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Thank you Flick and Minnie. I do use free bmd but only get limited success with it.
I like to use the GR search trees to see is anyone else is searching the same people. I was hoping to put the friend in touch with other close family members.
It's hard to believe that at only 52 you only really know your parents names. He didn't even know where they married. He had lost both parents and 4 siblings before he was 30 and I suppose he hadn't thought of searching for family. It looks like both his parents were the youngest or next to in their families, making it almost certain that aunts and uncle have passed away too.

Thank you very much for you help.

Marriages Jun 1860 (>99%)
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Bradshaw William Spilsby 7a 1055
Curtis Elizabeth Spilsby 7a 1055
Dales Henry Spilsby 7a 1055
TODD Ann Spilsby 7a 1055 <<<< maybe

1881 possibly

DALES, Henry Head Married M 50 1831 Gardener (Dom
Alford
Lincolnshire VIEW
DALES, Ann Wife Married F 48 1833 Wife
Spilsby
Lincolnshire VIEW
DALES, Emmanuel Son Single M 14 1867 Confectioner Labr
Alford
Lincolnshire VIEW
DALES, George F Son Single M 11 1870 Scholar
Alford
Lincolnshire VIEW
DALES, Ann E Daughter Single F 8 1873 Scholar
Alford
Lincolnshire VIEW
DALES, Frank Son Single M 3 1878 Scholar
Alford
Lincolnshire
Address:
Parsons Lane, Alford

1911 census household

Person: DALES, Frank
Address: Parsons Lane Alford

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DALES, Frank Head Married M 34 1877 Tinsmith Lincs Alford VIEW
DALES, Alice Wife F 33 1878 Lincs Wyche VIEW
DALES, Ethel May Daughter F 7 1904 Lincs Alford VIEW
DALES, Albert Noel Son M 5 1906 Lincs Alford VIEW
DALES, Frederick Henry Son M 4 1907 Lincs Alford VIEW
DALES, Harold Son M 3 1908 Lincs Alford VIEW
DALES, Elsie Daughter F 2 1909 Lincs Alford VIEW
DALES, Lucy Ann Daughter F 1 1910 Lincs Alford VIEW
DALES, Henry Father Widower M 82 1829 Gardener Lincs Alford VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
19871 Reference:
RG14PN19871 RG78PN1191 RD420 SD5 ED2 SN228

The bmd info provided for you is from freebmd..........the easiest of sites to use...............perhaps your problems are due to the fact that you use GR for searches, which is not to be recommended

This is where you should look for ALL bmd's between 1837 and approx 1940.....................

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/

Thanks, thats brilliant. I am unable to do searches on GR at the moment. GR said that I have not got the latest verion of internet explorer but my pc has been playing up and I am unable to get it sorted.
We have just been in touch with our friend and the 1992 death is correct which means the reginald dales birth in 1917 is correct. He did not know when his dad was born. He also said his dad was in the forces, which explains the oxforshire marriage.

Thanks again for all your help.

Surname First name(s) Mother District Vol Page

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Births Jun 1912 (>99%)
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Dales Clifford Clift Spilsby 7a 1158

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Births Jun 1915 (>99%)
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Dales Florence Clift Spilsby 7a 1003

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Births Sep 1916 (>99%)
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Dales William Clift Spilsby 7a 974

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Births Jun 1917 (>99%)
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Dales Reginald Clift Spilsby 7a 866

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Births Mar 1919 (>99%)
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Dales Leonard Clift Spilsby 7a 716

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Births Mar 1920 (>99%)
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Dales Dorothy Clift Spilsby 7a 1213

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Births Dec 1921 (>99%)
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Dales Doris I Clift Spilsby 7a 915




Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Marriages Mar 1903 (>99%)
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Clift Alice Spilsby 7a 817
Dales Frank Spilsby 7a 817



1911

HOUSEHOLD DALES FRANK M 1877 34 Spilsby Lincolnshire



You would need someone with a subscription to find who was living with him as there is more than one househols with a Frank and Alice Dales in Spilsby.

Assuming that the dads birth in 1917 is correct, could anyone please check for siblings.
I can never find these things out. I wish I knew how people can cross reference with mothers maiden name.

Minnie, thanks for your help. I will contact our friend and ask when his dad died and that should hopefully solve the mystery of the birth.

Thanks again.
Cheryl

Thanks Flick.
I can never find any of this stuff. I don't know how you do it.
Your first reply was for a marriage. I wonder why they married there. I wonder if he was in the forces as it was war time.

question is, which one was yours?

Births Sep 1905

Dales Reginald Glover <<His second name
Spilsby 7a 557
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Births Jun 1917

Dales Reginald (MMN Clift) Spilsby 7a 866

Name: Reginald Dales
Mother's Maiden Surname: Clift
Date of Registration: Apr May Jun 1917
Registration district: Spilsby
Registration county: Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Rutland
Volume Number: 7a
Page Number: 866


I'm going to leave you look for the marriages of both sets of parents.........you now have all the info you need to facilitate that search.......

happy hunting

Hi Flick,
That death for Mary looks right as Alford is near Spilsby.

Another little snippet - Josephine married Frederick Gaskins.

Never assume.........lol!

Name: Reginald Dales
Birth Date: 27 May 1917
Death Registration Month/Year: Nov 1992
Age at death (estimated): 75
Registration district: Spilsby
Inferred County: Lincolnshire
Volume: 7
Page: 2169

There is a reginald Dales born 1905, Splisby district.

It looks as though he married again in 1930, to Joyce Plant so it may have been his second marriage

OK......found the death

Name: Mary Dales
Birth Date: 31 Aug 1922
Death Registration Month/Year: Jun 1986
Age at death (estimated): 63
Registration district: Spilsby
Inferred County: Lincolnshire
Volume: 7
Page: 1946

Hi Flick,
I assume it was still Dales. I have all the info in front of me. I assume that dad died first as he was older. There nothing here to say she remarried.

Cheryl

Mother born 1922
MMN Wright


Mary Hadley Oct Nov Dec 1922 Birmingham Warwickshire

Josephine F Hadley Jan Feb Mar 1927 Birmingham N Warwickshire


Possible further siblings

Joseph A Hadley Apr May Jun 1917 Birmingham Warwickshire

Henry Hadley Jul Aug Sep 1919 Birmingham Warwickshire

Eric A Hadley Oct Nov Dec 1920 Birmingham Warwickshire

What was his mother's surname when she died?