Hi Penny, Thank you for your kind offer of assistance. However, I don't have very much to offer as a clue about Arthur JACOB. As I mentioned previously all I have is................ Ruth Lorraine PARSONAGE was my mother, she was born at 133 Beatrice Street, Oswestry, Shropshire. No fathers name was listed on her birth certificate. But a christening record was located in Oswestry in the Holy Trinity, Oswestry parish records. Ref P215 Fiche 17, page 25, entry 198. This was dated the 24th of August, 1917 a month after Ruth was born, but the same date as her birth certificate was made. It lists a baby as Ruth Lorraine. The birth certificate shows only her mother as Ruth PARSONAGE, no fathers name was recorded. But the baptismal record shows the parents were Ruth and Arthur Jacob. Arthur was listed as a soldier. Their residence was 4 Trinity Cottages, Roft street. Living at 3 Trinity terrace in Roft street was Ruth mother Ellen Parsonage/Smith and her brother John Henry PARSONAGE along with a Johns sister Clara Beatrice PARSONAGE. I don't have a copy of the christening record and assume the information that was sent to me was everything they could see in the record book . Its a pity they did not get his forces number. I know there was a large army transit camp local in Oswestry during the first world war. Using the address shown in the christening record I was hoping that Arthur JACOB 's name might be in other records such as a list of absent voters or a postal directory, and they might give his army number and regiment. > > Personally I don't think my grandmother was married to Arthur because his >name > > would have been on my mothers birth certificate. I think the reason his name > shows up in the baptismal record is because the Parish reverend managed to >get > > it from my grandmother. The record did not say Ruth Jacob , my mother was > registered on her birth cert as Ruth Lorraine PARSONAGE. The baptismal record > > did not show my grand mothers last name it just gave > the mothers name as Ruth and the child as Ruth Lorraine. > > But it gave an address of Roft Street in Oswestry so it would be interesting >to > > see if there are any records that show Arthur JACOB was a resident at that > address. For sure there is a record that shows my Great grandmother was >living > > next door along with two of her adult PARSONAGE children. > > Again my thanks for responding, > All my best > Mike Morris > Toronto Canada