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John Marks Orpwood.London, Poplar

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Potty

Potty Report 11 Mar 2013 12:03

This looks like his baptism - will save you the cost of a marriage and birth cert:

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
about John Marks Orpwood
Name: John Marks Orpwood
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 1 Jun 1905
Father's Name: Albert Orpwood
Mother's name: Alice Orpwood
Parish or Poor Law Union: Victoria Park St Mark
Borough: Tower Hamlets
Register Type: Parish Registers

Alfred is a labourer and they are living at 26 Appian Road

Potty

Potty Report 11 Mar 2013 12:00

Hi Hayley and welcome to the boards.

Your first step should be to get his marriage cert - this will name his father. If you use the freebmd site:
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

your should be able to find the index entry for it and you can order the cert from this site:

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

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 11 Mar 2013 11:59

1911 census

Person: ORPWOOD, John Address: 28 Palace Road S Hackney N E

ORPWOOD, Mr Albert Head Married M 33 1878 Labourer Out Of Work Bow London VIEW
ORPWOOD, Alice Wife Married13 years F 32 1879 Hackney London VIEW
ORPWOOD, Albert Son M 13 1898 Bow London VIEW
ORPWOOD, Alice Daughter F 11 1900 Bow London VIEW
ORPWOOD, Matthew Son M 8 1903 Bow London VIEW
ORPWOOD, John Son M 5 1906 Bow London VIEW
ORPWOOD, Jones Son M 4 1907 Hackney London VIEW
ORPWOOD, Charlotte Daughter F 4 1907 Hackney London VIEW
ORPWOOD, George Son M 0 (10 MONTHS) 1911 Hackney London

To find Alice's maiden name...go to

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/

It is, as the name suggests, completely FREE.

Put in his names, and her first name..............click 'find'.

Use the info about how long they have been married to be sure you pick the right marriage

Always use freebmd for BMD searches between 1837 and approx 1955

Hayley

Hayley Report 11 Mar 2013 11:55

Hi Everyone.

I wonder if anyone can help me. I am looking for the parents of John Marks Orpwood who was born 19/5/1905 in London, Poplar, he married Ellen May Bull in 1927.

I have been given some information that his parents could be Albert Orpwood and Alice Orpwood (I cannot find her maiden name) but I am really struggling to find any documents. I am new to this and all websites I try to use all want money and it is begining to cost me a small fortune.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Many thanks.

Hayley.

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