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please help me find deryk allen

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Trudie

Trudie Report 21 Jan 2010 13:11

hi kind people, i have found the birth certificate of derek leslie richard allen, now i am trying to find out if he is married or possibly deceased. i am not very good at the searching! any info on this person or possible relatives would be much appreciated.

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 21 Jan 2010 13:30

more details needed Trudie - location and some dates

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

Astra

Astra Report 21 Jan 2010 13:30

When and where was he born please?

Researching:
More in hope than expectation!

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 21 Jan 2010 13:33

Is the first name spelt correctly?

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

lancashireAnn

lancashireAnn Report 21 Jan 2010 13:53

I guess it should be spelt the normal way

Births Mar 1928 (>99%)
ALLEN Derek R L Laurence Thetford 4b 474

Researching:
Liverpool (Cartwright, Chambers, Miller), Todmorden (Sutcliffe, Mallison), Abergavenny (Watkins, Prosser)

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 21 Jan 2010 13:55

Looked at that birth but the middle initials are the wrong way round

Unless the poster has that wrong as well ?

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

LiverBird1

LiverBird1 Report 21 Jan 2010 13:56

There are two marriages on Ancestry for Derek L R Allen.

One in Hampshire 1967 and other in London 1997.

EDIT

Also one in Suffolk for Derek R L in 1954

Researching:
WInson, Steele, Roberts, Adkins, Mutch, Darcy, Lawless

lancashireAnn

lancashireAnn Report 21 Jan 2010 14:10

oops Glitterbaby - I thought I had checked I had it right as well as there is also one similar spelt Derrick - perhaps I need new glasses

Researching:
Liverpool (Cartwright, Chambers, Miller), Todmorden (Sutcliffe, Mallison), Abergavenny (Watkins, Prosser)

Trudie

Trudie Report 22 Jan 2010 19:12

thankyou kind people, i think it is derek allen born in oct 1943, i am trying to trace any relatives.

Trudie

Trudie Report 22 Jan 2010 19:12

thankyou kind people, i think it is derek allen born in oct 1943, i am trying to trace any relatives.

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 22 Jan 2010 19:34

The one born 1943 in Battle does have the name of Derek L R

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

Trudie

Trudie Report 25 Jan 2010 17:51

thankyou to all the people who helped me to find derek allen, i am sure he is the one! i just don't know what to do next, should i search the electoral role? i want to make contact with him eventually but don't know where to begin. thanks again for help.