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Bessie's full name, just for the record:

WALFORD, BESSIE OLIVE URSULA mmn SMITH
GRO Reference: 1919 S Quarter in MONMOUTH Volume 11A Page 42


As Albert didn't seem to know his daughters' exact ages, nor their birthplaces, nor how to spell Ursula [ " Ursua" on image ], perhaps he wasn't clear about his daughters' names either??
Called Doris by Bessie's middle name? Or maybe she was indeed known as Ursula at home - people do strange things with names.

Suggestion ONLY - you will have to get copy certs.....................

WALFORD, DORIS MABEL SMITH
GRO Reference: 1920 S Quarter in MONMOUTH Volume 11A Page 56

Marriages Jun 1949 (>99%)
Bennett David R Walford Worcester 9d 760
Walford Doris M Bennett Worcester 9d 760


First name(s) Doris Mabel
Register number A62E
Last name Bennett
Entry number 219
Sex Female
Date of registration mm/yy 0203
Birth day 20
County Worcestershire
Birth month 8
Country England
Birth year 1920
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Death quarter 1
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Death year 2003
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
District Worcester
Collections from Great Britain, England
District number 5271A

WALFORD, OLIVE 1
GRO Reference: 1920 D Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 302

Added…….

To eliminate suggested birth

It doesn't help that the father didn't seem to know the exact ages of the children - he hasn't added any 'month' info!!

Layton was not Ursula's maiden name

1911 Census For England & Wales
52 Walford St Redditch, Redditch, Worcestershire, England

James Layton Head Married Male 26 1885 Crochet polisher Worcs Redditch
Ursula Layton Wife Married Female 22 1889 - Worcs Naunton

Marriages Dec 1910 (>99%)
Layton James Alcester 6d 1385
Smith Ursula Alcester 6d 1385

Births Sep 1919 (>99%)
Walford Bessie O _ Smith Monmouth 11a 42

Have you asked about this family before........FMP alerts me to having previously accessed the 1939 register for Ursula

1939 Register
36 Cromwell Road, Great Malvern, Malvern U.D., Worcestershire, England

William L Pickard 11 Feb 1886 Male Auctioners Clerk- Unemployed Divorced 149 1
Ursula Walford 17 Feb 1890 Female Housekeeper Unpaid Married 149 2

Easier to understand if we see the transcript

1921 Census Of England & Wales
Coalway Lane End, Nr Coleford, West Dean, Monmouthshire & Gloucestershire, Wales
Albert Walford Head Male 1894 27 Worcester, Worcestershire, England Collier Cannop Colliery Co, Coleford
Urnia Walford Wife Female 1891 30 Worcester, Worcestershire, England - -
Bessie Walford Daughter Female 1919 2 - - -
Olive Walford Daughter Female 1920 1


Marriages Mar 1918 (>99%)
Layton Ursula Walford Worcester 6c 234
Walford Albert Layton Worcester 6c 234

Where have you looked???

It would be very unlikely that anyone with a link would spot your post.

Have you tried looking at Search/ search all members trees?

Have you discounted the Olive Walford birth in 1919 in Hull. mmn Morgan

Hi Everyone,
I'm working on a tree for someone, who has a 'Walford' family link. Can anyone help me. I have a 'Bessie O.U. Walford', aged 2 on the 1921 census, with a little sister, 'Olive Walford', aged 1. I cannot find a birth record for Olive and don't know where she's come from or what happens to her.
The other siblings are born in Monmouth, Monmouthshire. I would appreicate any help. :-)