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Recent content by Julie Treharne

  1. Julie Treharne

    Adoption record, Arthur Cratchley, Joyce Gardner 1920

    Sorry Janice....I should have looked before posting. Also these images of the one document are so big but this was the only way that I could attach the cert as it kept saying that the file was too big. Thought I would mention that Blanche Fowler on the first cert is Ada Cratchley's sister...
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    Adoption record, Arthur Cratchley, Joyce Gardner 1920

    Hi again...Received Marriage Certificate for Joyce Gardner on April 1st. What a Joke! haha. Took so long i.e. You were right...No Father's name. What is a little interesting though is the Witnesses was E. Cratchley (presumably Eliza Cratchley) and G. Cratchley (presumably George Cratchley) and...
  3. Julie Treharne

    Adoption record, Arthur Cratchley, Joyce Gardner 1920

    Ugh...Still waiting to receive the marriage certificate of Joyce Gardner and James Walsh ordered on 17 February.
  4. Julie Treharne

    Bomb damage in unidentified streets

    #1 photo could be 100 Balsall Heath Road where my great Aunt Florence Irene Harrison and her husband Robert William Harrison were killed on 10 April, 1941. This is a pure guess but I know there home was just around a street Corner." Would love to find out...
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    Adoption record, Arthur Cratchley, Joyce Gardner 1920

    Hi all...I have just received the Will of Eliza Cratchley and the two beneficiaries are Lilian Jane Smith (middle child of Eliza's husband Arthur Cratchley) and Joyce Walsh. I am beginning to think like you Janice, that Joyce was not formally adopted by Arthur and Eliza, BUT she definitely was...
  6. Julie Treharne

    Adoption record, Arthur Cratchley, Joyce Gardner 1920

    This is good to know...thank you
  7. Julie Treharne

    Adoption record, Arthur Cratchley, Joyce Gardner 1920

    Also ordered a Marriage certificate for Joyce Gardner and James Walsh...just curious to see who Joyce put down as her Father if anything at all. Now this will be snail mail and about $26 for me, but just had to do it! haha
  8. Julie Treharne

    Adoption record, Arthur Cratchley, Joyce Gardner 1920

    Hi Lyn & Janice. It has been quite some time since I bought a will from GRO so can't remember how much they cost but they came snail mail. There was never any other option. I am so impressed with the service & cost that I can't stop thinking who else I can get a will for.:):):)
  9. Julie Treharne

    Adoption record, Arthur Cratchley, Joyce Gardner 1920

    Have just managed to order Eliza Cratchley's Will. Not a simple process. You are right...you only need to put in the Surname and the year of death. From what I read, I think I will be able to view this online which is great. Also the cost was only 1 Pound 5 shillings which I thought was very...
  10. Julie Treharne

    Adoption record, Arthur Cratchley, Joyce Gardner 1920

    Thought I must have been doing something wrong. Thank you so much for your help. Cheers
  11. Julie Treharne

    Adoption record, Arthur Cratchley, Joyce Gardner 1920

    Very Interesting...thanks
  12. Julie Treharne

    Adoption record, Arthur Cratchley, Joyce Gardner 1920

    I would really like to get a copy of Joyce's Marriage certificate. Do you know of a quicker way to get a copy. I can't see anything on the GRO site other than priority which is super expensive. I have ordered them before and snail mail to Australia usually takes about 2 weeks.
  13. Julie Treharne

    Adoption record, Arthur Cratchley, Joyce Gardner 1920

    So are you saying that Joyce was the Executor of the Will, if their is a Will? What if there was no Will? Does Joyce inherit everything?
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