Genealogy Chat

No personal connection, but thought I would post about the search for relatives of war casualties....

https://www.cwgc.org/our-work/news/appeal-for-relatives-march-2023/

Frank Cashmore, died 15/10/1914

YoB 1897
Son of James and Mary Ann Cashmore, of I, Arthur St., West Bromwich.

1911 census

James Cashmore Head Married Male 51 1860 Engineer turner West Bromwich Staff
Mary Ann Cashmore Wife Married Female 50 1861 - Smethwick Staffs
Alice Maud Cashmore Daughter Single Female 28 1883 Bookbinder West Smethwick Staffs
James Cashmore Son Single Male 23 1888 Engineer turner West Smethwick Staffs
Gertrude Dora Cashmore Daughter Single Female 15 1896 Dressmaker West Bromwich Staffs
Frank Cashmore Son - Male 14 1897 Packer West Bromwich Staffs
Ethel Cashmore Daughter - Female 11 1900 School West Bromwich Staffs
Doris Winefred Cashmore Daughter - Female 9 1902 School West Bromwich Staffs
Freda Irene May Cashmore Daughter - Female 5 1906 School West Bromwich Staffs

DORIS seems to be in a GR tree

Albert Dollimore died 18/11/1918
Father : Charles Dollimore
Mother : Lucy
Age On : 24
Cemetery/Memorial : Berkshire United Kingdom United Kingdom Book of Remembrance

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census
6, Middle Road, Berkhamsted, Great Berkhampstead Urban, Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England
Charley Dollimore Head Married Male 32 1869 Timber hewer Chalgrave, Bedfordshire, England
Lucy Dollimore Wife Married Female 31 1870 - Hockliffe, Bedfordshire, England
Winifred Dollimore Daughter - Female 9 1892 - Chalgrave, Bedfordshire, England
Ada M Dollimore Daughter - Female 8 1893 - Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England
Albert Dollimore Son - Male 6 1895 - Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England

George James Brain, died 22/12/1919, Bedwellty

BRAIN, GEORGE JAMES EDWARDS
GRO Reference: 1893 D Quarter in BEDWELLTY Volume 11A Page 79

1921 census:

Thomas Roy
Taylor
1903
Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England
Cheshunt
Edmonton
Middlesex

With Edith Mary 1889, Edward Leonard 1899, Ethel Grace 1895, Stanley Edgar 1897, Marion Emily 1863, John 1863, and 1 other person who isn't named Taylor, as far as I can see.


Roy Thomas Taylor
in the 1911 England Census
Name: Roy Thomas Taylor
Age in 1911: 7
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1904
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England
Civil Parish: Cheshunt
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address: 60 Albury Grove Road, Cheshunt, Herts
Occupation: School
Registration District Number: 132
Sub-registration District: Cheshunt
ED, institution, or vessel: 05
Piece: 7455
Household Members:
Name Age
John Taylor 48
Marion Emily Taylor 47
Edith Mary Taylor 21
Maurice Jack Taylor 18
Ethel Grace Taylor 15
Stanley Edgar Taylor 14
Edward Lenard Taylor 12
Roy Thomas Taylor 7


No definite sign of Edward Leonard after 1921.

Stanley Edgar died in 1963 in a Home for the Blind in Hatfield, Herts. No sign of having married. In 1939 he's already blind, and is with his mother and sisters Edith and Ethel in Cheshunt.

Maurice Jack married Lilian E Messenger in 1923. They were in Cheshunt in 1939 (as Jack M and Emily L) - no children or closed records listed with them.
Maurice died in Cheshunt in 1972.
Lilian Emily died in Cheshunt in 1968.

Ethel Grace. In 1939 she's in Cheshunt with her mother, sister Edith Mary, and brother Stanley Edgar. She married Arthur Moverley in Ware, Herts in 1945, and died there in Jan 1956. Arthur died a month later. No children.

Edith Mary died unmarried in Edmonton in 1951.

