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The will is on Ancestry I had to re type it as the entry cant be copied and pasted

Name: Egbert Conrad Pedersen
Probate Date: 1 Feb 1929
Death Date: 29 Jun 1928
Death Place: Cheshire, England
Registry: Liverpool

wrongly stated as death place Cheshire they didnt read the will info properly .I have done an amendment

PM me your email and I will send you the will actual listing

Shirley - many thanks. My sister did say, many years ago, that she knew of a decree nisi from the 1920s dissolving Conrad's marriage. Unfortunately she is now unable to remember anything and is suffering from Alzheimer's syndrome. She is in her 80s. I have no access to her papers. It is just possible that 'granny Mac' - as she was called within the family - had at least some conscience/religious foible/concern - about marrying the man she had lived with whilst her husband was still alive. Or it could just be coincidence. Perhaps we will never know.

Have doubled up. Tried sending as an attachment through Genes ,plus for good measeure sent to your email address .One way or the other you will get it lol :-D

I have since obtained a copy of the death certificate of Eva Jane Pedersen, which clearly states that she was indeed the widow of Conrad Pedersen, my grandfather.

The informant on the death certificate looks like ( poor handwriting!) C W Harrison, her son. This suggests that she had been previously married to a Mr Harrison. A simple search for C W Harrison brought up over 1000 possibles, but the only one which looks likely is Charles William Harrison, born in Shaftsbury, Dorset, 3rd q of 1902. Almost exactly the same age as my own father.

Unfortunately this does not get me any nearer to her maiden name, unless I strike lucky with a birth certificate for C W H. By 1902 the maiden name of the mother is normally listed. Still looking.

Wonder if this is the baptism for that 1902 birth?

Dorset, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906

Name: Charles William Harrison
Baptism Date: 7 Sep 1902
Parish: Motcombe
Father's Name: William Harrison < Labourer
Mother's name: Louisa Harrison

I think it's 1911 for mmn to be shown on English birth registration indices.

I have a copy of my father's birth cert. 1902 - and his mother's maiden name is shown - Pauline Pedersen (nee Carlin). That form asks for 'Name and Maiden surname of mother'.

Sorry Michael, I meant on the BMD indexes, not the actual cetificates.

I believe mmn has been on certificates themselves since 1837.

http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/View?path=Browse/Legislation%20%28by%20date%29&active=yes&mno=4044

An example of what should be recorded is in schedule A at the bottom on that link.

whos the Pedersen family coming to Uk in 1927 from Australia,docking at Liverpool.

Kay??? - who is listed on that ship? It is just possible that relatives from Australia (I have many cousins over there - some known some unknown) who could have visited UK. I had one uncle who emigrated to USA about then too.

I don't have access to the shipping passenger lists.

I'm not seeing anything that exactly matches what Kay is asking - perhaps she could post what she has found? :-)

Michael could Pedersen be mistranscribed as--Petersen/Peterson/?

Kay - mistakes like that are common with our surname. However so far I have not found any mistake on the registers of that sort.

However - in relation to the Harrison thing mentioned above - it is possible that the name is Harrisson - rather than Harrison. (the writing on Eva Jane Pedersen's death certificate is pretty indecipherable) I have found a Cecil William H Harrisson of the right approximate age, born in 1905 - Hendon. I may well chase up on that birth certificate to see if i can get his mother's maiden name. If she is E J - the chances are it is the same one and my research can then progress.

Many thanks to you all again.

No joy on that one:
1911 census transcription details for: Elm Cottage Enfield Road Southgate
RG14PN7388 RG78PN357 RD132 SD5 ED38 SN124

Reg. District: Edmonton Sub District: Edmonton

HARRISSON, William Head Married M 69 1842 Carpenter Middlesex Hadley
HARRISSON, Emma Wife Married
45 years F 65 1846 Hertfordshire South Mims
HARRISSON, Annie Elizabeth Hastings Daughter In Law Married F 31 1880 Kent Bromley
HARRISSON, Cecil William Herbert Grandson M 5 1906 Middlesex Hendon
HARRISSON, William George Grandson M 2 1909 Middlesex New Southgate


Maureen

Maureen - The fact that Cecil William Herbert is staying with grandparents at the time of the census in 1911 makes finding Eva Jane more difficult - and sends me back to the drawing board. Could still be Eva Jane Pedersen's son though, from her previous marriage.. Her absence from the 1911 census lists could still be rectified - or she could simply have been out of the country at that time - hence the stay with grandparents. I'll keep looking. Many thanks anyway.

Oh-sorry-should have pointed out that I think the children are those of the daughter-in-law. It says she's had 2.

Maureen

Maureen
- you are probably right - unless Eva Jane married the brother of .............. I know I am clutching at straws!

Thanks again.

Mike P