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I found out this week end about my gran. I have never known her maiden name, now know it was Duddly but not sure on the spelling.
please can anyone tell me how I would find any info on her?

penny.

Presumably you know your grandfather's name?

Try searching the free BMD site for their marriage -
copy and paste
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/

Her maiden name will be on your mother or father's birth cert.

Rose

Working back from your name, it's actually Dudden:

England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005
about Jessie A Dudden
Name: Jessie A Dudden
Spouse Surname: Robins
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1940
Registration district: Bristol
Registration county (inferred): Gloucestershire, Somerset
Volume Number: 6a
Page Number: 589
Find Spouse: Edward W C Robins

Rose

England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005
about Jessie A Dudden
Name: Jessie A Dudden
Mother's Maiden Surname: Snook
Date of Registration: Jul Aug Sep 1916
Registration district: Shepton M
Registration county: Devon/Cornwall/Seilly. Dorset/Somerset
Volume Number: 5c
Page Number: 643

Rose

That should be mother of mother,

penny.

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
about Jessie Augusta Robins
Name: Jessie Augusta Robins
Birth Date: 28 Aug 1916
Death Registration Month/Year: Sep 1989
Age at death (estimated): 73
Registration district: Bristol
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 22
Page: 454

Rose

There are 2 Snook/Dudden marriages in Shepton Mallet so it's impossible to tell who her parents are.

Rose

what I have is this, it might help.
My mother's mother was Jessica Dudlie,
she maried and I think he was goerge Robins
I'm not sure of the first name,
they had a son and daughter, again do'nt know who was first.

Jessica's family were undertaker's in shepton mallot.

this is all I know, so I hope it helps.
thanks to who ever can help me.
penny.

Rose - I'm not seeing 2 marrs

Maybe

Marriages Jun 1914 (>99%)
DUDDEN John H F SNOOK Shepton M. 5c 937
Snook Henrietta Dudden Shepton M. 5c 937


Births Mar 1915 (99%)
Dudden Laura E M Snook Shepton M. 5c 686

Births Sep 1916 (>99%)
Dudden Jessie A Snook Shepton M. 5c 643

Births Dec 1919 (>99%)
Dudden Victor J V Snook Shepton M 5c 643

Births Dec 1921 (>99%)
Dudden Rhoda Snook Shepton M. 5c 640

Births Mar 1927 (>99%)
Dudden Nelson R Snook Shepton M. 5c 512

Births Sep 1929 (>99%)
Dudden Gerald F Snook Shepton M. 5c 527

Do any of these potential aunts and uncles of your mum ring a bell?

Thanks for all your help.
I will check this tomorrow evening.

penny.

Maybe these'll be relevant after you've checked thru the more recent stuff

Just a guess, but here's a Henrietta and the next h/h:

1901 England Census
Civil Parish: Ashwick
Ecclesiastical parish: Ashwick St James
Town: Gurney Slade
County/Island: Somerset
Country: England
Registration district: Shepton Mallet
Sub-registration district: Shepton Mallet
ED, institution, or vessel: 12

Street address: Highcroft Farm
Household schedule number: 2

Snook Robert 73 Ashwick, Somerset, England Head M Farmer
Sarah Snook 68 Ashwick, Somerset, England Wife M
Edwin W Snook 31 Lydlinch, Dorset, England Son S Farmer's Son
Arthur Harry Snook 24 Chilcote, Somerset, England Son S Farmer's Son
Georgina Seaby 21 Westbury, Somerset, England Companion S Help W Domestic

Street address: Binegar Bottom
Household schedule number: 3

Richard Henry Snook 47 Ashwick, Somerset, England Head M Carpenter
Eleanor Mary Snook 45 Ashwick, Somerset, England Wife M
Emmanuel H Snook 21 Ashwick, Somerset, England Son S Engine Driver
Alice M Snook 20 Ashwick, Somerset, England Daughter S
Albert E Snook 17 Ashwick, Somerset, England Son S
Arabella S Snook 15 Ashwick, Somerset, England Daughter S
Ernest J Snook 13 Ashwick, Somerset, England Son S
Alberta L Snook 12 Ashwick, Somerset, England Daughter S
Henry R Snook 10 Ashwick, Somerset, England Son S
Henrietta Snook 9 Ashwick, Somerset, England Daughter S
Arthur V Snook 3 Ashwick, Somerset, England Son S
Walter P Snook 1 Ashwick, Somerset, England Son S
Stanley H Snook 6Mo Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England Grandchild

Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 2312; Folio: 70; Page: 1.

5km N of Shepton Mallet is Oakhill where the road forks left to Bristol & R to Bath.
600m N of Oakhill is Ashwick, and 2km NW is Highcroft Farm, abt 500m S of Gurney Slade & Binegar.
Croscombe is 4km W of Shepton Mallet.



1901 England Census
Civil Parish: Croscombe
Ecclesiastical parish: Croscombe
Town: Croscombe
County/Island: Somerset
Country: England
Street address: Church St
Registration district: Shepton Mallet
Sub-registration district: Shepton Mallet
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Household schedule number: 116

Frank Dudden 39 Croscombe, Somerset, England Head M Stone Quarryman
Emily Dudden 32 Milton Clevedon, Somerset, England Wife M
Julis M Dudden 12 Croscombe, Somerset, England Daughter School
John H F Dudden 10 Croscombe, Somerset, England Son
Nabnie G Dudden 7 Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales Daughter
Augustin R V Dudden 6 Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales Son
Valentine F Dudden 4 Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales Son
James B P Dudden 11Mo Croscombe, Somerset, England Son

Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 2312; Folio: 62; Page: 16.

Not into the full swing yet. Maybe repeating things.

Penny's mum is Robins. Mum's brother David, 3 years younger. Both the children of Mr Robins and Ms Dudden.

Robins/Dudden marriage as Rose has posted, Jessie A and Edward W.C.

Penny, unless you know different (i.e. have some evidence), I suggest that Rose is right on that so far. Jessie's husband might have been known to his family as George, but it doesn't seem that was his birth name from the marriage that she has found.

Jessie doesn't seem to have been recorded as Jessica. She is Jessie Augusta. Maybe her ancestors were Scottish, cos Jessie is a Scottish alternative for Janet, and a name in it's own right.

The birth for Jessie has mmn Snock on Ancestry - ever wrong!

Henrietta Snook married John J H F Dudden, Shepton Mallet 1914 as per mgnv's find. No, Rose, I'm not seeing two marriages. What was your other one?

Agree all mgnv's uncles and aunts for your mum. Sound's like you don't know much about her, so you might find this info new to you.

I'm not finding any marriage to a Jessica Dudley (or any other spelling) and a George Robins.

I think what we have found is correct.

You could determine the correct maiden name of your mother from her birth certificate. I would strongly suggest you purchase that if your mum has not got it.

We don't "discover" our ancestors' names, we research and prove it. Too many of us have listened to relatives who have got it wrong.

Hope you do well in your research.

Best wishes

Madmeg

Madmag thank's for all of that, I do not know much about my mum, I was talking to my sister this week end that's were the imfo came from, we were not told anything about family on mum's side only that she had a brother David and he went with his dad when thier perant's split up.
so all of this is new to me, and sorry but my mum died a few years back.
if I book mark this can I come back to it ?
thanks penny.

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