Death as recorded
First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Deaths Dec 1918 (>99%)
Dollimore Albert 24 Berkhamstead 3a 1843

2 by that name in 1911 census right area -

1911 Census For England & Wales
Codicote, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
Last name First name(s) Year Of Birth Year Of Death Year Record set Location
Dollimore Albert 1894 — 1911


Possibly these 2 births - but the one in Hitchin should show as age 25 on the death registration and would appear
to be alive in 1921, living in Essex

DOLLIMORE, ALBERT CRANE
GRO Reference: 1893 S Quarter in HITCHIN Volume 03A Page 550

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1911 Census For England & Wales
St Berkhamstead Urban, Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England
Dollimore Albert 1895

DOLEMORE, ALBERT BRINKLOW
GRO Reference: 1894 D Quarter in BERKHAMSTED Volume 03A Page 628

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Full 1911 census for Albert mmn Brinklow -

1911 Census For England & Wales
24 Shrublands Avenue Berkhamsted, St Berkhamstead Urban, Hertfordshire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship to head Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Charles Dollimore Head Married Male 42 1869 Timber hewer Chalgrave Beds
Lucy Dollimore Wife Married Female 40 1871 - Hockliffe Beds
Winifred Dollimore Daughter Single Female 19 1892 Teacher of the piano Chalgrave Beds
Ada Dollimore Daughter Single Female 18 1893 Dressmaker Berkhamsted Herts
Albert Dollimore Son Single Male 16 1895 Houseboy Berkhamsted Herts

Married 21 years, 3 children all living

All children's mmn show as Brinklow

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an Ancestry tree shows this family with Albert's death 18 Nov 1918

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Winifred Annie married William George Gurney BANDY 1916
She died 1932, he died 1969

A daughter Joan born 1921 Berkhampstead RD married 1976 London City . No children ,. Died 2011 Bournemouth

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Ada Mary married Frank K Knott 1925

She died 1978 Luton RD (birth year appears 1 out)

No obvious births England/Wales

Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Deaths Dec 1945 (>99%)
Jenkins Benjamin J 31 Richmond 9d 587

Births Jun 1914 (>99%)
JENKINS Benjamin J Fieldhouse Bedwelty 11a 175
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1921 Census Of England & Wales
1, Greenmeadow Cottages, Pen-Y-Bont, Abertillery, Monmouthshire, Wales

First name(s) Last name Relationship to head Sex Birth year Age in years Birth place Occupation Employer
John Henry Jenkins Head Male 1885 36 Coleford, Gloucestershire, England Below Ground Coal Tillery Colliery
Sarah Ann Jenkins Wife Female 1889 32 Nantyglo, Monmouthshire, Wales Home Duties -
Benjamin John Jenkins Son Male 1914 7 Abertillery, Monmouthshire, Wales - -
Golenddydd Jenkins Daughter Female 1918 2 Abertillery, Monmouthshire, Wales - -

Further child - Ruby V Jenkins b 1912, d 1913

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Surname First name(s) Spouse District Vol Page
Marriages Dec 1932 (>99%)
Jenkins Golenddydd Dowdall Paddington 1a 148

Births 1933 Kensington, 1935 Paddington and possibly 1940 and 1942 Uckfield

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Surname First name(s) Spouse District Vol Page
Marriages Sep 1944 (>99%)
FARR Winifred I Jenkins Caerleon 11a 567
JENKINS Benjamin J Farr Caerleon 11a 567

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1 possible Jenkins/Farr birth for time frame
Q2 1946 Chepstow RD

To expand on the info in my post of 12.33

Marriages Dec 1889 (>99%)
Brinklow Lucy Woburn 3b 859
Dolemore Charley Woburn 3b 859

SR District/Reg Area - Ballinasloe
Death of STEPHEN BROWNE in 1919
Name STEPHEN BROWNE
Date of Death 1919
Group Registration ID 5704751
SR District/Reg Area Ballinasloe
Deceased Age at Death 27

Died 31/3/ 1919 at Market Square, Ballinasloe.
Bachelor, army pensioner.
Cause of death: pthisis
Informant: John Browne, Market Square, Ballinasloe


