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Seeking information on Probert in Pontypridd
« on: Tuesday 18 November 14 02:01 GMT (UK) »
Well, i have gotten limited information from my mother about my grandmother.  She said my Grandmother was born in November 1910's in Pontypridd.... Her name is Cecilia Probert maybe spelled Cecelia as well.   Nothing can be confirmed because the grandmother wont talk about herself or her past.   I know her father is "supposedly" named Harry and she has a Sister Anne or Annie....... she also has a brother, but not sure of his name either... either Harry or Leland.  It's frustrating because she is tight lipped about nothing really... so if anyone knows of ANYTHING that may help, it would be greatly appreciated..

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Re: Seeking information on Probert in Pontypridd
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 18 November 14 08:28 GMT (UK) »
Hi

Welcome to rootschat  :)

Do you have your grandmothers marriage certificate, it should give information on her father.
Who did she marry
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Re: Seeking information on Probert in Pontypridd
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 18 November 14 12:10 GMT (UK) »
Hi!  And thank you.  I actually have her marriage certificate and it doesn't list her fathers name at all.  It lists her game as Cecilia H Probert..... No fathers name on it at all.  She married my grandfather Luther A C Cooper from here in the USA in oxfordshire.    My mother and Aunts have been trying to pump information out of her but she gives nothing at all.  I guess they were able to get out of her that she grew up in shropshire..... But that could be more half truths. 

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Re: Seeking information on Probert in Pontypridd
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 18 November 14 12:21 GMT (UK) »
Who were the witnesses to the marriage.  Do you know what her middle name is, when is her birthday.
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Re: Seeking information on Probert in Pontypridd
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 18 November 14 12:35 GMT (UK) »
I'm sure I saw a Hilda C  with mother's name same as surname in Pontypridd on FreeBMD this morning.

Will need to check



Sorry it wasn't - got two mixed up  ::)
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Re: Seeking information on Probert in Pontypridd
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 18 November 14 12:57 GMT (UK) »
Hi!  And thank you.  I actually have her marriage certificate and it doesn't list her fathers name at all.  It lists her game as Cecilia H Probert..... No fathers name on it at all. 

That's usually a sign of an illegitimate birth?! ::)

And that's probably why she doesn't want to say anything?
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Re: Seeking information on Probert in Pontypridd
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 18 November 14 13:22 GMT (UK) »
Does it give her mothers name ? there is a marriage 1919 in Atcham Shropshire for a Harry J Probert and a Harriet Haycock

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Re: Seeking information on Probert in Pontypridd
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 18 November 14 13:54 GMT (UK) »
Hi Biscuit,

Is your Grandmother still alive  ???

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Re: Seeking information on Probert in Pontypridd
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 18 November 14 14:00 GMT (UK) »
Anything is possible at this point.... It's a total dead end.  I ordered the marriage certificate and there is nothing on it about fathers name or mothers name.  I can't find a birth certificate at all.  My mother didn't even know her maiden name until she was in her 20s.  It lists her middle name as H on the marriage so my mother says "Hope" but on the passage to USA it lists it as I.... So "Irene". What's even stranger, my mother doesn't really see this as odd.... My grandmother has never said anything about her past or where she's from or even her birth date.  My mother swears it's November 29,1914, but her marriage certificate in 1943 to my grandfather shows her age as 24 which would mean she was born in 1919 but I can't find anyone with her name anywhere born in 1914 or 1919.   Up until a few years ago she didn't even admit to being Welsh..... She always said she "hated" the Welsh....... So strange.  It's like she is hiding something.