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trying to find my grandad and grt grt grt grandad

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john david

john david Report 14 Jan 2011 15:40

i will see if i can confirm one of them.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 14 Jan 2011 15:32

do you know John James actual birth date?

this may be a poss as Lewisham is in the general area
Name: John James Martin
Birth Date: 7 Nov 1901
Death Registration Month/Year: 1970
Registration district: Lewisham
Inferred County: London
Volume: 5d
Page: 588

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Maddie

Maddie Report 14 Jan 2011 15:28

only marraiges for parenets ? John and mary assuming it was in Kent are these
John Martin

England Marriages, 1538–1973

spouse: Mary Ann Brown
marriage: 11 Jul 1805 — Deal, Kent, England

record title: England Marriages, 1538–1973
groom's name: John Martin
bride's name: Mary Ann Brown
marriage date: 11 Jul 1805
marriage place: Deal, Kent, England
indexing project (batch) number: M02006-9
system origin: England-ODM
source film number: 1736692

John Martin

England Marriages, 1538–1973

spouse: Mary Cogger
marriage: 04 Apr 1815 — Saint Margaret, Rochester, Kent, England

record title: England Marriages, 1538–1973
groom's name: John Martin
bride's name: Mary Cogger
marriage date: 04 Apr 1815
marriage place: Saint Margaret, Rochester, Kent, England
indexing project (batch) number: M16512-3
system origin: England-ODM
source film number: 1469483

maddie

john david

john david Report 14 Jan 2011 15:24

many thanks Maddie i will look into this one, fingers crossed,

Maddie

Maddie Report 14 Jan 2011 15:09

could this be his birth
William Martin

England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

residence: Maidstone, Kent, England
parents: John Martin, Mary

record title: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
name: William Martin
gender: Male
baptism/christening date: 25 Feb 1810
baptism/christening place: Maidstone, Kent, England
father's name: John Martin
mother's name: Mary
indexing project (batch) number: C04259-8
system origin: England-EASy
source film number: 1736877

john david

john david Report 14 Jan 2011 15:01

William David Martin born loose maidstone kent 1810, he married Harriet Fowler born Shropshire 1806 married in 1830 Shoreditch London, trying to find his parents.
Also John James Martin born peckham camberwell 1901 he married Elizabeth Wilson born London 1904, they married in 1924, Elizabeth died in 1932, anything on John James after 1932 would be helpful.
update on John James Martin, he was known to the family as uncle Jack,
He re-married a lady called emily who cooked at Peckham police station,
she had a daughter Cicely born 1948.
John James Martin worked as a caretaker at his school, ruby street Southwark,