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Lived in London Kensington/Notting hill area around 1964 spent time in Wandsworth !
No trace on electoral register and no death registered
any suggestions please ?

Welcome to the boards Karon.

Do you know anything more about him as the name is not uncommon?

There is this one who married in Wandsworth though no guarantee he is the one you are looking for:-

England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription

First name(s) RAYMOND
Last name DENNIS
Marriage quarter 4
Marriage year 1979
Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ RAYMOND DENNIS married
Julie Unsworth
Spouse's last name Unsworth
District Wandsworth
District number -
County London
Country England
Volume 15
Page 0742
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005

or this one who married in Kensington:-

First name(s) RAYMOND
Last name DENNIS
Marriage quarter 1
Marriage year 1973
Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ RAYMOND DENNIS married
Charmian M Coren
Spouse's last name Coren
District Kensington
District number -
County London
Country England
Volume 5C
Page 1437
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005

or another later marriage in Wandsworth:-

First name(s) RAYMOND
Last name DENNIS
Marriage quarter 3
Marriage year 1993
Registration month 9
MarriageFinder™ RAYMOND DENNIS married
Janice Spink
Spouse's last name Spink
District Wandsworth
District number -
County London
Country England
Volume 15
Page 918
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005

Kath. x

Hi Thank you for the replies

He is my birth father and married my mother Patricia Pope in wandsworth London in 1964. a few years later they divorced.
I have no further information so am a bit stuck

Hi Karon,

Yes, going by your name I thought he was your father as I found a marriage for them in 1964 in Middlesex South Registration district.

I have looked on the electoral rolls on Findmypast (they are only from 2002 up till 214) but there are too many men called Raymond Dennis to know which one would be your father.

Kath. x

ok thank you for your help anyway
:-(

Do you have their marriage cert for his age and fathers name

Have you found his birth to see his parents names and to see if he has any siblings

You may be able to follow up on his parents or possible siblings

There are only 5 with no second name born 1940 -1943

Hi only know year of his birth
Do not have the marriage certificate
How comes you can find so much more info than I am able ?
Thank you

Most of us it's years of experience in looking and sometimes out of the box


Sooo I would recommend getting the marriage cert .or asking your mum to look at it if that's possible

If you need to buy the cert then get it from

www.gro.gov.uk. Using the GRO ref that I will pm you

You register on the site ,free ,then follow the order form .
Tick the box that asks if the GRO ref is known and fill in the boxes with the ref as it comes up

The cert costs £9.25 inc p&p. Only get it from that site as that's the official office
Others will charge you more but get the cert from the GRO and pocket the diff !!!

The marriage took place 1964 at feltham Hmp

Yes, Feltham is in the Middlesex South Registration district. What you really need the certificate for is for his father's name and occupation and possibly an address for where Raymond was living at the time.

His father's name may help with finding his parent's marriage and therefore his mother's maiden name - which will help find the correct birth, and then possibly any siblings he may have. After that you may be able to find members of his family who may know of Raymond's whereabouts.

As Shirley has already said, most of us have had years of experience doing our own family history and helping out on these boards trying to help others. We also tend to use other subscription sites to find records. Most don't use Genes records, but Findmypast, Ancestry, FamilySearch etc.

Kath. x

Thank you both so much for your time
Have ordered copy of the marriage cert now so fingers crossed
thanks again

Karon

That's great Karon.

Come back to this thread when you get the certificate and we can see if we can find anything from the information it gives you.

Kath. x

Yes, following this Karon so please come back once you have the cert and let us know how it is working for you.
Good luck
Peahen

I now have the Marriage cert confirms year of birth is 1944

Who does it name as his father ,we need that to find more family info

Father named Walter Henry Dennis an Electrician

thank you so much

Karon

Marriages Sep 1939 (>99%)

Buffey Leonard M Corney Kensington 1a 660 Scan available - click to viewAdditional information available - click to view
Buffey Leonard M Mills Kensington 1a 660 Scan available - click to viewAdditional information available - click to view
Corney Mary I Buffey Kensington 1a 660 Scan available - click to view
Dennis Walter H Portsmouth Kensington 1a 660 Scan available - click to view <<<
Mills Mary I Buffey Kensington 1a 660 Scan available - click to view
Portsmouth Elizabeth E Dennis Kensington 1a 660 Scan available - click to view <<<

His birth registered Kensington 1944, and a brother Robert J born in 1940 according to freebmd.

Births Dec 1919 (>99%)
PORTSMOUTH Elizabeth E Boal Kensington 1a 243


Death cert may give next of kin?

First name(s) ELIZABETH EMILY
Last name DENNIS
Gender Female
Birth day 28
Birth month 9
Birth year 1919
Age -
Death quarter 2
Death year 1984
District Kensington & Chelsea
Register number 684
County London
Volume 13
Page 1805
Country England
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
Collections from Great Britain, England

Looks like the fathers birth

Births Dec 1912
Dennis Walter H Gale Kensington 1a 246

And mum
Births Dec 1919 (>99%)
PORTSMOUTH Elizabeth E Boal Kensington 1a 243

It looks likely Walter H was born in 1912, and Elizabeth in 1919 - I wonder if they can be found on the 1939 register to get actual dates of birth to find deaths and check for probate/wills. May give an indication of whether Raymond was mentioned, but I don't have a FMP subscription.

OOps should have refreshed first.