Surprise 1911 Census Sibling

[giggsycat]

Should I update my post to say 'resolved' in the title

No! Keep us informed! 😀

They are like a dog with a bone! 

[Deirdre784]

.... without naming living people obviously 🤪

[Treecy75]

 
I will keep you all updated!

I missed the 4pm deadline for requesting birth certificate so might not get it before Monday...  I'm really hopeful. Will be great to solve the mystery of why she was a secret for all these years.  My Mum is convinced my Grandad didn't even tell his wife, my Granny about a sister because she would have told my Mum.  Hoping it's nothing hideous!

Thanks all

[Treecy75]

Another question about long lost family etiquette!!!  With the info you’ve all given me I’ve found another Ancestry members tree that seems to confirm everything 

I was planning on messaging my (new found) second cousin, explaining that we had discovered my grandad had a secret sister and asking if they knew that their Mother/ Grandmother had a brother.  It does look as if lots of my Mum’s cousins are still alive!  I haven’t invited myself around or anything and don’t have a huge legacy for anyone to steal so this seems quite safe/ reasonable.

Is this a ‘normal’ route to take?  Thanks in advance

C

Ps I looked through some scribbled notes I’d made and realise I discounted the Lumb link too quickly when the birthdate on death record didn’t exactly match the birthdate I had - lesson learned 

[iolaus]

My dad knew nothing of his mothers family, I later tracked that she had siblings and managed to contact one of their children.  He'd been told that his father had had two sisters and two brothers, but that the two girls had died young.   One sister did die young, the other my grandmother didn't die (obviously) but had a child out of wedlock when she was 19 (and kept her), her brother was in his early teens at the time,  whether he'd been told she'd died or if he'd made up that story we'll never know.   She was clearly disowned by the family, and I believe it was because of having her daughter.

There are two potential Johnson births (MMN also Johnson - which can mean the mother wasn't married) in the year before her marriage - so it could be along the same lines

PS I contacted random people with the same name on Facebook, so going through Ancestry at least shows they have some interest in family history

[Treecy75]

I guess there are lots of cans of worms...  I did wonder about a birth out of wedlock.  I think I’ll message, it would be great to find out.  The member hasn’t been on for over a year so I’m not certain they’ll see it or answer. Fingers crossed, thanks for your advice 

[Deirdre784]

I guess there are lots of cans of worms...  I did wonder about a birth out of wedlock.  I think I’ll message, it would be great to find out.  The member hasn’t been on for over a year so I’m not certain they’ll see it or answer. Fingers crossed, thanks for your advice 

You could try the current electoral registers (up to 2014 are on FindMyPast) and see if any of the names on there appear....

[hallmark]

Should I update my post to say 'resolved' in the title

No! Keep us informed! 😀

They are like a dog with a bone! 

I'm just nosey!!   

[rosie99]

Should I update my post to say 'resolved' in the title?

Not until you get the certificate 

You don't update the title
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