Looking for info on grandfather

Discussion in 'Searching for Someone & Military Genealogy' started by Vicky68, Jan 21, 2021.

  1. Vicky68

    Vicky68 New Member

    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
     
  2. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    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
     
  3. Vicky68

    Vicky68 New Member

    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
     
  4. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

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  5. Vicky68

    Vicky68 New Member

    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
     
  6. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    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
     
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