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I am new to this and i'm trying to find out about my mothers side of the family, as she passed away when i was very young.

Would love to find some family or even just some names of Grandparents, as the names seems quite popular.

Her maiden name was Pardon (dads name im guessing) and her mothers maiden name was Porter.

Open to any suggestions

Look forward to hearing from you

Jodie x

Do you have a year and location? The first thing is to pin down her birth. Her birth cert will give parents' names.
Jan

Having said that, there is only one Pardon/Porter marriage! From Freebmd, which you can use yourself:

http://www.freebmd.org.uk

Marriages Jun 1929
Pardon Harry Porter W. Ham 4a 156
Porter Gladys E Pardon W.Ham 4a 156
Purdon Harry Porter W.Ham 4a 156 (I assume thus is the incorrect entry!)

jan

This is the only Pardon/Porter marriage I can see:-


Name: PARDON, Harry
Registration district: West Ham
County: Essex
Year of registration: 1929
Quarter of registration: Apr-May-Jun
Spouse's last name: Porter
Volume no: 4A
Page no: 156

Name: PORTER, Gladys E
Registration district: West Ham
County: Essex
Year of registration: 1929
Quarter of registration: Apr-May-Jun
Spouse's last name: Pardon
Volume no: 4A

I can see births for seven possible children from this marriage. What was your mother's name?

Kath. x

Check the freebmd site for possible siblings' names, then look on this GR site for those people in SEARCH TREES.

There are some matches showing that people have included them in their trees.
Click the tree owners name to make contact and hopefully share information.

Gwyn

Jodie has this person in her tree but she has a different birth year:

Births Sep 1950
Pardon Pamela J Porter Romford 5a 480

Rose

You lot are stars!

My mums name is Pamela J Pardon.

How can i find this information out ? :/ Im rubbish haha!

She was definately born in 1947. June.

How can i find possible sibling names? I think i may have some siblings from a previous marriage too. I do have her marriage certificate.

Thanks again :)

Jodie,

Look on FreeBMD:

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

I see a marriage for her in 1969.

Rose

Yes she got married in 1969 to a Perkins. How can i find out family names i may have, siblings? aunties and uncles etc??

Can you find later census records? Do you know anywhere?

Kath said she could see 7 possible children?? where can i see this??

xx

You need Freebmd as put by Rose above.
Just play around with the site - I would find your mother's birth entry first. You can search specifying just surname and mother's maiden name, and see what turns up.
Census returns are not available after 1911. There are electoral registers, but these obviously only show people of voting age. On the whole you need an address to search for, though there are some available online, particularly for London I believe.
Jan

What year did she die? I see a death for a Pamela Jean Perkins in 1998.

Rose

You can go on Ancestry and look for Perkins/Pardon births. You won't get all the details but you can see the names.

Do they know about you? I see some of them on Facebook.

Rose

She died in 1998.

Im not sure if they know about me :/ I know her husbands name, however they would be my half siblings. My mum was with my dad and never got married to him, she had my brother in 1982 and me in 1990. and died in 1998.

She kept her family a secret and also i have only just found out that she had more children. (My dad didnt know) Very confusing story!!

Freebmd really confuses me!

I see 5 children to her.

Will PM the names.

It does look like she was born in June 1950 though according to the death.

Rose

Wow thank you so much!

Just dont understand how you have found this out haha, you are clever! A pro :) x

Jodie,

To find uncles and aunts, use FreeBMD. Search using the surname Pardon with mother's surname Porter.

Rose

Jodie,

One of your half siblings has your mother in her tree on this site. She has the wrong birth year.

If you decide to contact her, take it very slow. Don't come out and say "I'm your half sister"! Just say you are looking for any info. on a Pamela Jean Pardon and take it from there.

Otherwise, go through social services or some other 3rd party.

Good luck,

Rose

Which half sibling is it???

I wouldnt just come out with it!

You have been a godsend! So helpful! x

Cant thank you enough!

Go to Search Trees at the top. Enter your mother's name and you will see which one as the name will be in the right column.

Rose

You can't view trees straight away tho and lots of people come up! x

Im new to this lol