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hi i am looking for any relatives of my dads, he sadly passed away in jan this year and i am desperate to find family i may have out there. he was born kenneth james doak in birmingham uk in 1940 his sisters were judith and joan, mother lillian and dad robert. if you are or no anyone who may be related please contact me, kind regards alicia

Welcome to the boards, Alicia.

Have you looked to see if any of his relatives are in anyone's tree on here?
(Use Search/Search All Member Trees, top right)

Do you know who his sisters married - or have you had no contact with any of his family?

Thank-you

Go to freebmd, and find the births of the siblings............then you'll have firm info on which to base your searches


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

Do you know of any other siblings as these all look possible (from free bmd)

Births Sep 1927
Doak Joan M Bennett Birmingham N. 6d 689
Births Jun 1929
DOAK John Bennett Birmingham N 6d 937
Births Sep 1931
Doak Peter A Bennett Birmingham N. 6d 890
Births Mar 1936
DOAK David H Bennett Birmingham 6d 126
Births Jun 1938
Doak Allan B Bennett Birmingham 6d 953
Births Jun 1940
xxxxDoak Kenneth J Bennett Birmingham 6d 202
Births Sep 1941
Doak Judith A Bennett Birmingham 6d 137

Do you know when his parents died, and whether they married locally, or possibly in Ireland?

Thanks

Death

Name: DOAK, Peter A
Registration district: Birmingham
County: Warwickshire
Year of registration: 1958
Quarter of registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at death:26
Volume no: 9C
Page no: 21


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Death
Name: DOAK, John
Registration district: Sandwell
County: Staffordshire
Year of registration: 1991
Month of registration: October
Date of Birth:29 April 1929
Volume no: 33
Page no: 1165
Reg no: 1091

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Death
Name: DOAK, Alan Bruce
Registration district: Solihull South
County: Warwickshire
Year of registration: 1994
Month of registration: September
Date of Birth:17 April 1938
District no: 0731B
Reg no: B31F
Ent no: 045
DOR: 994

Joan married in 1945......I'll let you have the pleasure of finding the record

Judith married Haskins in 1963 - in Surrey

She is on the ER to 2009........totally different name occupying the address in 2012

I cannot see a death for Lillian, have you any further information about her?

Possibles for Robert in the region.

I think he is Robert Donald, as that is who a Lillian is living with on the rolls:

Lillian Doak
Year: 1927
Ward or Division/Constituency: West Birmingham
Street Address: 9 court 13 Prince of Wales
Residence Place: Birmingham

She is at the top of one page, and he is on the preceding page.

Added:
Only there are two Robert Donald's, senior and junior, and I am having difficulty finding the Lillian and Robert together.

This is him for preceding page in 1927
Robert Donald Doak
Year: 1927
Ward or Division/Constituency: West Birmingham
Street Address: 9 court 13 Prince of Wales
Residence Place: Birmingham

Information received from Alicia:

All I know is they were all born in Birmingham
I've had no contact in years if at all,
His sister Judith lived in surrey ten years ago

His mum re married when dad was young and then his mum died so all the kids went into care,
His mum was Lilian Bennett before marriage,
on dads birth cert it says Lilian Doak late Preece formerly Bennett,
I dont know anything about his dad only that his name was Robert

Did his Mother remarry because his father had died?

I cannot yet trace her previous marriages from the birth certificate information.

Deaths from free bmd:
Deaths Mar 1954
Doak Robert 92 Birmingham 9c 146
Deaths Dec 1956
DOAK Robert D 65 Birmingham 9c 351
Deaths Sep 1958
DOAK Robert D 35 Birmingham 9c 72
Deaths Mar 1961
DOAK Robert 72 Birmingham 9c 377

Judith is in someone's tree on here - confirms Reggie's marriage find to a Haskins.

You could try and contact them. (Use Search/Search All Member Trees, top right)

i have searched for judith but no joy on any tree

Did you search for Judith A - if so, it will not show?

Judith Doak 1941 Birmingham

I will send by pm the 3 children to Judith's marriage, as they do not all show on free bmd. (Paul, Ruth and Kim)

You can then try looking for them on 192.com

Alicia

Use freebmd to find info..................

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

Marriages Sep 1916 (>99%)

Bennett Lily Preece Aston 6d 970
Preece Horace C Bennett Aston 6d 970

Children

Births Sep 1916 (>99%)
Preece William H C Bennett Aston 6d 999

Births Jun 1919 (>99%)
Preece Winifred Bennett Aston 6d 731

Births Jun 1920 (>99%)
Preece Leslie Bennett Birmingham 6d 703

Births Sep 1924 (>99%)
Preece Robert Bennett Birmingham 6d 388


Death

Name: PREECE, Horace Cyril
Registration district: Lewes
County: Sussex
Year of registration: 1981
Quarter of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Date of Birth:1 November 1895
Volume no: 18
Page no: 1257

(Ties in with birth on freebmd)

I can't see a marriage between Preece and Doak

Marriages Sep 1943 (>99%)
Bennett Lily Jameson Birmingham 6d 879
Jameson Henry E Preece Birmingham 6d 879
Jameson Henry E Bennett Birmingham 6d 879
Preece Lily Jameson Birmingham 6d 879

If Lillian first married in 1916, was having children until at least 1941,and then died soon after her probable marriage to Henry Jameson, she would have been born between 1895 and 1900.

This looks a possibility, but why the middle initial?
Deaths Dec 1948
Jameson Lilian M 50 Birmingham 9c 579

There are various births for Lily/Lilian in Aston and Birmingham in the appropriate time scale.

I think we are assuming that she never actually married Robert Doak, but it would be useful to get one of the other marriage certificates to find out her father.

No-one seems to have Horace in their tree on here, so possibly no half-siblings of your Father either on here.
However you could attempt to trace their marriages,and any subsequent children.

she was married to a man called jameson i totally forgot that bit of information, she died young as all the children were put into care. i dont know what the initial is though, thankyou again for your great help