Joseph May was born in about 1853 in St Pancras, Middlesex, London. From the 1882 marriage register to Louisa Brothers his father's name was Joseph May, a Seedsman.
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"England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2ND1-J2P : 1 October 2014), Joseph May, 1853; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, St. Pancras, London, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
Ancestry.com, London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Ancestry.com, London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Mary, Whitechapel, Register of marriages, P93/MRY1, Item 053.
"England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DT6-4X8 : 13 December 2014), Joseph May, 1882; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1882, quarter 2, vol. 1C, p. 761, Whitechapel, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
Ancestry.com, London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Ancestry.com, London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Jude, Grays Inn Road, Register of marriages, P90/JUD, Item 011.
"England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DJ8-QJG : 13 December 2014), Joseph May, 1892; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1892, quarter 4, vol. 1B, p. 73, Pancras, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
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