Stephen Browne
in the Web: Ireland, Census, 1911
Name: Stephen Browne
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Birth Year: abt 1891
Birth Place: Co Galway
Residence Date: 2 Apr 1911
House Number: 29
Townland/Street: Market Square
District: Ballinasloe Urban
County: Galway
Country: Ireland
Electoral District: Ballinasloe Urban
Literacy: Read and write
Language Spoken: English
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Tailor
Religion: R Catholic
Relationship: Son
URL:
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
John Browne 56 Head
Anne Browne 45 Wife
Stephen Browne 20 Son
Agnes Browne 19 Daughter
Helena Browne 17 Daughter
Patrick Browne 15 Son
Kathleen Browne 6 Daughter
John Rafferty 13 Relative (Other Relative)
Michael Kinucane 17 Boarder


Patrick Browne died unmarried in Ballinasloe in 1921.
His sister Helena was the informant, and unmarried at that time.

Agnes married Thomas McNamara (soldier) in Ballinasloe in 1918.
Her brother Patrick (Paddy) was one of the witnesses.

Irish records too patchy to discover any more.

george james brain
father george address 9 nruadd street abertillery

George
Regiment South Wales Borderers
Last name Brain
Series WO 363
Birth year 1894
Series description Wo 363 - First World War Service Records 'Burnt Documents'
Birth town Abertillery
Archive The National Archives
Birth county Monmouthshire
Record set British Army Service Records
Birth country Wales
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Age 20
Subcategory First World War
Year 1914
Collections from Great Britain, UK None
Service number 4/14028

George James
Country Wales
Last name Brain
Volume 11A
Birth quarter 4
Page 79
Birth year 1893
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
Mother's maiden name Edwards
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
District Bedwellty
Subcategory Civil Births
County Monmouthshire

1901
Dents Building, Abersychan, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales
View original record
Household members (8 people)
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
George Brain Head
Married Male 35 1866 Coal miner hewer below ground Garndiffaith, Monmouthshire, Wales
Mary Brain Wife
Married Female 34 1867 - Coleford, Gloucestershire, England
William Brain Son
- Male 9 1892 - Abersychan, Monmouthshire, Wales
Edith Brain Daughter
- Female 11 1890 - Abersychan, Monmouthshire, Wales
George Brain Son
- Male 7 1894 - Abertillery, Monmouthshire, Wales


George James
Country Wales
Last name Brain
Volume 11A
Marriage quarter 2
Volume as transcribed 11A
Marriage year 1889
Page number 226
Registration month -
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
MarriageFinder™ George James Brain married one of these people
Mary Elizabeth Edwards
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
District Pontypool
Subcategory Civil Marriage & Divorce
District number -
Collections from Great Britain, Wales
County Monmouthshire

1911 Census For England & Wales
22 East Side Cwmtillery, Abertillery, Monmouthshire, Wales
View original record
Household members (10 people)
First name(s) Last name Relationship to head Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
George James Brain Head
Married Male 45 1866 Coal miner hewer Garndiffith Mon
Mary Elizabeth Brain Wife
Married Female 45 1866 - Laneend Coleford Mon
William Henry Brain Son
Single Male 19 1892 Surface rider Cranffrudoer Mon
George James Brain Son
Single Male 17 1894 Underground schakler Abertillery Mon
Thomas Alfred Brain Son
- Male 14 1897 Coal miner hewer Abersychan Mon
Edmund Charles Brain Son
- Male 12 1899 School grocers errand boy Abersychan Mon
Herbert John Brain Son
- Male 11 1900 School boy Abersychan Mon
Reginald Brain Son
- Male 9 1902 - Abersychan Mon
Emily Maud Brain Daughter
- Female 7 1904 - Abersychan Mon
Edgar Arthur Brain Son
- Male 3 1908 -

Has anyone actually worked down far enough to find relatives?

