Hi Annie...thanks...I was in the middle of giving you a load of information, when my pc decided to install updates, and so my post was lost...I start again.....my grandparents marriage certificate...ok...date of marriage, 7/11/14, Chatham Kent. My grandfather, Lachlan John Mackay age 21, able seaman RN, his father, Hector, property owner, nothing else. mY GRANDMOTHER, Irene Kate Harris, father Richard James Harris, plumber. Witnesses, Frederick and Amy, or Annie, Seager. My grandparents were living at 2 Mount Road Borstal Rochester. My son did try to get information from that, but he was unsuccessful. I have tried on more than one occasion, to obtain further information from the M.0.D, but they say there isn't anymore.
My grandmother had 2 daughters before my father, we only found that out last year. The first daughter was Greta, born in 1914, my son thinks she was stillborn, the second daughter, born in 1916, Irene, also did not live long after birth. My grandmother went back to her parents in Wales, with the only child, my father, after my grandfather deserted.
The Patersons, well, because they had a son, Lachlan, with same birthdate as my grandfather, and because his mothers maiden name was Macky, we assumed my grandfather used that at the time of his marriage, for whatever reason. We think there has been some untruths made by my grandfather, which is why we cannot get to the actual truth. Also we wonder how my grandparents met, as he was from Scotland, and my grandmother from Wales? it really is an enigma Annie, and ive been on this trail for 30 years!..I do realise, that my brain is not functioning so well and so fast, as it was 30 years ago, so thats why maybe ive not given my information as I should have, sorry......im mentally tired now, so I will say thankyou and goodnight.....
