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Hi trying to find grandfathers, mother side, william rowe born 1918, he was orphaned though so little details are available, he died feb 2000 and married alma watmough, my grandmother, she was born 1921 - 1978 they both lived cleethorpes and married 1945 there, but I have no idea where either of them where born, cant find birth certs for either. The dates are certainly true .

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Name: Alma Watmough
Mother's Maiden Surname: Isgate
Date of Registration: Apr May Jun 1922
Registration district: Grimsby
Registration county: Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Rutland
Volume Number: 7a
Page Number: 1073

Maureen

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
about William Rowe

Name: William Rowe
Birth Date: 16 Nov 1918
Death Registration Month/Year: Feb 2000
Age at death (estimated): 81
Registration district: North East Lincolnshire
Inferred County: Lincolnshire
Register number: B56C
District and Subdistrict: 5481B
Entry number: 277

These are the William Rowes for that qtr on freebmd

Births Dec 1918 (98%)
Rowe William Priestley Fylde 8e 783
Rowe William E Morgan Llanelly 11a 2106
Rowe William G Cruise Tavistock 5b 511
Rowe William R Stoke Newton A. 5b 134

Do you have the marriage cert?

does it give the name / occupation of William's father?

what are the names of the witnesses please

England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005 about William Rowe

Name: William Rowe
Spouse Surname: Watmough
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1945
Registration district: Cleethorpes
Registration county (inferred): Lincolnshire
Volume Number: 7a
Page Number: 2300

Marriages Mar 1921

Isgate Edith Watmough Grimsby 7a 1480
Watmough Alfred Isgate Grimsby 7a 1480

did Alma have a brother Leslie?

Births Sep 1924

Watmough Leslie (MMN Isgate) Grimsby 7a 998

Possibly Ediths birth - right sort of area

Births Dec 1895
Isgate Edith Caistor 7a 627


(1911 suggests her mother is called Eva)

If William is the birth with no middle name, then possible parents are Isaac Rowe and Henrietta Priestley married Q1 1918.

I'm confused as to why death cert says born 1921. Ur find is 1922, what reasons might that be? Thanks for ur help

The info on a death cert is only as good as the informant so quite often is wrong! Depends who registered it and what they thought. You didn't have to produce a birth cert.

No I havnt will try that thanks

Don't know that, sorry Thaks for your help

If Henrietta is the right mother, she dies in 1920

Deaths Sep 1920
ROWE Henrietta 31 Fylde 8e 666

which ties in with the orphaned bit.

Can't find anything on Isaac though.

Interesting so not to rely on death dates thanks, new to this

Promising, what area was he born, or where did the mother die?

do you know if William had any brothers or sisters?

No sure, my mother did'nt know any info of his background. sorry. should i order the certificates to be sure.

if you don't have the marriage cert of William Rowe and Alma Watmough, I think you should order it and hopefully it will have details of his father even if he is deceased.

sometimes you are lucky and witnesses are relatives

thankyou, youve made it seem easy, so much to learn..