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Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 720 Send Message	Hawthorn	Report	2 Jul 2010 21:59
	Reminiscing recently about some 1960's female singers a friend said that Susan Maughan was born in Co. Durham. I looked on Wilkepedia and it gives her birth as - Marian Susan Maughan on 1 July 1942. Checking Ancestry I could find no trace of her birth. Anyone know why?
Member Since: February 2005 Posts: 964 Send Message	grannyfranny	Report	2 Jul 2010 22:02
	1942 isn't complete yet.
	Researching: Freeman of Berwick upon Tweed
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,450 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	2 Jul 2010 22:06
	Oh my!! our daughter just absolutely loved her song Bobby's Girl I think she was a cousin to Helen Shapiro ??
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 720 Send Message	Hawthorn	Report	2 Jul 2010 22:31
	Thanks desparatelyseeking - strange, I'm there three years later!
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 5,276 Send Message	ChristineinPortugal	Report	2 Jul 2010 23:17
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 5,276 Send Message	They should all have been transcribed on Ancestry. Maybe some were missing from during the war. Christine
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,007 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	3 Jul 2010 05:33
	could they have got her birth year wrong?? Maureen Maughan Jan Feb Mar 1942 S Shields Durham Maureen Maughan Oct Nov Dec 1942 Durham S E Durham sylvia
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 12,949 Send Message	MarionfromScotland	Report	3 Jul 2010 09:17
	Was this the band Brummie. Before Susan finally made the charts she had spent three years as a singer with Ronnie Hancock's Band and then a further year with the great Ray Ellington Quartet. Not only was she a good singer after all this musical experience but she was also an exceptionally pretty girl. This was no disadvantage as it made it easier for her to obtain singing parts in numerous movies including the British rock and roll film, 'What A Crazy World' starring alongside Joe Brown and Marty Wilde.
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 720 Send Message	Hawthorn	Report	3 Jul 2010 10:40
	SylviainCanada . . . . . That's what I was wondering. As ChristineinPortugal says they should have been transcribed. If I can find her birth I will correct Wilkepedia!
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 13,170 Send Message	Mauatthecoast	Report	3 Jul 2010 10:50
	She was born Marian Susan Maughan on 1 July 1942, and hailed from Consett, County Durham, in the north east of England. As a child, her family relocated to Birmingham, and after leaving school she became an office typist.
	Researching: In my own little world where everybody knows me... ..... best thing about happy memories is making them....
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 7,458 Send Message	GRMarilyn	Report	3 Jul 2010 11:19
	Maybe not born in the name of Maughan, because I have just read that at the age of 10yrs her parents divorced, and her mother remarried and they all moved to Birmingham . Just a thought as she is not registered in the name of Maughan .
	Researching: Tregaskis- Blatchford- Bunker- ONeil.... Cornwall & Devon ( Ingram) Dorset .Bean Kent & Norfolk
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 720 Send Message	Hawthorn	Report	3 Jul 2010 11:42
	Mau at the Coast - That's exactly what it says on Wilkepedia but there is no trace of her birth under that name ! Also, many web references state that Muriel Young (1950's & 1960's TV presenter) was born in 1928 . . . . she was born in 1923 !
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 13,170 Send Message	Mauatthecoast	Report	3 Jul 2010 11:42
	Just a question,anyone know why 1942 is not complete? as mine (1941) and brother's (1944) are on Ancestry births records.......... Hi Hawthorn...yes I've been looking on Ancestry and you're right,see no record either just one Marian Maughan born 1938 Co Durham....wondering if she gave false age for singing career/ or perhaps it's just a mistake? lol
	Researching: In my own little world where everybody knows me... ..... best thing about happy memories is making them....
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 720 Send Message	Hawthorn	Report	3 Jul 2010 11:45
	And mine in 1945.
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 13,170 Send Message	Mauatthecoast	Report	3 Jul 2010 11:53
	......and we know Wiki are sometimes wrong. However I've alway loved Susan's song Bobby's girl, another memory from our youth! :O)
	Researching: In my own little world where everybody knows me... ..... best thing about happy memories is making them....
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 11,773 Send Message	MrDaff	Report	3 Jul 2010 12:15
	I sometimes warble Bobby's girl when I've had a few (my voice is rather stunning, then, I find!!) to my OH.... bless him!! Love Daff xxxxx
Member Since: March 2009 Posts: 3,038 Send Message	Annina	Report	3 Jul 2010 15:02
Member Since: March 2009 Posts: 3,038 Send Message	Husband 1943 and mine 1948,are both on Ancestry records.
Member Since: February 2005 Posts: 964 Send Message	grannyfranny	Report	3 Jul 2010 21:39
	Sorry, never thought to say, I looked on freeBMD
	Researching: Freeman of Berwick upon Tweed
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 13,033 Send Message	**JulieAnn*.sprinkling fairydust*	Report	3 Jul 2010 21:53
	i didnt remeber the singers name, but i lobve the song, my daughter loves that kinda music too bobbys girl,
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 720 Send Message	Hawthorn	Report	3 Jul 2010 22:06
	Is 1942 FreeBMD exactly the same as 1942 on Ancestry . . . . not complete?
Member Since: February 2005 Posts: 964 Send Message	grannyfranny	Report	3 Jul 2010 23:00
	It was free BMD I looked at, never thought it might be on ancestry.
	Researching: Freeman of Berwick upon Tweed

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