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Hi I am looking for help in finding my birth mother Anita Maureen Cotterell.
Anita was born in 1947 (I have a copy of her birth Certificate) in Wolverhampton. Her Father was Alan Roy Cotterell Born 24th December 1918. He Married Nora Gibson (Born 21st May 1919) in Jerusalem on 23rd October 1943.
When I was born in 1963 Alan, Nora and Anita their daughter were living in 17 Byng Morris Close, Sketty in Swansea. Anita was 16 at that time. Alan was a foundry manager at Millbrooks. Anita was married in July-Sept 1968 to Kenneth J Howard in Cardiff and gave birth to a daughter Candice in October-dec 1968. Sadly Candice passed away in the same period. Anita and Kenneth lived at 10 St Johns place in Rhoose until about 1972. The separated and Anita left to be with her parents who had moved abroad ... I was told Africa by her neighbour however I believe it may have been Australia now for the following reason. I have searched for many years (Over 25) but hit a wall when confronted with Africa as little or no paperwork existed that I could find. That is until last Sunday when googling my grandparents names and Anitas I found a webpage called Oz Burials and low and behold Alan and Nora were buried in Mandurah Lakes in Western Australia. Nora passed away on 23rd August 1999 and Alan Roy passed away on 31st August 2002.Both cemetery records state mother and father of Anita. Both records have their exact birthdates so I am certain it is them. I know they lived in 235 Dugan St, Kalgoorlie 6430 Weston Australia in 1977 and then in 1980 they lived in 129 Kilarney St, Kalgoorlie Western Australia. Whether Anita followed them there I do not know. I can not find any divorce paperwork so am not sure if she is now known as either Anita Maureen Howard or has reverted to Anita Maureen Cotterell or indeed she may have re married again and have a completely different name. I am struggling now as I am not sure what to do ... I have enquired about obtaining both my grandparents death certificates but am meeting some resistance ... Australian privacy laws are pretty stringent I believe. However I will still go through the process and try. Anita would be 66 now ... and I would very much like to be in contact with her. My concern is that she may not try and contact me for fear of upsetting my new life. If she did not want contact I can accept that and move on in my life but I would be devastated if she did want contact but did not want to upset me. Life is short and I do not want to live in doubt and regret.
Any assistance or ideas on what I should do next would be much appreciated. I am an amateur struggling to find a family that never stayed put !!!
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