Tracing Uncle who went missing in 1942 or 1943

[scotmum]

Ah, it seems Wallis Darlington did die in 1945 and Matilda in 1957:

https://irelandandthegreatwarblog.wordpress.com/2017/06/12/corporal-wallis-darlington/

Also, mention of a son, Ralph, born 1912. Looks to have married in Dublin in 1939, in Roman Catholic church. Ralph appears on an Ancestry tree. Wallace/Wallis and Matilda appear in several trees.

Headstone for Walter and Matilda says 'our dear father' and 'our dear mother', possibly implying more than one surviving child at 1957 (or could just be that as Ralph was married, he was including his wife in 'our').

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http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/dublin/photos/tombstones/1mj/mt-jerome-61/target82.html

[aghadowey]

Doesn't help locate details of your missing uncle but this page on Wallis Darlington (with his photo) might be of interest. Mentions daughter Charlotte (died young in 1911) and son Ralph (born 1912)-
https://irelandandthegreatwarblog.wordpress.com/2017/06/12/corporal-wallis-darlington/

Earlier thread on Wallis Darlington (Armed Forces)-
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=775728.0

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Civil Reg Birth results for Darlington of Dublin from 1900
LINK  http://www.rootschat.com/links/01orq/

Mother was Adams.


Also click on Deaths or Marriages

Certs are Free.

[scotmum]

Another old thread:

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=595964.0

and this one with an address in 1947, potentially in respect of John:

https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/derwin-long-lost-uncle.46481/

This link http://www.winsongreentobrookfields.co.uk/aberdeen-street might throw some light on '1 back' in relation to Aberdeen Street.

[patmar]

Presumably you have looked at all deaths with birth date of 17 November 1916?

Did your Mother have no other contact with him?

Understand there was a letter in family home but what happened to it is a mystery

[patmar]

Another old thread:

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=595964.0

and this one with an address in 1947, potentially in respect of John:

https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/derwin-long-lost-uncle.46481/

This link http://www.winsongreentobrookfields.co.uk/aberdeen-street might throw some light on '1 back' in relation to Aberdeen Street.

Met two people on RootChat, one a definite 1st cousin and then confirmed on DNA. We share same grandfather Patrick Walsh. The other person we are going through DNA to prove a connection but this person did find the John O Derwin on the Birmingham voters list. That find gave me great excitement and then all dashed when I discovered on follow-up that this John O Derwin was actually John Oun/Oud Derwin from Leeds

[patmar]

Have you approached the Salvation army to see if they can identify the  Rupert Darlington on the 2010 electoral roll at

The Salvation Army, 153-175, Whitechapel Road, E1 1DN

We like London and do regular trips there. Not sure what year, 2011/2013/2014 when there we found the Salvation Army office and signed up with them for a search. Eventually came back telling us they had no luck tracing him

[patmar]

A Wallis Darlington and Matilda Adams married  in Dublin in 1908. By 1911, they were in Tyrconnell Street, Dublin with a daughter, Charlotte. Religion noted as Church of Ireland. Matilda from Limerick.  A Charlotte Darlington, aged 1yr also died in Dublin in 1911.

Wallis, birth year 1884, is potentially the chap of same name/age who died in Dublin in 1945 (perhaps a reason for Rupert/John returning to Dublin?).

A Matilda Darlington, of same approx age as the 1911 census Matilda, died in Dublin in 1957.

Who were Matilda and Patrick Walsh? Were Ruth and Rupert baptised with the Walsh surname?

They were baptised in Dublin on 10 January 1917 and parents were named as Matilda and Patrick Walsh. Address on birth and baptism certs was 53 Great Orford Street, Liverpool. Baptism was in a Protestant church

Could Rupert/John have used the Walsh surname?

Have you ruled out the John Derwin marriage in Dublin in 1949?

That was another moment of excitement but went nowhere to my great disappointment