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German nationality in 1911 census
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Steven | Report | 15 Jan 2009 18:07 |
Thanks everyone for responding so quickly! |
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tinaj | Report | 15 Jan 2009 14:07 |
My Great Grandmother was born in England in 1892 to 2 German parents who never became British Nationals and never anglicised the family name. She had 5 brothers also born in England all of whom joined the British army. One died in Rangoon in 1904 and 3 of the remaining 4 were killed in action in WW1. I have the army records for one of them and he is described in there as a British Subject. |
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mgnv | Report | 15 Jan 2009 13:40 |
I think they would all have been German. I think it didn't matter what the mother's nationality was, just the father's - a situation that still held in the early 1970s. The mother was probably still British, I would guess. |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 15 Jan 2009 13:34 |
Have you found them on any earlier census.Or the birth in 1888 as this should be reg if born in England. I have German paternal ancestors and they were happy to report that they were German/ I think when WW1 came then if they hadnt taken Naturalisation then they would either have been interred as alien or they would have left the UK. |
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Steven | Report | 15 Jan 2009 12:44 |
Can anyone help? My grandmother was born in 1888 to a German father and English mother. In the 1911 the family are described as holding German nationality. I know that the whole family changed their names during the first world war, but never took steps to do so legally. Would they in fact have been considered German in 1911, or would their birthplace and that of the English have made them British? I haven't been able to find a UK marriage record for the parents, so it is possible that they were married in Germany. |