ARC TBC................Thomas Bastable & father Edward

[Northern Lass]

Could this be the one with father Wm and mother Margaret
1908
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
BASTABLE William G RADFORD Annie Oldbury, Christ Church Sandwell Register Office 12/6/186

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[Northern Lass]

After spending a good 4 hours on this bit of the Bastables I have come up with this family :

I have found the marriage for Edward Bastable and Margaret Edwards and have added here : http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/tr ... =964925348

Margaret, a widow, and her children are living at 34 Dibble Road in Smethwick in 1911, very near the address of the parents of William George Bastable who died in WW1.

It is this lot isnt it and the record should say Edward as father not Wm
http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/fa ... ble-Family

Additional Information from CWGC:
Son of W. G. and Margaret Bastable, of 37, Dibble Rd., Smethwick, Staffs.;
Husband of Elizabeth Abbey (formerly Bastable), of 16, Nelson St., Oldbury, Birmingham.

and for some reason is he adopted by the Walkers

aged 40 though in 1917? still able to join up I suppose?

That then all works if you take the name of father as Edward not Wm and mother margaret

[Antie Em]

That was what I thought. But I once applied to have some extra information added for one of my rellies and you wouldn't believe the performance - I had to send them his birth cert, his parents marriage cert and their death certs and loads of other stuff, which makes me think they check things really thoroughly. Although if the information was given just after the war, they might not have been so tight.

[Antie Em]

All Done - connected William up to Edward and Margaret

Phewwwwwww

[Northern Lass]

All Done - connected William up to Edward and Margaret

Phewwwwwww

nice one everyone and maggie for adding all that

I think his father must be that Edward margaret the wids address in 1911 clinches it for me

Officer Dibble!

1911 : 35 Dibble Road, Smethwick
Margaret Bastable, Head, 54, Wid, Born in Wolverhampton
Emily Bastable, Daur, 22, Born in West Bromwich
Florence, Daur, 15
Frederick W Burford, Boarder, 26, Caster Helper, Born in Bridgewater, Somerset
Lydia Burford, Boarder, 27, Born in Oldbury
Ellen G Burford, Boarder, 5
Frederick W Burford, 4
Charles E Burford, 8 Months
Others Born in Smethwick

It may be an error on cwgc site and should say Edward as father not WG

see what you get back Maggie if necessary we can send for certif for that birth or marriage

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