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England / Re: What happened to?
« on: Sunday 03 October 10 17:38 BST (UK) »
Hi John,
As it happened I had the right person all the time. Knowing that my uncle had grandads WW1 medals I got in touch with him and found out that he had seen grandads birth cetificate many years ago (if only I had spoken to him sooner). Grandad had just altered his name around. Bassett became Bass for his last name, Charles his middle name became his first name and he totally got rid of his surname Kite. With his father changing his name from Daniel to George didnt help, but his death certificate has 2 entries under Daniel and George, the death certidicate has Daniel (also known as George), his name ended up as George Daniel Bass on grandads marriage certificate. So now have that line back to the 1400's, not my work but a distant relative who has been researching for 40yrs. I'm glad I got in touch with this rellie as he had no info on this side of the family at all. This was the side of the family that got me started in family history. So I'm one happy bunny.
As it happened I had the right person all the time. Knowing that my uncle had grandads WW1 medals I got in touch with him and found out that he had seen grandads birth cetificate many years ago (if only I had spoken to him sooner). Grandad had just altered his name around. Bassett became Bass for his last name, Charles his middle name became his first name and he totally got rid of his surname Kite. With his father changing his name from Daniel to George didnt help, but his death certificate has 2 entries under Daniel and George, the death certidicate has Daniel (also known as George), his name ended up as George Daniel Bass on grandads marriage certificate. So now have that line back to the 1400's, not my work but a distant relative who has been researching for 40yrs. I'm glad I got in touch with this rellie as he had no info on this side of the family at all. This was the side of the family that got me started in family history. So I'm one happy bunny.