Could you provide the full details of the Birth Index record for Albert Rawlings please.

Mike

Mongenes is a similar site for Monmouthshire.

http://www.mongenes.org.uk

Are sure you have the correct Albert Rawlings?

I also found:

Name:
Albert Rawlings

Registration Year:
1897

Registration Quarter:
Jul-Aug-Sep

Registration district:
Bedwellty

Inferred County:
Monmouthshire

Volume:
11a

Page:
124

and...

Albert David Rawlings

Registration Year:
1894

Registration Quarter:
Jul-Aug-Sep

Registration district:
Pontypridd

Inferred County:
Glamorgan

Volume:
11a

Page:
518

Can't find anyone of that name born 1894 in Pontypool. Did you mean Pontypridd?

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1939 Census (don't subscribe)

Chepstow U.D. Monmouthshire

(same house)

Albert RAWLINGS born 1894
Mary RAWLINGS born 1894
Albert J RAWLINGS born 1926

There is a Mary SMART registered October Qtr 1894 - Bedwelty (GRO - mother's maiden name: GREGORY)

?Tree on Ancestry: Eli SMART and Martha Jane GREGORY - with Mary SMART born 1894 - death unknown

When producing the following it is assumed we have the correct Albert E Rawlings.

Death of Albert E Rawlings born 1926:
Name: Albert Eli Rawlings
Death Age: 73
Birth Date: 18 Apr 1926
Registration Date: Sep 1999
Registration district: Caerphilly
Inferred County: Mid Glamorgan
Register Number: B2A
District and Subdistrict: 8631
Entry Number: 19

This gives us a date of birth and searching the 1939 Register (FindMyPast) we find:
Rawlings Household (3 People)
17 Victoria Road , Chepstow U.D., Monmouthshire, Wales
FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB SEX OCCUPATION MARITAL STATUS SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SUB NUMBER
Albert Rawlings 11 Jan 1894 Male Police Constable Married 245 1
Mary Rawlings 17 Oct 1894 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 245 2
Albert (J) Rawlings 18 Apr 1926 Male At School Single 245 3

This gives us a date of birth for Albert and searching FreeBMD we have 3 births in the first quarter:
Births Mar 1894
Rawlings Albert Hambledon 2a 147
Rawlings Albert Chipping S. 6a 204
Rawlings Albert Elijah G Bedford 3b 317

We can eliminate the birth in Hambledon as the child did not survive:
Deaths Mar 1894
Rawlings Albert 0 Hambledon 2a 103

and we can also eliminate Albert Elijah G. This is his marriage:
Name: Albert E G Rawlins
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1918
Registration district: Bedford
Inferred County: Bedfordshire
Spouse: Beatrice E Meare
Volume Number: 3b
Page Number: 791

and his death:
Name: Albert E G Rawlins
Death Age: 55
Birth Date: abt 1894
Registration Date: Mar 1949
Registration district: Bedford
Inferred County: Bedfordshire
Volume: 4a
Page: 86

This leaves us with the birth in Chipping Sodbury Registration district which leads us to this family in 1911 Census:
Name Relation to Head Birth Date Age Gender Marital Status Years Married Occupation Birth Place Address
Albert Rawlings Head 1869 42 Male Married Farm Labourer Cold Ashton, Gloucestershire High Street, Marshfield, Chippenham
Laura Rawlings Wife 1869 42 Female Married 19 West Littleton, Gloucestershire High Street, Marshfield, Chippenham
William Rawlings Son 1893 18 Male Single Horse Man On Farm Marshfield, Gloucestershire High Street, Marshfield, Chippenham
Albert Rawlings Son 1894 17 Male Single Farm Labourer Marshfield, Gloucestershire High Street, Marshfield, Chippenham
Arthur Rawlings Son 1897 14 Male Single Farm Labourer Marshfield, Gloucestershire High Street, Marshfield, Chippenham
Henry Rawlings Son 1899 12 Male Single school Marshfield, Gloucestershire High Street, Marshfield, Chippenham
Ellen Rawlings Daughter 1900 11 Female Single school Marshfield, Gloucestershire High Street, Marshfield, Chippenham
Percy Rawlings Son 1901 10 Male Single school Bath, Somerset High Street, Marshfield, Chippenham
Mabel Lilian Rawlings Daughter 1902 9 Female Single school West Littleton, Gloucestershire High Street, Marshfield, Chippenham
Amy Rawlings Daughter 1903 8 Female Single school West Littleton, Gloucestershire High Street, Marshfield, Chippenham
Minnie Rawlings Daughter 1904 7 Female Single school West Littleton, Gloucestershire High Street, Marshfield, Chippenham
Edith Rawlings Daughter 1907 4 Female Single At Home West Littleton, Gloucestershire High Street, Marshfield, Chippenham
Elsie Rawlings Daughter 1910 1 Female Single At Home Marshfield, Gloucestershire High Street, Marshfield, Chippenham
Laura Rawlings Daughter 1910 4/12 Female At Home Marshfield, Gloucestershire High Street, Marshfield, Chippenham

Albert born 1894 died in Chepstow area:

Name: Albert Rawlings
Death Age: 73
Birth Date: abt 1894
Registration Date: Mar 1967
Registration district: Chepstow
Inferred County: Monmouthshire
Volume: 8c
Page: 147

And Albert born 1869 died in 1931
Name: Albert Rawlings
Death Age: 63
Birth Date: abt 1868
Registration Date: Jun 1931
Registration district: Chipping Sodbury
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 258

Probate was granted in 1951 to Frederick James Rawlings, stone quarryman. Albert’s date of death given as 4 April 1931 and address 47 High Street, Marshfield.

Mike