Genealogy Chat

I haven't seen the death cert,my mum registered the death (it was back in 2001) but she was shocked to learn the maiden name as granny never mentioned it. The certs were found when mum cleared things after granny died.The certs,and a heap of family photos from her youth were all kept in a box,sealed with tape and a newspaper dated 1950,so i don't think they ever saw the light of day for over 50 years. Glen

Could the man on her second marriage cert be a step father? Merry

I thought the same as Olde Crone, but I haven't found a birth for an Agnes Alexander in 1909. Kath. x

I agree. This one is my adopted family (granny in this case) I know that for some reason grandad had to send to different places before they were allowed to marry. The story is granny was born in London,her mother was on the stage and unmarried when she fell pregnant.Granny was left with relatives never to see her mother again,it only came to light with the death of her first husband in 1943.I wondered if something to do with widows pension sparked it off,or the fact that granny started work soon after she was widowed. Glen

Have you seen the death cert? Does it have a place of birth? Merry

My immediate thought is that her birth was registered as Alexander (surname). OC

Could someone have doctored the cert you mention? You would have to buy a copy to find out....or if it was a church wedding try and see the PR's at the County RO. Merry

Why would they want to know about her birth at the second marriage?? You don't have to prove anything normally?? (well I didn't - married twice and divorced the first time) Normally, if someone dies and the informant doesn't know the maiden name then the box just has a line drawn through. All very odd?! Merry

Also on the second cert (the 1949 original) the entries for fathers details and the signature of the witnesses appears to be in different ink (very grey compared to the black for the rest of the cert) Glen

Agnes Alexander Lotus b 1909 I have her first marriage cert,showing her surname as Lotus and fathers details are left blank.(in fact a line across the boxes) Her second marriage cert shows her fathers details (not in the name of Lotus) When it became time for her second marriage there was a heck of a game trying to arrange things,because her birth had never been registered (apparently). When her death was registered in 2001 the registrar found her maiden name in about 30 seconds,but no-one knows how. I can't find any births in the name Lotus for a period close to 1909. Any ideas? Glen

See below,it's a bit of a story