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Thank you for posting that. I haven't seen the full article only that he was found acting dazed in someone's house. It gives a bit more of an insight into this man. I wonder if he was formally adopted, it fits in with Grandma's story of her being persuaded to return to Leicester but handing her baby over to his father's family to raise.
In aware that he did something unforgivable when he returned to his mother and half siblings and theee are a couple of things it could be but I'm not sure I'll ever be able to prove any them but they all held a grudge against him, even my older cousins, who refused to discuss it with me. Its nice to know he wasnt a regular offender though.

Sorry, I didn't explain things very well.  My Grandma wasn't a bigamist. Her mother in law was. This is why Albert had an assortment of surnames.

Hi there,
I'm currently working on the family tree of my late mum's half brother.  All are deceased.

My Grandma, Annie Elizabeth Prince was born in Leicester in 1891. By April 1914 she had married Albert Godson/Beckett, was heavily pregnant and was living in Stafford. Their son was born in May 1914 and a month later Albert died of tb..

His parents persuaded Annie to leave the baby with them and return to Leicester,  where she eventually met and married my Grandfather.

The difficulty is that Albert's mother was, I believe, bigamously married to his father. 

Annie used the surnames Prince, Godson and Beckett as her maiden name on the birth certificates of the children she and my grandfather had. I think Albert also alternated between Godson and Beckett.

I can find Albert on the 1901 census, living with the Cartwright family but can't find him in 1891 or 1911.

I  have his death certificate and am wsiting on the marriage certificate.  I believe Albert was born about 1886 in Stafford or Staffordshire but can't trace his birth.


I know that by the late 1940s, the son, who had been named Arthur Andrew Reginald Godson (known as Reg) was living with his mother and the children from her second marriage in Leicester and I know that he was part of a rather large skeleton in my grandma's cupboard as my mum spoke a bit about him. My dad met him but was not aware of his actual relationship to my mum and her siblings.

I can't find him on the 1921 census although he's listed on the 1939 register. He never married as far as I can tell.

Please can anyone find Albert or Arthur/Reg  in the census or baptisms or births? Nothing comes up on GRO, free BMD, FindMyPast nor FS and I currently don't have Ancestry.

Thanks in advance.
June.

Following a memorial post on a fb group on 11 11.24 I have amazingly been shown a photograph of my great uncle William Prince who was gassed in the Somme and died several days later on 14.12.17
I'm thrilled to see the photo, which apparently came from the Leicester illustrated Chronicle but I'm wondering if there would be any further information printed with it.
I've tried searching the British Newspaper Archive and FindMyPast but can't find the photo let alone any attached article. Is there somewhere else I could search?
Thanks.