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ok thanks i tried searching his birth on freebmd and it comes up no records found

posted on page 2 of this thread do you think this is him
birth index
Name: William John C Neilsen
Year of Registration: 1878
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Plymouth
County: Devon
Volume: 5b
Page: 289

yes it is him but my freebmd wont call it up for me

there is a site you can go on to download the certificate isnt there but i cannot remember what the site was called

I have never come across one always used the offical site i posted cost £7

ok thankyou for all your help janice

Have book marked this thread so if you get the cert and want to post details i will help to find the family .
will continue to look for marriage of parents

thankyou very much this is my firt time on this part of the website, I am amazed at the amount of very kind people like yourself to helping me

Is this a slim possibiity? totally the wrong area but I wonder what Bawden sounds like in a different accent from the London area.

Marriages Sep 1877

Bowden Mary Jane St. Olave 1d 378
Harris Henry St Olave 1d 378
Nielson Clans St. Olave 1d 378
Nielson Claus St. Olave 1d 378
Parvin Jane St. Olave 1d

Thankyou selena is St olave a church in london

I have some new information on William Nielsen he was in the first world war at the battle of the somme he died in 1934 not 1932 as I previously thought my father has a funeral service card to confirm this from my late grandmothers possessions and his wife ellen died in 1926 aged 32 he was apparently a docker in plymouth and had a brother called George who ws a trade unionist at the docks in plymouth. My father also recalls my late great aunt mary always said the surname was nielsen and not neilson and always believed there were links to Denmark.

has been registered as Neilson(so you seem to have the same problem as me with it changing between e/o!!)
William J C
age 58 years
Plymouth
volume 5b
page263
jul-sept quarter 1934
Have got to go out will look further when i get back

British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
about William J C Neilson
Name: William J C Neilson
Regiment or Corps: Gloucestershire Regiment, Labour Corps
Regimental number: 21533, 607527

Not sure where you got the above info from but this looks like it might be her death index. This ties in with approx birth year from 1901 census
Name: Ellen Neilson
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879
Year of Registration: 1922
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at Death: 43
District: Plymouth
County: Devon
Volume: 5b
Page: 439

Re 1881 census posted gives a grandson George so could be the right family

pssible birth index for George
Name: George Henry N Nielson
Year of Registration: 1880
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Plymouth
County: Devon
Volume: 5b
Page: 297

thankyou janice it would appear that the details for ellen are right.

where would i find out more information from the gloucestershire regiment

Have sent you a personal message,I think William was transfered to the Labour Corps
This might be a marriage for George only other name on the index page is Flora Jane Hingston

Name: George Henry Neilson
Year of Registration: 1910
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Plymouth
County: Devon
Volume: 5b
Page: 554

Have not found any births registered in Plymouth for them
Not sure where the registration district East Stonehouse covers so wonder if these are any of there children. Posting them as someone may recall the names
Clifford M Neilson 1913 Oct-Nov-Dec Hingston East Stonehouse Devon

Edna F N Neilson 1916 Jan-Feb-Mar Hingston East Stonehouse Devon

Leonard H Neilson 1912 Oct-Nov-Dec Hingston East Stonehouse Devon

Reginald A Neilson 1917 Oct-Nov-Dec Hingston East Stonehouse Devon
I have just seen that E.Stonehouse came under Plymouth district after 1937 so must be in the right area

possible mothers death
Name: Mary J Neilson
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852
Year of Registration: 1917
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Age at Death: 65
District: Plymouth
County: Devon
Volume: 5b
Page: 290

Think this is them in 1891 mistranscribed!! Have looked at the image and think it should be Neilson
Name: Mary Helson
Age: 33
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1858
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Cornwall, England

Name: William Helson
Age: 13
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
Relation: Son
Mother's Name: Mary
Gender: Male
Where born: Plymouth, Devon, England

Civil Parish: St Andrew
Ecclesiastical parish: All Saints
Town: Plymouth


Name: George Helson
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1881
Relation: Son
Mother's Name: Mary
Gender: Male
Where born: Plymouth, Devon, England

Civil Parish: St Andrew
Ecclesiastical parish: All Saints

Name: Kate Helson
Age: 7
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1884
Relation: Daughter
Mother's Name: Mary
Gender: Female
Where born: Plymouth, Devon, England

Civil Parish: St Andrew
Ecclesiastical parish: All Saints
Name: Mabelle Helson
Age: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1887
Relation: Daughter
Mother's Name: Mary
Gender: Female
Where born: Plymouth, Devon, England

Civil Parish: St Andrew
Ecclesiastical parish: All Saints

still looks like she is married not widowed so wonder where he is!!

Looks like you are going to need to get a birth cert to find out