Hello I am looking for information on an American soldier based in hinckley in 1944 called Jimmy Davis as he is my mother's birth father we have been told he may have been in 82nd airborne but dnt really know.much else apart from he did got to hospital in London at some point we know had relationship with Joyce Hooper who lived in hinckley in Leicestershire
Hi Vicky Welcome - your question arises on here from time to time and to be honest its always difficult to resolve. I guess it would be nice to know the reason for your quest, as a site we need to be aware of the information we can provide and its use We do also have a US sister site that may be able to help more with details of Jin Dais - the site is WWII Forums I am also a little confused - you say Jim Davis was your mothers birth father and he had a relationship with Joyce Hooper - she is ? in this situation, your grandmother or ? You need to provide as much detail as you can however small that might help members provide some avenues for you to research/explore TD
Hello yes we are looking for him as he is.my mother birth father and Joyce hooper was her birth mother and we would like to know more about him and if my mother has any family on his side as we found her birth mothers information and would be nice if we could find out her birth father we dnt really know much about him apart from he was based in hinckley and we think he may have been with 82nd airborne battalion
Have you tried local newspapers for example Can you help US serviceman's son complete final part of 20-year pilgrimage? Wartime Quorn | Quorn Village On-line Museum, Leicestershire, UK Local history societies 82nd Airborne associations 82nd Airborne Division Archives - VAntage Point 82nd Airborne Association, Inc. Veterans Associations TD So at a guess would your mother be Christine - keeping details secret is not going to help answering your questions
Hello yes my mother is christine elaine gadney born christine hooper and adopted by edith and wesley Ford she was born on 7th March 1945 in market Bosworth
So - to tease more info out, this is your mother England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007 Name: Christine Hooper Registration Date: Jan 1945 [Feb 1945] [Mar 1945] Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration District: MT. Bosworth Inferred County: Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Rutland Mother's Maiden Name: Hooper Volume Number: 7a Page Number: 131 Presumably you have a copy of the birth certificate and the father is named as ?? Have you also thought about using a site such as Ancestry and do a DNA test TD