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jansmith

jansmith Report 2 Apr 2008 20:30

just read through this thread and found this on cwgc site same service number but different date of death so does it help or add to the puzzle!!
Name: BESLEY
Initials: T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Somerset Light Infantry
Unit Text: 3rd/5th Bn
Age: 17
Date of Death: 16/02/1917
Service No: 1800
Additional information: Son of Steve and Fanny Besley, of Holelake, Wellington. Born at Wiveliscombe.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Cemetery: WIVELISCOMBE (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD

Sylvia

Sylvia Report 2 Apr 2008 20:22

can we go in the other direction? Thomas besley 1849 married elizabeth chiplin1851.Dont know when they got married but he was baptised on 7/1/1849 in wiveliscombe.

Sylvia

Sylvia Report 2 Apr 2008 20:17

no thats the other besley family in wiveliscombe.

Sylvia

Sylvia Report 2 Apr 2008 20:16

sorry confusion setting in again!!!! thomas 1884 had a brother called fred but he would have been too young to marry in 1900.....?

Eric

Eric Report 2 Apr 2008 20:14

The Thomas Besley who married Elizabeth Vearncombe was born about 1879. He was 21 when he married. The Parish Record shows him as being a Carpenter. He was living with his mother in law in the 1901 census aged 22. I could not find any other marriage for Thomas Besley in that part of Somerset. Banns simply means that the church announce the forthcoming marriage in the 3 weeks before the event so that anyone who knows of a reason why they shouldn't marry can object. The alternative is a special licence.

Sylvia

Sylvia Report 2 Apr 2008 20:10

what does it mean when they say bann?

Sylvia

Sylvia Report 2 Apr 2008 20:08

no he was baptised in the church!!!
But that explains my gramps for you!!!! always thought he was from another planet!!
Fred possibly Thomas1910 brother!!

***Lindsay***

***Lindsay*** Report 2 Apr 2008 19:55

Found a male Parish born the quarter before Lily and Thomas married,(thinking outside the box).
I had trouble finding someone and then found he was born with a different surname to an unmarried mother.
Just no sign of a Gordon Besley anywhere around that time.

***Lindsay***

***Lindsay*** Report 2 Apr 2008 19:47

Was he born in the church or baptised??!!

Eric

Eric Report 2 Apr 2008 19:35

Thomas Besley married Elizabeth Vearncmbe in St Michaels Church, Milverton by Banns on 26 December 1900. Witnesses were Fred Besley and Sarah Vearncombe

Sylvia

Sylvia Report 2 Apr 2008 19:20

Nope deffinately 1928 in barry all saints church, so he says!!

Sylvia

Sylvia Report 2 Apr 2008 19:09

well thats weird!!! i think i am going to have to double check with him!!

June

June Report 2 Apr 2008 19:05

no birth 1928/29/30/31/32/33 for Gordon thomas Besley
found Joans but no other with mmn Parish in them years

June x

Sylvia

Sylvia Report 2 Apr 2008 17:13

its either 1929 or 28 but the date is right! in cardiff,penarth,or barry. that marriage sounds right they had a daughter in 1927 Joan.

***Lindsay***

***Lindsay*** Report 2 Apr 2008 16:38

Thomas Besley and Lily L Parish married Cardiff 11a 649 Oct-Nov-Dec 1926

***Lindsay***

***Lindsay*** Report 2 Apr 2008 16:24

Sylvia
Are you sure about Gordon Thomas's birth date. I cannot find a registration for him, searching tthe indexes
Lindsay

Sylvia

Sylvia Report 2 Apr 2008 16:16

no but think i might need to get it to sort this one out!!

June

June Report 2 Apr 2008 14:36

Hi Sylvia do you have Gordon thomas Besley birth cert and his parents Thomas + Lillian marriage cert ?

June x

Sylvia

Sylvia Report 2 Apr 2008 13:46

ok! its what ive been told by family. can you trace back from Gordon Thomas Besley b 5/12/1928 his parents were Thomas Besley 1910 married to lillian Parish. His dad is the one then Thomas Besley 1884 who died in the war! 16/02/1915. i just cant seem to find anything maybe you will have better luck.

June

June Report 2 Apr 2008 13:19

I can not find any Thomas Besley 1910/11
birth ?


June x