Any ideas please.
I have recently found out that my Granny had a sister that we had not known of. It was not a total surprise as my Mum recalled that Granny had spoken of sisters who ‘run away’, and anyone who recalls my dysfunctional ancestors will know that nothing surprises me now.
So
Maude Edith Pitts
Born 20 Jul 1917, father William Richard Pitts, Insurance Agent Mother Eliza Pitts nee Deaney (transcribed Denney on FreeBMD.)
Then this is where the mystery comes in. She is next found in 1948 when
Maude D McNeil marries Eric Ericksen in Southampton, a direct ancestor of hers has the marriage certificate, which says she is a spinster and that her father is William Richard Pitts, Insurance Agent.
So where does the name change come in, we cannot find a marriage before the one to Eric. She also states that William, her father, is deceased when in reality he was hale and hearty and on his second marriage with another child in 1940.
Does anyone have any ideas as to what may have happened to her. Sadly her ancestor stated that her Nan was reluctant to talk about her early life.
We are aware of her later marriage in 1969 to ? Ham, but it is the bit between her birth and marriage we are missing.
I have found Eliza and Williams divorce in the late 1930’s on the National Archive site, can anyone guide me re how I can find whether there is any provision for her on it on ordering or any other suggestions. Forget that, I am having a senior moment, she would have been 20.
Any ideas gratefully received,
Thanks Mandy
PS I will probably disappear for Holby
I have recently found out that my Granny had a sister that we had not known of. It was not a total surprise as my Mum recalled that Granny had spoken of sisters who ‘run away’, and anyone who recalls my dysfunctional ancestors will know that nothing surprises me now.
So
Maude Edith Pitts
Born 20 Jul 1917, father William Richard Pitts, Insurance Agent Mother Eliza Pitts nee Deaney (transcribed Denney on FreeBMD.)
Then this is where the mystery comes in. She is next found in 1948 when
Maude D McNeil marries Eric Ericksen in Southampton, a direct ancestor of hers has the marriage certificate, which says she is a spinster and that her father is William Richard Pitts, Insurance Agent.
So where does the name change come in, we cannot find a marriage before the one to Eric. She also states that William, her father, is deceased when in reality he was hale and hearty and on his second marriage with another child in 1940.
Does anyone have any ideas as to what may have happened to her. Sadly her ancestor stated that her Nan was reluctant to talk about her early life.
We are aware of her later marriage in 1969 to ? Ham, but it is the bit between her birth and marriage we are missing.
I have found Eliza and Williams divorce in the late 1930’s on the National Archive site, can anyone guide me re how I can find whether there is any provision for her on it on ordering or any other suggestions. Forget that, I am having a senior moment, she would have been 20.
Any ideas gratefully received,
Thanks Mandy
PS I will probably disappear for Holby
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