Genealogy Chat

Glad to have helped - beats trying to sort out hundreds of members of my Tweed family, all named James, William or Thomas. Good to hear that Jennie did get back with her dad. Hope the birth certificate confirms that Annie Rostance really was Jennie's mum.

judith,some good news baby jennie(jane) ends up back with dad when he remarries to ALICE BIRD in 1914 they all lived at 10 halton rd wallasey until 1918 and had a son james but after that my friends lost the trail, just thought i'd let you know....thanks again ...MOE!

I second that jess, sorry for not getting back sooner(daughter has high temp)thank you judith and everyone else for your hard work and imput,i am getting more education on here than i ever did at school....i will pass this on to a very weary friend who has searched for years....MOE!

Judith - i'm impressed well done you jess x

So going back to the original question you can now order the birth cert after all these years! Pippa

Hi friend of mine is going through the same thing , she cant find the mother of her father he was always told she died in child birth in 1924 but a month later she had signed the birth cetificate as Irene Limb from Lincolnshire ,her father was brought up by his father she was not married to him wondered if it was the norm to say they had died if they where ashamed to admit they were born out of wedlock.

Marriages Sep quarter 1898 Liverpool 8b 117 Dickinson, Herbert Gandy GRIFFITHS, William Roberts, Ruth Catherine ROSTANCE, Annie Birth Dec quarter 1898 Prescot vol 8b page744 Jennie GRIFFITHS Deaths Sep quarter 1899 Prescot 8b 574 Annie GRIFFITHS age 24 1901 census RG13/3513 folio 16 page 23 Widnes, Lancashire 8 Back of Farnworth Street Alice ROSTANCE Head widow 55 Lancashire Widnes Joseph Rostance son 23 gen. lab. Lancashire Widnes Sarah Rostance daughter 19 gen. serv. domestic Lancashire Widnes James Rostance son 16 gen. lab. Lancashire Widnes JANE GRIFFITHS grand daughter 2 Lancashire Liverpool If born end of 1898 Jennie would have been 2 in March 1901 when the census was taken. Jane and Jennie are often interchangeable names. Is this all coincidence or have I found her for you? Afraid William will be harder to track down if he was on his own - especially as we don't have an age for him. Was that given on his 2nd marriage cert?

census fairyi have the birth (see amended notice at top)jennie griffiths prescot vol 8b page744 oct/nov/dec/1898 her mum died giving birth(or not long after) so she would be with her dad only on 1901...moe

so far so good, maybe you are waving your wand around as you type!!!i'm scared to look ! moe i won't tempt fate i'll just add to this one thanks for looking, i got a look at the second message before it disappeared,,MOE

What i said was ai couldnt find a jenny or Jennie griffiths in lancs at all born right time

so if i add another will they both go? scuse me Mo!

I KNOW, I JUSTED CLICKED TO READ IT AND THOUGHT WHERE DID THAT GO!! THANKS CENSUS FAIRY FOR LOOKING...MOE! OH NO !!!! YOUR REPLY HAS GONE AGAIN,???????

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Its funny you should mention Margaret, pippa because i have two deaths around the dates given and one is, MARGARET GRIFFITH 18Y BANGOR VOL 11B PAGE 321,OCT/NOV/DEC/ 1898, even though Griffith seems to be welsh name and Bangor is going further away from Liverpool a bit, i have sent her 5 emails so far she will be sorry she asked, ...thanks for looking pippa and everyone else..MOE

Was her mum called Margaret or Sarah by any chance as these both have father's called Wm living in Cheshire - where apparently Wallasey is according to the census. Adds to my education everyday! Pippa

I am desperatly trying to get hold of her but no joy, so i may have to put this on the back burner until she gets back to me, i don't know her mums name or DOB so i cannot add much, only that; WILLIAM GRIFFITH remarried in 1914 to ALICE BIRD and lived at 10 Halton Rd Wallasey until 1918 and then disappeared. i just needed to know there are ways around her dilemma as she thinks she will never find out her history thanks for your imput..MOE

What is her mum's name - if she was born 1898 she should be on 1901 census. nell

But can we find the child born in 1898 on the 1901 census? Pippa

Pippa, the major problem is the person who asked me says, (quote) 'i can't find my mothers B/C i have sent numerous cheques off over the years only to have them returned to me, i need to be certain before i send for any more' She doesn't know for fact that her grandmother died in childbirth but without a name she cannot trace back.. does this make sense?..MOE

Tried it on free bmd but nothing came up and looked on ancestry Jeanette