General Chat

She has mailed me again Maggie - that is twice since I gave up on her but no apology! Am afraid I had enough - I was giving her info anyone could find if they looked and was not looking for the first marriage - it appeared years later.

Just ignoring her - she has lost an awful lot of researching which I would have shared.

There is a family story that one of my ancestors was bricked up in a shed or the garden, it was in the early to mid 1900s and it is alleged that his Adopted Mother didn't want anyone to know that he had died, later when the house was up for sale, a couple viewed it but their dog wouldn't go in or near the shed and some building work had to be stopped when bones were discovered. How true it is I don't know yet.

Susan that is both creepy and intriguing! Is there a report in local papers?

I haven't tried that avenue yet, what I have done though is sent for the Mothers dearth cert to see if he registered it, (he didn't register his Fathers) if he did then it means it isn't him bricked up, but who is it?? and I find that there is almost always an element of truth in rumors. Watch this space.

My mother in law is (coughs) a Honeymoon baby. Although she knew the month and day they married, she thought it was a year earlier. She was never allowed to look at the wedding photos, probably as the 'bump' would be showing. And to think that they kept up the pretence and celebrated landmark anniversaries a year early!

Mother in law went bright red when told, but father in law and her younger sister thought it hilarious!!!!

my dads great uncle was hung for murder at durham,that famous hangman done the deed. x it was quite interesting reading up about it,he was mentioned in a book.x

Chris,
I'd be tempted to do the abortion route, if she can't face the truth.

ie-obliterate her from your tree!

MY GGRAN BORN 1851
HAD 2 CHILDREN FATHERS NK BEFORE SHE MARRIED
HAD GRANDDAD LEFT HER HUSBAND HAD ANOTHER CHILD
LIVED WITH THE LODGER CALLING HERSELF HIS WIFE FROM
1875 TILL SHE MARRIED HIM IN 1909,,AND NONE OF THE FAMILY
KNEW

THIS IS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT ISNT IT
AFTER ALL
WE ARE NOT RESPONSTABLE FOR OUR FORFATHERS SINS
ARE WE
WE JUST MAKE OUR OWN C&&K UPS AND IM AN EXPERT AT THAT

Got the death cert of the Mother and her Nephew is the informant ..........so it is looking like I am going to have to trawl the local newspapers to find out about building work being halted. Wish me luck.

Maggie - I haven't entered her!!!! Can't be bothered - every mail she told me she was from a hard working loving family - I wondered if she was trying to convince herself.

Susan - try Coroner's Inquests - believe there is one held when 'bone's are found as well as bodies.

DeT - reminds me of a g.aunt who had been an nurse announcing to all and sundry the night before I married that you 'could get caught the first time' as her son was proof. Sure enough doing research her son was born 9 months after wedding BUT she never had another child - must not have liked it!

I agree with Maggie,,,what an odd person she must be,
Its more intersting if there is a bit of contraversy.
My own grandmother was married to a bigamist ,,rendering her daughter born to him..illegitmate. She carried a chip on her shoulder about this all her life and the family were as mad as hell when we discovered it all during our research.

I dont blame you at all chris for not passing on the info..

I've certainly found some skeletons in my tree.

My grandfather changed his name and his age when he joined the army. His grandmother was murdered by her 18 year old lover and my maternal grandmother's father was the lodger. We all knew that long ago but we're not sure she did!
heatherg