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Does Anyone Know How To Find Out If One Person Is Related To Another?
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I've never done any of this stuff but I know a few on here have so any help would be appreciated.
I would like to find out if Brian May (of Queen) could be the nephew of Alfred Soane who was born in the 1920s and grew up in Cove, nr Farnborough, Hampshire. Alfred was one of 13 children. There have been discussions that Brian might be the son of one of the other 12. There are Soanes still living in the area.
Can anyone help? Is Dot around?
I would like to find out if Brian May (of Queen) could be the nephew of Alfred Soane who was born in the 1920s and grew up in Cove, nr Farnborough, Hampshire. Alfred was one of 13 children. There have been discussions that Brian might be the son of one of the other 12. There are Soanes still living in the area.
Can anyone help? Is Dot around?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Brian May, the only child of Harold and Ruth May, was born 19/07/1947
in Hampton, London
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Couple of pics of his parents in this link
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I presume that would mean that he would be the son of one of Alfred`s sisters because if it was one of his brothers, the surname would be Soane and not May. If you look at this site http:// www.fre ebmd.or g.uk/cg i/searc h.pl and search the approximate era, there is an Alfred Soane who had lots of brothers and sisters but none of them were called Ruth which is the name of Brian May`s mother (Alfred Soane`s mother was surname Knight)
If you aren't subscribing to a genealogy site then FreeBMD is a good place to start. Although you need to get skilled at knowing what filters to apply to extract the data you are looking for from the little you know and are allowed to enter.
Maybe start with whatever info you can glean from Alfred, try to work out who was in his family (the unjustified time restrictions of census info does hinder things considerably but hit the birth info enough, and add whatever marriage info you can pull out, and a picture will hopefully emerge ). Maybe you will be able to trace much of the family forward to the present day.
Maybe start with whatever info you can glean from Alfred, try to work out who was in his family (the unjustified time restrictions of census info does hinder things considerably but hit the birth info enough, and add whatever marriage info you can pull out, and a picture will hopefully emerge ). Maybe you will be able to trace much of the family forward to the present day.
Wiki states that Brian May is of Anglo-Scottish descent.....so that may indicate that his mother is Scottish.
I can find 2 Birth records for a Brian H. May born Sept 1/4 1947.
One gives his mother's maiden name as Fletcher, the other is Northcote.
I looked up marriages of Harold May with women of these surnames....neither potential mother has a given name of Ruth.
I can find 2 Birth records for a Brian H. May born Sept 1/4 1947.
One gives his mother's maiden name as Fletcher, the other is Northcote.
I looked up marriages of Harold May with women of these surnames....neither potential mother has a given name of Ruth.
Well I had a butchers and came up with the same as JtHat.
Might be worth looking at the sisters of Alfred to see who they married - ie trace forwards.
If you post Alfred's details (parents and dob) I'll have a looksee (got naff all else to do tonight). Tracing forwards is always a bit of a pain, but worth looking at it from another angle.
Might be worth looking at the sisters of Alfred to see who they married - ie trace forwards.
If you post Alfred's details (parents and dob) I'll have a looksee (got naff all else to do tonight). Tracing forwards is always a bit of a pain, but worth looking at it from another angle.
If Brian May's parents were married in Scotland, their marriage would not appear in either the FreeBMD or Ancestry.Co.Uk records, both of which only record the English & Welsh registers, although Ancestry have some Sottish marriages but only up to 1910. You will have to use:
http:// www.sco tlandsp eople.g ov.uk/
which unfortunately is a pay per view site!
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which unfortunately is a pay per view site!
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