Hi all, I just joined today on a recommendation. I hope someone can help me with information on my great-grandmother. I've been looking for ages without success. TIA!
My great-grandmother was born Hannah Green (verified) in (not verified) Alston, Cumberland. According to my mother, she was around 73 when she died in 1977, which would put her birth at around 1904. However, the only Hannah Green I can find for Alston was born around ten years earlier.
Hannah gave birth to an illegitimate child - my grandfather - on 26 Jan 1925 in Alston (verified). He is registered as Joseph Green with his mother's maiden name also 'Green'. This is the only record I have managed to find and definitively identify as being my relative. I cannot find a marriage certificate for Joseph Green and my grandmother Annie Elizabeth Robinson, which I imagine would have taken place in Tamworth, Staffs (Warks) around about 1948, or a death certificate for Joseph Green (1977, Tamworth), nor can I find the marriage certificate for Hannah's later marriage to Lant Salkeld (died around 1970). Hannah married again after Lant's death and we don't know her second husband's surname (first name Bob/Robert). I can't find that marriage registration or Hannah's death registration.
I have Joseph Green's birth certificate on order, but I really think it's going to come back 'father unknown'... family legend is that the father was the husband of a relative.
I don't know where to go from here and would be grateful for any suggestions. In particular, I was wondering if anyone knows what 'Lant' is short for. I have tried Laurence and Lawrence with no luck and can't think of anything else.
Many thanks,
Zoe
My great-grandmother was born Hannah Green (verified) in (not verified) Alston, Cumberland. According to my mother, she was around 73 when she died in 1977, which would put her birth at around 1904. However, the only Hannah Green I can find for Alston was born around ten years earlier.
Hannah gave birth to an illegitimate child - my grandfather - on 26 Jan 1925 in Alston (verified). He is registered as Joseph Green with his mother's maiden name also 'Green'. This is the only record I have managed to find and definitively identify as being my relative. I cannot find a marriage certificate for Joseph Green and my grandmother Annie Elizabeth Robinson, which I imagine would have taken place in Tamworth, Staffs (Warks) around about 1948, or a death certificate for Joseph Green (1977, Tamworth), nor can I find the marriage certificate for Hannah's later marriage to Lant Salkeld (died around 1970). Hannah married again after Lant's death and we don't know her second husband's surname (first name Bob/Robert). I can't find that marriage registration or Hannah's death registration.
I have Joseph Green's birth certificate on order, but I really think it's going to come back 'father unknown'... family legend is that the father was the husband of a relative.
I don't know where to go from here and would be grateful for any suggestions. In particular, I was wondering if anyone knows what 'Lant' is short for. I have tried Laurence and Lawrence with no luck and can't think of anything else.
Many thanks,
Zoe
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