Hi,
I was wondering if anyone can give me some advice please?
My Great Aunt has been very intrested in my research concerning our family history.
She asked me some time ago to find some information about her Uncle, William Hallam.
My Great Aunt told me that William died during WW2 when Rolls Royce were bombed. I brought his death certificate, and found out that William's cause of death was Electric shock.
A kind lady did a look-up for me at Derby Library and found the inquest report. William worked at Rolls Royce and his machine hadn't been inspected.
My Great Aunt has asked me to try and find some information about William's wife. She seems to remember that William's wife died in a house fire, but unfortunately, she can't remember her name.
There is no relatives mentioned on the death cert, because the coroner was the informant, and the inquest mentions William's widow but doesn't mention her name.
I have asked Derby Library if they could check the electoral roll, but because of the war there were no registers. They checked 1939 and 1945-46 but it is different people living at the address given on the death cert.
I have looked in the marriage indexes, but because William Hallam is a very popular name there are lots of marriages between 1917-1942! My Great Aunt can't remember anything else that could help.
Is there anyway of finding William's wifes name, or is it mission impossible?
Any advice would be truly appreciated.
Sorry for the long post!!
Kind regards
Kelly.
I was wondering if anyone can give me some advice please?
My Great Aunt has been very intrested in my research concerning our family history.
She asked me some time ago to find some information about her Uncle, William Hallam.
My Great Aunt told me that William died during WW2 when Rolls Royce were bombed. I brought his death certificate, and found out that William's cause of death was Electric shock.
A kind lady did a look-up for me at Derby Library and found the inquest report. William worked at Rolls Royce and his machine hadn't been inspected.
My Great Aunt has asked me to try and find some information about William's wife. She seems to remember that William's wife died in a house fire, but unfortunately, she can't remember her name.
There is no relatives mentioned on the death cert, because the coroner was the informant, and the inquest mentions William's widow but doesn't mention her name.
I have asked Derby Library if they could check the electoral roll, but because of the war there were no registers. They checked 1939 and 1945-46 but it is different people living at the address given on the death cert.
I have looked in the marriage indexes, but because William Hallam is a very popular name there are lots of marriages between 1917-1942! My Great Aunt can't remember anything else that could help.
Is there anyway of finding William's wifes name, or is it mission impossible?
Any advice would be truly appreciated.
Sorry for the long post!!
Kind regards
Kelly.
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