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I can see her Marrage to my grandfather GeraldLlamb in Apr-Jun 1933 Sunderland. The record states her maiden name as Smith or Gray - so she must have known.

Possibly could have been late. The mystery is which surname - Smith or Gray.

The fact that she registered her first child with Smith but her second with Gray and at her death her surname was given as Gray tells me she may have only found out after my fathers birth ( when she was only 16 ).

she appears in the Oct-Nov-Dec Q 1917

Hi David,

I have back tracked all the Gray & Lamb for all of 1917 quarter by quarter and there is only this one :

Gray Jane- Wigan- 8a 121

Mothers name Nicholas/Nicholes

Hope this helps

Thanks Linda - I have the deathe record - its the birth record that is the difficult search.

David

Name: Jane Lamb
Birth Date: 17 Jul 1917
Death Registration Month/Year: Dec 2004
Age at death (estimated): 87
Registration district: Sunderland
Inferred County: Durham
Register number: E68E
District and Subdistrict: 058/1E
Entry Number: 172

Linda - My family is from the Sunderland area so Durham is a likely county.

Her married name was Lamb so I do not believe this is her Birth record.

Excuse the ignorance.........

Hi David, The only record of any Jane -Lamb/gray is this one. Have you any rough idea what county`s we are looking for?

Name: Jane E Lamb
Year of Registration: 1917
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Mother's Maiden Name: McCourt
District: Chester Le Street
County: Durham
Volume: 10a
Page: 1007

My Grandmother died in Dec 2004 - Jane Lamb. My family never talked on that side and were amazingly suprised by the name Jane - my grandmother was always known as Jennie . They were even more suprised to find out her birth name as Jane Gray born 17 Jan 1917.

I believe my Grandmother was adopted - she had 5 children and on my Dads birth record - Nov 1933 in Sunderland - she used the maiden name Smith - I believe her adopted surname. On a subsequent birth, my dads sister Annie who tragically died 3 months old in 1938 Sunderland, she used the maiden name Gray.

I cannot locate her birth. Any ideas - is her Death certifcate likely to shed any light?

Any help much appreciated.

David