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all we know of him is that he is stated as  the father of  william john roose-nolan on the birth cert,he was a sgt in the 2nd oxfordshire btln (based in portland) there is a john henry nolan in the medal records but we are not sure if  it is him(with help from the ox&bucks museum),oh,and he is also stated to be a tram driver(maybe opens new search possibilities?) other than that we have nothing.

i have found a  phylis ruby roose (liskeard  5c  52).and a phylis mary roose(liskeard  5c 50)

now,the mother of of winifred l george and edward g george also had another daughter called phyllis may george(mmn toms) in totnes 1918 (totnes 5b 209), she died in fylde 1921(which ties in),remember,up until a few days ago we did not know that winifred and edward were born as roose at all.

i think i need to call in dan brown.

so this other marriage (1918)is not the same person? that would explain some things,so,the family have it wrong and we should be following the phyllis r nolan from 1918 as she is obviously john henrys mother,but....she is formerly a toms according to the birth cert

we have the marriage between alfred and philippa,but we dont know if it is the same lady.

the problem is that we have a wedding in 1918 to edward john george(from the toms/george family tree),now,the family story is that this was her second marriage(john henry roose-nolan being the first before 1916)if this is correct why would she use the name phyllis r.nolan to marry edward john george in 1918?
If it is correct that her first marriage was to alfred roose

Then too further complicate things we have the last 2 children being named george-roose (1921.1923 fylde)then a final marriage in 1925 between phillipa roose and edward john george in fylde

Just re-read your post above,now, my father (john henry roose-nolans grandson)says that he was told by his father (william john r nolan) that he had 3 older sisters, but they had all gone to live with other family members and he never found them again,which does seem to tie in with what you have found,but where does john henry-roose-nolan fit in to that tree?..and where did the nolan bit come from?
 

Hello all,after spending so much time trying to sort out my family line i have decided to throw it open to the experts due to my work at the moment in the hope that some light may be shed on the family tree.






Philippa lizzie toms born Looe 1888

we are told she married a john henry (roose-)nolan sometime before 1916(we can find no trace)

a william john roose-nolan born bere regis 1916(but birth cert names mother as phyllis roose nolan formerly toms, the toms descendants say this is the same lady)
we are then told that john henry died in the war around 1916(more on this later)

we are then told she married an edward john george in 1918,we can only find one that matches but the brides name was phyllis r nolan.

thay had a daughter in 1918,phyllis m george (mothers maiden name  toms) but she was born in totnes.
then we know they moved to fleetwood where their daughter died aged 2 (1921)
we know they had another 2 children
winifred l george 1921 fleetwood
edward g george 1923 fleetwood

but,their names are actually recorded as winifred l g roose  and  edward g g roose,which is something we did not know until now.
Then we find a wedding in fleetwood between an edward john george and a phillipa toms in 1925!!

Now i know i have to allow for coincidences but this all seems to tie up.

The man john henry nolan did not die during the war and we are waiting for the dorset museum to get back to us on his army record(2nd oxford&bucks btn)

does this make any sense to any-one,(i know what i think)