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Hi all,

I've left family research for a while as this mystery is ruining my love for ancestry! I cannot get past it!  Would love some help and ideas.

My great grandmother, Annie Lee was born 12 Jun 1909 which is confirmed by her step-fathers military record in 1916. I have been unable to locate her birth record. She died as Anne Lee-Frost in 2000, Faversham Kent.

Her step-father is Ernest Lee b. 1888 in Eastbourne. I found Annie's mothers name Elizabeth Lee from the marriage certificate. Elizabeth died 1940 in Faversham age 57 which puts her year of birth at 1883. They married in Herne Bay in 1910. On the military record, she is known as Betsy. On the marriage certificate it states Elizabeth's father is James Lee and was an Agricultural Laborer. Other than what was on the marriage certificate, I can't find any records of James. Elizabeth is on the 1939 census with Ernest in Faversham.

When Elizabeth and Ernest married, they both had children. Elizabeth had Annie and Ernest had Eddie. I have Eddie's birth certificate, his mother was Sabina Scamp and he was born in 1906 in Herne Bay. I presumed Annie was born a Lee like her mother but I haven't found a birth record for her.

Annie married Abram Elijah Lee-Frost in 1926 in Sittingbourne Kent. Abram was born 1903 in Kent. Abram comes from a long line of Romany gypsies as does Ernest. It wouldn't surprise me if Annie did as well.

I am giving you all the information I have in case one detail pieces the whole thing together. The only record I have of them altogether is Ernest's military record where he lists them as dependents.

I would love to find Annie's birth record. I would love to be able to trace her family history but I find even knowing Elizabeth and James I have been unable to find anything.

Any help greatly appreciated.

M