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lOOKING FOR GRANDFATHER

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FONDY

FONDY Report 19 Jan 2009 22:20

i AM DESPERATELTY TRYING TO FIND THE FATHER OF MY DAD hORACE MARTIN....NOT LISTED ANYWHERE AND DONT HAVE MUCH TO GO ON ...I THINK HE DIED JUST BEFORE MY DAD WAS BORN IN 1916...NOT NAMED ON THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE SO VERY DIFFICULT TO TRACE...WE DO KNOW THAT HE WAS A SEAMAN IN THE FORCES. hELP A REAL DEAD END.hIS MUM NEVER SPOKE OF THE DAD.

Diddydoris

Diddydoris Report 19 Jan 2009 22:29

What details have you got from the birth cert? Date place etc.

FAIRTHORN

FAIRTHORN Report 19 Jan 2009 23:28

Sorry Fondy

BUT unless someone in the family knows the details, it will be impossible to pinpoint your grandfather.

You could trace kin & ask if they know !

That is how I solved my mystery.

Researching:
" My other half is NOT my better half "

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 20 Jan 2009 04:10

I assume this is the birth:

Births Mar 1917
Martin Horace H Martin Launceston 5c 37

Not much you can do if the parents weren't married.

Rose

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I am not related to you and I'm not your husband's first wife!

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 20 Jan 2009 04:15

Could his middle name be the father's surname?

England & Wales, Death Index: 1984-2005
about Horace Haywood Martin
Name: Horace Haywood Martin
Birth Date: 1 Dec 1916
Death Registration Month/Year: Jul 1995
Age at death (estimated): 78
Registration district: Plymouth
Inferred County: Devon
Register number: C49A
District and Subdistrict: 4161C
Entry Number: 246

Rose

Researching:
I am not related to you and I'm not your husband's first wife!

FONDY

FONDY Report 22 Jan 2009 15:40

Yep i pretty much am at a loss with my Paternal Granfather...i kinda guessed his surname was probably Haywood as it was my fathers middle name but no family left to speak to of that generation...as he was illegimate .and father unknown on birth certificate ...i guess my gran took that knowledge to her grave... shame

Diddydoris

Diddydoris Report 22 Jan 2009 16:28

Rec'd this by pm

I have no birth certificate...i know my dad was born in launceston cornwall dec 1 1916 and baptised in March 1917.his mum Lily May Martin then came to Loddiswell kingsbridge devon, and married someone else...she never spoke of the father...but i am quite certain that his middle name is a link..Horace Haywood martin...but where do i start all the elderly relations have gone!

was plain ann now annielaurie

was plain ann now annielaurie Report 22 Jan 2009 17:24

Had a look on the Commonwealth War Graves site, and there is no-one with the name Haywood who was in the Navy or Merchant Navy who was killed 1915-1916