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Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 2 Send Message	Gordon	Report	21 Apr 2010 23:02
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 2 Send Message	Mother of Joan Francis (nee Hannaford b. Kent c 1920). Clara was my gran and died when I was about 5 (1967) so she would have been born c. 1885 as she was about 80 when she died. She had three daughters, Margeret, Joan & Phyllis. They were all brought up in Plymouth after my Grandad was invalided out of the Army (Red Caps - Military Police). Mum died and I really know little about her side of the family. Any help would be gratefully received. Gordon
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 21,339 Send Message	JaneyCanuck	Report	21 Apr 2010 23:09
	http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl Maybe you've searched for her birth - there isn't one for that name! But there's a Clara registered in Plymouth in 1882 (and a Clara Ann in Totnes in 1880). Do you have a subscription at a site where you can search censuses? What you need is at least her birth certificate for her parents' names. Since it might not be clear what her name was when her birth was registered, you might have to start with her marriage certificate, which will give her father's name. You can find the info for ordering a certificate at FreeBMD - the link up above. Free marriage, birth and death registration info. ;)
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Member Since: July 2006 Posts: 21,823 Send Message	brummiejan	Report	21 Apr 2010 23:09
	Maybe it's just me but I'm struggling a bit to find her birth and marriage. What was your grandfather's full name? Jan
	Researching: Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 11,745 Send Message	FannyByGaslight	Report	21 Apr 2010 23:10
	I dont think Hannaford is Claras maiden name..
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Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 21,339 Send Message	JaneyCanuck	Report	21 Apr 2010 23:11
	Ah, both of us. A previous marriage maybe? Marriages Dec 1913 Anscombe Elizabeth M Potter Dover 2a 2468 Hannaford Clara M Randall Dover 2a 2468 Potter Stephen W Anscombe Dover 2a 2468 Randall Henry J Hannaford Dover 2a 2468 Possibly to a military man, possibly lost to WWI ... ? Nope, nothing at CWGC site.
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Member Since: February 2010 Posts: 18,936 Send Message	Flick	Report	21 Apr 2010 23:11
	No birth for Joan F Hannaford in Kent - or anywhere else in England or Wales
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 11,745 Send Message	FannyByGaslight	Report	21 Apr 2010 23:12
	? Name: Clara Maud Hannaford Birth Date: 16 Feb 1885 Death Registration Month/Year: 1973 Registration district: Plymouth Inferred County: Devonshire Volume: 7a Page: 1592
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Member Since: July 2006 Posts: 21,823 Send Message	brummiejan	Report	21 Apr 2010 23:13
	There are even quite a few Clara's marrying Hannafords!! EDIT well done FBG - omitted to check Ancestry!
	Researching: Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 21,339 Send Message	JaneyCanuck	Report	21 Apr 2010 23:13
	Okay, something/somebody is confused. I know I am. Right - Hannaford isn't Clara's birth surname, it's Joan's ... I think Francis is Joan's married surname ...?
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Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 11,745 Send Message	FannyByGaslight	Report	21 Apr 2010 23:14
	Thats the way I read it Janey.. But I cant find Joans birth any more than you lot!
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Member Since: July 2006 Posts: 21,823 Send Message	brummiejan	Report	21 Apr 2010 23:16
	See what you mean - the heading misled us. Is this Joan? Births Mar 1921 (>99%) Hannaford Joan D Nash Lewisham 1d 2025
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Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 21,339 Send Message	JaneyCanuck	Report	21 Apr 2010 23:16
	The only Clara Maud(e) born in Devon in Q1 1885: Births Mar 1885 Eveleigh Clara Maud Exeter 5b 92
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Member Since: February 2010 Posts: 18,936 Send Message	Flick	Report	21 Apr 2010 23:17
	Births Mar 1885 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aldrige Clara Maud M Foleshill 6d 497 Bradford Clara Maud Tendring 4a 506 Cosgrove Clara Maud St Saviour 1d 95 DITCH Clara Maud E. Ashford 2a 839 Eldridge Clara Maud Lewisham 1d 1187 Eveleigh Clara Maud Exeter 5b 92 FELLOWS Clara Maud Sheffield 9c 573 Harrison Clara Maud Keighley 9a 174 Hunter Clara Maud Portsea 2b 552 Nash Clara Maud Leicester 7a 303 Pitman Clara Maud Barton Regis 6a 134 Rainbird Clara Maud Ware 3a 407 Roberts Clara Maud Stourbridge 6c 209 Smith Clara Maud Poplar 1c 709 Tilstona Clara Maud Prescot 8b 744 Tomlinson Clara Maud Uppingham 7a 359 Turner Clara Maud Camberwell 1d 902
Member Since: February 2010 Posts: 18,936 Send Message	Flick	Report	21 Apr 2010 23:18
	Is/was Joan your mother?
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 21,339 Send Message	JaneyCanuck	Report	21 Apr 2010 23:19
	But I wonder about this one: Births Mar 1921 Hannaford Joan Blight Plymouth 5b 397 Births Jun 1885 Bright Clara Maud Plymouth 5b 233 Marriages Dec 1911 Algar William Plymouth 5b 613 Blight Maud Plymouth 5b 613 Kinda like ... edit edit edit I deleted the wrong name above. Marriages Dec 1911 Algar William Plymouth 5b 613 > Blight Maud Plymouth 5b 613 Collins Mary Plymouth 5b 613 > HANNAFORD Henry Plymouth 5b 613
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Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 11,745 Send Message	FannyByGaslight	Report	21 Apr 2010 23:19
	but no Margaret or Phyllis coming up with mothers MN Nash??
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Member Since: February 2010 Posts: 18,936 Send Message	Flick	Report	21 Apr 2010 23:20
	Gordon Why the uncertainty about your mother's year of birth?
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 21,339 Send Message	JaneyCanuck	Report	21 Apr 2010 23:20
	Name: Joan Hannaford Spouse Surname: Francis Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1941 Registration district: Plymouth Registration county (inferred): Devon Volume Number: 5b Page Number: 1114
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Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 11,745 Send Message	FannyByGaslight	Report	21 Apr 2010 23:21
	And place of birth Flick. You get it Janey Births Mar 1921 Hannaford Joan Blight Plymouth 5b 397 Births Jun 1914 Hannaford Richard H Bright Plymouth 5b 369 Births Sep 1917 Hannaford Margaret E Bright Portsmouth 2b 699 Births Mar 1923 Hannaford Phyllis E Bright Plympton 5b 298
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Member Since: July 2006 Posts: 21,823 Send Message	brummiejan	Report	21 Apr 2010 23:21
	Gordon did say Joan was born Kent hence my suggestion above - but who knows! Where's the brandy? Jan
	Researching: Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

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