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Unearthed a skeleton in the cupboard
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May | Report | 27 Aug 2003 14:01 |
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First I would like to thank everyone for their help especially Lynda,Rosemary and Maxine. Without their help I wouldn't have got this far. Now to get to the skeleton. I had been trying to find my gandfather's father and on the 1881 census it said that he was with his grandfather at that time. I had his marriage certificate, left to me by an auntie, and on it it said that his father was Robert Richardson a shoemaker by trade. I sent for this Thomas's birth certificate and received it this morning. It seems that the reason Thomas put Robert on his marriage certificate ,(who was his grandfather), is that he was born out of wedlock. Margaret, his mother, was unmarried on the 1881 census. There is no father's name on the birth certificate. It looks like my mother was not a Richardson, but now we will never know. That avenue is now closed. Just thought I would let all you kind people know the outcome. Thank you again May |
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