Genealogy Chat

Good Afternoon All,

I have been asked to help my Dad's cousins trace their Dad's family, which I am only too pleased to do but hoped someone could give me a bit of advice on how to proceed.

From their Dad's b/cert (born 1929) i've just got his parents m/cert. He was brought up by a lady he believed to be his Mum but only when he was dying did he find out that his actual Mum died just days after he was born. She was called Emma Rodgers & she was 19 when she married in June 1929 & still 19 when she died in Dec.

The only Emma Rodgers I have found was born in Sheffield in Dec1/4 1909. As they married & lived in London when she died this surprised me (I expected & hoped for a St Pancras birth!!). Is there anyway to prove this is the same Emma other than her b/cert, which should have James as her Dad?

Their Grandad was Robert Edward Wheeler born 1908 & I have ordered his b/cert today.

As were both born after the 1901 census I have nothing to prove any link with the generation above.

Hope this all makes sense.

Thanks for any help

Dawn

The only way to know for sure is to buy the birth cert - no reason why she shouldn't have moved to London, to go into service for example.

Mary

Thank you Mary, I am going to order it now I think. I just don't like to spend money unless theres no way round it, as it is not me paying for it.

Would her d/cert in 1929 tell us where she was born?

As I have an address for Emma in 1929 is there any electoral roll or something which can be searched to find any other details?

Dawn