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ErikaH

ErikaH Report 26 Mar 2021 15:07

I posted that man's 2015 death on 24/3 at 13.06

Craig

Craig Report 26 Mar 2021 06:24

Yes I did see that, okay.
I was in contact with a female descendant here in NZ.
Her father was David Leonard Bischoff Towgood/Dixon one of the children.
I will see if I can find her email which I had years ago, I have seen a Memorial to a David Bischoff Towgood 2015 with her name on it.
I will get back to you when I find her.
Shift worker so give me a few days.

Craig

Kucinta

Kucinta Report 26 Mar 2021 05:16

RE http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/BirthSearch.aspx

Craig, when you look at the search result, you will see that there is nothing under the heading "Mother's former name". This indicates there is no "former/maiden name" because she has not married, and therefore Dixon is her maiden name.

Craig

Craig Report 26 Mar 2021 01:52

ErikaH
I may not be very good at this, but how do you tell by the data at http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/BirthSearch.aspx
that the children were illegitimate.

Craig

Craig Report 26 Mar 2021 01:09

ErikaH
You are correct they are not related by blood, but the 2 son's changed there name to Towgood and there step father is connected, so they can still be added to my tree, plus there are descendants living in NZ, where I live.
The last I heard about the 3rd child, Jill she was living in USA.

Craig

Craig

Craig Report 26 Mar 2021 01:00

The last bit at the bottom, son of, was that on the register as well or from somewhere else, as I have always thought he was a son of Ernest and Bertha but could never find anything to prove that and never added John to my tree. a lot of people always thought that the name Bischoff was German but it's Swiss. I have name back to 1696.
You have just solved a big mystery for me as descendants are alive in NZ.

Thanks everyone
Craig

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 24 Mar 2021 13:06

TOWGOOD, DAVID LEONARD 1934
GRO Reference: DOR Q1/2015 in HAMPSHIRE (504-1F) Entry Number 511784707

Kathleen's children are in no way related to you, Craig

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 24 Mar 2021 10:18

The children were illegitimate - sorry, but records show this to be a fact

Find the first two on..............

http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/BirthSearch.aspx

Michael J born Hendon district

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 24 Mar 2021 10:11

Never understimate a 'fluke' ;-) ;-)

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 24 Mar 2021 10:07

Ericka

I was following them too in Canada but then saw you had posted the info that I also was finding

Was a fluke finding him on the 1939 register

Plus too on the ww1 attestment for Bertha husband David boas he does give Cecil and Jack dob unknown but born in Canada

Bertha also had children registered as Moore but no marriage

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 24 Mar 2021 08:32

All fits with info I posted earlier, which was not acknowledged. Thanks Shirley

Craig
I hope David is not living, as you have posted his birth date

And - again - please READ all the details on EVERY post, or there's no point in anyone bothering to try to help you

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 24 Mar 2021 08:04

He was consistently known as Jack

Jack Towgood
Residence Year: 1950
Parliamentary Division/Constituency: Guildford
Residence Place: Surrey, England

Shackleford house Eashing Surrey

Dr Barnardos home

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 24 Mar 2021 07:35

Arthur G Towgood
Death Age: 61
Birth Date: abt 1902
Registration Date: Oct 1963
[Nov 1963]
[Dec 1963]
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration District: Westminster
Inferred County: London
Volume: 5c
Page: 431

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 24 Mar 2021 07:18

Here he is

Name: Jack Jowgood
[John Bishoff Towgood ]
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Birth Date: 24 Apr 1904
Residence Year: 1939
Address: 35
Residence Place: Wandsworth, London, England
Occupation: Lorry Driver (Good Supplier)
Line Number: 40
Schedule Number: 66
Sub Schedule Number: 4
Enumeration District: AXGP
Borough: Wandsworth
Registration district: 89 24/2
Household Members Age
Betty Boas
67
Barbara J Boas
27
Cecil Towgood
34
Jack Towgood 35


Son of
Marriages Dec 1896
Lawson Bertha Jackson Reading 2c 860
Towgood Ernest George B Reading 2c 860


Ernest was Canadian and John was born in Canada

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 24 Mar 2021 06:18

As for the children look on freebmd and you will see mmn !

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 24 Mar 2021 06:05

But he didn’t marry as John Douglas Bischoff Towgood

Nor is his death reg as John Douglas B Towgood

Plus he isn’t on the 1939 register

Edit he is. See later posting

Get the marriage cert for its info :-)

Craig

Craig Report 24 Mar 2021 02:14

Hi, Just gone back thru old emails 2004.
David Leonard Bishoff- Towgood (nee Dixon)
22 Mar 1934 Stroud, Gloucestershire, England
Michael Bischoff Towgood also nee Dixon
Jill Dixon, 1935 stayed a Dixon
Kathleen Ann Dixon was married before, husband apparently not nice.
John Douglas Bischoff Towgood had 2 brothers Arthur who lived in Wiltshire and William who lived in Tooting, London. Can not find them either.
This getting hard.

Craig

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 23 Mar 2021 22:50

READ the 1939 info about Kathleen

Also, note that there is NO evidence of the name Douglas connected to this man
Buy the marriage cert as already advised

Craig

Craig Report 23 Mar 2021 21:58

Hi, The John Douglas Bischoff Towgood I am looking for was was a Master at Dr Bernados Home where David and his brother lived during WW2.
That's where he met Kathleen Ann Dixon and married her, she had been married before, so as I said Dixon may not be her maiden name.
3 children born to Dixon
David Leonard Bischoff Towgood - Dixon
Michael Bischoff Towgood - Dixon
and Jill who stayed a Dixon
So the boys could be registered as Dixon
The Bischoff name I have ancesters and descendants and not one had a John Douglas Bischoff Towgood.
So you see my problem.
Makes it hard.

Craig

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 23 Mar 2021 17:13

1939

Name: Kathleen A Dixon
[Kathleen A Towgood]
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single*************
Birth Date: 28 Apr 1906
Residence Year: 1939
Address: Coombe Road (Public Assistance Institution)
Residence Place: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Occupation: Domestic Servant
Line Number: 30
Schedule Number: 1
Sub Schedule Number: 30
OVSPI: Inmate
Enumeration District: WRHZ
Borough: Salisbury
Registration district: 253(1)

She wasn't married before she married Towgood

NO birth on freebmd or the GRO matching her details