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Hello again!!! Further to my last two messages, i have found yet another child of ALFRED and GERTRUDE ALDRED. MARY ALDRED reg birth 1st quarter 1937. PLEASE PLEASE can anyone help me....? I can find no further info on her 9 brothers and sisters ( obviously apart from my mum Elvie!)...the whole family seems to have just disappeared!!! I can find no marriage records/death certs for any of them..... can anyone lead me in the right direction? Many thanks !

The other children i am searching for are:

GERTRUDE A bn 1916 Derbyshire
EDITH M bn 1918 Derbyshire
CARRIE L bn 1920 Derbyshire
HILDA M bn 1923 Derbyshire
WINIFRED M bn 1925 Derbyshire
ALFRED E bn 1927 WORCESTER
JOHN V bn 1929 Worcester
SIDNEY bn 1932 Worcester
MARY bn 1937 Worcester

Many thanks...

any aldreds out there with contacts in the yarmouth area.have very little info or dates .grandmother wed a thomas sopp.i believe her first name was emma.she had a son frederick before marriage..am clutching at straws i know..

Sally -- you should put the info about the other Aldreds in this thread, and maybe the URL for the other threads where they were discussed. Anyone who just sees this thread and didn't see the earlier ones has no idea who they are!

re ALDREDs.in Yarmouth area.grandmother possibly born between 1890sand early 1900s married a thomas SOPP AFTER 1918.....SOMEONE OUT THERE MUST KNOW SOMETHING I HOPE.

Hi Shirley -- since your Aldreds aren't related to Sally's, you'd be best to start your own "thread" -- a topic of your own that people would be more likely to see than if your message is buried here with Sally's.

Go to the Trying to Find board and click on "Add topic" up top. Be sure to put details in the subject line -- your grandmother's full name (including surname) and approximate date of birth would be most useful. And include in your message all the facts you know.

But what the heck.

This seems to be your grandparents' marriage.

Marriages Dec 1925
Aldred Annie E Sopp Edmonton 3a 1424
Sopp Thomas W Aldred Edmonton 3a 1424

That's the information you need for ordering their marriage certificate. Before you order it, you need to go to:

http://www.freebmd.org.uk

and search for that record, and then click on the spectacles beside the names to make sure the information has been copied correctly. Then you order the marriage certificate here:

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/

and it will tell you the two spouses' approx ages and fathers' names. Once you have their fathers' names, you can look for the parents' marriages, find them in the 1901 census, and so on.

If you need help tracking them back from there, follow those instructions for starting a new thread and ask away!

Shirley -- or was your grandmother from Norfolk? If so, and if you know her full name, is this her birth?

Name: Annie Elizabeth Aldred
Year of Registration: 1900
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Yarmouth (1837-1924)
County: Norfolk
Volume: 4b
Page: 36

If it is, you go through the same process of finding the record at FreeBMD, looking at the image, and ordering the certificate. If you're not positive, you should search at FreeBMD for the birth of an Annie Aldred around the times you said, say 1890 to 1910 for good measure, and see whether you do recognize one.

Ordinarily it would be best to wait for the marriage certificate so you at least have an approximate date of birth, and also so when you order the birth certificate you can say that you only want it if the father is the name on the marriage certificate, and you get charged less if it isn't the right one.

hi kathryn b.thankyou so much for advice..this is all new to me am not very good with pc yet ..so this is great .will take your advice and watch this space as they say
shirley

Hi Shirley and Kathryn b!!
dont worry about being in my space Shirley! Kathryn, i am still no further along in my quest except i now know that the last child, Mary was born to Gertrude Aldred nee Petts and a JAMES O'BRIEN. What happened to Alfred, the father of the other children , i wonder? I have no details of James o'brien and cant see that Gertrude and he married! Help please, any ideas????!!!!!!!!!!!
Sally

HI KATHRYN B.just to let you know the names you found me turned out to be correct.now have my grandmother also my great grandfather,so am very grateful for your help,also the names of aunts and uncles there

hi sally,I dont think my branch of Aldreds are your family unless you have any family in norfolk area.? if you have then please get a message on and we can compare notes.shirley