Question

looking for info on my father Leslie Thomas Chamberlain born Surrey' 1905

Answer 1

 

hi anonymous, he appears to have been born in Richmond in the last quarter of 1904?

 

Name: CHAMBERLAIN, Leslie Thomas

Registration district: Richmond (Surrey)

County: Surrey

Year of registration: 1904

Quarter of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec

Volume no: 2A

Page no: 481

 

and checking the 1911 census his parents appear to have been Edgar and Ellen...

 

CHAMBERLAIN, Edgar Head Married21 years M 43 1868 Carpenter And Joiner Ropton Herts

CHAMBERLAIN, Ellen Wife Married21 years F 39 1872 Gutences Lancs

CHAMBERLAIN, Ethel Daughter Single F 20 1891 Domestic Daily Lichfield Staffs

CHAMBERLAIN, Harry Son Single M 18 1893 Porter Kew Gardens Surrey

CHAMBERLAIN, Mabel Daughter   Single  F 16 1895 Domestic Daily Kew Gardens Surrey

CHAMBERLAIN, Albert Son Single M 14 1897 School Kew Gardens Surrey

CHAMBERLAIN, Stanley Son M 11 1900 School Kew Gardens Surrey

CHAMBERLAIN, William Son M 9 1902 School Kew Gardens Surrey

CHAMBERLAIN, Leslie Son M 6 1905 School Kew Gardens Surrey

CHAMBERLAIN, Dorothy Daughter F 4 1907 Kew Gardens Surrey

CHAMBERLAIN, Ronald Son M 2 1909 Kew Gardens Surrey

RG number: RG14 Piece: 3593 Reference: RG14PN3593 RG78PN135 RD41 SD1 ED13 SN382

Registration District: Richmond Sub District: Richmond Enumeration District: 13

Parish: Richmond Address: 23 Victoria Cottages Kew Gardens County: Surrey

 

...hopefully you have some information about aunts and uncles so you can confirm this from the names of his siblings?

 

There appears to be two possible marriage records for him...

 

Groom: CHAMBERLAIN, Leslie T

Bride: DUGMORE, Hilda

Registration district: Rowley Regis

County: Staffordshire

Year of registration: 1946

Quarter of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec

Volume no: 9B

Page no: 849

 

Groom: CHAMBERLAIN, Leslie T

Bride: TOLLEY, Margaret L W

Registration district: Kidderminster

County: Worcestershire

Year of registration: 1922

Quarter of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec

Spouse's last name Tolley

Volume no: 6C

Page no: 171

You can order certificates using these references if reqd from the GRO online (http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/)

 

Answer 2

I believe your father was a cousin to my grandfather.  (Your great-grandfather was my great-grandfather's younger brother.)   My grandfather lived in Kew at 22 Victoria Cottages where his father was a carpenter at Kew Gardens.   I believe I have seen census reports that place your grandfather, Edgar, on North Sheen, and then a few years later, on Victoria Cottages Road, #20 I think.