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« Reply #9 on: Monday 05 March 12 16:16 GMT (UK) »
Possibly I will check, still confused as to why he added another Christian and surname to his name vwill probably never know
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« Reply #10 on: Monday 05 March 12 16:19 GMT (UK) »
There is this baptism

Poplar All Hallows

Matthew William Hedges
15th July 1889
Father Matthew Hedges  clerk
Mother Amelia Hedges
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« Reply #11 on: Monday 05 March 12 16:20 GMT (UK) »
Hi

Birth for Matthew William Hedges
July Qrt 1889
Reg Poplar
Middlesex
Vol 1c
page 577

Baptism Record
15 July 1889
Father Matthew Hedges
Mother Ellen Amelia Hedges
Tower Hamlet

Death Record
Mathew W Hedges
Birth 1889
Oct Qtr 1967
Age 78
Reg Isle of Wight
Vol 6b
Page 997

It looks like his death was registered under both names?????

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« Reply #12 on: Monday 05 March 12 16:22 GMT (UK) »
There is this marriage for his parents - after his birth

Name:   Matthew Hedges  Age:   21
Spouse Name:   Ellen Amelia Chatterton   Age:   21
Event Date:   25 Dec 1889
Parish:   Poplar St Stephen

Father Name:   William Thomas Hedges
Spouse Father Name:   John Chatterton
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« Reply #13 on: Monday 05 March 12 16:23 GMT (UK) »
There are army service records on findmypast for Matthew hodges borm Poplar 1899 Mothers name ellen Allen 4 suffock st North St Poplar. Also says younger brother william Thomas Hedges. If we try and find this family on the census records it might help solve the mystery.
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« Reply #14 on: Monday 05 March 12 16:24 GMT (UK) »
We know he was a Colporal in the 2nd West Riding when he married in 1911 and was stationed at Halifax
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« Reply #15 on: Monday 05 March 12 16:25 GMT (UK) »
Where do you get that information from do you have his papers etc?
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« Reply #16 on: Monday 05 March 12 16:26 GMT (UK) »
1891

 RG12; Piece: 335; Folio: 20; Page: 33
383 West Ferry Road

All born Poplar

Matthew Hedges   25  labourer in lead works  
Ellen Hedges   25
Matthew Hedges   2
Joseph F Hedges   4/12
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« Reply #17 on: Monday 05 March 12 16:29 GMT (UK) »
Matthew Hedges is a step son in the 1901 census
mothe remarried now Ellen Allen this ties in with the army information
ref Piece:349
Folio: 25
Page:42     
 Registration District:Poplar
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