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The Common Room / Re: Wartime movements of mystery father
« on: Monday 28 July 25 01:24 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Keith osborn on Saturday 26 July 25 22:19 BST (UK)

So my Dad had a half sister who was Yardley because of my nan Charlotte's maiden name, my dad was called Arthur maybe after your great grandmothers dad.



Arthur was also the name of your Dad's grandfather Arthur Yardley, so I think it probably came from him.

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Travelling People / Re: Canal boat mystery family connection
« on: Sunday 27 July 25 12:58 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: ColC on Sunday 27 July 25 11:57 BST (UK)
Is this Pamela’s marriage?

William Osgood Spouse Pamela Huckson
Marriage  23 June 1907
Barking, Essex, England
Parents Alfred Osgood

I do not see a birth registration for Pamela but on the 1891 census below she is with the family, her father is a Boat Builder.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W43M-ZT2?lang=en

The surname Corless primarily originates from England and is considered a variant of the surname Corliss, which itself is thought to be a nickname derived from the Old English word "careless". This nickname would have been given to someone who was carefree, cheerful, or benevolent. 

Worcester all Q3 marriages: None to Osgood

1843 Helena Margaret CORLES – 3 possible options for spouse.
1844 Henrietta  CORLES - 4 possible options for spouse.
1845 Emma  CORLES - 4 possible options for spouse.

There is also this marriage record on FS, which is rather strange.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCL-D29K?lang=en

Death registrations: CORLES, WILLIAM    66 
GRO Reference: 1848  D Quarter in WORCESTER UNION  Volume 18  Page 377

CORLES, ANN    57  (wife maybe but no marriage record)
GRO Reference: 1846  D Quarter in WORCESTER UNION

CORLES, EDWARD    54 
GRO Reference: 1866  J Quarter in WORCESTER

CORLES, FANNY    39  (Wife of William)?
GRO Reference: 1866  J Quarter in WORCESTER

No registered marriage Corles to Osgood in England or Wales as far as I can see but there are Osgood BMDs in Worcestershire.

No clear connection between the two but above may help others. The Worcestershire records on Ancestry might help?

Colin

Hi. I'm out and about so can't check properly right now but a lot of those Corles names look familiar. In regards to the other family it is the Huckson line that is the connection rather than Osgood (Osgood was Pamela's husband). The names Turton and Rollason come up a lot on that line as well.

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The Common Room / Re: Wartime movements of mystery father
« on: Saturday 26 July 25 21:54 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Keith osborn on Saturday 24 May 25 19:49 BST (UK)
My dad Arthur was born at 19 Mail road, his surname is spelt Osborn with no e on the end, his father was Sydney Charles Leonard Osborn His mother Charlotte Yardley

Yes that is the same family. My great grandmother would have been your dad's half sister. She was also born and raised at 19 Miall Road by her grandparents.

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Travelling People / Canal boat mystery family connection
« on: Saturday 26 July 25 21:07 BST (UK)  »
I am researching the Corles family. In particular the descendants of Captain William Corles born in Chester 1782 and died Worcester 1848. His children seem to have all grown up in Worcester and were a pretty important family there.

Through comparison of DNA matches I've managed to pinpoint that there is some kind of connection between the Corles family and the family of Pamela Osgood nee Huckson b. 1884 in Tipton, Staffordshire. Her ancestors were canal boat people. They seem to have been based mostly in Worcestershire which makes sense with the Corles connection, but I cannot for the life of me figure out exactly where in the families the connection is. Also, although they lived in similar areas they don't seem like families that would have had much to do with each other. Can anyone thing of any ideas I might be overlooking?

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England / Re: Looking for someone in 1939
« on: Tuesday 25 February 25 18:51 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Chris Doran on Tuesday 25 February 25 18:46 GMT (UK)
No Arthur Frederick Smith in the inter-war Beckenham directories that I've spot checked, but some houses had more than one family and only one is named. There was an Arthur Smith without a middle name in Blandford Road, but he had gone by 1939. I don't have a sub for the 1921 census, but if you have the address there (or from elsewhere) and will tell us here or send me a PM, I'll check further, including the 1939 Electoral Roll.

I can't see him in the Service Register pages of the 1945, 1948 or 1949 ERs. I don't have these pages for other postwar years (if they were printed).

He lived with his family at 7 Lennard Road, Beckenham in 1921. But I know he wasn't there in 1939. It was just his father, step mother and half sister still living there. And his step mother's mother.

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England / Re: Looking for someone in 1939
« on: Tuesday 25 February 25 17:27 GMT (UK)  »
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England / Re: Looking for someone in 1939
« on: Tuesday 25 February 25 16:36 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: softly softly on Tuesday 25 February 25 16:31 GMT (UK)
This may sound silly but did Arthur possibly marry/remarry in 1984 to Callista Mary Miller. The war register would suggest she married a "Mr Smith".  She also died 1995

SMITH, CALLISTA  MARY     1916 
GRO Reference:  DOR  Q3/1995 in MEDWAY  (5611B)  Reg B24A  Entry Number 111


Smith
Callista Mary
1916
1995

England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Chatham, Kent, England

SS

Yes I have suspected that one too. What I can't figure out is if he married someone else earlier in life. There's been some mention of a daughter but no one is really sure.

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England / Re: Looking for someone in 1939
« on: Tuesday 25 February 25 16:34 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: ShaunJ on Tuesday 25 February 25 15:18 GMT (UK)
He joined the army in January 1927, number 546837. Served in 10th Hussars initially, then transferred to Royal Artillery in June 1927.

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FTANK%2F052390

If he was still in the army in September 1939, he won't be in the 1939 Register.

Thank you, I didn't know that he joined the army. That possibly explains it.

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England / Looking for someone in 1939
« on: Tuesday 25 February 25 14:31 GMT (UK)  »
I have tried multiple times to find this relative on the 1939 register without success. Does anyone have any ideas?

Arthur Frederick Smith b. 7 March 1908 in Sydenham. As of 1921 he lived in Beckenham with his family. My mother thinks he may have lived in a caravan in Hoo near Rochester during the 70s, but this is unconfirmed. He died in Chatham in 1995.

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