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re WWI:  I found documents relating to my maternal GF trying to claim for a disability pension - he had been shot in the groin...hence his capture and consequent internment in German POW camps.  My mum always enjoyed looking at information that I found out about her father (she was a "daddy's girl") - but I did not show her this particular document as it mentioned his treatment for syphilis!!  The disability pension claims are at TNA.

What are the dates of the certificates? 

I assume you are looking at Samuel SPERRIN at No 36 St James Street in 1881.  The numbers in this street changed in around 1908 and on the 1911 Census Samuel SPERRIN is listed at 9 Richmond Street but when he signs he gives his address as 16 St James Street which is on the corner of St James Street and Richmond Street.

from Ancestry 1911 Census Weston-super-Mare.

You might be able to check this by looking at Street Directories for early 20th Century.

Thank you Pat