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Finding Half-Sister

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Jennifer

Jennifer Report 19 Jun 2015 21:21

You can go to the local registry of to where your sister was born and request a copy of her birth certificate. You have enough details of her parents to do so.

littlelegs

littlelegs Report 19 Jun 2015 18:31

good luck jamie

please let is know how it goes

Jamie

Jamie Report 19 Jun 2015 10:43

OK thanks, I appreciate all this help - you're all brilliant :-)

Jamie

Jamie Report 19 Jun 2015 10:42

OK I found my half sister, just to confirm the name begins with T and thats 100% the name my Dad gave me. So now starts the process of finding her.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 19 Jun 2015 10:41

I will send you a PM this is a personal email that will show in your inbox and will show in the messages above the threads

Jamie

Jamie Report 19 Jun 2015 10:38

OK I understand completely. Is there a place I can share my details with you, so perhaps we can speak or exchange emails?

Jamie

Jamie Report 19 Jun 2015 10:37

I'm so confused :-(

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 19 Jun 2015 10:36

Take a look on FreeBMD

www.freeBMD.org.uk

Dont want to post the info on here as these are probably living people still

FAIRTHORN

FAIRTHORN Report 19 Jun 2015 10:32

The ex-wife is on GR family tree


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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 19 Jun 2015 10:28

On freeBMD there is a 1971 marriage for Gillian same reg district the daughter was born

Jamie

Jamie Report 19 Jun 2015 10:28

did you see the name?

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 19 Jun 2015 10:26

The birth in 1965 has an S against the page nos indicating the child was adopted the S means only a small certificate would be is issued if a birth cert was applied for

Jamie

Jamie Report 19 Jun 2015 10:21

Rose - you said you found the daughter, born 1965. Unfortunately I can't find anything. Perhaps I'm not entering the correct information. I suppose I'm close bit haven't got the gold just yet.

Jamie

Jamie Report 19 Jun 2015 10:13

I'm struggling with this - help!

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 19 Jun 2015 10:08

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

Rose

Jamie

Jamie Report 19 Jun 2015 10:01

Hi Rose, what is FreeBMD?

Jamie

Jamie Report 19 Jun 2015 09:59

Hi Rose that could be him :-)

If Gillian was his first wife it means he got married at 18, which I suppose is young but quite doable in those days, especially if one is pregnant. Just making an assumption.

I found this. Wood Green is in Haringey so i wonder if this is his first wife? This would have made her 16 when she married my Dad. The scandal! So I wonder how I can find out if this lady had any children - can anyone help?

GILLIAN I HOWE
England & Wales births 1837-2006
Collections from
Great Britain
Country
England
County
Middlesex
Year
1949
Birth Year
1949
Event Quarter
1
District
WOOD GREEN

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 19 Jun 2015 09:57

If you look on FreeBMD you can find the daughter born in 1965.

Next step is to find another marriage for Gillian.

Rose

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 19 Jun 2015 09:54

There's no Peter E Dickson born in 1948 however. There's one born in 1947 in Reading.

Rose

Jamie

Jamie Report 19 Jun 2015 09:49

I really don't know. I doubt it because he didn't ever look after me when he split from my Mum.

Well I've just discovered that my Dad had a middle name beginning with E. Low and behold I just did a search under marriages for Peter E Dickson and he got married in Haringey in 1965, which is the same place he married my Mum in 1972. I wonder if its him/her! Seems he married a Gillian I Howe. Surely this can't just be a coincidence. So I guess that I now look for Gillian and go from there?

First Name GILLIAN I
Last Name HOWE
Gender Female
Year 1965
Spouse DICKSON
Image Quarter 2
Country England
County London
District HARINGEY
District Number
Registry Number
Volume 5B
Page 1669
Line Number 191
Entry Number
Category Births, Marriages & Deaths
Record set England & Wales marriages 1837-2008
Collections from Great Britain
© brightsolid online publishing ltd

Spouse MatchSpouse Match Found: Gillian I HOWE married Peter E DICKSON