Can you find information about my father's parents ?
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My father's name was Albert, Thomas, COLE. You showed me lists of "COLEs". None of whom were born and died in England, U.K. ! He was born in 1925 in London and died in 2022 in Aldershot. Can you help me or not ?
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@Peter46548
It would be easier for us to help if you could provide your deceased father's person identification number.
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I assume you are referring to the Albert Thomas Cole whose birth was registered at Holborn, London in 1925.
The record (found at both FreeBMD and GRO websites) shows his mother's maiden name to be FRANCIS.
There are a number of Cole / Francis marriages found at FreeBMD for the 1916-1925 period, but the best match appears to be the one again registered at Holborn. This was between Joseph T Cole and Ada E Francis, whose marriage was registered in the September Quarter of 1917.
I cannot find Albert Thomas in the 1939 National Register, but his family members were at Finsbury, Islington and shown as follows:
Joseph Y T Cole born 17 Dec 1885 (Occupation Motor Driver)
Ada E Cole born 27 Jan 1886
Leonard A Cole born 04 Dec 1920
Joseph F Cole born 25 May 1918
The 1921 Census shows all of the above at Finsbury (with Joseph shown as a General Labourer), and all as being born at Clerkenwell, London.
Obviously, I cannot guarantee this is your family, but there is no other close match in either 1921 or 1939 records.
Please return here if you wish, but the best places to check for further records are the GRO and FreeBMD websites already referenced and Find My Past - where images of the original records (for 1921, 1939 and earlier dates) can be found.
Incidentally, I could not find the 2022 Aldershot death of Albert Thomas Cole on the GRO website.
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Having been unable to confirm the death of Albert Thomas Cole, I decided to take a further search for individuals of that name and the only event that matches (with a 1925 birth year) is for a death in Hampshire (in which county Aldershot is situated) in 2015, not 2022.
Perhaps you could recheck your records, especially as there was no other birth in England in 1925 for an individual of that (full) name.
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Hopefully you will return here at some stage and discover who your father's parents appear to have been.
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