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Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 13 Aug 2008 20:55

The death certificate itself should show her maiden name,.
The death index does not show this.

Gwyn

KeithInFujairah

KeithInFujairah Report 13 Aug 2008 20:54

Unfortunately it is time for bed here (11:55 pm) or I would have taken a look for you, but if you have no idea when they married, I cant now.

KeithInFujairah

KeithInFujairah Report 13 Aug 2008 20:52

Maxine, as I explained earlier, it could be a long job to search for the marriage of Frank Powis to a Freda May somebody. The death cert info will not give you the maiden name.

Maxine

Maxine Report 13 Aug 2008 20:50

thankyou,does it matter that it gives her married name ,if i type in the date of birth on the certificate of death will it give me her maiden name,thanks,maxine

Maxine

Maxine Report 13 Aug 2008 20:38

my dad wont talk about the adoption,he was very hurt by it,his real parents left him in a box in a telephone box when he was very small or thats the story,i cant approach my father with this,maxine

Maxine

Maxine Report 13 Aug 2008 20:37

she died in 2005 or 2006,thanks

Maxine

Maxine Report 13 Aug 2008 20:35

their two children were my father david john powis my father and his sister sue powis,but they were not real sons and daughters,they adopted them,thanks

Glen In Tinsel Knickers

Glen In Tinsel Knickers Report 13 Aug 2008 20:35

Second option to find her maiden name, it's your grandmother so her child (your mother or father) will have her maiden name on their birth certificate.

Glen

KeithInFujairah

KeithInFujairah Report 13 Aug 2008 20:34

Not impossible, but could be a long job given the time, you need to look for the marriage of Frank Powis by checking the BMD images quarter by quarter, year by year until you find a possible.

FreeBMD does not yet cover that period. Do you know of any children they had and when/where they were born? If you do you could look for their birth and find the mothers maiden name from that.

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 13 Aug 2008 20:32

Did she die after 1984 in England or Wales., ..if so we might be able to find a record quite easily. This should show her date of birth and biirthplace.


A birth certificate for any of her children will show her maiden n ame.

Gwyn

Glen In Tinsel Knickers

Glen In Tinsel Knickers Report 13 Aug 2008 20:32

Buy the marriage cert to Frank Powis, this will tell you her maiden name and her age plus (hopefully) the name of both their fathers.

Glen

Julie

Julie Report 13 Aug 2008 20:31

Hi Maxine

Not impossible but could be a long search unless you have an idea of when their 1st child was born

Maxine

Maxine Report 13 Aug 2008 20:29

my grandmother was married but i dont know her maiden name or date of birth,she married a frank powis who was born in 1914,her married name was freda may powis but i dont have her date of birth or anything,sadly she has passed away before i could ask her,is this an impossible one???? thanks,maxine