Find Living Relatives

Welcome to the boards, Roger - send Carroll a message by clicking on her name as she may not otherwise notice your post.

If you've messaged people previously on this site, you'll know that unread ones have an envelope icon next to them when you check your GR Sent Message box. That disappears when they've been accessed. Lets hope she hasn't changed their email address since she posted a few months ago.

Good luck.

Gwen was my maternal grandmother's sister. Walter and Bessie were my great-grandparents.

One way of attracting relatives if they do an internet search, is to published the 'looking for' names.

Excluding your father, have you attempted to make contact with the descendents of the other children?

The ones you have entered as Deceased are

Victor Pottinger
Birth 21 MAY 1933 • Reading, Hampshire, Berkshire
Death 5 NOV 1990 • South Glamorgan, South Glamorgan, Wales

married Janet M Brapyn (Ancestry's transcription says Brabyn) in 1972 (1939 - 1995)
You've indicated they had a duaghter. - image says mmn Brabyn. Are you looking to make contact?
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Ronald Desmond Pottinger 1931 Reading - 1999 (unsourced)
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Sister born 1946 who may still be living. You already know the name of her husband, children & grandchildren although have not sourced their births or marriages.

Added - son R born Henley reg 1967 has the middle name of Paul
Son W born East Glamorgan 1970 has the middle name Dwight

Can't see a 1967 P or 1966 G
...

If you think they may still be in the UK, try 192.com

It seems that a lot of info is already on that tree, which is the OPs.

Carroll it would help if you give a little more info on which relatives you might be looking for?

I have passed on some information from an Ancestry Family Tree.

There only appears to be one Stratton/Pottinger birth....in 1946

The 1939 register doesn't indicate that she died in a name other than Stratton

Pott?Yer Household (3 People) 3 Willow Street , Reading C.B., Berkshire, England

First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule Sub Number

Walter L Pott?yer 03 Jan 1882 Male Brewery Labourer Heavy W Married 48 1
Bessie E Pott?yer 15 Jul 1881 Female Unpaid Domestic Dut Married 48 2
Gwendoline E (Gwen) Stratton (Pottinger) 29 Oct 1911 Female Laundry Worker (Hospita Single 48 3

General info re adoptions https://www.gov.uk/adoption-records/accessing-your-birth-records

Just for ref in case you think descendants of her siblings have any info which might help,

Walter Louis Pottinger
in the 1911 England Census

Name: Walter Louis Pottinger
Age in 1911: 29
Estimated birth year: abt 1882
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Reading, Berkshire, England
Civil Parish: Reading

Street address: 1 Francis Street, Reading, Berkshire
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Brewery Labourer
Registration district: Reading
Registration District Number: 121
Sub-registration district: St Giles
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Household schedule number: 98
Piece: 6581
Household Members:
Name Age
Walter Louis Pottinger 29
Besoie Pottinger 29
Winifred Pottinger 6
Mary Pottinger 6
Phylis Pottinger 4
Elizabeth Stevens 45
Henrey Basing 34

Have you searched trees here Carroll? a few people appear to have Gwendoline listed.

I am searching for relatives of the late Gwendoline Elise Pottinger (married name Stratton) Born reading United Kingdom. Parents Walter Pottinger and Bessie Stevens.

She had 4 birth children, 2 of whom were given up for adoption.

Thank you Carroll