Genealogy Chat

IN 1935 MY FATHER, THOMAS JOHN PETTENGELL, BORN 1869 IN HITCHIN HERTS, MARRIED MY MOTHER PRISCILLA, MAY, (HART) MAIDEN NAME. I WAS BORN OCTOBER 1936 AND NAMED THOMAS, JOHN MARTIN, THE MARTIN AFTER A STEPBROTHER WHO WAS ABOUT 20 YEARS OLDER THAN ME. I KNEW VERY LITTLE OF HIM, ONLY SAW HIM 3-4 TIMES BACK IN THE 1950's and 1960's AND CANNOT TRACE HIM USING PETTENGELL AS A SURNAME. I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT HE RETAINED HIS BIRTH MOTHERS MARRIED NAME AND THAT SHE WAS A WIDOW WHEN SHE MARRIED MY FATHER. I'VE NO IDEA OF HER CHRISTIAN OR PREVIOUS MARRIED NAME AND CANNOT WORK OUT HOW TO GO ABOUT FINDING THIS INFORMATION. I HAVE TRIED ON 1837.COM TO GO BACK FROM 1934 AND HAVE CHECKED ALL OF THE YEARS COVERING THE FIRST WORLD WAR (THINKING IN TERMS OF MARTINS MOTHER BEING A WIDOW FROM THIS PERIOD) I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT PETTENGELL MARRIAGES, SO FAR NOTHING. MARTIN WAS IN THE MERCHANT NAVY ON OIL TANKERS DURING WW2 AND I KNOW THAT I CAN CHECK WITH RECORDS A KEW BUT WONDER IF ANYONE CAN COME UP WITH ANY OTHER IDEAS AS TO HOW I CAN TRACK MARTINS MOTHER AND PROVIDE ME WITH HER SURNAME?? TOM PETTENGELL

Do you have the marriage cert? It should say if she was a widow when she married you father. Pat

Do you know when his mother married your father? if so send off for the marriage cert and that should say her maiden name kim