My Family Skeleton...

[avm228]

What strikes me as odd about this one is that the registration of the birth in the mother's maiden name seems to be simultaneous with the registration in her subsequent married name (both in a district which didn't exist until the 1940s, for a birth which took place in the 1920s).

Anna

[Minniej]

Hi there. Wher are your Skeltons from.

My husbands mother was a skelton.  Her father was a Phillip northcote skelton and GRandfather Alfred?  they were from London i think?

any link with you..

minniej

[Berni]

hi
i've discovered some skeleton's in my family
my parents married 26 days before i was born not
the year before like i was told
further back i have a bigamist whose first wife and two daughters vanish
if all our family members were perfect and where they were supposed to be
and what we had been told was the complete truth it wouldn't be half the
challenge it is ...i think its half the fun deciphering the facts from hearsay
berni

[Minniej]

oops ignore me i blame the heat wave here

[Gillg]

I was told that my aunt had burnt the family Bible many years ago, and it wasn't until I started researching the family's history and looking at dates that I discovered the probable reason why - my grandmother was 18 years old and 6 months pregnant with her when she walked down the aisle.   Auntie was a bit of a prude!

And Minnie.... stay safe!  News pictures of the heatwave and fires in your part of the world look horrendous.

Gillg

[Minniej]

Thanks Gill

As for SKELETONS  well ive found a few. looks like one was 14 when she had her first child .

and anothr i found was born 6 months before marriage 


It even happened way back then.....

[Ruskie]

Nick,

Just a word of support - I think we ALL have these little selteton's in our tree. I have a recent one too which I discovered through my sleuthing. 

I think we are all allowed a mistake (or two  ) in life. It's nothing for any surviving family members to be embarassed or ashamed about or be secretive about, especially in this liberal day and age. It was SO hard for women, even a generation ago.

I love all these little discoveries, but I agree that it IS different (not worse, just different) when you know those involved.

Best of luck with your search. I hope your Mum understands. 

[avm228]

Can anybody help Nick with the question he's raised at #15 above, and in particular as to what is the meaning of the letter J in front of the page number in the registration details ("J73")?  I think it must be something to do with retrospectivity, but I just don't know for sure.

Anna

[alpinecottage]

Perhaps a quick phone call to the Register Office would be best, then Nick would get the answer straight from the horses mouth - I'm a bit worried that he could get a misleading answer on here which would cause more trauma!!