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Sue

Sue Report 1 Nov 2003 16:52

What we class as step children today were generally known as in laws in the 1800s.

Belle56

Belle56 Report 1 Nov 2003 16:01

Thanks Gwynne, i know what i'm gonna be doing tonight then. April:-)

Guinevere

Guinevere Report 1 Nov 2003 15:56

Hi, The birth cert of one of the "step children" will have her maiden name. Gwynne

Researching:
Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset

Belle56

Belle56 Report 1 Nov 2003 15:50

Yes that bit sent me into utter confusion as well, so i put a message on this board about it a week ago, and got several messages comfirming that different enumerators put things different ways, i think they were certainly her childern by her first marriage.

Carol

Carol Report 1 Nov 2003 15:44

Re 2 daughter in laws aged 7 and 5, these are probably step daughters. The enumerator probably got it wrong. Even then, girls were not allowed to marry at that age.

Belle56

Belle56 Report 1 Nov 2003 15:35

Can anyone suggest anything please until last sunday i thought my gggrandmothers name was Jane Hardy born in Braunston, Northamptonshire, married to John Foster in 1880. On the 1891 census they had 6 childern all under the age of 10, but i happened to look at the 1881 census last sunday and found both her and John married but with his son John Foster aged 11 and 2 daughter in laws aged 7 and 5, both with what i thought as Janes maiden name, cos i was wrong, and they both seem to have been married before, any idea's on how i am going to find her maiden name, i thought it was funny when i asked for a couple of look up's on Jane and they drew a blank. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.