Hello,
I have been trying to locate my grandfather's birth certificate and have come to a big brick wall!! I have his marriage certificate and death certificate from Australia. Both of these list his birth as Hull, Yorkshire.
However, when I have tried to locate his birth details from England I have had no luck. I have searched Ancestry, GRO, Archives, and YorkshireBMD extensively with no result.
In response to SRD (thankyou) the details are:
John Kerslake Atkinson
Death Certificate (Australian) death: Brisbane Australia 1945 aged 56, birth would be 1889, resident in Australia for 44 years, approximately 12 years old when came to Australia. Lists he was born in Hull, Yorkshire.
Parents are listed as Alma Kerslake and John Atkinson (Marine engineer).
Marriage Certificate (Australian) lists same information as above. Married Rosina Jane Skinner (born in Australia).
He was in the Australian Army 1940-1943 - his Army records state he was born in Hull.
I do not know if he had any siblings.
He appears on the Australian Electoral Rolls in 1925 as John Kerslake Atkinson.
Family stories indicate that Kerslake definitely was his middle name as it was his mother's maiden name and he was given this name.
He had a daughter named Alma and my father's middle name is also Kerslake, so I do believe these are real names.
I have no information on where he lived in Australia before 1925.
If anyone has any advice that could help, please share.
Thankyou,
Marty.