Genealogy Chat

Sharon, thanks, there can't be many of them.........Mine was Victoria Jubilee Rose Jeary,born 1888.

After Albert died in 1861, Queen Victoria went into mourning for several years and hid away from the public in Scotland with Mr Brown, I believe! She became unpopular to many people who wanted to be able to see their monarch in London. It took her many years to come out of her mourning and she had to be persuaded to do so. Perhaps her name was not used so much as people were disgruntled with her after 1861. My son thought he'd found Queen Elizabeth's grave last week in a Surrey cemetery, whilst we were searching for my mum's birth mother's grave. He got all excited and shouted out 'I've found Queen Elizabeth's grave!' but poor dyslexic lad was looking at Queenie Elizabeth's grave instead! I can't remember her surname now!

That's an unusual one.........Queenie Elizabeth.I always thought Queenie was a nickname for people called Elizabeth...

We were in hysterics so much, I can't remember Queenie Elizabeth's surname! Also in the same cemetery was a 'Nerrisa Bowes-Lyon.' Now I thought that was the Queen Mother's maiden surname, but what would a relative be doing being buried in a cemetery in Surrey. I thought her family were brought up in Scotland? I've not had time to look the name up yet to see if it is connected. Claire

Hi all, just started reading everyones replys, fell asleep at about 11pm (over my puter) lol No stamner you see. Gill

The Bowes family came from Durham, and I think a female married into the Lyons family and became Bowes Lyon. The QM used to visit the Bowes museum at fariy regular intervals. I don't know how they became scottish dukes Anne

Thanks for the info on the Bowes-Lyon family. I will look into it sometime out of curiousity! Claire