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I'm going out on a limb here:

Could be his dad and Beatrice (known as Louie?)

Arthur G Seale
Age: 4
Estimated birth year: abt 1897
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Arthur
Mother's Name: Louie
Gender: Male
Where born: Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

Civil parish: Southborough
Ecclesiastical parish: Southborough St Matthew
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Tonbridge
Sub-registration district: Tunbridge Wells
ED, institution, or vessel: 29
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 130
Household Members:
Name Age
Arthur Seale 24
Louie Seale 33
Arthur G Seale 4
Elsie L Seale 10 months


Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 755; Folio: 136; Page: 20.

Sorry, I really am a beginner. What do I do with the information you just left for me?

If he was the one born in Tunbridge in 1904 then this MIGHT be his dad's marriage:

Marriages Dec 1895 (>99%)
Ashdown William Tunbridge 2a 1280 Scan available - click to view
Barden Beatrice Louise Tunbridge 2a 1280 Scan available - click to view
Hodgson Bertha Evelyn Tunbridge 2a 1280 Scan available - click to view
Seale Arthur George Tunbridge 2a 1280 Scan available - click to view

My Mum may have her parents wedding certificate. I'm pretty sure she hasn't got his birth certificate though. I would really like to put some flesh on his bones for her, if you understand me? She has confused thoughts about him because she was so young when he died. She has letters sent to her Mum from previous employers after her Dad died and they seem to have genuinely appreciated him but she seems to think he had secrets!

This birth record matches the age at death - and is the only Harry William I can find at the moment:

Births Sep 1904 (>99%)
Seale Harry William Tunbridge 2a 845

This death record?

Harry W Seale
Death Registration Month/Year: 1939
Age at death (estimated): 35
Registration district: North Cotswold
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 709

Any idea where he was born?

We are super-fast on here you know!!

Do you have his marriage certificate? That should give his father's name and help you trace him on the 1911.

You will probably need his birth cert as well to confirm mum's maiden name.

Jill

Wow, fast response jill! I didn't expect that! I don't know his mother's name. His Father was Arthur Seale and he was married again so I think Harry's mother died young too. Harry was born 1st July - a day after his future wife Doris, who was born on 30th June 1901. I have only got my Mum's sketchy memories to go on I'm afraid.

Depending when in 1901 he was born you might find him in the 1901 census - or at least find his parents?

You should be able to find him (with parents?) on the 1911 census.

Jill

My first visit to the community! i would dearly love to give my Mum (1928) some information on her Dad Harry William Seale who died when she was only 10. She has no living relatives who knew her when she was a child. I know that he was a butler at Ragley Hall and that he also worked for Lord Sainsbury in London. He died in Moreton in the Marsh Hospital, Gloucestershire in February after being taken in on Christmas Eve 1938. There being little or no transport my Mum and her little brother and sister never saw him again. His wife Dorish Seale (nee Paish) was only able to visit him twice but she kept the letters he sent her. I can only find his birth and don't know what else I can do for my Mum. Any suggestions?
Thank you in advance!