Genealogy Chat

I have yes as someone sugegsted that it was a variation but cannot find the family other than when you have stated. Rather odd really. I could get his birth certificate but that will probably only confirm that they are brother and sister?

I see Edward Gantlett has his mother Emily with him in one census. I can't make out the age. She was from Battersea also. I don't see them in 1871 or 1881. Have you tried the name Gauntlett? Rose

I know what you mean OC -both my grandma's preached about having children out of wedlock and it now turns out that both of them did!! There is no information to support that my grandmother's birth mother was Catholic although her adopted mother was. I am in contact with some of her birth mother's nieces over in America and they have no information about it either. I know I could be wrong but I am sure it is her adopted mother and the fact that I can't track her down anywhere makes me think this even more! x

Tina I had an elderly great aunt, who was the family's moral guidance advisor (self appointed) a very strict, straightlaced and moral woman, who practically fainted at the thought of a child being born out of wedlock. Highly amused to find that she had an illegitimate child at the age of just 16, who was raised as her sister. OC

Sorry - it should have said Edward Gantlett. What a fool am I!! Occupation for her father on marriage certificate was Builder. Very much doubt it is her birth mother as her mother was not from London and the type of character I have found she was...well! hmm!

Tina The Edward Heaton you found on the 1901 is unlikely to be Ada’s brother, he would be a Gantlett wouldn’t he, or have I misunderstood the details? Just to clarify the details a little, I believe the marriage took place in 1897. What was the occupation of her father on the marriage certificate, it might help you locate the family in earlier censuses. Are you certain that the information you have is about Ada Mary and not your grandmother’s birth mother? Sorry I seem to have more questions than answers. Susan

Hi Sorry for the delay in replying. Her married name was Heaton and I am open to any suggestions! I have found what seems to be her brother on some census. Edward Heaton born in Battersea. She is listed as being born in Battersea on the 1901 census.

Well, the 2 ages don't seem to tally. Age at death is only as good as knowledge of the informant, and not everyone told the truth about their age when they married. If she was born before 1875, it wasn't compulsary to register births. If you can't find any of the family in census, might she have come from elsewhere (e.g Ireland)? Jay

Hi Tina If Ada was 66 when she died that would make her approximate birth around 1875, so she would have in fact only been just 16 when she married in 1891 and not full age....if she was then in a convent aged approx 18 this could have meant she was already married......ummmm. What was her married name on the 1901 census? Gail.

Hi all I have tried to find a birth entry for my grandma's adoptive mother. I have her on the 1901 census with her husband and also her marriage and death certificate nut no birth!! Strangely enough I couldn’t find her husband’s birth but after some help from kind people on here, it seems like he changed his name along the way and I found it. I have now uncovered some snippets of information that my grandma wrote about her. ‘Mother tried her vocation at the age of 18yrs, wrote regularly Convent of the Assumption 23 Kensington Sq Carmelite Convent St Mawgan in Pyder’ I have tried writing to these places in the hope that they have some information but is it possible that she was not born Ada Mary and that her forenames changed along the way? Her father is listed as Edward Gantlett on her marriage certificate but I cannot find him in the 1891 or 1881 census?? Where did this family come from? On her marriage certificate in 1891, it gives her age as ‘full age’ and her death certificate in 1941 states age 66. Does anyone have any ideas? Tried variations of names and places of birth to find her on the census also.

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