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This gentleman was my step grandfather. A kind and knowledgeable man.

Born in 1884 in Brentford, Middlesex. His birth certificate gives his first name as 'BRUCE' but this was "changed after registration" to WOLSELEY. Died in 1960 in Jersey, C.I.

Parents were WILLIAM SPENCER HAIG and CLEORA HELEN BENNETT.

W de H HAIG had no children by either of his marriages and I am searching for descendants because:-

I have two beautifully painted plaques of his father and mother [their details above] which I would love to reunite with the family since I am not actually related to him. I believe that he had at least one brother but he, too, may not have had any descendants.

Thank you.

First name(s) William Spencer
Groom's father's last name Haig
Last name Haig
Bride's father's first name Thomas Henry
Marriage year 1881
Bride's father's last name Bennett
Marriage date 30 Jun 1881
Catalogue description Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bombay, 1709-1948, :
Spouse's first name Cleora Helen
Archive reference N-3-55
Spouse's last name Bennett
Folio number 143
Place Bombay
Entry number -
Presidency Bombay
Record set British India Office Marriages
Groom's age 28
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Bride's age 24
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Groom's father's first name William

1921 Census Of England & Wales
Birchwood Cottage Richmond Road, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, England

William Spencer Haig Head Male 1853 68 West Ham, Essex, England Engine West India Public Works Service (Retired) -
Emily Radclyffe Bennett Sister-in-law Female 1857 63 Calcutta, India

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First name(s) William Spencer
Archive reference L-AG-34-29-169
Last name Haig
Page/folio number 112
Event year 1924
Catalogue description Wills - Bengal 1780-1938
Presidency Bengal
Record set British India Office Wills & Probate
Death year 1923
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Death date 30 Jul 1923
Subcategory Wills & Probate
Place Dorset
Collections from Great Britain, UK None
Record type Will & Testament

The Will is on FMP................

Deaths Sep 1945 (>99%)
Haig Douglas De H 62 Newton A. 5b 179

Probate to Widow, Kathleen

First name(s) Douglas De H
Records year range 1921-1925
Last name Haig
Archive reference MCON
Sex Male
Volume 15
Marriage year 1921-25
Page 360
MarriageFinder™ Douglas De H Haig married one of these people
Kathleen Wilson
Line number 28
Marriage place Paris
Archive General Register Office
Place type Place
Record set British Armed Forces And Overseas Banns And Marriages
Country France
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Type Consular/Overseas
Subcategory Civil Marriage & Divorce
Source Gro Consular Marriages (1849-1965)

First name(s) Herbert De H
Parish Frimley
Last name Haig
County Surrey
Relationship Student
Country England
Marital status Single
Registration district Farnham
Sex Male
Sub district Frimley
Age 25
Archive reference RG11
Birth year 1856
Piece number 783
Birth town -
Folio 72
Birth county -
Page 44
Birth place Ireland********************************
Schedule 644
Birth place other as transcribed IRELAND
Record set 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Occupation Lieutenant royal engineers
Category Census, land & surveys
Full address Staff College, Frimley, Farnham, Surrey, England

FIRST marriage
First name(s) Herbert De Haga
Father's first name(s) William
Last name Haig
Father's last name Haig
Age 33
Father's occupation M A Barrister
Birth year 1856
Spouse's father's first name(s) Edward
Denomination Anglican
Spouse's father's last name Burnes
Marital status Bachelor
Spouse's father's occupation Clerk In Holy Orders
Occupation Captain r e
Witness 1 H A Angell Barnes
Residence Alverstoke
Witness 2 Amyatt Earle Amyatt
Marriage year 1889
County Hampshire
Marriage date 26 Jan 1889
Country England
Marriage place Alverstoke
Register type Marriages
Dedication St Mary
Register year range 1887-1893
Licence or banns Banns
Archive reference CHU 42/1C/28
Spouse's first name(s) Caroline Margueritta Amyatt
Archive Portsmouth History Centre
Spouse's last name Burney
Record set Hampshire, Portsmouth Marriages
Spouse's age 33
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Spouse's birth year 1856
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Spouse's marital status Spinster
Collections from England, Great Britain
Spouse's residence Alverstoke


SECOND marriage
First name(s) Herbert De H
County Gloucestershire
Last name Haig
Country England
Marriage quarter 4
Volume 6A
Marriage year 1932
Volume as transcribed 6A
Registration month -
Page number 987
MarriageFinder™ Herbert De H Haig married one of these people
Alberta Baker
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
Spouse's last name Baker
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
District Cheltenham

DEATH

Haig
Herbert De H
1856
1945
England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

Comprehensive obituary published in local paper..................sent to you by PM.

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Name William S Haig
Age 48
Estimated Birth Year abt 1853
Relation to Head Head
Gender Male
Spouse Clara H Haig
Birth Place Ireland*********************************************
Civil parish Bedford St Paul
Ecclesiastical parish Bedford St Martin
Town Bedford
County/Island Bedfordshire
Country England
Registration district Bedford
Sub-registration district Bedford and Kempston
ED, institution, or vessel 12
Neighbors View others on page
Piece 1489
Folio 79
Page number 32
Household schedule number 193
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
William S Haig 48 Head
Clara H Haig 47 Wife
Woloebeyde H Haig 16 Son
Florence R Richardson 19 Servant

