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Arthur R White and Olwen Jones the parents of David Jason that he is my mums cousin and mine too. So I find it hard as got too many Authur there on the list. I found out they got married in 1932 at Barnet. So I need to lot more going back from Auther's family go back lot more. At the moment I am not well as got a broken foot. Please help me.

Arthur R White

mentioned in the record of Jones and Arthur R White

Name Arthur R White
Event Type Marriage Registration
Registration Quarter Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration Year 1932
Registration District Barnet
County Middlesex
Event Place Barnet, Middlesex, England
Spouse Name (available after 1911) Jones
Volume 3A
Page 1603
Line Number 138

Arthur R White probably married one of the following people
Name Olwen Jones

this could be him maybe?



Arthur R White

England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007

Name Arthur R White
Event Type Death
Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration Year 1955
Registration District Hendon
County Middlesex
Event Place Hendon, Middlesex, England
Age (available after 1866) 62
Birth Year (Estimated) 1893
Volume 5E
Page 482
Line Number 40

this one could be a bit young - married at 18?



Arthur R White

England and Wales Birth Registration Index

Name Arthur R White
Event Type Birth Registration
Registration Quarter Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration Year 1914
Registration District Southwark
County London
Event Place Southwark, London, England
Mother's Maiden Name (not available before 1911 Q3) Flatters
Volume 1D
Page 55
Line Number 16

and this one maybe a bit too old?



Arthur White

England and Wales Census, 1901

Name Arthur White
Event Type Census
Event Date 31 Mar 1901
Event Place Islington, London, Middlesex, England
County London, Middlesex
Civil Parish Islington
Ecclesiastical Parish St Stephen
Sub-District Upper Holloway
Registration District Islington
Residence Note Ashbrook Road
Gender Male
Age 16
Occupation CLEARING HOUSE CLERK
Relationship to Head of Household Son
Birth Year (Estimated) 1885
Birthplace Barnet, Middlesex
Schedule Type 131
Page Number 18

James White Head M 49 Hounslow, Middlesex
Elizabeth White Wife F 46 Ringwood, Hampshire
Arthur White Son M 16 Barnet, Middlesex
Marguerite White Daughter F 14 Stoke Newington, London
Oliver White Son M 12 Stoke Newington, London
Elsie White Daughter F 10 Stoke Newington, London
Eliza Fabb Visitor F 47 Marylebone, London
Amy Fabb Visitor F 5 New Zealand Lower Hutt Wellington

Would say the best bet is to get their marriage cert.

It will give their ages and fathers names & occupations

With the options available, it might be best to purchase their MC. That way you'll know the names of their fathers. Witnesses may be a help as well.

Use the details which AnnCardiff found

Name Arthur R White
Event Type Marriage Registration
Registration Quarter Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration Year 1932
Registration District Barnet
Volume 3A
Page 1603

And order for £9.25 from http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/

Could this be Olwen


Olwen White
Birth Date: 28 Mar 1905
Date of Registration: Jul 1994
Age at Death: 89
Registration district: Hendon
Inferred County: Middlesex
Register Number: B35C
District and Subdistrict: 2351B
Entry Number: 162

Welcome to the Community boards Deborah.



(I'll let Deborah know how to find her replies) :-)

Deborah if David is your mum's cousin and you know nothing about his father, then he must be a cousin on his mother's side (Jones)?

why not ask him about his father rather than post on the internet?

perhaps he is deceased and had no children ... ?

it's just that I always think that to get information about the immediate family of living people, if one only wants it to put in a tree, it is wisest to ask those people directly as they may prefer not to have their families talked about on the internet

(my dad is deceased but I would not really like to see a cousin's child asking about him and my family on the net and I am not even happy to find him in trees of people who are not blood related to him)

in any case of course the advice is correct, you must get the marriage certificate so you know Arthur's age when he married and his father's name

I'm going to hazard a guess that he was Arthur Ridley White :-)

You could try looking at his autobiography , if you haven't ?

edit, if you look at the index here

http://www.amazon.co.uk/David-Jason-My-Life/dp/0099581167

for Jones, you may be able to work from some of the names given.

so was I the only one to miss this?

not 'David Jason White' son of Arthur White and Olwen Jones, as one would naturally have thought, but well-known personality 'David Jason'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Jason
'Jason's father, Arthur Robert White, was a porter at Billingsgate Fish Market, and his Welsh-born mother, Olwen Jones, worked as a charwoman. She gave birth to twin boys in Edmonton, Middlesex in February 1940, but Jason's twin brother died during childbirth.'

so ... another tale of famous blood :-)

we all have 'em ... and some are even true ;-)


there is a 'postem' note on his birth record at freebmd that says:

'DAVID JOHN WHITE BORN 2ND FEBRUARY 1940 NORTH MIDDLESEX COUNTY HOSPITAL. PARENTS OLWEN JONES AND ARTHUR ROBERT WHITE.'

so ... is the question really whether this Arthur Robert White is related to your mother, Deborah?

again ... that's what the marriage certificate is needed for