We recently got the 1911 transcription for my OH's grandfather's family. His father (my f i l)was the baby of the family not born until 1918 but the census form shows the first 5 of his brothers and sisters.
We had not rushed to get the census because we 'knew' everything. Dad often talked about his 9 siblings and our daughter made a list of them when she was a child - extracting all the info from Grandad, who was pleased to chat with her ....... BUT.....
On the census there is a completely unknown sister, Muriel! My immediate thought was that she had died as a child - but NO! From the GRO index it appears she married in 1935 and within a year died. She was 25 and f i l was 17. F i l had other siblings who had died young including one who died aged 27 in 1934. He mentioned all those so WHY didn't he ever, ever mention Muriel?????
I'm just going to have to get the marriage and death certificates - maybe there was a big scandal!!!
The moral of this is - get stuck into 1911 - you never know what you might find!
Anne
We had not rushed to get the census because we 'knew' everything. Dad often talked about his 9 siblings and our daughter made a list of them when she was a child - extracting all the info from Grandad, who was pleased to chat with her ....... BUT.....
On the census there is a completely unknown sister, Muriel! My immediate thought was that she had died as a child - but NO! From the GRO index it appears she married in 1935 and within a year died. She was 25 and f i l was 17. F i l had other siblings who had died young including one who died aged 27 in 1934. He mentioned all those so WHY didn't he ever, ever mention Muriel?????
I'm just going to have to get the marriage and death certificates - maybe there was a big scandal!!!
The moral of this is - get stuck into 1911 - you never know what you might find!
Anne
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