Andrea Knowles wrote: > Can anyone help? I am looking for a David John WILLIAMS who married a Mary Ann JONES in Bedwelty Parish Church in 1906. They had a daughter Bronwen May Williams in 1908. After this I loose David - in 1917 Mary Ann marries an Edwin Hall in bedwwlty. What happened to David John Williams - family members say he dissapeared 'off the face of the earth' !! but I suspect that this is a cover up as Mary Ann had two children born in 1913 and 1914 registed as Hall's but at the time i suspect that she was still married to David John Williams. > > Andrea > Merseyside. > G'day Andrea Have you looked at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission web site. There are a possible 11 candidates for your "disappeared off the face of the earth", some literally. As for the children, Hall may have accepted them as his and adopted them. The adoption of children may have led them to having a different birth certificate issued after the adoption. I don't know if adoption certificates would have the original date of birth of the adoptee but I am willing to find out if anyone knows. Regards Ray Lewis Hazelmere Western Australia name interests Monmouthshire: Benjamin; Davies; Jones; Lewis

Until the 1920s there was no such thing as legal adoption in this country (UK) so there would not be a certificate or anything. Ann Macey in dull and cloudy Newport Gwent ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Lewis" <harveyjl@iinet.net.au> .The adoption of children may have led them > to having a different birth certificate issued after the adoption. I > don't know if adoption certificates would have the original date of > birth of the adoptee but I am willing to find out if anyone knows. > > Regards > Ray Lewis > Hazelmere Western Australia > > name interests Monmouthshire: Benjamin; Davies; Jones; Lewis > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >