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Re: Looking for Edith Grace Johnson b. 1919 Ipswich
« Reply #117 on: Wednesday 17 January 18 21:33 GMT (UK) »
Oh well, at least we've eliminated those two obvious lines. The problem is we haven't really got any idea when or where the baby was born, just that it was female and probably born between 1939 and 1940 as the family didn't seem to know of Richard's death.
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Re: Looking for Edith Grace Johnson b. 1919 Ipswich
« Reply #118 on: Thursday 18 January 18 08:51 GMT (UK) »
Oh Dear Greensleeves
That really is a shame you have bought 2 duff certs, where do you go from here

She might well have taken on someone else's name

Don't give up GS

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Re: Looking for Edith Grace Johnson b. 1919 Ipswich
« Reply #119 on: Thursday 18 January 18 09:31 GMT (UK) »
I think GS’s next move is to try and get Edith’s admission records from the Ipswich hospital to see why she was there.  ( Although I think we have established there was no baby registered in Ipswich at that time) The admission and discharge records are available from Suffolk Archives.
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Re: Looking for Edith Grace Johnson b. 1919 Ipswich
« Reply #120 on: Thursday 18 January 18 13:38 GMT (UK) »
As Jan says, the next step is to try to get the hospital admission records to see if we can find out why Edith was in hospital - was she giving birth or was there some other reason?  I must admit I quite like a good puzzle, but this one has been going on since my great-grandmother died in 1952, when there were attempts to find Edith, but all enquiries drew a blank.
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Re: Looking for Edith Grace Johnson b. 1919 Ipswich
« Reply #121 on: Thursday 18 January 18 13:50 GMT (UK) »
Is there a site anywhere that lists people who just disappeared in WW2? There must be hundreds killed in the bombing and who were never identified, or perhaps if whole families died together were never reported missing. I believe that people were supposed to carry identity cards, but that probably wouldn't be much help if you took a direct hit! Also in the case of public shelters did they know who was in there?
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