Hi All, I’ve just become a member of RootsChat, recommended by a distant relative I’ve found via Ancestry. Lots of great reading and advice here.
My brick wall is similar to many and I’m not sure where to begin. I’m looking to find out who my grandfather was. My maternal grandmother was English, born 1905 and sailed with two other single young women to Australia (Melb) in mid 1925. I can find no records of where she worked or lived before 1930. In 1927, she had a daughter (my aunt) and in 1929 had a second daughter (my mother), both are deceased. My mother and her sisters birth certs only state my grandmother’s name, father’s name is blank. In 1930 my grandmother shows up in census records and I understand she was hired by a farmer and his son in country Victoria and in 1931 my g/mother and that son were married (and eventually had six more children). Any ideas as to where to begin? Family members were kept in the dark on details but were aware that the first two children were illegitimate.
Many thanks if you’ve read to the end of this post - also if you have any hints.
My grandmother’s name was DORIS MAUDE GOSTAGE, my Aunt MAUD DORIS GOSTAGE and my mother PATRICIA MURIEL GOSTAGE.
