Thread: Unsure i've researched the correct great grandfather

I'm wondering if someone could help me, i'm recently new to family research and have started tracing my fathers line



In order to find the identity of my great-grandfather i obtained a birth certificate of my grand-father Harry William Butcher. And his birth certificate listed his parents as William Harry Butcher and Laura May Doy (maiden name Boughton).



Now i looked William Harry Butcher up online and found a birth of 1891 in Depwade, Norfolk, Suffolk. I thought this was the right person initially and accepted him as my great-grandfather but i'm having my doubts. My father is helping me in my research and thinks i'm being to overcautious and thinks i should move on and continue my research.



I have been trying to eliminate other people with the same name, i've found records for them being born in Surrey, Oxfordshire, and i feel i can eliminate these people as they are miles away from where my grandads side of the family grew up (mainly in the Norfolk area). But it still seems i have these niggling doubts that won't go away. It doesn't help that William Harry and his partner Laura May never married as this would give me a definitive birthdate and time.



Am i right to be overcautious or should i settle that i've got the right person and continue on down the line. Any advice would be great, thanks Paul

Hi Paul,



When was your grandfather born? Is there a particular reason why you are having doubts about your ggrandfather?

[quote name='slizzy']Hi Paul,



When was your grandfather born? Is there a particular reason why you are having doubts about your ggrandfather?[/QUOTE]



Hi Slizzy thanks for the reply. I only have my grandfathers birth certificate from 1922, but it doesn't list the age of his father, its when i looked online that i thought the William Harry born in 1891 in Norfolk looked like the correct one. So i'm not definitively certain that he was born in that year, but like i said the others i've looked up are to far away or were born much earlier.

Think I've got his birth now, was he born Mutford 1922?

Did your grandfather have older siblings? If so, do you know their names?

[quote name='slizzy']Think I've got his birth now, was he born Mutford 1922?[/QUOTE]



Hi Slizzy, yes thats correct, in the sub-district of Lowestoft



Hi Slizzy, thought i'd edit this message instead of reposting another



I've been told he had a brother one year older than him named after his father (William Harry) born in 1921

A Laura May Boughton birth was reg in Depwade 1895, so 1891 for William certainly sounds promising.

Hi Paul



Do you have any idea when Grt Gramps William died?? As finding his death registration could indicate which year he was born...





Good Luck with your research





Lozz

On your grandfather's birth cert what's been entered for his father's occupation? You may be able to trace him in the 1911 census, by his occ.

HI Paul



Based on the info given I have found the following on FreeBMD:



Marriage Jun 1914 Mutford Vol 4a Page 2278

Laura M BOUGHTON and George H DOY



Births:

Sep 1914 Mutford Vol 4a Page 2189 Kathleen E DOY MMN Boughton



Mar 1920 Mutford Vol 4a Page 2730 Molly DOY MMN Boughton





ALSO:

Jun 1921 Mutford Vol 4a Page 2139 William H BUTCHER MMN Boughton



Your Grandad in 1922 as Slizzy has provided



Mar 1924 Mutford Vol 4a Page 1859 Laura M BUTCHER MMN Boughton





I couldnt find a death for George H DOY, but that doesnt mean to say that he hadnt died. But the other option is that maybe Laura & George split up but never divorced, therefore Laura wasn't able to marry William



Lozz