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Thanks Janice, & for your help & ideas.
Nite

Right, I'm off! If I have any bright ideas I'll post them tomorrow. Goodnight.

We found the unmarked graves of Ivy & Reginald. Charles was buried with Ivy. We have now marked them with a wooden cross & a plaque. Just the names, not the dates for the benefit of my aunt who doesnt know

I would love to find there graves but I think they would have been unmarked.

Crumbs Im going barmey here, of course they were.
& Ive been doing a lot on James too.

Just re-checked the census: weren't Gertrude's parents called James and Laura?

Yet she taught all her children not to grow up like she did. Mum is very old fashioned

The James must have come from somewhere, I havent come across another James on my research. Not connected to this family anyway

You know, I never thought of that

Which does suggest that Charles wasn't his father, doesn't it! Wonder if the father was James something or a Mr James.

He became the Sherrif of Norwich in 1963

William James Blake (no father entred) Blake being his mothers maiden name.
My cousin thinks gran didnt marry because she wasnt 21 & her parents wouldnt let her but she was in fact 22 when she married Charles.

Did the boy born in 1908 have a middle name too?

Yes she had 3.
A daughter born in 1911 died in 1917
A son born in 1914 died in 1914
and my aunt Gertrude born 1915 died 2008
She was a very busy lady but she had a lot of heartache

Oh my goodness! The plot thickens. Time for bed I think!!!!

Did she have ANY children with her husband?

My cousin checked the records at St John the baptist, Timber Hill where her father was baptisted & Holy Trinity the parish she lived in.
Her father was baptised even though he was born before she married. Im not sure if he is her husbands or not.

Your mum could have been christened at a non-conformist church such as the local Methodist church rather than at an Anglican church which would explain why your cousin hasn't found anything.

My cousin says not. She has looked for the records. Mum thinks she has so Im not telling her any different. She believes in christening & I know it would upset her. Havent told her about her grandfather killing himself either.
I think she has took the news of her father very well but Im not going to push my luck

No we have no photos of anyone when they were young. Ronald was a bit of a loner & still lived in the old house long after gran had died & the street had been cleared for demolishion. He left just before they knocked the house down leaving all grans things in the house. They all got chucked on the bonfire I am told.

Were the children christened? Just wondering what the entry in the baptismal register says.