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my dad was married before i have his soldiers sevice book his name was edward henry scott born 1/8/1915 but it says in the book he was born in 1913 i know he could have lied about his age he joined the army in 1935.His wife was glayds and two children are named as jean and sydney his mother name was emma dale and his brother was sydney scott but i can only find my dads birth cert with mothers name of poole he was born in wolstanton staffs is this in the parish of burslam( as stated in his service book) have only justed started his tree it is complicated just at the start any help please regards carole

my dad was married before i have his soldiers sevice book his name was edward henry scott born 1/8/1915 but it says in the book he was born in 1913 i know he could have lied about his age he joined the army in 1935. His wife was glayds and two children are named as jean and sydney his mother name was emma dale and his brother was sydney scott but i can only find my dads birth cert with mothers name of poole he was born in wolstanton staffs is this in the parish of burslam( as stated in his service book) have only justed started his tree it is complicated just at the start any help please regards carole --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Where have you got the info regarding name from?, something isnt right, did his mother marry , perhaps for a second time?

There's a marriage for Edward H Scott to Emma Poole in 1903 at Wolstanton on Staffordshire bmd. Heather

Burslem would be in the Wolstanton district. Kath. x

Wolstanton Created 1st July 1837. Abolished 1922 (incorporated into Stoke and Wolstanton district. Sub-districts : Burslem; Tunstall; Wolstanton. GRO volumes : XVII (1837-51); 6b (1852-1922). Abbey Hulton, Brieryhurst, Burslem, Chatterly, Chell, Chesterton, Goldenhill, Kidsgrove, Knutton, Milton, Newchapel, Oldcott, Ranscliff, Rushton Grange, Silverdale, Sneyd, Stadmoreslow, Thursfield, Tunstall, Wedgwood, Wolstanton. Registers now divided between Stoke on Trent, Newcastle under Lyme and Stafford districts

and BDM index on Ancestry shows Edward H Scott mother Poole born Wolstanton in Sep quarter of 1915. Jim

This could be the young Emma in1891 Name: Poole, Emma Age: 8 Estimated birth year: abt 1883 Relation: Daughter Gender: Female Where Born: Tunstall, Staffordshire Birth Country: England Civil parish: Wolstanton Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch Town: Tunstall County/Island: Staffordshire Source information: RG12/2159 Registration district: Wolstanton Sub registration district: Tunstall ED, institution, or vessel: 19 Folio: 54 Page: 8 (click to see others on page) GSU Number: 6097269

If you haven't got Edward Henry's birth certificate, where have you got the name DALE from? Kath. x

Your dad's marriage certificate should give his father's name. Heather