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No idea if the above is the Sheila you are interested but she was born in Bham in 1949, daughter of John Bohan (as mentioned) and Julia Brady. She had a brother and 2 sisters - Patricia, Denis & Mary. Lived on Kyotts Lake Lane in the 60s.

A couple of things for Sheila. There marriage for a Sheila Bohan to a Thomas Peyton, reg. Bham Dec 1975. And there is newspaper item in the Bham Mail 14 Mar 1994 'Bohan John. In loving memory of a dear dad who died March 14 1973. Loved and remembered always Loving daughter Sheila and...

Looking again at the column with the 4/70s and 4/80s, are those graves that are listed next to each other or are there gaps between them where other graves could be?

It's difficult to say. It appears that the numbering generally goes up from the bottom left to top right - for graves in section 4 at least. There appear to be other numbers missing. Do the blank squares contain graves? And if so maybe they are unmarked because when the map was made there was...

And a possible third child to die young sadly - Gordon Reginald 1930-34?

Two other children - Grace Elizabeth and Alfred Thomas who both died young? And is it Arthur Ernest rather than Arthur & Ernest?

And as an example of how easy it is to go down the wrong path. Searching the 1851 census for people name Johnson born Woodhouse (same as Thomas) resulted in an Edward. And looking at the 1851 census he turned out to also be a Joiner. A baptism gives his parents as Edward & Martha and on the...

With a common name like Johnson you are probably going to to hit a brick wall earlier unfortunately. Even if you trace the name back to a small village there's always quite a lot of doubt if you find older matches. For the generation before someone like Thomas you are hoping that a cousin...

Marriages or Banns prior to 1837 didn't require a father's name and they've never required the mother's. Sometimes non-conformist marriages (ie non C of E) give father/parents but the above marriage was C of E.

Do you mean class pictures or picture of the school? If you google picture search 'Shaw Hill School old pictures' then there are a number of results, some quite old and some more modern. Not sure if any of them are from the years you're interested in.

It is also possible that Thomas may have been married before. I can't see the marriage scan to Matilda to see what he was listed as.

Thomas (father) appears to have also been born in Leicestershire (Woodhouse Eaves) and was a joiner. Mother possible Mary Ann Hinman or Inman born in the same place. Married 17 Sep 1830. Probably needs a little more looking at to confirm.

The marriage is on Ancestry. Matilda's father is Edward, Thomas' father was Thomas.

I don't think you need to buy a certificate, I think you can get a digital copy which is considerably cheaper.

As there is no age associated wit the burial or the directory then there's no certainty that either is the correct William. Circumstantial only but there is death reg. in Windsor Jun 1888 for a William Oldham of about the right age. There doesn't appear to be a matching William on the 1881...