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The Common Room / Re: Fostering in teh Early 20th Century
« on: Friday 22 December 23 20:50 GMT (UK) »
I made a paid pf shoes for a David Christmas a couple of weeks ago!
Merry David.
Merry David.
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The Common Room / Re: Surname used as a middle name
« on: Thursday 19 October 23 23:19 BST (UK) »
2 out of my 3 children have ancestral surnames as their middle name. One is now a given Christian name and the other amuses my 3 year old as it is what a lot of England is getting.
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Australia / Re: Robert Stevens photographer
« on: Wednesday 16 November 22 09:32 GMT (UK) »
Does anyone have any idea if this was resolved? It's been a fascinating story.
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The Lighter Side / Re: Unusual entry on marriage certificate
« on: Thursday 23 June 22 16:45 BST (UK) »
I have a relative who put his mum's name on the marriage certificate. I can't find anything that happened to her.
I have another that put who I assume is her real dad on it. Hannah Parkinson put her dad as William Whitehead. No idea when he came from.
The best I've seen is an ancestor's husband putting 'can't remember' as father's name.
I have another that put who I assume is her real dad on it. Hannah Parkinson put her dad as William Whitehead. No idea when he came from.
The best I've seen is an ancestor's husband putting 'can't remember' as father's name.
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The Common Room / Re: Looking for Mary Ann Booth after 1861
« on: Sunday 01 May 22 19:45 BST (UK) »Thanks,John!I have a relative who is seen in 1851 with his mum and siblings and then is missing until 1906 when he is buried with his sister and her family.
Where the heck was she hiding for 30 years??
Maureen
EDIT: I see her in Birkdaie in 1891.....
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The Common Room / Re: Marriage certificate question
« on: Sunday 01 May 22 18:48 BST (UK) »I only know of one marriage record being made unavailable by GRO, and that relates to a same sex marriage from the 1960s ( I have a copy though).I'd be really interested in this incident and the backstory of it. Was it two males and did one pretend to be female or the other way around?
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Ireland / Re: Patrick Mangan b Ireland 1876
« on: Sunday 16 January 22 16:01 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for the post on this thread Cath. I think Mangan and Mannion were interchangeable. I've seen the 1921 census for Patrick and he signs as Mannion yet all of his children were registered Mangan throughout the previous 15 years.
He was from Mayo according to the 21 census.
Could you tell me where your family are from please? I have two branches of Mangans on both sides of my daughter's family and they both ended up in Leeds.
He was from Mayo according to the 21 census.
Could you tell me where your family are from please? I have two branches of Mangans on both sides of my daughter's family and they both ended up in Leeds.
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The Common Room / Re: Does anyone (living) have a great grandparent born in the 18th century?
« on: Monday 10 January 22 18:15 GMT (UK) »
At the opposite end of this, all 8 of my great grandparents were born in the 1900s, 5 of them in the 1910s and 2 in the 1929s. My daughter was born 92 years after my great grandma was born. So 5 generations were born in under 100 years. That's not a long time I don't think.
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The Common Room / Re: 1921 Census - Adopted Children
« on: Friday 07 January 22 22:20 GMT (UK) »
My great grandma is down as 'adopted daughter' and for parents living it says 'both alive' even though her mum died and that was the reason she was adopted. Her dad and adopted dad worked together and her mum died in childbirth which is the reason for her dad to ask the adopted parents to care for her.