Looking for Relatives

[silvery]

There must be some way of doing this - connecting with family.  Fraser and Fraser do it all the time!  Costs in certs though, and time. 

Have you been through the BMDs and got all the names of your mother's siblings, and tried to work them through, or is that a no-hoper?   

[toni*]

Violet G M Bentley was b. 1908 in Petworth, Sussex (q3 1908 2b   903  ) so no mmn. listed which doesnt help tracing the other siblings for Violet, do you know the mmn ?
i found this marriage which is also Sussex 

Marriages Q4 1903   Thakeham  2b 718   
 
BENTLEY  Richard   
ELLIOTT  Emily Murcy     

so for children born to Bentley / Elliott matches Q4 1911 - Q4 1920 there are 10 scattered all over the Country but none in Petworth or Thakenham 

the only two round about this area are :~

BENTLEY Walter R    mmn. Elliott   Midhurst.2b   667   Q3   1912   

BENTLEY Bessie E M   mmn. Elliott   Guildford.2a   175   Q2   1918   

[sallylynne]

Hello,
 Have you tried looking up death records for the other six children and contacting the informants of these. It may cost for the certificates, but I was able to find a number of living relatives this way.
Sallylynne

[toni*]

thats a good idea, Sallylynne

I was waiting for confirmation fo Violets siblings names and then hopin to find a marriage for one of these and then children using the BMD.
it would be helpful if one of Violets siblings had an unusual name 

 

[Gatacre]

Over many years  I have had fantastic success in writing letters to local papers  when trying to find people related to me.
With my American Grandma I knew only her birthdate and that she had lived in Allegheny. PA. USA yet within a month of sending letters to numerous local papers  I had three replies from second cousins.  Contact with many other family members  has grown over the years.

Sending letters to newspapers is the first thing I do when looking for anybody in a given area.   It is surprising how many people reply who actually know the person/s in question.

Gatacre     

[MarieC]

Hi duchessanne,

It's just possible we may have a connection here!  My ggrandfather Thomas Hood Bentley was born (1845) and brought up in the East End of London.  The names Richard and Henry seem to have occurred in his background, and in fact he had two brothers called Richard and Henry (or Harry) about whom I know nothing, and he named his son Harry. 

If you may be descended from either of these (Richard or Henry Bentley), do get in touch by pm!  I will be offline for a few days now, but will check as soon as I am on my computer again for messages!

MarieC

[duchessanne]

Hello Marie
Many thanks for message. My Grandparents all came from Sussex/Surrey area but of course I do not know anything about their brothers or sisters etc so there could be a link somewhere. I am going away for a few days so Iam not ignoring any emails that you may send but I will be in contact when I get back

Regards
Duchessanne

[toni*]

Between them they had seven children one of which was my mother

I do not know anything about their brothers or sisters etc

do you know their names? - we can help you if you post them

[duchessanne]

To Toni

Hello I think things are getting a bit mixed up I have all the info on my Grandparents and aunts and uncles and I am looking for any grandchildren that may be still alive. I was hoping to find any children from Anthony Richard Bentley but cannot find out if he married but he has since died. There is a Edwin Francis Bentley who lived in Bideford and he was married to a Margaret Bentley. He died in 1990 in Torridge Hospital Bideford, Devon. I did write to his widow but had no reply.

many thanks
Duchessanne