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can anyone help me trace a herbert cresswell. he was my nana's biological father. Her biological mother was called florence knowles. I am having great difficulty in tracking down anything about herbert as he and florence were never married. They had a child in 1923 (my nana) called esme elsie cresswell, any information would be most useful

sorry i meant to add that the family lived in the birmingham area until the 40's when my nana met my grandad and they moved to doncaster

I can find 5 Herberts in 1901 and 1911, none living in Birmingham. Do you have your nans birth certificate, and does it state his occupation or any other details about him?

unfortunately i dont. i might have to try and get hold of a copy

There's nothing on Free BMD, I searched from 1890 - 1910 for Birmingham. You need to search the full index which is on Ancestry I believe. Linell.

From FMP


Name: CRESSWELL, Esme E
Registration District: Aston
County: Warwickshire
Year of Registration: 1923
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Mother's Maiden Name: Knowles
Volume No: 6D
Page No:740

Births Dec 1923
Cresswell Esme E Knowles Aston 6d 740

Do you know if Herberts middle name was Joel

unfortunately i dont, i think they split when my nan was very young and she barely remembers him, the only real info i have is his name

hiya nogden gonna move this to the GEneral discussion section cos it
is birmingham outside the bC area

oooooh we are such purists!

apologies for my ignorance

rite have moved it dive in everyone

Are you still woring on this Nogden or can it be archived?
Jo