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Census and Resource Discussion / Re: 1939 Register - Annotations and What They Mean?
« on: Saturday 07 August 21 15:31 BST (UK) »I've just looked at the original again and see that there is a closed record below Bessie's entry. I wonder if the correction might have referred to that entry originally and was then crossed out. Could it have been Margaret? Although, if she died in 1944, the record would have been revealed.
Just a thought.
Gadget
It's a real puzzle. As Margaret was the elder I would have expected her to be listed before Bessie. Also Margaret's probate states she is a spinster. Her mother, Lilian was appointed the Grant of Letters of Administration and the estate was valued at £277-0-1 on 7 May 1945.
I haven't found Margaret on the 1939 Register but she could have been almost anywhere in the world at that time and Margaret McDonald is not an uncommon name. I also wonder if the redacted entry would be for a child of Bessie or Margaret.
I think I will get one of the marriage certificates of the person named in Bessie's will so I have any information contained there - what's the betting the age is given as "full" or "over 21" and the father's name is left blank?? However I think the named person is probably a grand-daughter given the dates of marriage.