Why is Thomas Woodstock listed under Walter Dallingridge?

Kate BenArie

Dear Family Search

I was researching Sir Walter Dallingridge in Google search when I came across the Family Search site . When I looked into this site I found information about many royal monarchs and Thomas Woodstock, but nothing about Sir Walter Dallingridge.

Is this a mistake or are you saying that Thomas Woodstock is Sir Walter Dallingridge?

Here is your introduction to this site:-

Sir Walter Dallingridge (1360–1399) • FamilySearch

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L1JZ-BXS/sir-walter-dallingridge.

24/12/2020 · The Life of Walter When Sir Walter Dallingridge was born about 1360, in Beddington, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edward Dalygruge, was 20 and his mother, Elizabeth Wardedieu, was 13. He had at least 1 daughter with Margaret CHAUMOND. He …

And this is what is written when I click on this site:-

Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke Gloucester

7 January 1355–9 September 1397 (Age 42)

Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Thomas

When Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke Gloucester was born on 7 January 1355, in Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edward III King of England, was 42 and his mother, Philippa de Hainault Queen of England, was 40. He married Eleanor de Bohun Countess of Buckingham on 24 August 1376, in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He registered for military service in 1341. He died on 9 September 1397, in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, at the age of 42, and was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England.

So what am I to make of this situation?

Did Family Search forget who they were researching?

Click on the link above and see for yourself. There is absolutely nothing about Sir Walter Dallingridge.

I would be most interested to know where the rest of the info. on Sir Walter Dallingridge may be found.

Sincerely

Kate

MNuttall

Hello, @Kate BenArie.

I agree that this seems to be a very "random" search result. However, someone recently added an alternate name to Thomas of Woodstock, without any explanation:

Also Known As Walter Dalyngygge

It appears that the searching algorithms picked up this alternate name.

If you haven't registered for a free FamilySearch account, please consider doing so, as then you would be able to see the entire record for Thomas of Woodcock and not just the "discovery" page that you happened upon.

I did a brief search for Sir Walter Dallingridge in Family Tree, but I didn't come up with any results.

I also did a Google search and found this: https://www.gdcooke.org/ss/default.aspx/page/org2-o/p9980.htm.

Here's another one that does have its origins in FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/service/records/storage/das-mem/patron/v2/TH-904-78294-665-77/dist.txt?ctx=ArtCtxPublic

I'm hoping this helps clarify things a bit.

Good luck with your research!