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**Olde Crone Holden** · 15-09-09, 09:54

There are only nine males with surname Glasson registered between 1908-1910 in the right area, so it should be fairly easy to eliminate them with a bit of clever free searching on 1911.

OC

**dizzzy** · 15-09-09, 15:38

Originally posted by Olde Crone Holden View Post

There are only nine males with surname Glasson registered between 1908-1910 in the right area, so it should be fairly easy to eliminate them with a bit of clever free searching on 1911.

OC

Thanks for that. I've now searched for all of the ones registered with the right name/dob on the 1911 census and it's left me with one. It's not quite the right area for the birth but then I can't find any that have got the exact location match. I've ordered the certificate so now I'll just have to wait and see.

The only thing that's bothering me is if they've got the right age on the 1911 census as we're not sure of when he was actually born. I'm sure I'll soon find out though.

**dizzzy** · 24-09-09, 13:12

Thanks for the idea of doing the search on the 1911 census. The birth certificate I ordered came this morning and it's the right one. :smilee:

I wasn't sure it would be as we didn't know that she lived in that area and was miles away from the rest of her family.

**Janet in Yorkshire** · 24-09-09, 13:17

Pleased to hear you were successful :smilee:

Jay

**Darksecretz** · 24-09-09, 13:36

Originally posted by dizzzy View Post

Thanks for the idea of doing the search on the 1911 census. The birth certificate I ordered came this morning and it's the right one. :smilee:

I wasn't sure it would be as we didn't know that she lived in that area and was miles away from the rest of her family.

lovely... the reason she wasnt with the rest of the family could purely be because she was 'sent' away near her time to have the baby 'out of the way?' perhaps. Then came home with the baby and parents took him on?

**dizzzy** · 24-09-09, 15:19

I'm assuming that must be the case. He was definitely brought up by her parents. The name of the informant on the birth certificate was a matron at the hospital. Not sure why Bertha didn't register it herself, it wasn't registered until a month after he was born.

**Darksecretz** · 24-09-09, 15:22

Originally posted by dizzzy View Post

I'm assuming that must be the case. He was definitely brought up by her parents. The name of the informant on the birth certificate was a matron at the hospital. Not sure why Bertha didn't register it herself, it wasn't registered until a month after he was born.

I guess we can only speculate, I know that new mothers had to have a period of 'confinement' perhpas this was the case, or she had a difficult birth? perhaps it was 'the norm' for matrons to register new borns in that hospital?

I know that when my gt x2 gran was born in the workhouse the 'master' had to register the births and deaths that occured there.

**dizzzy** · 24-09-09, 15:42

Thanks for the quick reply. Like you say it could be any of those reasons. At least I've got the birth certificate. I did start to think we might not get it. We had a rough idea of when he was born but nothing concrete. Like I said at one point we thought that's why she was in the convent but that was in 1901 not around the right time according to the 1911 census.

My dear mother doesn't seem to believe that she could've done anything bad to have been in the convent. This is another thing that we can only speculate on.

I think my trouble is I must be to nosey and want to know everything that they might have done. I suppose that's why I'm researching the family history.

**Darksecretz** · 24-09-09, 15:47

no problems. :smilee:

I think that there could be any number of reasons why she was there, like you say we can only speculate.. but it IS good to get that result and prove that you have found his birth cert. well done!

My gran was brought up by nuns, I know that she was orphaned at about 6 yrs old, her older siblings went to live with their brother but I guess he just didnt have the room for 3 more siblings. it was never really spoken about, tbh.

I have since found out that the nuns were running an orphanage and this is where she and her two sisters were placed. I do still have to do some more digging on this line too, but the 1911 census did establish they were there, and I found another sister that no-one knew about.

**dizzzy** · 24-09-09, 15:59

That must've been awfull to be orphaned at 6 and then to be seperated from some of your siblings. Obviously her brother would've only had so much room and not have been able to take them all.

I do find it amazing when you look back and see what our families must've gone through.

**Darksecretz** · 24-09-09, 16:11

quite sad really... both parents died within a month of each other.. TB and its not suprising really to see that when she eventually married she got her fathers name wrong,

I still don't know what happened to the other two sisters, that she was in the orphanage with, the whole family (her brothers and sisters) were all estranged, and didnt talk about it.

one day it will all come to light, I'm just glad that we don't live in that sort of society now... phew!

**dizzzy** · 24-09-09, 16:36

I know people seem to think that we've got it bad now-a-days but it's nothing compared to what they must've gone through.

**Darksecretz** · 24-09-09, 16:39

very true... my own children moan at me sometimes, but I'd like them to see what our ancestors went through too.. its all part of learning.

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