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What happened to Wilfred Robinson?

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Hawthorn

Hawthorn Report 2 Jan 2008 13:46

The only one of my Great Grandmothers 12 children I have been unable to trace is Wilfred Robinson. He only had one christian name.

He was born in Yarm (on Tees) and his birth was registered in Stokesley during the first quarter of 1891. He is listed on the 1891 & 1901 census and that's it, that's all I know! I have looked for a marriage but I do not know who, where or indeed if he married. Assuming he might have married from about the year 1910 I looked on Free BMD marriage index on Ancestry with a +-20 years from 1930. There are 24 Wilfred Robinson marriages listed within this period, up & down the country. Can I assume this is a complete list, or should I check every year & qtr. ?

I thought I had found it when I saw the marriage of a Wilfred Robinson in Stokesley in 1914 - but alas the father was not the same.

I do appreciate he could have died, emigrated or even killed in the First World War.

Can someone please suggest how I could narrow down my search having such little information?

Regards

Stu

Victoria

Victoria Report 2 Jan 2008 14:12

Hi Stu,

This guy dies in the war

ROBINSON Wilfred NEW BONLTHAM LINCS LINCOLN 42587 PRIVATE 15/4/1918 THE LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT 1ST BATTALION

Don't know whether it is a possibility though! Plus all the marriages from 1910 to 1920. From 1920 onwards it is advisable to check each quarter of each year.

ROBINSON Wilfred Oldham.8d 1064 4 1910

ROBINSON Wilfred Auckland.10a 462 2 1911

ROBINSON Wilfred Halifax.9a 1058 3 1911

ROBINSON Wilfred Parr Wirral.8a 920 2 1912

ROBINSON Wilfred Cooper York.9d 165 3 1912

ROBINSON Wilfred Easton Stokesley.9d 1348 2 1914

ROBINSON Wilfred Bate Leigh.8c 547 2 1914

ROBINSON Wilfred Wild Glossop.7b 1231 1 1915

ROBINSON Wilfred Smith Tadcaster.9c 2030 2 1915

ROBINSON Wilfred Carter Luton.3b 1281 4 1915

ROBINSON Wilfred Wicks Leeds.9b 659 3 1916

ROBINSON Wilfred Deville Wolstanton.6b 147 4 1916

ROBINSON Wilfred Heeley Rochford.4a 972 1 1917

ROBINSON Wilfred Blee Nottingham.7b 578 1 1918

ROBINSON Wilfred Raybould Stourbridge.6c 29 2 1918

ROBINSON Wilfred Whalley Blackburn.8e 516 1 1919

ROBINSON Wilfred Hammond Watford.3a 2179 2 1919

ROBINSON Wilfred Little Stourbridge.6c 106 3 1919

ROBINSON Wilfred Gibson Barnsley.9c 585 3 1919

ROBINSON Wilfred Wright Auckland.10a 541 2 1920


ROBINSON Wilfred Fielding Dewsbury.9b 1928 3 1920

ROBINSON Wilfred Mcelroy West Derby.8b 659 3 1920

ROBINSON Wilfred Nicklas Birkenhead.8a 1332 4 1920

ROBINSON Wilfred Ellershaw Settle.9a 47 4 1920

Good Luck

Jane

Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 2 Jan 2008 14:15

Try these sites they are free to search for BMDs

http://www.teesvalley-indexes.co.uk/index.php

http://www.durham.gov.uk/gro/newgro.nsf/search?open&C0232379020102012008$

these sites also give spouses name on marriages

Roy

Hawthorn

Hawthorn Report 2 Jan 2008 14:19

Jane - Thankyou for that information. I have just been looking on the CWGC site for a Wilfred Robinson but my search returned no matches, how did you find that?

I don't know that it's him of course.

I would have to contact all 25 registrars in order to see if it's the correct one . . . . a long job!

Thanks Roy