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I am looking for my birth parents

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Hayley

Hayley Report 20 Jun 2015 18:16

Thank you so much for this information Shirley. Wow you must be a dab hand at it, I didn't have a clue how to even start. Very sad about he sister. Died young. I would love to hear if you get any more leads

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 20 Jun 2015 17:14

Looks s he married again

First name(s) PAULINE M
Last name HENNESSEY
Marriage quarter 3
Marriage year 1984
Registration month 7
MarriageFinderâ„¢ PAULINE M HENNESSEY married
MALCOLM R SIMMONS
Spouse's last name SIMMONS
District HITCHIN
District number -
County Hertfordshire
Country England
Volume 10
Page 910
Record set England & Wales marriages 1837-2008
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
Collections from Great Britain
© brightsolid online publishing ltd

Will pm you with a possibie address

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 20 Jun 2015 17:03

Sadly this looks like her sister

First name(s) JOYCE ELLEN
Last name HOLLOWAY
Gender Female
Birth day 17
Birth month 12
Birth year 1949
Age -
Death quarter 3
Death year 2004
District HITCHIN & STEVENAGE
District number 534/1
Register number 19C
Entry number 184
Date of registration mm/yy 0704
County Hertfordshire
Country England
Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Deaths & burials
Collections from Great Britain
(c) brightsolid online publishing ltd

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 20 Jun 2015 16:55

Joyce married in 1970. The marriage is on FreeBMD

And looks remarried in 1974 to Jeffrey B Holloway

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 20 Jun 2015 16:44

Looks like she married james Claude Hennessy in 1971

Did they divorce ???

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 20 Jun 2015 16:35

Dad
Births Mar 1916
Cousins Griffith C Evans Hitchin 3a 1412


First name(s) GRIFFITH CHARLES
Last name COUSINS
Gender Male
Birth day 20
Birth month 12
Birth year 1915
Age -
Death quarter 1
Death year 1996
District STEVENAGE
District number 5371B
Register number 21B
Entry number 286
Date of registration mm/yy 0296
County Hertfordshire
Country England
Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Deaths & burials
Collections from Great Britain
(c) brightsolid online publishing ltd



First name(s) EDNA JOYCE
Last name COUSINS
Gender Female
Birth day 25
Birth month 9
Birth year 1915
Age -
Death quarter 3
Death year 1995
District STEVENAGE
District number 5371A
Register number 20A
Entry number 074
Date of registration mm/yy 0995
County Hertfordshire
Country England
Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Deaths & burials
Collections from Great Britain
(c) brightsolid online publishing ltd



May be the informant can help

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 20 Jun 2015 16:29

Their parents
Marriages Jun 1949
Cousins Griffith C Varrall Hitchin 4b 320
Cousins Griffith C Hilton Hitchin 4b 320
Varrall Edna J Cousins Hitchin 4b 320

So looks like mum may have been married before to a Mr Hilton

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 20 Jun 2015 16:22

Her birth is on freeBMD

And so is her sister Joyce born 1949 mmn varrall

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 20 Jun 2015 16:17

Have you looked on freeBMD for her birth and the sister Joyce

Letchwworth is Hertfordshire

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Hayley

Hayley Report 20 Jun 2015 15:57

I am looking for Pauline Cousins originally from Letchworth born in 1951 had a sister Joyce who was a hairdresser. Or James Claude Hennessy. If this is you please get in contact.