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People did the funnest things back then with names

jax

Births Dec 1912 (>99%)
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Friday George C Barton Medway 2a 1360

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His mother may have given the dec'd husbands name as it was quite normal in these cases

Jax

I know...it's the only one it could possibly be and Gwyn found a baptism record and the parents names are the same but how the heck do you get from Francis Herbert to Leonard ?????

Sue

Name: Francis Herbert Friday
Birth Date: 5 Sep 1906
Death Registration Month/Year: Jul 1985
Age at death (estimated): 78
Registration district: Chatham
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 16
Page: 625

K,

Have had a quick look under Barton (mmn) but can't see anything that looks likely at the moment.

Sue

Births Dec 1906 (>99%)
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Friday Francis Herbert Medway 2a 727

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only one that would fit too

Hi Gwyn,

Welcome to the search. We have Henry Alfred dying sometime in the 3rd qtr of 1906. If Francis Herbert was born in Sept 1906 there is no way he could have fathered a child bn in 1907 is there?

Could he have been registered in his mother's name? No checked - no sign

I've been browsing Cityark site.

Not found Leonard yet, but have found a baptism at St Mary Magdalene, Gillingham on10 October 1906 ( born 4 Sept ) of a Francis Herbert FRIDAY, with parents shown as Henry Alfred and Mary Jane.
In the other columns it says he was a labourer ( deceased)
Address 50 Pier Road

Gwyn

This is the only evidence that he ever existed.All the others are accounted for including the immaculate conception that took place in 1912......6yrs after his father's death. Even Leonard looks dodgy having supposedly been born the year after his father died.

FMP's back:

COUCHMAN, William Head Married M 37 1874 Engine Fitter Sevenoaks Kent
COUCHMAN, Albert Son M 0 (10 MONTHS) 1911 Gillingham Kent
FRIDAY, Mary Housekeeper Widow F 32 1879 Housekeeper Whitstable Kent
FRIDAY, Henry Son M 13 1898 Gillingham Kent
FRIDAY, William Son M 10 1901 School Gillingham Kent
FRIDAY, Alfred Son M 5 1906 Gillingham Kent
FRIDAY, Leonard Son M 4 1907 Gillingham Kent

Registration District: Medway Sub District: Gillingham Enumeration District: 5 Parish: Gillingham

Address: 28 Springfield Road Gillingham Kent County: Kent

Jax

I know.....most frustrating...

I am glad about that Sue

wish we could see the 1911...aghhhh hopefully be back soon

jax

Hi K,

That is the one that keeps coming up.Thought it might have been a transcription error but have found a death for the same name.

Sue

Jax,

Only problem with the last child being born in 1912 is that Henry is supposed to have died in 1906.Everyone insists on listing him as part of the family but goodness knows who his real father is.

By the way the info on the Calkin family went down very well.

Sue

Births Mar 1908 (>99%)??? Maybe to late and there are Fridd's

Frid Leonard Alexander Medway 2a 767

Yeah FMP is down at the moment

jax

They married in medway and last child in 1912 was born there so would think any others were born there too

I know....I am having the same problem with FMP.

All of his siblings who were born in Gillingham come under the Medway reg dist. He is the youngest of four and have had no problem finding them.

I am having problems with FMP which wont allow to view the 1911 census right now............


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Births Mar 1890 (>99%)
Friday Leonard George Strood 2a 542
The district Strood is an alternative name for Strood and it is in the county of Kent.

Thanks for looking anyway.

He is proving to be something of a problem. If it wasn't for the 1911 census listing him as a son and another family member listing him in their tree (although I do wonder if he has just copied the list of children straight from the census page as he has no other info about any of the family and not just Leonard) I would doubt his existence.

Sue