Find Living Relatives

Hi all I have posted a similar post in the past but with different location. I have been looking for a lady for many years who once lived in Durham in the mid 70’s. I believed she came from Durham but now believe she originated from new castle. Her name is Audrey I have no surname so I know a long shot. She had two daughter Jackie and Nicola. Please any info is much appreciated.
Ash x

What age were her daughters in the mid 70s? How old was she? the more specific you can be the better :-)

Hi there roughly from what I can remember as I was only around 9, Audrey around mid to late thirties. Jackie around late teens and Nicola around 9/11. Audrey is the lady in my profile pic with dark hair. X

To be honest I don't think you stand a chance, but the best I can offer is that you go through all the births on freebmd for Jacqueline/Jackie and Nicola born at around the time you think given poss ages, in Durham? and see if you can find a mother's maiden name in common.

Is there anyone else who may know her surname? a neighbour or work colleague or a young friend of the children whose name you know from school maybe?

I agree with Nyx, as it stands it's pretty tall order.

Unless you could elaborate on your connection to her without giving out too much personal information (eg was she a next door neighbour - possible checks on electoral rolls? or a relative of yours, or was the youngest daughter your friend - could you check with your old school?) it would take a lot of checking for births of 2 daughters with the same mmn. With the age gap between them it could be that they may not be registered with the same surname, although they would share a mmn.

Hi again no there is no one. Had a few names in my head from what I have found out since my mum passing. Not sure any will be of use. There is gray, storey, molly. I’ll c if I can get on freebmd. Never used it before and not that great with technical stuff. ??
Thank u x

I never use to live in Durham I lived in the east end of London bitbuse to go visit with my mum x

You will see here not all the birth indicies have been transcribed on Freebmd for the period in question:

https://www.freebmd.org.uk/progressB.shtml#y1950

This is the coverage for 1950-1969 so may make your job even more difficult.

Regarding the technical stuff, you are able to download results - I've used MS Excel in the past - and using look-ups you would be able to eliminate all non matches. But it's not easy as the way files download are not always the same.

That's a long way to visit if there was no family connection? Do you have any idea where your mother and Audrey may have met if they are not related in some way?

No obvious births with names Storey/Molly or Gray for both sisters, but that's not to say the names aren't connected as looking for them as mmn and /or as surname

Askin, I note you say you were about 9 mid 70s but it would be some years later if your DOB is correct on your tree? That makes a difference of several years for searching the births of Nicola and Jackie if so.

Not wanting to pry if sensitive issue, but you mention the name Molly...would that possibly be Molloy?

Sorry u r right so hard to remember I was around 8/9 when I use to be taken to Durham. Sorry again been so hard thinking of dates. I know Nicola was around my age give or take a couple of years either side.
Ash x

Sorry my head not engaging today a lot going on. Yes molloy and no u r not prying.
Thank u x

Hi NYX again thank u for looking and helping me. Nope have no idea of connection was thinking maybe cousin or really good friend. X

Just putting links to old threads as the names may help with searching?

https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/living_relatives/thread/1358122
https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/living_relatives/thread/1361345

Did this ( posted on last link) lead to anything?

There is this marriage which can be found on free bmd:
Marriages Mar 1949
Gray Hilda Molloy Nottingham 3c 837
Molloy James Storey Nottingham 3c 837
Molloy James Gray Nottingham 3c 837
Storey Hilda Molloy Nottingham 3c 837

From the other thread,

"Just weird that since my mum has gone i have found five siblings and wandered why she took me to Durham since found out my nan was born there. "

maybe if you give us some details of your nan we can work out if there's a connection? or perhaps a street area for her from the 1939 register?

Hi sorry all I have is what’s on here. Last place I new my Nan Hilda being was london. Xx

I'm not seeing Hilda on the 1939 register, do you have her birth year Askin? it would make things a lot quicker :-)

I'm working on the principle that working backwards to Hilda will throw up any possibility of Audrey being related. If there is info you have that might help but don't want to put on the board feel free to message me.

EDIT on the other hand.... have you actually got the certs for births and marriages, Gray/Storey as I don't want to follow the wrong line, and there are several options?

Hilda was born 1921, birth cert needed for father's name as can't get much further without. Hilda isn't on the 1939 reg that I can see ( would still be closed record as far as can tell).

Elsie M Storey, Hilda's daughter (Askin's mother) was born 1942.

Audrey doesn't seem to have been her sister, if that was one thought.