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My Father was born 1921 in Houghton County Durham.
Sometimes he called himself Kenneth Alastair but he was born Alastair Kenneth.
His son, my brother, was also called Kenneth Alastair and he died in 2009. If my father is dead I can't find him in the death registers. He would be in his nineties now if he is alive.
I don't know where he was living between 1948 and 1972.Possibly the Sunderland area. At the end of the second world war he was stationed in Catterick until he was demobbed. After some years of wrangling with courts to get him to pay towards the up keep of his three children we never heard from him again until 1972. He contacted my mother via a solicitor to gain a divorce then. I was 17 yrs old at the time. He did not attend court for this divorce hearing as he had deserted my mother in 1948.
Hope this helps
Mandy

Have just sent PM to Mandy for her to get back to this thread and comment.

Ru

UK Electoral Registers & Companies House Directors 2002-2018
First Name Margarita
Last Name Ure
Year 2002
Street Belmont Avenue
Town Seaham
County County Durham
Country England
Estimated Age 65+
Address 2, Belmont Avenue, Seaham, County Durham, SR7 8SF
District Seaham
Other Occupants Kenneth Ure
Year 2002
Document Type
Record set Uk Electoral Registers & Companies House Directors 2002-2018
Category Census, Land & Surveys
Record collection Electoral Rolls
Collections from Great Britain, England

This shows Kenneth living at this address with Margarita. Note year 2002

Hope this helps
Ru

That is his son - the poster’s brother

Don't know if it has a connection but there is a Kenneth Alastair Ure born in 1941
Died feb 2009 Durham

Just posting this in case it is a connection:


England & Wales births 1837-2006
First Name Kenneth
Last Name Ure
Birth Year 1929
Gender Male
Mother's Maiden Name Harper
Year 1929
Country England
County Northumberland
Event Quarter 1
District Newcastle upon Tyne
District Number
Volume 10B
Page 292
Entry Number
Line Number 125
DOR
Category Births, Marriages & Deaths
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
Collections from Great Britain, England
Ru

There is a Kenneth Ure in Wills and Probate died 1st April 2007 Newcastle Upon Tyne, but cannot find a death for this Kenneth. I wonder if there is a connection.

Grant and Probate/will granted 14/06/2007. the area is about right, but seems without death cert this may be nothing to connect to Alastair Kenneth Ure.

Ru

Do you happen to have his date of birth? You have him in your tree as Kenneth Alastair.

Rose

Where was he living between 1948 and 1972?

Rose

Maybe he went abroad

My brother died in Spain in 2001 and is still a closed record on the 1939 reg as his death hasn't been picked up

Elder sister who died in 2003 in the uk is an open record

The Ancestry trees actually say his death was "before" 2006 - but no proof offered.

Several trees on Ancestry have this

Kenneth Alistair Ure
Spouse
Margarita Farmer
Birth
1920 Murton, Durham, England
Death
2006

Married 1940 would think he has passed away by now

Shirley - your last post was a birth, not a marriage ;-)

Name: Alastair K Ure
Registration Date: Jan-Feb-Mar 1940
Registration district: Durham Eastern
Inferred County: Durham
Spouse: Margarita Farmer
Volume Number: 10a
Page Number: 1312

There was a brother, Eric, born in 1915

1939
33 Knella Road , Welwyn Garden City U.D., Hertfordshire, England

Eric Ure 16 Sep 1915 Male Radio Component Tester Single 249 7

Death
First name(s) ERIC
Last name URE
Gender Male
Birth day 16
Birth month 9
Birth year 1915
Age -
Death quarter 4
Death year 1986
District Thurrock
Register number 1186
County Essex
Volume 9
Page 3049

Marriage
Name: Eric Ure
Registration Date: Oct-Nov-Dec 1942
Registration district: Hatfield
Inferred County: Hertfordshire
Spouse: Cammell, Violet W
Volume Number: 3a
Page Number: 2719

Possible record for Violet in Basildon, Essex 2002-4 on the ER

No sign of any offspring

He married as Kenneth

Births Sep 1940
Ure Kenneth A Farmer Durham E. 10a 1035

Whoops this is a birth !!

Marriages Mar 1940
Farmer Margarita Ure Durham E. 10a 1312
Ure Alastair K Farmer Durham E 10a 1312

Parents?

Marriages Mar 1915 (>99%)
Gilroy Emily J Ure Houghton 10a 718a
Ure William A Gilroy Houghton 10a 718a


??
Name: Emily J Ure
Death Age: 53
Birth Date: abt 1885
Registration Date: Mar 1938
Registration district: Houghton
Inferred County: Durham
Volume: 10a
Page: 546


Marriages Jun 1939 (>99%)
Arnold Katherine E Ure Sunderland 10a 1534
Ure William A Arnold Sunderland 10a 1534


1939 register
141 Houghton Road , Hetton U.D., Durham, England

William A Ure 01 Oct 1884 Male ??? Married 248 1
Katherine E Ure 03 Sep 1905 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 248 2
Sorry, this record is officially closed. Check if you can open a closed record.

What was mums maiden name as not seeing the marriage

He isn't listed on the 1939 register


Births Mar 1921 (>99%)
Ure Alastair K Gilroy Houghton 10a 1145