According to the Notts FHS disks, in the whole county- - a Louisa WINTER married John Robert SCHOOLAR in 1891 (6th Jan) in Lenton. That's the only marriage recorded with her name. There are no children baptised with her married name as a mother. - There were no children baptised with John or Robert SCHOOLAR as father in the 10 years after the marriage. - The only child in the baptismal records with Louisa SMITH, SCHOOLAR or WINTER recorded as mother was Harriet Alicia SMITH baptised 21st July 1897 to Louisa SMITH, a single woman. a search of the National Archives shows that the "Records of Ruston & Hornby Ltd" are available at the Museum of English Rural Life. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/1dea99a9-ac2d-40ac-a450-937b7d5e1cce They see to have catalogues and "administrative & commercial records" - whatever that means... I've never heard of that Museum, but it's in Reading. I'm sure they'd be helpful & give you details... Good luck Margaret On 16/02/2016 13:33, W and P Smith via wrote: > We are yet again trying to trace the birth date for my husband’s father Percy SMITH. He was not very helpful in his lifetime and never gave the same birth date twice. He said 29th Feb. 1900 1901 or 1902 but also said he was adopted / a foundling. > On his army record he gave Nottingham, Notts as his birth place and that his mother was Louisa WINTER. Who knows whether he was fibbing or not. He never bothered to tell my husband that he had a natural sister but that is another story. > > We do know that he worked for Ruston and Hornsby as a driller around 1918 or so before he joined the Army in 1922 (until 1934). His ”mother” supposedly lived in Chapel Hill, Ropsley, Nr. Grantham when he joined up. > > On his first marriage cert in 1931 he gave no father or profession. On his 2nd marriage cert (he married 3 times!!) he said his father was George. Would have thought he would have put that name at his first marriage if it were true. > > So – can SKS tell me which schools are closest to Chapel Hill in the 1910’s+ ? Are there any searchable records of employees with Ruston & Hornsby? > > Any suggestions for further research of his early years would be much appreciated. > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message