My great grandmother, Catherine Margaret Probert, was born in 1883 on a boat going to India. Her father was a sailor, William Probert, and her mother died giving birth to Catherine. This is the family story, anyway, so far not supported by bits of paper. Little Catherine supposedly continued on to India, and at some time returned to England, where she does not seem to have married husband number 1, but produced a bevy of children from about 1907 on in the Herts/Cambridge/Essex area. The woman seems to have been very nervous of paperwork, but was a good catholic woman, although requests have met with mixed results
thanks for any clues
Diane
