Sue, I can see a number of posts on this subject going back to 1996. So not sure we can add much more. It looks like you've taken over from your mother or your aunt. WWI records were largely destroyed in WW2 bombings. Only a very small percentage remain. Some are on Ancestry. There are also some medal cards, but as most are service medals, basically all they reveal is that he served, which you know already. There is a private member tree at Ancestry for son Claude born 1921. If you don't have a subscription, perhaps you can get somebody who has to try and make contact. I think your main query concerns Althea. The only likely birth in Bedfordshire 1900-1920 is Althea Bennett born 1905, but she married in 1934, 5 years before he died. Of course she could have been separated from her husband by 1839, but I'd probably discount her. Assuming she wasn't a married woman and she wasn't around a year after his death, you're probably looking for any Althea marriage 1939-1940 in Bedfordshire or any of the London counties. Even if you find one, how you'd ever prove their relationship is a problem. I'd also recommend you re-check some of your assumptions. Unless I have the wrong births, Kenneth Underwood is registered 12/1929 mother's name Garrett while Patricia Craft was registered 6/1929, a bare six months earlier. Even allowing for registration quarters, it gets pretty tight for Susan to be the mother of both. I also notice that Brenda's birth on FreeBMD has mother's maiden name as Underwood and Dorothy has Garrett. I couldn't get the images on Ancestry as it's undergoing maintenance. Not sure if that's helped. But I think you'rr asking a question that we really can't answer from basic records. Peter in Sydney

Hi Peter, Thanks for answering. The previous posts were put on by me, I thought I would give it another go, you never know. Patricia Craft is my aunt. Susan WAS the mother of both. I have found that they were a little slack in registering the births. Sometimes Susan was Garret, sometimes Underwood and sometimes Craft. When she died she was Ella May Craft, but lucking her death certificate had "also known as" on it. Then you get to Althea. She paid for my grandfathers funeral and bought a double plot, then promptly disappeared........ The joys of family history hunting. Thanks again, and have a good day. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Booth" <pbo08596@bigpond.net.au> To: <bedford@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [BDF] UNDERWOOD, Claude Charles > Sue, > > I can see a number of posts on this subject going back to 1996. So not > sure we can add much more. It looks like you've taken over from your > mother > or your aunt. > > WWI records were largely destroyed in WW2 bombings. Only a very small > percentage remain. Some are on Ancestry. There are also some medal cards, > but as most are service medals, basically all they reveal is that he > served, > which you know already. > > There is a private member tree at Ancestry for son Claude born 1921. If > you don't have a subscription, perhaps you can get somebody who has to try > and make contact. > > I think your main query concerns Althea. The only likely birth in > Bedfordshire 1900-1920 is Althea Bennett born 1905, but she married in > 1934, 5 years before he died. Of course she could have been separated from > her husband by 1839, but I'd probably discount her. > > Assuming she wasn't a married woman and she wasn't around a year after > his death, you're probably looking for any Althea marriage 1939-1940 in > Bedfordshire or any of the London counties. Even if you find one, how > you'd > ever prove their relationship is a problem. > > I'd also recommend you re-check some of your assumptions. Unless I have > the wrong births, Kenneth Underwood is registered 12/1929 mother's name > Garrett while Patricia Craft was registered 6/1929, a bare six months > earlier. Even allowing for registration quarters, it gets pretty tight for > Susan to be the mother of both. > > I also notice that Brenda's birth on FreeBMD has mother's maiden name > as Underwood and Dorothy has Garrett. I couldn't get the images on > Ancestry > as it's undergoing maintenance. > > Not sure if that's helped. But I think you'rr asking a question that we > really can't answer from basic records. > > Peter in Sydney > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message