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Danielle

Danielle Report 6 Jul 2016 10:55

Hi

I'm trying to find my Great Grandfathers date of birth to add to a family grave stone. None of my family know the exact date he was born.

I have completed my family tree and know his year and place of birth but haven't come across the exact date on any of the documents I have viewed. I would be very grateful if someone could point me in the right direction! Thanks.

(Charles Joseph Wynne b.1886, Formby, Liverpool)

Andrew

Andrew Report 6 Jul 2016 11:03

Welcome to the message boards!


You will need to obtain a copy of his birth cert.


Name:Charles Joseph Wynne
Registration Year:1886
Registration Quarter:Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district:Ormskirk
Parishes for this Registration District:
View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County:Lancashire
Volume:8b
Page:843


He was baptized 28th Feb 1886, but no date of birth is shown on that record.

Andy

greyghost

greyghost Report 6 Jul 2016 11:03

His birth registration - you may have to order the birth certificate for his actual date of birth - there are 6 weeks allowed in which to register a birth so he could have been born as early as mid-November 1885

England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

First name(s) CHARLES JOSEPH
Last name WYNNE
Birth year 1886
Birth quarter 1
Registration month -
Mother's last name -
District ORMSKIRK
County Lancashire
Country England
Volume 8B
Page 843


His baptism - from http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Search/indexp.html - a useful free site for Lancs bmd's

Baptism: 28 Feb 1886 St Peter, Formby, Lancashire, England
Charles Joseph Wynne - [Child] of Charles Robert Wynne & Mary
Abode: Formby
Occupation: Railway Porter
Baptised by: L. Formby
Register: Baptisms 1873 - 1923, Page 70, Entry 555
Source: LDS Film 1849657

greyghost

greyghost Report 6 Jul 2016 11:05

Possibly his death - so before the 1939 register was complied which would have shown a DOB
(my maths say he should be 53 by Qtr 2 1939 from birth reg in Qtr 1 1886, so either the wrong man or a mistake by informant of the death)

England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

First name(s) CHARLES J
Last name WYNNE
Gender Male
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year 1887
Age 52
Death quarter 2
Death year 1939
District LIVERPOOL NORTH
County Lancashire
Volume 8B
Page 472

Danielle

Danielle Report 6 Jul 2016 23:18

Thank you for your help. I've requested a copy of my great grandfathers birth certificate from the council. :-)

Kay????

Kay???? Report 6 Jul 2016 23:51


First name(s) Charles Joseph
Last name Wynne
Age 28
Birth year 1888
Birth town Formby
Birth county Lancashire
Birth country England
Service number 34373
Regiment Royal Army Medical Corps
Year 1916
Residence county Lancashire
Residence country England
Series WO 363
Series description WO 363 - First World War service records 'burnt documents'
Archive The National Archives
Record set British Army Service Records
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Subcategory First World War
Collections from Great Britain.

His declared age on enlistment 5th September 1914 was,
26 years and 300 days.