Hello everybody. I have been drawn back to RootsChat after a very long absence and was led here by one more Google search for our Ernest. I see that your messages were quite some time ago but I will add my contribution in case anybody out there is interested. First of all, I have also searched for a birth record for him without success. I have also researched the rest of the Vickers family extensively and all other birth, marriage and death records are straighforward. Quite odd. I have just asked the Oxfordshire archives to search in regard to the 1911 entry that he was born in Henley on Thames and they confirm there is nothing at all resembling his name there. I have obtained the 1914-18 records for the person who is likely to be him and have them all to share with anybody. I also have his marriage certificate which confirms that he is the same one and is still in the Military. Then I have lost him again. I have his wife's death certificate which is recorded by their son. Strangely, the section which denotes her 'employment' would normally say 'widow' or 'wife of' but has a distinct strike through it......... as if she does not know her status???. One final thought. Two of his daughters who had married in Hertfordshire went to Australia in the 1950s and a married son might have done, too.
I am not related to him but I am illegitimate. I have a half sister age 89 who is a VICKERS descendent and I have been working on the whole family for her. He is her uncle.
I rest my case mlud.
