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I really could do with some advice, i'm new to all this.

There is a possibility that my great grandmother is still alive.
My Grandad has not seen his mother since he was 13-14 years old.

There is a chance she might of been pregnant when she left.

We have no clue if this child survived, died or was given up for adoption.

I do not have any names or other personal information for this child at all. Is there any way of finding this out through the mothers name?
im desperate.

my great grandmothers name is; Elizabeth S A Pountney. her maiden name is; Wood
She married Arthur Pountney in 1945 in Poplar, london, England.

Go into search - then search all trees - someone has listed an Arthur Pountney b. 1922 in Mile End, London.

Elizabeth S A Pountney married in 1965.to a Mr Lindsey.

Edited that death infomaton out as it didnt relate.

Births Sep 1923 (>99%)
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Wood Elizabeth S A Smith Poplar 1c 658


Andy

Welcome to the boards, Jade.

If you get the birth certificate for Elizabeth to find her exact date of birth, you can then use this information to search for possible deaths.

I found her through search all records.
ELIZABETH S A WOOD
1923
london, poplar

but i really would like to know if there was another sibling. my grandad is very ill, he has searched for years now.

thanks to use all for your help.

Could this be Mr Lindsey, or is it what Kay???? edited out?

Births Dec 1926
Lindsey Frederick Marney Poplar 1c 538


England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
Frederick Lindsey
Birth Date: 2 Oct 1926
Date of Registration: Feb 1994
Age at Death: 67
Registration district: Tower Hamlets
Inferred County: London
Register Number: D27
District and Subdistrict: 2461D
Entry Number: 147

It might also be useful to know what 's a ' stood for.

Are these the children from her first marriage?
Births Dec 1945
Pountney Arthur G Wood Poplar
Births Dec 1946
Pountney Glenis M Wood Poplar
Births Sep 1948
Pountney Terence Wood Poplar
Births Mar 1951
POUNTNEY Gwendoline J WOOD Poplar
Births Dec 1952
POUNTNEY John H WOOD

so she left in about 1959?

There is a birth for a Lindsey/Wood showing on free bmd in 1965.

There is a Pountney/Wood birth in Poplar in 1963.

omg. where did you get all that?

yeah it was around that time.

the baby would not have the same father. so it shouldnt have pountney

how did you find out the children from the first marriage?

You should be able to find bmd's up to about 1970 here

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

If she was still married to her husband a child should be registered in the husbands name even if he is not the father

If she did not marry the child will be registered in both surnames
Found my mother was born 14 months before my grandparents married and shes registered under both surnames

So if you find one look for the same reg number and see if the other surname comes up

Middle initials can be very misleading.

I have several members of my family who on their birth certificates they have one or 2 names. But over the years they 'adopted' more middle names.

My mum, her mother and my ex m.i.l. all did this in recent years, but those mentioned above were in the late 19th - early 20th century.

And when a death is registered the information is only as good as that which is known to the informant. IE A neighbour or good friend may register someones death, but may not realise that the person they are helping had no middle names or many. Or that they celebrated their birthday on a day that was not correct (my mother is a prime example of this!).