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Marguerita

Marguerita Report 18 Jun 2008 19:51

many thanks for your responses. i think checking out the parish register is going to be my next step.

lancashireAnn

lancashireAnn Report 17 Jun 2008 23:49

I sympathise Marguerita. Everything was shrouded in so much secrecy in that era. Names were not always mentioned especially if the mother moved away to lessen the 'shame ' of her parents. It was just whispered '"the father died in the war you know - no names no pack drill". I would love to have some idea of my mothers birth father's name - not even sure where they came from.

Researching:
Liverpool (Cartwright, Chambers, Miller), Todmorden (Sutcliffe, Mallison), Abergavenny (Watkins, Prosser)

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 17 Jun 2008 23:27

Do you know the name of the local boy that she was courting? If so check it out on the Commonwealth War Graves site here:

http://www.cwgc.org/

I would image a young man dying at that time was probably a casualty of war.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Janice

Janice Report 17 Jun 2008 23:21

If your dad was baptised, the vicar may well have included possible father's name - check the local Parish Registers for where he was born. He would be listed as the illegitimate son of Hannah Dennis.
Good luck with this one - always hard to trace ...

Heather

Heather Report 17 Jun 2008 21:29

You must know more, - why do you think he died - who told you? What names were mentioned?

How did he die? WW!? If you know a name you could check out deaths on freebmd or the complete bmd index.

Lindylu

Lindylu Report 17 Jun 2008 21:14

Boy - I couldnt even begin to imagine where you would find anything out, local gossip perhaps thats been carried down through the generations.

Marguerita

Marguerita Report 17 Jun 2008 20:49

wonder how i can find my grand-father, only recently discovered dad was illegitimate. (blank on his birth cert) although he has got his mums husband (widowed) on his marriage cert.
Her name was hannah hall nee dennis and lived in south shields.
we now know throught the family that she was courting!! a local boy,we think died in the months between october 1917 and dads birth in august 1918. how can i go any further? any help would be appreciated.
marguerita graham (nee HALL)