Genealogy Chat

I found my grt grandmother on the 1901 census with the children but no husband even though she was done as married, i needed his name to make sure i was following the correct family this time. Just found my grt grandfather he must have been on nights when the census was taken hes put his address as Henwick signal Box, he worked on GWR. is his house is only just down the road from where he worked

Oh thats absolutely brilliant - I can just imagine how you felt.

Lol i was wondering where he was i knew he was still alive but wasnt sure where he could be and the thought of trecking through army records and things filled me with dread after just finding out i had been tracing the wrong family, Just need to draw the family tree again now on a piece of paper and try and untangle all the johns lol

Finding any John Smith is no laughing matter! Glad you found him. I have a gt X 2 grandfather who is awol in 1841 and 1851 and then had the nerve to die in 1858, so I haven't got him on any census!!!! nell

One of my relations was in the GNR Signal Box on 1891 census.......at North Muskham in Notts Reg

LOL... Karen, thanks for sharing that! Poor man (I have a vision of him asleep at the levers?) Suzanne

Nell, my husband is a Smith & I thought we were doing really well as we managed to get this line back ..... to a John Smith born 1848, with a father also named John Smith (DOH! ). I have been having real problems finding a matching birth certificate, partly because his dad married at least twice, the second time in 1850. ( So had been waiting for the 1841 to try to shed some light on a possible mother) When I related all the problems to MIL she told me there was an old family story that 2x gt grandfather was actually adopted. I don't know whether to be peeved or relieved - he's not really a Smith at all!

I was just amused as to where he was, Hi Vicky, mine are the same 3 generations of John smiths, born 1865, 1840 and 1812, My grt grandfather John born 1865 married twice, i only had his wives first names yesterday, today i found their marriages, maiden names and the first wifes death index

It's great to sort out your Smiths isn't it? My hubby's grandparents were Walter Smith who married Ethel........yes, you've guessed, Smith, so I've had to do it twice over. Ethels Dad was a railwayman and the family moved all over where his work took him so they took quite a bit of tracing, I'm still missing a few siblings. Luckily Walter's family stayed in the same area but there were an awful lot of Johns and Thomas's.