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Madmeg
Your not confused at all . My parents marriage certificate holds no clues and i remember my mother saying it had a made up name on it.She is elderly now and it is too late to phone her now to ask as she goes to bed early.
I think i need to find more details of st pancreas hospital where james albert was born. Any advice on this would be appreciated .
Manythanks
graham

Could you find out who was living at the birth address on electoral roll for that year?

Suzanne

Madmeg
Is it me who is confused ?
I assume Graham knows who his mother is.
It's his Grandmother he's trying to verify.
I just thought his parents marriage cert may have some clues as to which family Rose Eleanor belonged.
With a bit of luck there may be a witness by the name of Shepherd or Burchett which would point the way to which Rose was his grandmother.

Or have I misunderstood ?

madmeg,
Thanks for the info. I have found a marriage for the young one, she married ernest leslie shepherd in 1939.
The older one married henry burchett in 1941.

My father came down to somerset from london when a baby and was brought up by an old lady who has long since died . Presumably he was taken in

Michael, if he isn't sure who his mother was, he isn't likely to have a father on his marriage cert - or if he has, he has made it up.

However, if it were my dad I would spend the money anyway. You never know.

Hmm, it is easy to assume it was the older Rose Eleanor, but might not be. I assume you've found no likely marriage for the younger one?

You could try tracing living relatives of the one who married to see if they know of a child born out of wedlock, but you could be opening a vat of worms. There are people on here who done similar who might be able to offer advice.

Who brought your father up?

You obviously know your parents names so why now put them in the free search site and find a certificate reference on :

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

EDIT :
Had a quick look for James A Moon's marriage but it seems Freebmd haven't transcribed the latest records.
You'll be able to find them at your local records office or library on reels of film.

Micheal,
No sorry i don't have these details ,it was a unspoken thing when i was small. I have my fathers bc but this shows no fathers name (ilegitimate)
graham

Have you got your dad's marriage cert ? Does it give a father's name? Sometimes they will give their stepfather's name if that's all they have ever known.
The witness names may be relations (brother etc) which would also help narrow it down.

I'm trying to find my fathers mothers age at the time of his birth in 1933 . i have narrowed it down to two possibles but must know the age for proof.
Details:
name James Albert moon
born 25/02/1933 at 4 kings road
Mothers name : rose eleanor moon (single )

I have found a rose eleanor moon born 30/12/1911. Parents were james william moon and elizabeth ann moon ( nee williams ) and lived at 187 guiness buildings bermondsey. I have b.c for this.

I have also found a rose eleanor moon who was born in 1919 and married in 1939 to ernest leslie shepherd in hammersmith. parents name was charles william robert moon,

My actual problem is that no other names apart from rose eleanor moon appear on the bc of james albert moon.
The ages of the ones found are 22 years and 14 years
which one is my gran ?

manythanks
graham