Genealogy Chat

This the first time I have boughts credits for this was looking up a birth in 1928 found it straight away then was looking for the death of the mother as I know this person does not remember his mother at all and he was always told that she died when he was 2-3 years old but wasted the rest of my credits trying to find the death which i did not find is it possible that it was not registered. What are your thoughts please Margaret

Name?? and I'll have a look. Regards Keith

Hi Margaret, My mother was told her mum died when she was about 3/4, I looked for a death, couldn't find one!!! Found out she didn't die went on to marry again and have other children. Good luck!! Regards Fiona.

Other cases like this have sometimes revealed that the mother actually left the family, but didn't die. The story of the ''dec'd mother'' is then made up to ''protect'' the child from the truth. Not suggesting this is necessarily the case with yours, but just something to bear in mind....... UPDATE: OOh Hello Fiona - I wasn't talking about you, HONEST :o) Merry

Hi Marg i know is frustrating my father in law told me his mum died when he was about 6 or 7 turns out he was 13, i thourght i would never find her. I carried on above the estimated years and found one then i discounted that as she had a middle name, and i do have her baptism cert 1890 NO middle name, got someone to check in Liverpool records office for me at the Anfield burial records it was her right address etc, got her death cert and its there the middle name. So dont give up. Colette

Hi, Thankyou for your replies I am sure she did die as the husband remarried her name Catherine Annie Poole sometimes known as Kate the son George R Poole was born in June 1928 in Edmonton middlesex she 35 when the son was born thank you Margaret

Hi Merry, It would have been ok if you were, I don't think it was to protect my mum! From what I've found out about my grandad and his mother I think it was because they wanted my mum to have nothing to do with her. Fiona. x Margaret, Do you have the marriage certificate from the husbands second marriage? Will say if he was a widower or the marriage was dissolved.

Hi Fiona yes I do have the marriage certificate of when he remarried and he is down as a widower It is strange I have spoken to an older daughter and she is 86 she said her mother died not long after the son was born Thanks Margaret

Hello Margaret. Try this one. Catherine A Poole died 1st Qtr 1933 aged 38 in St Albans Vol 3a Page 1347. Keith

There is another Catherine A died in Paddington aged 23 in 2nd Qtr 1931 Vol 1a Page 72. Age is a bit out, the other looks more likely. :-) Keith

Hello Keith Thank you so much that does look as though it is her will have a look is St Albans in Hertfordshire that is near to Edmonton she might have been in hospital thank you Margaret

Margaret, I hope that you are saving your 1837 pages, its a waste to pay to view them, and then discard them........ you can either print them off, or save them into a folder, suitably named, for the purpose....... yours, with respect, Bob

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Hi Bob, like a fool I did not save the pages silly me Margaret

If you use Family Relatives instead of 1837online it saves the pages for you (within the site) so you don't have to do anything extra. Not quite as good as saving them properly yourself, but brill when someone says, ''Sorry, what was the page number?'' just after you have come out of the program!! Merry