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All my DNA research suggests that Seymour T P Hales was my biological father. He was born in Lambeth on 26 May 1923 and died in Blackpool in October 1981.
He married a few times and appeared to have numerous affairs, me being the result of one of them.
At some point in the 1950's he served in the Army in Singapore.
My research has been with Ancestry and my tree is public.
I am really finding this man rather elusive and would appreciate thoughts on how I can find further information about him. Anything would be useful.
Thank you so much
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Have you checked out this site
https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&q.anyPlace=England&q.givenName=Seymour%20T%20P%20&q.surname=%20Hales
See at least 3 wives listed there, as well as his death. Maybe some siblings to.
Richard
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Have you looked at the 1939 entry
Death reg shows him as Seymour Thacker P Hales b 26.5.1923
1939 entry same birthdate indexed as Seymour V T Hales
A tree on Ancestry has him as Seymour (Michael) Thacker Peace Hales & his parents as Joseph Ernest Thacker & Ada Mary Geere
Births June qtr 1923
Seymour T Peace mothers maiden name Geere Lambeth 1d 630
GRO online shows middle name as Thasker but probably a misprint
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Re link posted by Schoch above
www.freebmd.org.uk
The Notts marriage appears to have had 3 children b 1945-1953 & possibly 2 to the 1962 marriage
Children's birth details cannot be given here as RC has a strict no living persons policy but you will find them using freebmd
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Deaths - Pearl Hales aged 60 b 9.3.1924 Dec qtr 1984 Wakefield 5 1504
Births June qtr 1924
Pearl Mort mmn Crouch Wakefield 9c 43
Marriage - 2 children born to the marriage - see freebmd
Marriages June qtr 1943
Pearl Mort/Ronald S Young Wakefield 9c 47
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Marriages
Ada M Geere/Willie Peace Sept qtr 1918 St. George Hanover Square 1a 1150
Births Sep 1883
GEERE Ada Mary Cuckfield 2b 160
Deaths
Willie Peace aged 54 June qtr 1920 St George Hanover Square 1a 502
Births Sep 1865
PEACE Willie Huddersfield 9a 285 - mmn Bramall
PEACE Willie Huddersfield 9a 284 - no mmn
Possible death
Deaths Mar 1953
Ada M Peace 69 Chelsea 5c 483
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So, if I'm reading all this correctly, Seymour wasn't born a Hales i.e. not the son of Joseph Hales and wife Elizabeth who he is with in 1939 - one can only assume that for whatever reason he was adopted by them.
I'm assuming that since his birth parents are shown as Joseph Ernest Thacker (married to someone else) and Ada Mary Peace, nee Geere, widow) that his birth certificate has been purchased at some point.
That being so, then his bloodlines are Thacker and Geere (no Hales blood at all).
Annette
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I cannot find an obvious Thacker/Geere or Peace connection to the Hales - or a Lincolnshire/Derbyshire connection
Joseph Hales was b 1891 in Minting Lincolnshire as were his parents but family seem to have moved to Derbyshire between 1893-1895. His mother Jane was nee Hewson
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Seymour's mother was Ada Mary Geere, who had been married to Willie Peace, who died in 1920. Ada had affair with Thacker and Seymour was the result. Ada sent Seymour away to live with Hales family in Derbyshire.
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I believe he was also my father. My mother had a relationship with him in York in 1961 and I was the result. Would love to know more about him.