hi

I had a look for a birth round the time his wife was born
I did find one listed below mothers maiden name Thomas so she may have been a single woman, no proof its your man, do you know what year he died if so the BMD would state his age and could work backwards


Name: THOMAS, Ernest W
Registration district: Bristol
County: Gloucestershire
Year of registration: 1927
Quarter of registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Mother's maiden name: Thomas
Volume no:6A
Page no:149

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