Rees family, Westport

[heywood]

I supposed we had better wait aghadowey - I'm too impatient sometimes.
I agree with you and also it seems strange that the two names Betty and Margaret come in the one child - plus also if they had been about 2 or 3 in 1911, it's a big gap till 1928. I know it happens- did in my some of my father's family but there were lots between the oldest and youngest

[NessaF]

My great grandmother was 45 when my gran was born. Very unusual, I know, but it's not unheard of.

That's probably them, my gran is always going on about her brother Percy, he used to alwayshave to help her with her maths homework.

[NessaF]

I found them! Although there's a mistake on my grandmother's birth cert, it says 1927, she was born in 1928. Exactly the right name and exactly the right place though so it's probably just a mistake.

[aghadowey]

A bit confused here- I didn't find any females with the surname Rees registered in 1928- is it the actual certificate you have (with a mistake on the date of birth) or do you mean there's a mistake in the index? If it is the index, a person born in 1928 could not have been registered in 1927.

[heywood]

Hello,m
yes there is a 1927- Joan Vivien Rees b 1st quarter 1927. I assume that's your grandmother.
So back to the original post- you know now why none of them show in 1911 census, born much later.
You could get your gt grandparents names from your gran and then you may find them in 1911 and get a marriage certificate for them and then work back.

This site: http://www.iancantwell.com/MOTDPlacename.pdf which, I think, has lists re Memorials of the Dead, just as 'Rees, Cherry Cottage, Westport buried in the Church of Ireland graveyard, Westport.
Looking up Cherry Cottage, this site has a picture and a bit of information
http://www.landedestates.ie/LandedEstates/jsp/estate-show.jsp?id=388

You are fortunate that you have gran to give you more details.
good luck
heywood

[aghadowey]

Strange because when I searched for 'Rees' the other day with no first name in search box that one didn't come up (although I've re-checked the search and it's there now)- wonder if anything to do with LDS fixing Pilot site.
If the 1927 birth is correct then she would have been born late 1926/early 1927 not in 1928.

[heywood]

Hi,
no I didn't see it either aghadowey- just the three I mentioned. I wondered if I had restricted the time span but I don't think it works like that 

[aghadowey]

I always search civil index with just a name and use 'place', 'dates', etc. to refine the results so I don't think that was the problem.

[heywood]

I think you are right- there has been some sort of update. I looked for my mother in law and she wasn't there but she is today.