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[topas37]

Alfred Matthew William Hedges May is my grandfather, he married Minnie Rose Lough in 1911 at the time he was a Colporal in the 2nd West Riding regiment
then went on to be a Prison Officer he died Dec 1967 on the Isle of Wight, but no matter how much we have tried we can't find his birth or place of birth we think he was born around 1890 can any body out there help us before I pull all my hair out or turn more grey than I already am

[Pughy]

HI
If you send for his Marriage Certificate it will give you his age at time of marriage which will help narrow it down. details for Marriage   Year 1911  Jul,Aug,Sept, District  Hartley Whitney,  County Hampshire, Vol 2c Page 431
Regards
Pughy

[JJen]

Hi,

On Isle of Wight FHS Death Records -

1967    MAY    Alfred Matthew William    78 years       1888 - 1889    HEDGES (other surname)

That hopefully will narrow the search.

JJ

[topas37]

Sorry perhaps I am being a bit thick are you saying his original surname was Hedges and then for some reason May was added to it

[Nick29]

HI
If you send for his Marriage Certificate it will give you his age at time of marriage which will help narrow it down. details for Marriage   Year 1911  Jul,Aug,Sept, District  Hartley Whitney,  County Hampshire, Vol 2c Page 431
Regards
Pughy

It should also give the groom's father's name, so the family could be found in the pre-1911 censuses 

[JJen]

If you look at the link below you will be able to see the entry on the Isle of Wight FHS

http://www.isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk/bmd_1/deaths/d_results_1.php?surname=may&forenames=&oname=&died_start=1967&died_end=1967&Search=Search

Not sure why it shows Hedges as other surname 

Like Nick29 and Pughy said, it would be useful to obtain the marriage certificate to enable you to progress

JJ

[panda40]

On findmy past there is an entry for Alfred May it is for a civil service Evidence of age
details given date of birth 25 June 1889
Bromley, Poplar
Middlesex
Type of record Birth
also known as Hedges M W
ref Z 86669 194


Regards panda

[topas37]

Thanks that helps but not sure why he would change his name but I expect that will always be a mystery

[groom]

Type of record Birth
also known as Hedges M W
ref Z 86669 194

I wonder if this is his birth registration then?

Matthew William Hedges
Poplar
1C 577
Sept quarter 1889