margeret v torn

[100miks]

My mother Margeret V Torn, born 1914, her mother " nee Baker' town of luton wher do I go from here

[CaroleW]

Hi and welcome to Rootschat

wher do I go from here

Presume you want to go backwards rather than forwards.  Her birth was registered in Wycombe - Buckinghamshire

Do you have a copy of your mothers birth certificate showing her fathers name and mothers christian name?

Margaret V Torn mothers maiden name Baker September qtr 1914  Wycombe Volume 3a Page 1996

[CaroleW]

Did your mother have an older sister Doris?  There is a Doris A A Torn b 1912 Kent - mothers maiden name Baker

Two further children were born in Luton in 1921 and 1923 but as they may still be living - their names cannot be shown here

[100miks]

Blimey that was quick,
Many thanks
Yes  A doris was sister, also a john, mums Father was an engineer ??
how does one look further back ?? Are there rules I could read, As I am in australia this is the only way I know at the moment to satisfy my curiosity

[CaroleW]

I cannot find a marriage between Torn and Baker anywhere in England or Wales

Do you know your grandparents christian names

[100miks]

many thanks again carolew
Does this mean my strait laced g/parents were living in SIN, horrors of horrors
Or is there alternatives in that age to what i know of as normal,
no go on the christian names, will have to check with older sister when possible 

[CaroleW]

People did "live in sin back in those days but there may be a simpler explanation.

They may have married outside England and Wales

Or - depending on circumstances - it's possible to have this scenario

Jane Baker marries Joe Bloggs
Joe dies
Jane Bloggs marries Mr Torn

Baby Torn's birth certs will show mum's true maiden name (ie) Baker but marriage will be in her previous married name

[tazzie]

hi

 Ithink this may help.

 Margaret A Torn dies in Luton in 1960 age 77.
 I have found  a marriage of Margaret Annie Baker to ....wait for it...
                                             Walter Victor TOM..... as indexed on marriages...in St Albans in 1909.
  however a Walter Victor TORN was baptised in 1888 to Walter Torn and his wife  Agnes Catherine nee Somerfield who marry in Brompton in 1887.
 A Walter V Torn dies in Maidstone in 1865 aged 80.
 I think the name Torn has been copied to the general indexes wrongly and misread as Tom.

  What do you think?

  Tazzie

[CaroleW]

Hi Tazzie

You deserve a medal - very well spotted