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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Worcestershire => England => Worcestershire Lookup Requests => Topic started by: seabsy on Saturday 31 July 10 10:54 BST (UK)
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can anyone help me find my g-grandmothers' brother? he was born on 7 feb 1892 in wollaston, stourbridge. i can find his birth record but nothing else on him. thanks bev
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Was he born in or out of wedlock? Can you give the name(s) of parent(s)?
Pauline
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father was thomas pope and mother ellen osborne bev
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Was the father a Military Man?
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Marriage 30 Nov 1918 All Souls, Brent, Middx
Albert Victor Pope (Soldier) 25y (approx birth year 1893) Father Thomas Pope Pipe-major
Margaret Manning 24y
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his father was in the army but i know he wasnt a high ranking officer unless albert made it up! I have seen the marriage before but wasnt sure. Bev
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Pipe-major isn't particularly high-ranking. It's a job title, not a rank
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipe_Major
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i think he was in the seaforth highlanders, and went to india so could well be the right albert bev