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I think the easiest way to find out more would be to buy his marriage certificate, This will give his age, address, occupation and father's name- and hopefully make it easier to trace his family.

You can order certificates from the GRO here (using the vol and page number shown below- certificates cost about £9.50)

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

First name(s) ALICE M
Last name CHAPMAN
Marriage quarter 4
Marriage year 1942
Spouse: JOSEPH A BAIRD
Spouse's last name BAIRD
District EAST GLAMORGAN
County Glamorganshire
Country Wales
Volume 11A Page 1929 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

The Joseph Baird b Middlesbro.1911 died Middlesbro 1957.
There is also a marriage Middlesbro 1950 to a Marion Bunney.

Thank you everyone for your replies. From what I was told Joseph died in the late nineteen fifties. This information on this page has been a great help in finding more out so thank you all.

I've sent a message to Tracey to let her know how to get back to the thread, and to see if she knows when Joseph died.

this could be alice and joseph son

Births Mar 1945   (>99%)

BAIRD
 John L
 Fussell
 Cardiff
 11a
627

this could be a son of frank and alice

Births Mar 1932   (>99%)

Chapman
 Colin
 Fussell
 Cardiff
 11a
669

Deaths Jun 1941 
Chapman
 Frank H
 38
 E.Glamorgan
 11a
1467
 

Yes- very sad. Their daughter, Shirley, died young too:

First name(s) SHIRLEY L
Last name CHAPMAN
Birth year 1936
Age 4
Death quarter 2
Death year 1940
District EAST GLAMORGAN
County Glamorganshire
Volume 11A Page 1535

frank and alice could have had a son that died


Births Jun 1929

Chapman
 Frank H
 Fussell
 Cardiff
 11a
746


Deaths Mar 1931 

Chapman
 Frank H
 1
 Cardiff
 11a
678

Possible death for Joseph?? Or perhaps they divorced?

First name(s) JOSEPH A
Last name BAIRD
Gender Male
Birth year 1896
Age 51
Death quarter 3
Death year 1947
District PONTYPRIDD
County Glamorganshire
Volume 8B Page 434

Actually, despite the 1939 register supposedly being updated, Alice did marry again- to Brooks!!

This is her death- birth date matches the 1939:

First name(s) ALICE MAUD
Last name BROOKS
Gender Female
Birth day 3
Birth month 12
Birth year 1907
Death quarter 1
Death year 2001
District GLAMORGAN
District number 8911B
Register number B17A
Entry number 078
Date of registration mm/yy 0101
County Glamorganshire
Country Wales

could alice have married again

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Alice M Baird
mentioned in the record of Brooks and Alice M Baird
Name
Alice M Baird
Event Type
Marriage Registration
Registration Quarter
Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration Year
1959
Registration District
East Glamorgan
County
Glamorganshire
Event Place
East Glamorgan, Glamorganshire, Wales
Spouse Name (available after 1911)
Brooks
Volume
8B
Page
750
Line Number
99
 
Alice M Baird probably married one of the following people
Name
Frederick J Brooks

I didn't know that, Austin! Thank you!

i wonder if he was american, lots of joseph a bairds on family search ???
marriage cert will give his age and father

Margaret- the 1939 register was regularly updated up until 1990 to reflect name changes.

She was still with Frank in 1939, but it shows that her surname later changed to Baird.

I don't understand why in 1939 she was listed as Alice M. Baird (Chapman)? Wasn't she still married to Frank Chapman and didn't marry Joseph Baird until 1942?

is this him

Joseph Baird
England and Wales Birth Registration Index
Name
Joseph Baird
Event Type
Birth Registration
Registration Quarter
Apr-May-Jun
Registration Year
1911
Registration District
Middlesbrough
County
Yorkshire
Event Place
Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England
Volume
9D
Page
597
Line Number
99

None of the Joseph A Baird births in England & Wales fit with the birth date you've given.

Do you know the approximate year he died?

Yes, she was- Alice in 1939:

Chapman Household (4 People) Caradock A , Barry M.B., Glamorganshire, Wales

Frank Chapman 25 Mar 1903 Male Flour Miller Married
Alice M Baird (Chapman) 03 Dec 1908 Female Unpaid Domestic Duty Married
Walter J Chapman 14 Dec 1879 Male Grave Digger (Heavy Wor Married
Shirley L Clapman 25 Feb 1936 Female Under School Age Single
One closed record

Was Alice married before?

First possible marriage:

First name(s) ALICE M
Last name FUSSELL
Marriage quarter 2
Marriage year 1927
Spouse: FRANK H CHAPMAN
Spouse's last name CHAPMAN
District CARDIFF
County Glamorganshire
Country Wales
Volume 11A Page 861

Frank died in 1941 East Glamorgan
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Second possible marriage:

First name(s) ALICE M
Last name CHAPMAN
Marriage quarter 4
Marriage year 1942
Spouse: JOSEPH A BAIRD
Spouse's last name BAIRD
District EAST GLAMORGAN
County Glamorganshire
Country Wales
Volume 11A Page 1929