Hi John Looks like he died in 1950 Name: Stephen A N Durham Birth Date: abt 1882 Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1950 Age at Death: 68 Registration district: Nottingham Inferred County: Nottinghamshire Volume: 3c Page: 294 Marriage ? Name: Stephen A N Durham Spouse Surname: Wain Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1946 Registration district: Nottingham Inferred County: Nottinghamshire Volume Number: 7b Page Number: 703 Name: Ethel A Wain Spouse Surname: Durham Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1946 Registration district: Nottingham Inferred County: Nottinghamshire Volume Number: 7b Page Number: 703 Stephen in the first war? Name: Stephen A N Durham Regiment or Corps: Royal Field Artillery Regimental Number: 98975 >From his service record (transcribed as Stephen Allen Henry DURHAM in the index) Stephen Allen Nixey DURHAM born in the Parish of "Belgum" ? East Indies Royal regiment of Artillery 98975 Clerk previous service 8 years 2nd Gloucestershire? Volunteers attested Nottingham2nd Sept 1914 promoted to Bombardier discharged 20th July 1916 no longer physically fit for service next of kin father Stephen J 146 or 46 Con??? street Gloucester sister Elizabeth SINCLAIR? 115 Percival road Sherwood Nott character very good Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Jon's FH <jons.fh@btinternet.com> wrote: > Hi listers, > > I wonder if anyone can help in this query please? > > In the 1911 Census, I have a Stephen Allan Nixey DURHAM living in the Reading area. Please note I'm not asking for a lookup, I have paid for the details on the 1911census website. His occupation is a Butchers Clerk. >

Dear Nivard, This is absolutely wonderful! Thank you so much! His birthplace on the 1911 census is also given as Belgom. I have just been searching on Ancestry with just two pieces of information, the surname as Durham, and the keyword as India. This has brought up a family in Gloucester in 1901 (a Stephen without wife) and in the info you sent Gloucester was mentioned, so it's looking very very good. Ancestry has 19 year old Stephen's middle initial as "R" but that can easilly be a mistranscription or written incorrectly on the census forms. Also in the info you sent was mention of a sister, Elizabeth, who according to the same 1901 census was born at Portsmouth, Hampshire. Interestingly, again in the 1901 census, this time in Portsmouth, is a Henrietta Durham aged 35 born Burmah. As you know I can't see the images, so I don't know if she (or the Stephen in 1901) are recorded as married or widowed. Still in Portsmouth in late 1902 is the death of a henrietta Durham at Portsmouth, aged 37. On ancestry's Will & Probate collection is Henrietta Durham at Portsmouth in 1903, again I don't know what additional info the image holds, but I've put out a request on the Portsmouth / Gosport list for help with that. I deeply thank you for the wonderful assistance you've given me with regards this family, outstanding!!! Kindest regards, Jon

Jon, Nivard always does these things so well! As a bit extra - I suspect 'Belgom' is in fact Belgaum in Karnataka state, India Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon's FH" <jons.fh@btinternet.com> To: <berkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2011 12:50 PM Subject: Re: [BRK] Stephen Allan Nixey DURHAM > Dear Nivard, >