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[john from yick]

hi all
    need help looking for info on a birth I think boys
     to a james and annie evans nee reed they got wed
in the third quarter of 1934 they lived and worked on a farm down the smeeth
 owned by the goslling fam
                thank you
                             john

[dawnsh]

Hi John

Can't see any Evans/mmn Reed births in Cambridgeshire after 1934.

That could infer that Annie was on her 2nd marriage and that Reed wasn't her surname at birth. Their 1934 marriage cert would confirm that.

By the way, we have a 'no living people' policy here at Rootschat and the information you are looking for could quite easily fall into that category.

How are James & Annie related to you?

Dawn

[john from yick]

hello dawn
annie and james are deceased she was my nan she was a kemp when single wed my granddad Frederick reed also deceased wed james evans in 1934 wisbech
                 john

[dawnsh]

So, Annie wasn't 'nee Reed', she was Annie Evans formerly Reed, nee Kemp

This is important to remember when searching the birth index as the mother's 'maiden' surname ie nee, is the one that's recorded.

So, still can't see any Reed mmn Kemp births in the area, when did your grandmother pass away?

[john from yick]

hello dawn
 it is an evans birth that I am looking for
 not a reed mmn kemp
                john

[dawnsh]

Sorry John, typo

There aren't any of those in Cambridgeshire either.

I asked when Annie Evans died, she might have been too old to have more children 2nd marriage around.

[john from yick]

hello dawn
 annie florence kemp ( abt 1890) wed Frederick reed (1910)
      five children last one el;sie m reed (1921 Islington)
 divorced  I think wed james evans(1934 wisbech)
      died late sixties ?
          john

[dawnsh]

Looking at the dates you mention, she would have been 44 at the time of her second marriage and 13 years after the birth of her last child.

It's not impossible for her to have had more children but maybe unlikely

No divorce showing up on the National Archives database

Can you send me a personal message with the names of who you are looking for?

[john from yick]

sorry dawn
  I don't know any names I was a kid who had to be seen and not heard
 it was something I listend to and did not speak
 I had a belt round the ears for asking why it was evans
 and not reed
          john