Name Edgar A Brain
Registration Date Jan 1930
Registration Quarter Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district Bedwellty
Inferred County Monmouthshire
Spouse Winifred Saunders
Volume Number 11a
Page number 108

tree on ancestry
DP
DPJH19

children
Brain

Donald

1933

—

1933

England & Wales Births 1837-2006

Bedwellty, Monmouthshire, Wales

Brain

Douglas

1933

—

1933

England & Wales Births 1837-2006

Bedwellty, Monmouthshire, Wales

Brain

Edgar C

1930

—

1930

England & Wales Births 1837-2006

Bedwellty, Monmouthshire, Wales

Edgar C
County Monmouthshire
Last name Brain
Country Wales
Marriage quarter 3
Volume 8C
Marriage year 1952
Volume as transcribed 8C
Registration month -
Page number 133
MarriageFinder™ Edgar C Brain married one of these people
Ceinwen Morris
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
Spouse's last name Morris
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
District Bedwellty

3 children born in bedwelty, there appears to be decendants

1939 Register
9a Neuadd Street, Abertillery, Abertillery U.D., Monmouthshire, Wales
1939 register badge
View original record
Household members (5 people)
First name(s) Last name(s) Birth date Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule sub number
Edgar (A) Brain 18 May 1907 Male Builder's Plasterer Married 136 1
Winifred Brain 17 Mar 1909 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 136 2
Edgar (Charles) Brain 22 Apr 1930 Male At School Single 136 3

The record for this person is officially closed.

The record for this person is officially closed.

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Edgar Charles
District number 8361B
Last name Brain
Register number B93C
Gender Male
Entry number 036
Birth day 22
Date of registration mm/yy 0905
Birth month 4
County Monmouthshire
Birth year 1930
Country Wales
Age -
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Death quarter 3
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Death year 2005
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
District Newport (Monmouthshire)
Collections from Great Britain, Wales

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Arthur Evan
Archive reference PIN 82/167/18
Last name Thomas
Archive The National Archives
Service number -
Country Great Britain
Regiment Not Stated
Record set British Armed Forces, First World War Widows' Pension Forms
Service branch -
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Death year 1919
Subcategory First World War
Cause of death Influenza, pneumonia
Collections from Great Britain, UK None

Arthur Evan
Father's occupation School MAster
Last name Thomas
Spouse's father's first name(s) Walter John
Marital status B
Spouse's father's last name Sitch
Residence Gt Baddow
County Essex
Marriage year 1911
Country England
Marriage date 16 Nov 1911
Archive Essex Record Office
Place Great Baddow
Archive reference D/P 65/1/17
Spouse's first name(s) Agnes Kate
Event type Marriages
Spouse's last name Sitch
Page number 41
Spouse's marital status S
Record set Essex Marriages And Banns 1537-1935
Spouse's residence Gt Baddow
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Father's first name(s) William Henry
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Father's last name Thomas

Name: Arthur Evan Thomas
Age in 1911: 26
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1885
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Springfield, Essex
Civil Parish: Danbury
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street Address: Park View, Danbury, Chelmsford
Marital status: Single
Occupation: Gardener
Registration District Number: 194
Sub-registration District: Great Baddow
ED, institution, or vessel: 05
Piece: 10085
Household Members:
Name Age
Elizabeth Catherine Thomas 58
Arthur Evan Thomas 26
Harry John Thomas 21
Catherine Violet Thomas 19
Harold Claude Thomas 17
Kenneth Evelyn Thomas 13

William Thomas
Gender Male
Age 39
Relationship Head
Birth Year 1852
Spouse
Elizabeth Thomas
Child
William H Thomas
Elizabeth L Thomas
Rosina M Thomas
Frederick L Thomas
Arthur E Thomas
Margaret F Thomas
Harry J Thomas
Birth Place Dafen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Civil parish Little Baddow
Residence Place Little Baddow, Essex, England
Registration district Chelmsford
Sub registration district Great Baddow
ED, Institution or Vessel 9
Neighbors
Piece 1389
Folio 118
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
William Thomas 39 Head
Elizabeth Thomas
37 Wife
William H Thomas
14 Son
Elizabeth L Thomas
12 Daughter
Rosina M Thomas
10 Daughter
Frederick L Thomas
8 Son
Arthur E Thomas
6 Son
Margaret F Thomas
3 Daughter
Harry J Thomas
1 Son

tree on ancestry

LE
Lou Elson
West Midlands, England, United Kingdom