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« on: Monday 17 June 19 10:46 BST (UK) »
Hello all,
Bessie Shirran & Alfred James Green married on 30th August 1929 in Chatham, Kent County, Ontario.
Bessie passed away in 1956 & was buried in Mayhew Mount Pleasant in Kent County with her husband who had pre-deceased her in 1948.
Their marriage record shows the groom's name as Alfred James Green but he is named as James Alfred Green upon their headstone.
Bessie Shirran is an ancestor who was actually named Elizabeth Haycock born in Birmingham, England & was sent out to Canada as a Middlemore Homes Child. Fortunately for her she was taken into the home of the Shirran family who "adopted" her & she became known as Bessie Shirran being shown on census entries etc as Bessie Shirran, daughter.
I would love to learn more about Bessie & of her life especially if she ever had offspring but being based in England makes research difficult.
If anyone has Bessie within their tree or can help point me in the right direction to learn more i would be most grateful.
I have been able to research Elizabeth Haycock & her family in Birmingham amassing a collection of records which I would be happy to share with distant connections.
With Many Thanks.