Parkes Irene

[simon1]

im trying to find any information on my granddad so far im havin no luck as he died when my mother was only 2 and my nan never spoke of him i feel so much like theres a gap in the family past
so im goin to tell what little i know and hope there may be help out there
he was a muslim man the relationship with my nan was of mixed race
his name was jia ali or jai ali im not sure the right spelling its one of the two i would think
he live in birmingham in early 1950s
my mom was was born in 1955
he died of tb in 1957
he lived on bolton road small heath till he died
i was told he was married to my nan irene parkes through muslim law
ive also heard he may have died on the journey home to bangladesh
ive also heard that he died before the journey home could be made
and thats it
ive searched and searched but ive not been able to find anything on granddad ali
if anyone could help i would be grateful
simon

 

[Shortie]

Re: looking for granddad

Simon, I have had a quick look and I can find no marriage in the 1950's for an Irene Parkes. Even a Muslim ceremony would need registering at the Register Office to comply with the Law. I would suggest you locate your mother's birth certificate first, and that should tell you a couple of things. You can either put your mother's name on here and one of us will find it for you, or send me an Instant Message and I will do the necessary.

Shortie

 

[Mike Fisher]

Re: looking for granddad

Hi Simon

We would all like to help, to start off do you have you go your mom's birth certificate?
(Sorry Shortie should have read your posting more closely)

When did you grandmother die and what was her name then ?

 

[simon1]

Re: looking for granddad

mom was was born in 25th may 1955 sheila ann susan parkes in birmingham im not sure if her dad is even on the birth certificate and i do think my mom was told that her parents were married by muslim law as sumthing to keep her happy as a child rather than the truth i suspect
as 4 my nan when she died she had been married a few times she even changed her name for one of her husbands from irene to sadie as he liked that more and she was buried as sadie
but saying that as a kid i often heard her being called sadie or rene
my nan had a way with names i dont think she married granddad ali at all but if she did bet she used rene

 

[Shera]

Re: looking for granddad

hi simon, looking at the electoral rolls these "ali"s were listed in bolton road in 1955

225 bolton rd - ali mobosir, ali khurshid, ali akmal. and at 270 bolton rd. - ali bashir and ali buksh

 

[simon1]

Re: looking for granddad

jia or jir ali was there lived on bolton road before he died in 1957 he may have been there between 56/57 not sure plus i think he owned the house he lived in if u can find anythinkg i really would be greatfull

 

[pollypops]

Re: looking for granddad

I think the Electoral Rolls information that is available only goes up to 1955 at the moment.

 

[Mike Fisher]

Re: looking for granddad

If you go into the central library you can see more up to date ones, I think.