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Looking for relatives of Alfred Kelsey wood

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Julie

Julie Report 30 Mar 2016 15:39

Hi we are trying to search our family tree fathers name Alfred Kelsey wood, Mothers Name, Margery Hilda Nicholls, went by the name of ada. Lived i East Ham, Southend Road. Have 4 children, 1 Adopted . Any information greatly appreciated. we know know Alfred was a naughty boy, was in the Army, and on home leave got left a few nurses pregnant ! Thanks for reading x <3

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 30 Mar 2016 16:11

Look on FreeDMD:

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

Births Dec 1905
Wood Alfred Kelsay Houghton 10a 509


Marriages Jun 1948
Nicholls Margery A Wood E. Ham 5a 83
Wood Alfred K Nicholls E.Ham 5a 83

Rose

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 30 Mar 2016 16:11

Looks like he was married before.

Marriages Jun 1925
Wood Alfred K Woollaston W. Ham 4a 2
Woollaston Ivy L A Wood W.Ham 4a 2

Rose

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 30 Mar 2016 16:26

Re enlisted in 1947 according to this record RA field reg and pensioned 9.7.50

Alfred Kelsey
Last name Wood
Age 18
Birth year 1906
Birth place Durham
Attestation year 1924
Service number 1057985
Former service number -
Record set Royal Artillery attestations 1883-1942
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Subcategory Regimental & service records
Collections from Great Britain
brightsolid online publishing ltd.

Rambling

Rambling Report 30 Mar 2016 17:06

Wood Household (3 People)
15 Keswick Avenue , Hornchurch U.D., Essex, England
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FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB OCCUPATION
Ivy L A Wood 02 Jun 1901 Upaid Domestic Duties
Alfred K Wood 12 Jul 1902 Road Passenger Transport Universal Grinder
Edith S (Susan) Woollaston 17 Jul 1906 Builders Asst Clerk

EDITED, not this one!

Rambling

Rambling Report 30 Mar 2016 17:19

There appears to have been a child born to the Wood/Woollaston marriage who sadly died as a child

Births Jun 1927 (>99%)
Wood Patricia D Woollaston W.Ham 4a 476
Deaths Dec 1930 (>99%)
Wood Patricia D 3 Romford 4a 411

JoonieCloonie

JoonieCloonie Report 30 Mar 2016 17:40

Julie can you explain exactly what/whom you are looking for?

is it Alfred's ancestors, or are you hoping to find children he had outside his marriage?

if it is those children you would like to find, it will be very difficult (if not impossible) unless they were registered under his surname ... which is probably unlikely if he was not present for the registration and consenting ... and his surname is so very common that even if a child was registered with that name, only the birth certificate would identify him as the father, and there would be hundreds of possible candidates

if there were children and they know who their father was, they might look for him through internet searches or in online family trees

make sure you have him in a tree at this site and anywhere else you belong, and search trees at this site and elsewhere for his name

and maybe add a 'postem' to his birth and marriage records at freebmd

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

using an anonymous online email address (like at gmail, and not your real name, just an account name along the lines of alfred.wood.family or such) and saying you would like to contact other family members

people one is looking for seldom just show up when one says 'looking for' ... usually one has to look for them :-)

Rambling

Rambling Report 30 Mar 2016 17:43

Julie, if you haven't seen this old thread it might be of interest

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/608957

Connected to this marriage

Marriages Sep 1932 (>99%)
Ackerman Hilda J Wood Newport M 11a 564
Wood Alfred K Ackerman Newport M. 11a 564

edit: probable child to this marriage if you look at freebmd.org.uk

Rambling

Rambling Report 30 Mar 2016 17:49

Also for helpers' ref this post is relevant to the search

https://www.missing-you.net/browse/Wanstead-t5715.php

Rambling

Rambling Report 30 Mar 2016 18:11

The Alfred K who married Ivy L A Woollaston is almost certainly this one, given the DOB from the 1939.

Births Sep 1902 (>99%)
Wood Alfred Kessell Pancras 1b 56

So you can discount that marriage and child.

Julie

Julie Report 30 Mar 2016 18:16

Thankyou ALL for your replies!!! I am going to lick on the links etc..and have already written a messages to one person who has exactly the same names as I have listed.
Yes I would like to know if we have any other siblings still alive at there, and it does seem he was married before (litle devil lol) Anywho...Many Many Thanks for your replies ..Much love to each ad every one of you for taking the time xxx <3 <3 <3

Julie

Julie Report 30 Mar 2016 18:42

oops click !