Thanks to your help I have now found my Grandmother

[Trish@Somerset]

Yes, it's that Mabel Webb you helped me with the other day. What confused me was that there is a Mabel on the 1901 census being born 1893 - 3 years out - but I found on the Thornbury PR online a Mabel being born the right year to the same family. Not sure what happened, will try and find a death of a Mabel from earlier. Or maybe it was just written down wrong.

Many thanks for the help, you have made my day. Just wish I could tell my mum about her mum.

It's really strange though that I ended up in the same small town that my Grandmother was born in (I'd never heard of it until I was in my 20's)which is the opposite side of the country from where I, and the rest of my family, was born.

Thanks again everyone - I'm like a dog with two tails at the minute:D:D

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

I am confused!!

The only bap I can find is dated 3 Jan 1897??? (parents Henry and Harriet)

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

She was bap the same date as her younger sister, Elsie.

[Trish@Somerset]

Merry, that's the one. The 1901 census states Mabel is 8. I'm guessing that either should read as a 5 or 6, or there was a previous Mabel who died (still searching for that one)

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

I think you will find she just wasn't a baby when she was baptised! She was bap the same day as Elsie who was younger, but I notice Edith who was 2 in 1901 still hadn't made it to the font!! lol

[Trish@Somerset]

I'm sure she got dunked at some stage:D

[Merry Monty Montgomery]

I read that as, "I'm sure she got drunk at some stage"!! lol :D

[Trish@Somerset]

Well, I still have to send for the birth cert, but if she was my family for sure then 'drunk' would probably be right:D

[Darksecretz]

Trish,

is this the "lot" we were looking at last week? (my memory is terrible at the moment, )

thornbury rings a bell mind you.. wasnt there a chap that died in that dist?

:o

[Trish@Somerset]

That's right Julie, this lot is the only family with a Mabel of close to the right age and with the right father, in the right area. She was bpt 1897 (which is the year she stated as being born - *wonder if she has taken baptism date for birth date or she was just fibbing about age*). No other family comes near to linking any facts I have.
I did wonder about a Minchinhampton Mabel but worked out the mother was never married to a Henry (the father named on the wedding cert)

[Darksecretz]

well, re taking a date of bapt as a DOB... why not, praps sometimes thats all the parents could remember.

Glad that things are slowly unravelling and yes it would be nice to share the info with our mums, but I'm sure that they are "knowing" what has happened, even if they aren't here physically anymore.

I know my mum would be tickled pink if she could see the stuff I have found out and uncovered

[Trish@Somerset]

Party time when there's proof positive:D

[Tom Tom]

Trish, could you get some of the marriage certificates of Mabel's siblings from after the date your Mabel married and hope that Mabel was one of the witnesses?

[Trish@Somerset]

Hi Tom, not sure that would help. She might be on a cert as a witness but it wouldn't give any details apart from the usual bride and groom stuff(I'm penny pinching here I know). Unless your thoughts are on something different of course - sorry my brain has only been working at 75% all day

[Tom Tom]

Well, if one of the witnesses was Mabel (whatever her married surname was) then you would know it was the correct family.

If it was Mabel Bloggs or something along those lines then it would give you something to look in to.
It is a long shot I know as they could have had anyone as their witnesses.

Do the witnesses at her wedding give any clues?

[Trish@Somerset]

Thanks Tom, now everyone knows the state of my brain!!!!
Yes, brilliant - off to do more searches, thank you