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anybody up for a challenge.?

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imp

imp Report 17 Oct 2007 11:43

Brilliant Janice, that certainly looks to be the one.

Good luck with the certificates.

Gail. x

Little Lost

Little Lost Report 17 Oct 2007 12:50

wow Janice thanks for that
1957? no wonder I couldnt find it.
He married after my dad married then. Mum thought it was before their wedding.
I really appreciate your help on this one.

GLoria

jansmith

jansmith Report 17 Oct 2007 12:56

so where does Johnson surname fit?

Little Lost

Little Lost Report 17 Oct 2007 12:58

what a little so and so my grand father was then. Looks like he lived with 2 women and had 5 kids before he finally tied the knot.

Little Lost

Little Lost Report 17 Oct 2007 14:59

well I think her maiden name was Johnson and she married Frank Tait so she was known to my family as hilda Tait.
WE will have to wait and see....
I have ordered the certificate so will let you know when it is here. I am still waiting for one ordered on 1st oct. Probably lost during the postal strikes.

Little Lost

Little Lost Report 18 Oct 2007 08:09

I thinl I might have this sussed lol but will wait for the certificate to see.
I found the birth of Hilda Lillian Annie Johnson 1914 and it gave her mothers maiden name as Canton so found a mariage of a Fredrick Charles Johnson and Lillian Annie Cantan. So it is Fredrick Johnson's father that I will need to know.
I will probably have to order that marriage certificate unless there are any clues on the first one when it gets here....

imp

imp Report 18 Oct 2007 23:21

Hi Little Lost

Sounds like you are getting them sussed now. Hope the certificates don't throw up any more suprises...but you know where we are if you need us......love a good story.....

Gail. x

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 18 Oct 2007 23:24

Make sure you tell us what happens.

Ozi.

Little Lost

Little Lost Report 19 Oct 2007 06:59

Of course I will update you but I will be away for a few days from Monday. I just hope it arrives before I go.

Went to mums yesterday. Mum and Dad married in 1952 and they never went to the wedding in 1957.

Looking forward to find out who the witnesses were as I have one sibling for the Leonard Smith that I have.

Little Lost

Little Lost Report 26 Oct 2007 18:35

Ok i am back now and have the certificate. At least I now know that I have been tracing the correct Leoard Smith as he puts his fathers name on the marriage certificate. But a little puzling is Hilda Lillian Annie formerly known as TAIT. says her marriage was dissolved but has her as Hilda Lillian Annie Smith aged 42 in 1957 and Leonard was aged 62 in 1957.
I am confused why she puts her name as Smith and not JOhnson. Her fathers name is indeed Frederick Charles Johnson. So I now need to find out who the parents are of Frederick Charles Johnson.
They married in the register office so thats why I couldnt find it on cityark site.

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 26 Oct 2007 21:54

A little bit further down the track now. Give a yell if you need any help.

Ozi.

Little Lost

Little Lost Report 26 Oct 2007 22:01

I need to shell out another £7 for the certificate of Frederick Charles Johnson's marriage to find out who his father was.

Little Lost

Little Lost Report 27 Oct 2007 07:51

just ordered yet another certificate.
yikes
At this rate I will end up a pauper like most of my ancestors

Little Lost

Little Lost Report 3 Nov 2007 10:22

well I have just got the marriage certificate of Frederick Charles Johnson and lilian Annie Cantan and Fredercik father is John Johnson meaning that my grandfather leonard Smith married his first cousin in 1953 Hilda Lilian Annie Johnson.
Now on Fredeicks baptisms and consequent census he does not have a middle name so where the Charles came from I just dont know.

imp

imp Report 4 Nov 2007 01:06

Hi Little Lost

Thanks for the update - been watching the thread with interest and waiting to see the outcome.

Good luck with the rest of them..

Gail. x

Little Lost

Little Lost Report 4 Nov 2007 06:22

Just shows how the family stories are changed to suit whoever is telling the story......lol
I was told he married a distant cousin. But his mother and her father were brother and sister so they were true cousins but there was a 20 year age gap.