Name William S De Haga Haig
Age 18
Estimated Birth Year 1853
Relation Grandson
Gender Male
Where born Mullingar Ireland****************************
Civil parish Croydon
Ecclesiastical parish All Saints
Town Croydon
County/Island Surrey
Country England
Registration district Croydon
Sub-registration district Croydon
ED, institution, or vessel 40
Household schedule number 14
Piece 848
Folio 93
Page number 4
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Kate Baker 63 Head
Maria Baker 20 Daughter
Percy De Haga Haig 20 Grandson
William S De Haga Haig 18 Grandson
Herbert H De Haga Haig 15 Grandson
Margaret Burrow 20 Servant

Name Percy De Haga Haig
Death Date 9 Sep 1920
Death Place France
Probate Date 5 Jan 1921
Probate Registry London, England
Probate to the Public Trustee

UK, Roll of the Indian Medical Service, 1615 -1930
Name Percy De Haga Haig
Birth Date 25 Jun 1850
Event Date 1873
Death Date 9 Sep 1920
Death Place Monte Carlo

Name Percy De Haga Haig
Gender Male
Marriage Age 45
Record Type Marriage
Birth Date abt 1851
Marriage Date 21 Apr 1896
Marriage Place Saint Cuthbert, Kensington: Philbeach Gardens, Kensington and Chelsea, England
Father William Haig
Spouse Eleanor Beatrice Whitton.......age 32
Father George Edward Whitton


Name Eleanor Beatrice De Haga Haig
Death Date 3 Nov 1934
Death Place Monaco
Probate Date 24 Jan 1935
Probate Registry London, England
Probate to Hurlock Stanley Whitton - REVOKED
Revised Probate to Spencer Stuart Dickson, HBM Minister to Columbia

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census
1, South Grove Road South Grove Terrace, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight & Hampshire, England
Tamar Tollervey Head Single Female 56 1845 Lodging housekeeper Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
Susan Daniel Co head Single Female 44 1857 Lodging housekeeper Midhurst, Sussex, England
Charles Young Boarder Single Male 56 1845 Retired lt col bengal anfty -
Amabel E Thorpe Boarder Single Female 55 1846 Living on own means London, Middlesex, England
Emma Punt Boarder Single Female 40 1861 Lady's maid domestic Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Percy De Haga Haig Boarder Married Male 50 1851 Retd lt col india med service London, Middlesex, England
Eleanor B Haig Boarder Married Female 36 1865 - India

OP has seen the info I have posted...........................

Marriages Dec 1942 (>99%)
Fairtlough Geoffrey K Haig Surrey N.W. 2a 881
Haig Valerie De H Fairtlough Surrey N.W. 2a 881

One son

Cleora Bennett is in a member's tree

As I stated earlier, that should always be your FIRST search option when looking for connections

Name Rollo Amyatt De Haga Haig
Gender Male
Marriage Age 29
Birth Date abt 1895
Marriage Date 7 May 1924
Marriage Place St James, Piccadilly (St James, Westminster), London, Westminster, England
Father Herbert Haig
Spouse Valerie Ida Isobel Hudson


Name Rollo Amyatt Wolseley de Haga Haig
Gender Male
Birth Date 25 Sep 1894
Death Date 10 Nov 1936
Death Place Plymouth, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England

Name
Goda Patricia De Haga Haig
Birth
Jan 15 1926
Death
Dec 23 1999

Name Goda Patricia Firkins
Death Age 73
Birth Date 15 Jan 1926
Death Date 23 Dec 1999
Burial Date 30 Dec 1999
Cemetery Coomera
Section M01
Cemetery Location Coomera, Queensland
Grave Place Grave 270
Remarks In Loving Memory of Goda Patricia FIRKINS 15.01.1926 - 23.12.1999 in one of the stars I shall be living in one of them I shall be laughing and so it will be as if all the stars were laughing when you

Name Goda Patricia Cobban
Marriage Registration Date 1950
Marriage Registration Place Victoria, Australia
Spouse Humphrey Andrew Firkins

Name Gundrid I W De H Haig
Registration Date Oct 1917
[Nov 1917]
[Dec 1917]
Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district Kensington
Inferred County London
Spouse
William S Moncrieff
Volume Number 1a
Page number 414


Name Gundred Iris Wolseley De Haga Haig Moncrieff
[Gundred Iris Wolseley De Haga Haig Scott-Moncrieff]
Death Date 14 Jul 1965
Death Place Suffolk, England
Probate Date 9 Nov 1965
Probate Registry Ipswich
Probate to Arthur James Day, Farmer

Name Gundred De Haga Scott-Moncrieff
Gender Female
Departure Age 46
Birth Date abt 1892
Departure Date 4 Feb 1938
Departure Port England
Ship Name Dempo
Shipping Line Rotterdam Lloyd Royal Dutch Mail
Destination Port Tangier, Morocco

Massivew thank you to ErikaH for all her help on this one.

Wolseley's father's obituary mentions a married daughter and this is Gundred, see above. She left a handsome amount of money in 1965 but without ordering her Will I am unable to see if she left any of it to children which could help in locating descendants.

Wolseley's brother Rollo had a daughter Goda who appears to have married a 'Firkins' but all her records are in Australia. She may have married twice to a 'Cobban'. I don't have a worldwide subscription to try to trace her there.

So any blood descendants of my chap are still elusive. I have messaged a couple of member trees for his mother Cleora and await their reply.

I think I'm lucky to have such unusual first names in all of this but it hasn't made the search any easier! Wolseley, Rollo, Gundred, Goda, Cleora ............

Only £1.50 to order a will

https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/help

Gundred’s father was HERBERT

Wolseley’s father was, as per OP, named WILLIAM. He was Herbert’s brother

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