Genealogy Chat

Maybe as no birth is registered and a then quick baptism from birth...he may not have been a child of the Butwell?

Very possible his correct surname was James..?

A DNA from the BUtwell blood line could prove or not.

This is the only illegitimate James birth registered in the right quarter of 1913, in the Birmingham area (though of course location could be anywhere):

JAMES, HOWARD CHANDLER -
GRO Reference: 1913 J Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 1632 Occasional Copy: A

But it's NOT him.

His mother's marriage:

Marriages Sep 1914 (>99%)
CHANDLER Howard H James W. Bromwich 6b 1658
JAMES Ivy F Chandler W. Bromwich 6b 1658

In 1921, Ivy and her husband are in Kingswinford, Worcs. - with young Howard, now with surname Chandler.



Maybe James was his birth first name - such as James Cheslin, whose birth I posted earlier.

It maybe worth the poster ringing the GRO in Southport to check if there is a registration as names have always been missed off the index......

I've known registrations to be missing from either FreeBMD or GRO - but not both.

But I suppose it's not impossible!

I once went to. FH talk. The person giving it said his daughters marriage was completely left off the list

There seems to be confusion over his birth date Pension record says b 13/5/1913 but baptism date 4th May 1913 - 9 days before his birth!!

Expiry date on the pension record is 13/5/1929 ie his supposed 16th birthday which was the usual