandfather James Colin Campbell had been married before that but he wasn't. I still don't know what the "A" stands for in John A Campbell. I thought that someone in his family may be researching as well and recognise him.

Thanks for your help.
Sue

suggest you get his birth cert for its info .

Have you looked for a remarriage for his mum and her death . He may be the informant and an address given.

Their marriage cert will give her age and her fathers name ,if known

you may have to go backwards in order to come forward .

John must have done some digging to find you all in 1961

He was the only child to that marriage and he was born 11 years later?

Isn't that a little unusual?

Rose

could this marriage be james campbells brother and sister of ethel eastwood?

Marriages Dec 1902 (>99%)
Campbell John Huddersfield 9a 646
Eastwood Mary Huddersfield 9a 646

To Yvonne - No he didn't have a brother called John but good spotting I know it happens sometimes.

To Rose - Yes he appears to be the only child and yes 11 years is a long time after the wedding. Mind you he did part-take in WW1 and came back mustard-gassed. This is what makes it so interesting - my mother never knew till 1961 that she even had a half-brother. Then when John was three years old he remarried to my grandmother in 1930 in Chelsea London. And when they married it was only 49 days before my mother was born. It's all a bit suspicious as I have never found a divorce from Ethel yet. I have been searching for information for three years now and this is all I have found out. Ethel's father was Allen Eastwood, Commercial Traveller, deceased by 1916.

To Shirley - I will look to see if Ethel Campbell remarried. Thanks.

Thanks to everyone for their comments.

1901 CENSUS


Name: Ethel Eastwood
Age: 11
Estimated birth year: abt 1890
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Father: Allen Eastwood
Mother: Kate Eastwood
Birth Place: Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Huddersfield
Ecclesiastical parish: Woodhouse
Town: Far Town
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Street address:

Registration district: Huddersfield
Sub-registration district: Huddersfield
ED, institution, or vessel: 37
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4108
Folio: 54
Page Number: 11
Household schedule number: 78
Household Members:
Name Age
Allen Eastwood 42
Kate Eastwood 30
Ethel Eastwood 11
Frank Eastwood 6
Florrie Eastwood 2

1911 CENSUS

Ethel Eastwood

Name: Ethel Eastwood
Age in 1911: 21
Estimated birth year: abt 1890
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Huddersfield
County/Island: Yorkshire-West Riding
Country: England
Street address: 27 Imperial Road Huddersfield
Marital Status: Single
Registration district: Huddersfield
Registration District Number: 495
Sub-registration district: Huddersfield
ED, institution, or vessel: 28
Piece: 26313
Household Members:
Name Age
Allen Eastwood 52
Kate E Eastwood 41
Ethel Eastwood 21
Frank Eastwood 16
Florrie Eastwood 12
Lydia Wadsworth 22

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Ethel Eastwood

in the 1891 England Census
Name: Ethel Eastwood
Age: 1
Estimated birth year: abt 1890
Relation: Daughter
Father's name: Allen Eastwood
Mother's name: Jane B Eastwood
Gender: Female
Where born: Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Huddersfield
Ecclesiastical parish: St John
Town: Huddersfield
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Street address:
Registration district: Huddersfield
ED, institution, or vessel: 29
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 3571
Folio: 47
Page Number: 28
Household Members:
Name Age
Allen Eastwood 32
Jane B Eastwood 29
Ethel Eastwood 1

Deaths Dec 1915
Eastwood Allen 57 Huddersfield 9a 428

Marriages Mar 1892
EASTWOOD Allen Kings Norton 6c 479
MITCHELL Kate Ellen King's N. 6c 479

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Name: Ethel Campbell
Birth Date: 3 Jul 1889
Date of Registration: Sep 1976
Age at Death: 87
Registration district: Doncaster
Inferred County: South Yorkshire
Volume: 3
Page: 0481

Births Sep 1889
Eastwood Ethel Huddersfield 9a 349


PERHAPS JOHN REGISTERED HER CERTIFICATE as he was an only child

Fairthorn - Yes thanks, you could be right there.

Thanks for all the helpful information, I have been contacted by a lady (my new cousin) who has straightened out my family tree. John A Campbell/Kenn and his sister Ethel Barbara Campbell/Kenn actually have a different father - Basil Kenn. But I have gained two more aunties and one uncle - Lorna, Peggy and Colin Eastwood Campbell from James Colin Campbell's first marriage to Ethel Eastwood. Still haven't found a birth for Colin Eastwood Campbell 1924-2002 and others have been looking as well. Colin Eastwood Campbell was the man that came looking for his father and half sister (my mother) and it was in the late 1940s.

COLIN EASTWOOD
Last name CAMPBELL
Gender Male
Birth day 26
Birth month 3
Birth year 1924
Age -
Death quarter 3
Death year 2002
District BLACKPOOL
District number 5811C
Register number C12D
Entry number 283
Date of registration mm/yy 0702
County Lancashire
Country England
Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007

His birth must have been reg. Have you tried Scotlands People

Edit who reg his death ,they may be able to help with his birth area

1939 register


Kenn (Campbell) Household (3 People)
78 Winton Avenue , Blackpool C.B., Lancashire, England
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FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB OCCUPATION
Colin E Campbell 26 Mar 1924 Warehouse Boy
Ethel Kenn (Campbell) 17 Jul 1889 Unpaid Domestic Duties
Basil S Kenn 27 Aug 1902 Grill & Pastry Cook
Ref: RG101/4258I/003/17 Letter Code: NULL
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As he seems to have lived and died in Blackpool there are two possible marriages in 1948

Think you need the death cert to try and work back whic one may be him