An evasive ancestor

Hilary250

I have seach information about mt great-grand father William Alfred Morris born in 1880 died 1916. Somehow there are no records of his birth, marriage or death nor the names of his parents.

He had a brother and a sister of which the names are unknown.He married Juliana Duquesne around 1907

Any information will be greatly appreciated

regards

Wonderglass

genthusiast

This may be his 1917 death record reference/index (from FreeBMD):

https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=8vnQyf7e5WJcGgCmFzpqXA&scan=1

This may be his July-Sept 1907 marriage record reference/index (from FreeBMD):

https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=8vnQyf7e5WJcGgCmFzpqXA&scan=1

This is probably a good bet for a relation/sister - Ellen Elizabeth - marriage record reference/index (from FreeBMD - since it is apparently on the same page - perhaps witness):

https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=CIy0GJJWoRqLP65IU9Gpzw&scan=1

If you search the birth indexes at FreeBMD you will find at least 3 William Alfred Morris from 1879-1880.

These indexes refer you to the book/page of BMD records you can order from GRO in UK.

https://www.gov.uk/research-family-history

Graham Buckell

You should order a copy of the marriage certificate to find out the name of his father.

@genthusiast accidentally put the wrong marriage reference from Free BMD. It is

https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl?start=1907&end=1907&sq=3&eq=3&type=Marriages&vol=1d&pgno=2011&db=bmd_1669206295&jsexec=1&mono=0&v=MTY3MDQwMzg3Mzo2YTRkOTQ4OTI4N2UxMDgyNmQzMmE2Mjk4NzExOTI3ZTYxMjM2OGFm&searchdef=sq%3D1%26type%3DMarriages%26given%3DWilliam%26eq%3D4%26db%3Dbmd_1669206295%26end%3D1907%26start%3D1907%26districtid%3D93%26surname%3DMorris&action=Find

If this link does not work, you can find it easily yourself.

Julia Szent-Györgyi

(I think you meant "elusive".)

Other commenters have made the jump that since there are matching records in England, that's the part of the globe you're talking about, but in future, it's generally a good idea to at least tell us which continent. People can be more helpful that way.

genthusiast

The profiles involved existed in Tree - so it was quite certainly in England. But yes including a location in a query is usually best.

Hilary250

Thank you for your help it is very much appreciated

You are right I should have said it was in England