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      margessister replied to the thread Overton Place.
      Our Vinnicombe had been called up and went to India in 1945 according to his military record
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      margessister replied to the thread Overton Place.
      The Vinnicombe was listed as Margaret’s husband on her original death certificate. There’s also a military number which I traced his...
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      margessister replied to the thread Overton Place.
      It doesn't say as she died in hospital, I would likely have to check the electoral roll for Robert Vinnicombe for where he was before...
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      margessister replied to the thread Overton Place.
      Margaret claims to be 21 when she married Vincenzo, however her death in 1946 puts her at 46 years old. i think there may have been a...
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      margessister replied to the thread Overton Place.
      I have ordered the certificate to see
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      margessister replied to the thread Overton Place.
      Certificate says father name as Alfred Thompson, deceased
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      margessister replied to the thread Overton Place.
      Dad's address on his birth certificate was 4 back of Fox street Birmingham, St Bartholomews sub district. i would have to check the...
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      margessister replied to the thread Overton Place.
      Yes I have a copy of this death certificate, reveals interesting details about a relative and name changes
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      margessister replied to the thread Overton Place.
      Vincent was my grandfather's English name - from Vincenzo in Italian, he seemed to go back and forth with both.
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      margessister replied to the thread Overton Place.
      This is correct, according to some family members memories anyway. Margaret was registered under another name ( Vinnicombe) in 1939 and...
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      margessister reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Overton Place with Appreciate Appreciate.
      I think the youngest child was an Andrew born in 1933. That dates split to between then and 1939 register. I also haven't found Margaret...
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      margessister replied to the thread Overton Place.
      Thanks We are trying to solve a mystery - the lady, Edith Gladys Jeffery, was living with my grandfather but was not our grandmother. We...
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      margessister reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Overton Place with Appreciate Appreciate.
      The list in post #25 is the 1939 electoral roll.
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      margessister replied to the thread Overton Place.
      I don't recall there being stairs to go up to a upstairs flat, they must have been on the ground floor.
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      margessister reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Overton Place with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Maisonette refers to an upstairs flat which has its front door downstairs at ground level. So you usually have 2 flats one above the...
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