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Offline Connie Sparrow

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Missing BRAN children (possible look up?)
« on: Monday 09 November 15 13:15 GMT (UK) »
Edward BRAN and his wife Ellen Amelia STARKS married in 1902 and had a dau, Marjorie Ellen in 1903 who died a spinster in 1976.

Edward states in the 1911 that he and Ellen had two children but lost one.  That's a red rag to be because I try to find the missing  :D

FreeBMD comes up with this possibility:

Births Sep 1906
Bran    Edward         Lymington    2b   641
Deaths Dec 1906
BRAN    Edward    0    Lymington    2b   413

Conventional logic says this is most likely Edward's lost child.  The BRANs recycle names more than they use naming patterns though.

(There is also the birth of a girl, Hilda Gladys, with the same vol and page ref.  She is NOT Edward's twin sister!)

However, FreeBMD also came up with this child:

Births Mar 1911
Bran    Florence M         Lymington    2b   597
Deaths Mar 1911
Bran    Florence M    0    Lymington    2b   472

Florence fits the criteria so could be Edward's but there is also the possibility she is Edward's neice by his brother Daniel Plat and his wife, Florence Emmeline GATRELL.  Daniel states in the 1911 that he and Florence had no children but this is a man who was not a fan of authority <G>

Can anyone help prevent me getting more splinters pls?


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Re: Missing BRAN children (possible look up?)
« Reply #1 on: Monday 09 November 15 16:33 GMT (UK) »
There's a family tree with Florence M as the daughter of John Bran & Eva May Budd - if that helps  :D
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Re: Missing BRAN children (possible look up?)
« Reply #2 on: Monday 09 November 15 17:18 GMT (UK) »
There's a family tree with Florence M as the daughter of John Bran & Eva May Budd - if that helps  :D

Thank you :) Yes, it does help.  I know who she doesn't belong to so I can add her to John and Eva's family as a possible child.

It means Edward b&d 1906 is most likely Edward's and Ellen's lost child.