I have had a bit of a week this week I won't go into other stuff just yet but this is one of the happenings.
I have spent the best part of 3 months searching for my grandfather, grandmother and her second son on the 1911 census. I tried everything absolutely everything I could. I found her first son aged 3 living with her parents in Bethnal Green and her remaining siblings quite easily.
I found everybody I could ever wish to find on the 1911 census but those three were elusive. I came to the conclusion that it was probably badly mistranscribed or a damaged page.
I found someone I thought could be my grandfather but he was in prison...
So in desperation I sent for my mother's oldest sister's birth certificate - she was born in Nov 1911 I thought perhaps the address on it may give me a clue. I didn't need the cert really I knew all her information I always had done except for exactly where she was born address wise.
It arrived this morning, I immediately searched for that address and there they are under the name WHITE everything else is spot on. I started to save the image and thought hellfire thats a really bad transcription but no...
... I opened it up and my grandmother had clearly written White has her surname! Its her writing I recognise it I have seen her handwriting many times and have stuff with it on still.
Just her and her son living in one room. So I think that must be him in Pentonville prison.
So she clearly broke the law herself too she has even signed it White.
I have spent the best part of 3 months searching for my grandfather, grandmother and her second son on the 1911 census. I tried everything absolutely everything I could. I found her first son aged 3 living with her parents in Bethnal Green and her remaining siblings quite easily.
I found everybody I could ever wish to find on the 1911 census but those three were elusive. I came to the conclusion that it was probably badly mistranscribed or a damaged page.
I found someone I thought could be my grandfather but he was in prison...
So in desperation I sent for my mother's oldest sister's birth certificate - she was born in Nov 1911 I thought perhaps the address on it may give me a clue. I didn't need the cert really I knew all her information I always had done except for exactly where she was born address wise.
It arrived this morning, I immediately searched for that address and there they are under the name WHITE everything else is spot on. I started to save the image and thought hellfire thats a really bad transcription but no...
... I opened it up and my grandmother had clearly written White has her surname! Its her writing I recognise it I have seen her handwriting many times and have stuff with it on still.
Just her and her son living in one room. So I think that must be him in Pentonville prison.
So she clearly broke the law herself too she has even signed it White.
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