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JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 17 Jan 2008 17:39

Yup, you need to buy the marriage certificate to find her real name. I mean, we could keep on searching here and there with all these bits of info, but it seems kind of pointless when it is all there on a marriage certificate, eh?

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JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 17 Jan 2008 17:45

Meanwhile, you can certainly go to FreeBMD and search for marriages:

surname: simmons
given name: john
spouse's given name: ellen
dates: 1910 to 1930 (just for good measure)

and have a look at the results. Most of them aren't very likely, since they're well outside the London area.

Then take a look at the Ellens who married Simmons, and see what you can find in the birth records and 1901 census.

Just to entertain yourself while you wait for the George Straker + Ellen marriage certificate!

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Carol

Carol Report 18 Jan 2008 21:29

Have now found that Ellen Straker was born Eellen Elizabeth Cousins, so any info on this would be great. She was born in West Ham in 1882

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 18 Jan 2008 21:56

All the info you can eat at

http://www.freebmd.org.uk

I'll race you to find her birth and marriage ... but you have to be the one to post them here.

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Carol

Carol Report 18 Jan 2008 22:08

born dec 1882 and married dec 1909

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