1939 - what have you found?

[barryd]

I have done quite well so far with the 1939 Index. So far ....  and its not the 1939 Index's fault.

Audrey Edith Trump born 24 January 1914  Meikila, Burma from her father's WW1 Service Record, her birth and additionally  her Baptism in India.

1939 Index Audrey E. Dawson 1914 (Chapman). Living at Elland
(Married and living with) Frank Chapman. Marriage 1937 Halifax Reg. Dist.  (probably at Elland).

1954  Married Herbert Dawson. Sep Qtr 1954, Halifax. The Free BMD Transcriber has ? ? on their details. Normally I try to post a "Postem" on Free BMD but I too am in a state of confusion. 


Marriages Sep 1954  Free BMD

CHAPMAN    Audrey E    DAWSON    Halifax    2b   1343    
Dawson    Herbert    Chapman    Halifax    2b   1343    
Dawson    Herbert    Whiteman    Halifax    2b   1343    
Whiteman    Audrey E    Dawson    Halifax    2b   1343   

Audrey's Brother Henry Easton Trump also gets married in the Halifax Registration District in 1937 so I have Audrey as the right person!!

[LizzieL]

My grandfather has the reference PWC 593/5286 written on the right hand side page. No-one else on the page has anything like that. He was working as a Government Inspector of sewers and was staying in a boarding house at the time. presumably temporarily while inspecting sewers in the local area.

Any ideas what it might mnean?

[ShaunJ]

My grandfather has the reference PWC 593/5286 written on the right hand side page.

I believe that is a Post War Credits reference

[barryd]

We all have a rough idea what Post War Credits are but here is a more official answer.

"Post War Credit certificates were issued during the Second World War as recognition for the higher taxes paid by the public to support the war effort. The additional tax plus 38% interest was repaid by 1973 to most of those who had retained their certificates" Source - This Money.

[LizzieL]

Thank you that makes sense. I do remember my father getting a repayment of Post war Credits - big panic to find Certificate! But I suppose that would be from his own tax contributions. My grandfather died in 1960, so would that mean he never got anything back from them?

[Redroger]

We all have a rough idea what Post War Credits are but here is a more official answer.

"Post War Credit certificates were issued during the Second World War as recognition for the higher taxes paid by the public to support the war effort. The additional tax plus 38% interest was repaid by 1973 to most of those who had retained their certificates" Source - This Money.

My father had a lot of PWCs, but he died in 1971 and was never repaid. Reminds me of Bismark's pension scheme in Prussia, where a generous pension would be paid to all men over 67; unfortunately the life expectancy was only in the low 60s.

[DudleyWinchurch]

A lot of mistranscriptions in the records that I have redeemed my credits for,
one accidentally purchased twice, two couples, the younger wife and her parents (different name) in same household (why is database not linked to show this?).

no extra discount on package of 15 credits, despite message saying this had been applied.

no way to identify redacted member of my Mum's family, as both she and her younger brother are not on visible list.

And now they are asking me to identify address of duplicated purchase and all names of that household despite the fact that I have to look them up in their data-base to do so.

I am unable to find anyone that I don't already have full information for.

I think I would advise waiting before paying for information, as if I finally get round to using up all my credits and notifying them of all mistakes, I suspect that I will have done as much work as they have on this database, so why is it me paying them?

[Redroger]

Nice one Dudley

[Ceeoh]

Nothing that I didn't already know - except my own record - which is locked!!