Surname interests

[lou,lou]

Hi here are my surname interests.Oliver,Barsby,Billings,Worrall.Loughborough.
I have James Henry Oliver married,Mary Elizabeth Barsby In Loughborough 1897 I also have them on 1901 census but i dont know if they are the right ones.
 As my grandad John Henry OLiver was not born until 1906 and there was no mention of any sisters
i.e.Caroline or Rosa Oliver as in the 1901 Census.
Can anybody help please.
thankyou
  Lou,Lou

[CatOne]

Did your grandad give you these names as being his parents? You could always send off for his birth certificate to confirm parents, address, occupation, etc....

Regards
Cat 

[lou,lou]

Hi cat my mum gave me the names,i have the standard birth cert for my grandad born in coventry and a certified copy of entry of birth that confirms their names address given as 38 aldbourne road
Where my grandad was born,but he was left with friends or family in loughborough when he was a couple of weeks old.
I also have my grandads marriage cert (1927) which also confirms his parents names
Thankyou for replying
  Lou,

[CatOne]

Well, if you have the birth certificate stating parents names and his marriage cert with fathers name, it seems to be a pretty good bet that the 1901 census you have is correct, there doesn't seem to be any other James Henry Olivers with wife Mary E. Let us know if you need any help tracing further back

Good Luck
Cat 

[lou,lou]

Thanks Cat
Do you think something could have happened to Caroline and Rosa before my grandad was born and thats why there was no mention of them.
Thankyou Lou

[CatOne]

So your grandad didn't know anything about the 2 girls? Did he know of any siblings or think he was an only child? Possibly, as he was given to friends/family when only a baby, they too were given away to other relatives? Did he know his real parents at all? Could they have emigrated? Did they die and the children were "shared out" amongst the family maybe to avoid the workhouse.... You could try looking for marriages/deaths in the indexes quarter by quarter, a long job, but the only way you might find out any more unless you run into another researcher (Is your tree on GenesReunited? You may get lucky and come across descendants of the girls who will be able to tell you what happened)

Good Luck
Cat 

[behindthefrogs]

Have you checked and entered your surname interests in the surname interests table?  There would seem to be some possibilties in there.

The link is by clicking on "your surname interests" found at the bottom of every page.  You can then contact anyone searching the same name via their profile by clicking on their rootschat name in the table.

David

[lou,lou]

Thankyou David.
Lou,Lou