Genealogy Chat

Hello Everyone I'm new here and to the fascinating and ever so slightly frustrating world of genealogy ! I can find a death certificate for my grandmother,also a marriage one but I can not find any birth records for her.I have no idea where she was born though know she died in 1955 at the age of 70.Any ideas where to go next?
Regards Teresa

Where are you looking Teresa? Trust it's good old Freebmd! (Assuming we are talking England and Wales).

www.freebmd.org.uk

It would help if you had her father's name from her marriage cert.

If you want to post details, feel free and we'll have a look.

Jan

Thanks Jan.She was born Daisy S Parkinson 1885,(she died aged 70 1955) yes we are talking UK and I have looked on freebmd I did'nt come up with anything,but I suppose that could be me !!

Do you have any idea at all of a possible location? No father's name I assume then?
When and to whom did she marry?
Jan

No I don't have a clue Jan.I'm about to send off for marriage certificate which I'm sure will help.Many Thanks

I think you have no choice really. Come back if you need more help!

Just kidding!!:

1891 England Census

Name: Daisy Parkinson
Age: 8
Estimated birth year: abt 1883
Relation: Boarder
Gender: Female
Where born: East Indies

Civil parish: Stokenchurch
Ecclesiastical parish: St Peter and St Paul
Town: Stokenchurch
County/Island: Oxfordshire
Country: England

Registration district: Wycombe
Sub-registration district: West Wycombe

Hubert Saunders 37
Clara Jane Saunders 33
Daisy Parkinson 8

Actually there are very few Daisy Parkinsons. here is another just in case:

1891 England Census

Name: Daisy Parkinson
Age: 5
Estimated birth year: abt 1886
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: John
Mother's Name: Mary
Gender: Female
Where born: Bedford, Bedfordshire, England

Civil parish: Watford
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
Town: Watford
County/Island: Hertfordshire

Registration district: Watford
Sub-registration district: Watford

John Parkinson 42
Mary Parkinson 36
Annie Parkinson 10
Lily Parkinson 7
Daisy Parkinson 5
Violet Parkinson 3
May Parkinson 2/12

Jan

Crikey Jan that's amazing !! How did you do it ??? Thankyou so very much

Well, I'd like to say it's total genius, but in fact it involved typing the name and birth year into the Ancestry search box!!

I think there are only a couple of possibilites but with so little to go on the marriage cert is a must.

Get it before 6th April as prices go up.

Jan

So Ancestry is the tool I need,because I can't find the second Daisy on the records here.

If you want to look at census reports you do need either Ancestry or FindmyPast (FMP). Most people favour Ancestry I think, but all a matter of opinion.
They do a 14-day free trial, worth a look.
Forget about using this site to do these lookups, it's really not very good.

Jan

What year and area did you find her marriage in Teresa? I can't find a likely death for a Daisy S anything in 1955 aged 70.

I don't understand, Teresa, why you don't know her married name. You say you can find her death certificate. That must be in her married name?

Not sure Teresa said that? She must know the marriage as she plans to send for the cert!
Jan

There are about 10 deaths of a Daisy S in 1955 - but you are right, none of them seem to be 70!!.
jan

Her marriage was 1931 in Coventry and she died dec 1955 Watford.
Her married name was Simpson

She said:
"I can find a death certificate for my grandmother,also a marriage one but I can not find any birth records for her."
So she must know her married name.

Teresa said she can find a marriage cert and a death cert.

Teresa can you please tell us who she married, and when/where and when/where she died.

There she is!

Name: Daisy Simpson
Death Registration Month/Year: 1955
Age at death (estimated): 70
Registration district: Watford
Inferred County: Hertfordshire

Madmeg, she knows all these things but can't pin down the birth.
I do think getting the marriage cert is the best idea don't you?
Jan