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Thomas Lewis Dalby

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Pauline

Pauline Report 28 Jan 2013 20:27

Hello
Iam doing a tree for a friend but not getting a good start
I have found a marriage for THOMAS LEWIS DALBY in Cumbria,,Cumberland
His daughter thinks he was from another place or even Wales
I looked but cannot find anything
Could anyone help
Thank you

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 28 Jan 2013 20:29

What does you friend know such as dates and locations

Have they actually got any certs ?

patchem

patchem Report 28 Jan 2013 20:35

This Thomas?
Thomas Lewis Dalby
Birth Date: 17 Oct 1907
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1981
Age at Death: 73
Registration district: Cockermouth
Inferred County: Cumbria
Volume: 1
Page: 0411

Pauline

Pauline Report 28 Jan 2013 20:46

No I just found a marriage on ancestery to Patrica Asqwith
because he was about 34yrs older than the mum they dont know anything

Pauline

Pauline Report 28 Jan 2013 20:47

Yes thats the right one

patchem

patchem Report 28 Jan 2013 20:51

So he died in Cumbria but his daughter thinks he was born elsewhere?
If you apply for a marriage certificate you will get his father's name, which will help in identification.

Added:
Think you will definitely need it, as I cannot see a birth for him on free bmd or in 1911 census as Thomas Lewis Dalby.

Pauline

Pauline Report 28 Jan 2013 21:02

thanks

Reggie

Reggie Report 28 Jan 2013 23:20

I wonder if he was born with the surname Lewis?

Both daughters seem to have Lewis as their second forenames..........

Pauline

Pauline Report 31 Jan 2013 12:25

he was born thomas lewis then changed his name adding the dalby
daughter thinks he was born wales or bristol

RamblingRose

RamblingRose Report 31 Jan 2013 12:35

Births Dec 1907 (>99%)
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LEWIS Thomas Birkenhead 8a 423
LEWIS Thomas Grimsby 7a 588
LEWIS Thomas Andrew Swansea 11a 1096
LEWIS Thomas Clifford Merthyr T. 11a 729
LEWIS Thomas David J Newport, M. 11a 249
LEWIS Thomas Edward Bridgend 11a 905
LEWIS Thomas Henry Swansea 11a 1074
LEWIS Thomas Henry R Swansea 11a 1047
LEWIS Thomas James Llanfyllin 11b 156
LEWIS Thomas John Abergavenny 11a 51

marriage cert definitely needed for father's name.

Reggie

Reggie Report 31 Jan 2013 12:38

So, look for a birth on freebmd........

The marriage cert is unlikely to be of much use, as he was probably born to to an unmarried woman

Why didn't you tell us that he wasn't Dalby at birth?

Mavis

Mavis Report 31 Jan 2013 14:05



Thomas Lewis Dalby married 1st in Scotland in 1941 to Isabella Laidlaw / Laidlow

Isabella died in Cockermouth 50y Jun Q 1965

Scottish cert 's have a lot more info. -- you really do need to get a marriage cert.

A child of that 1st marriage lives in Moor Road , Stainburn , Workington , Cumbria

Mavis

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 31 Jan 2013 14:31

As Mavis says you need to order that marriage certificate as it will give his mother's name. Even if he was illegimate and gives a "made up" name for his father on that, he is likely to give the true name of his mother.

The marriage is too recent to be viewed online so the certificate has to be ordered.

1941 DALBY THOMAS LEWIS LAIDLAW ISABELLA AYTON /BERWICK 727/00 0005 No Image


Pauline

Pauline Report 2 Feb 2013 20:21

Thank you everyone I have done that

Pauline

Pauline Report 2 Feb 2013 20:22

Thank you everyone I have done that