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I am looking for my grandfather's (Frederick W Court) family, which he had before he married my grandmother. He was born on the Wirral and supposedly had 2 children (boys?) in a previous marriage. If anyone has any information can you please message me. I think they may be in Newcastle or somewhere north of Wirral.

When did the second marriage occur, and do you know when and where your grandfather was born?
Thank-you.

Added:
Possibly he was born in 1919.
Have you looked to see if anyone else on here has him in their tree?

Possibly this birth:
Births Dec 1919
Court Frederick W Robertson Birkenhead 8a 1050

There is a marriage in Wallasey in 1958 - is that to your grandmother?

the marriage in 1958 is my grandmother yes.. i think it was roughly 10 yrs before that but i dont know alot about it. he was born in wirral not sure exactly where. i have looked and no one else does have them in a tree.

He appears to have siblings Albert R, Kenneth and Alwyn. Have you had any contact with them or any children for any further information?

Could the other marriage be a long way out of area - did he serve in the army and marry where he had been posted?
There is a marriage in Durham in 1941, which probably gives one son in 1945.
Added: and looks like a daughter in 1958, so perhaps not, unless that 13 year gap is significant.

yes they are his brothers and sisters. i dont think any of them are alive anymore.

yes possibly he served in world war 2 i dont think he married abroad though i think it was still in this country. i know very little about it. my uncle who died when i was a baby started looking and told my dad a very small amount of what he had found.

i think i had seen that once but i couldnt see any birth certificates that he is on other than my dad and uncle. which were in 1962 and either 1960/61.

well my grandparents got married in 1958 and i know that they had waited a while for my grandad to be divorced.

Sorry, I am off to bed now.
Washing machine has finished.
Good Luck.

Can anyone help?

Have you seen a copy of your grandparents' marriage certificate?

Sometimes a divorced person is shown as ....'previously the husband / wife of.. ( name of former spouse)
Sometimes though, the person just has.... former marriage disolved... next to their name.

.... A bit hit and miss, but may possibly give a clue.

Gwyn

oh i never thought of that thank you. i will try and dig the copy i have out.

thanks

You could try working in reverse if you are sure he had 2 children...

there are a number of Frederick Court marriages between 1930 and 1958, discount the ones with other initials and see who Frederick or Frederick W married...then cross reference the wife's name with births on Freebmd eg. Court / Smith.

There are definitely some that can be discounted that way as they had more children... if you are sure it was North of Wirral that would also whittle them down.

how do i cross reference the names? im on freebmd now and im not sure how to find out how many children they had?

are you on

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ rather than the BMds here Sophie?

if so make a list of the marriages of Frederick Court between 1938 to 1958 , note the wifes surname..

then go back to the search page
put


Surname Court

mothers surname ...'Smith' ( and work through all the wives surnames you listed...and the children of that couple will show up.

oh thats great thanks ill try that :-D

Good luck! If you know what Frederick's middle initials stood for you could also look out for any boys with those names, it's not always the case but sons may be given one of their father's names... father's first name as a middle name perhaps.

is there a way of finding divorce records?

his middle initial is Warren.

also is there a way of not just cross referencing the surnames but also the first names to get a more accurate result or does that not work?

Found a marriage in 1941 to a woman surnamed Harker. They had a child in 1945 named Gary Court. But i cannot see wether the frederick w is warren or another middle name.

any clues on how to find that out? or if anyone is related to Gary Court. This was in West Durham.

Nudging this up for Sophie,