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Can any one help please Joseph Johnson was born Sheffield 1889,married a May Greenwood in 1913 sheffield lived at 176 Burnaby street sheffield on his sons wedding certificate he was a boiler firer and decessed his son was married in 1939 and born in 1918 May greenwood remarried in 1919 but i can not find a death for joseph who was born in 1889 please help thanks

Can I just ask how you know May re-married?
Jan

Is it possible he died abroad in the war ?

Hi she remarried to george lindley and had a son to him called Clifford who was born in 1921 sheffield she had a son called Joseph johnson born 1918 to her first husband also called joseph i have the son cliffords birth certificate and josephs sons wedding certificate to aleanor wright thanks

Could this be it.?
The age and district fit ...

Deaths Mar 1918
Johnson Joseph W - 29 - Ecclesall B. 9c 449

i know joseph son who was born in 1918 died in the war he was killed in 22-3-1945 and was a sergeant in the royalair force volunteer reserve and is at becklingen war cemetery thanks

The idea he died in WW! is a good one too - there is this record, just in case:


Name: Joseph Johnson
Birth Place: Sheffield
Residence: Sheffield
Death Date: 21 Mar 1918
Rank: Private
Regiment: Lincolnshire Regiment
Battalion: 1st Battalion.
Number: 42365
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Aldershot

See he was Joseph W:

Marriages Sep 1913 (>99%)

Greenwood May Johnson Sheffield 9c 1234
Johnson Joseph W Greenwood Sheffield 9c 1234

Hi this could be the sons death details



Military Section RAF
Forename JOSEPH
Surname JOHNSON
Rank SGT.
Regiment 207 SQDN.
Military Number 1594492
Year Of Death 1945
Volume Volume 8; Page 199

I know the age is 10 years out but can't see original - putting it here for safe keeping!

Deaths Mar 1912 (>99%)
Johnson Joseph W 18 Sheffield 9c 684

Don't know what the W stands for but found this ...


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Births Jun 1888

JOHNSON Joseph Wales - Sheffield 9c 510

hi so it looks like he died in 1918 ecclesall .b. and not in the war.thanks for your help.

Could be either .

You may have to invest in the death cert to confirm who he was married to / next of kin.

Hi i know how to order a death certificate but how do i go about ordering an army one thanks