Help finding Great Great Grandparents

[taramcdsmall]

Hi there,

I'm afraid your story sounds like a sensitive one, and usually the type that can be hard to work out.

My instinct is that if the 3 boys were born out of wedlock, it's likely they weren't baptised or their births registered.

A possibility is that yes Mary White was their mother and that Joseph MAY have been the name of their father but another surname. It's possible that the name Joseph was one that was told / used and it will be very hard to work out.

There doesn't appear to be any Jewish / Polish Joseph White / Whyte on the census, but I could be wrong. There are however other Jewish families with the surname White.

I would take the 1911 census as the family but Mary's age has been taken down wrong, it most likely should say 35. She most likely filled in Widow to hide blushes.

On the 1901 census then Catherine White is the mother of Mary, Christopher and Katie. Catherine's husband may have been away labouring or some other work.

The best of luck with your search.

Tara

[taramcdsmall]

By the way, that David's birth isn't yours

This is that David White

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Dublin/Fitzwilliam/Peter_s_Place/89254/

Tara

[skinlessdisc]

Hi there,

I'm afraid your story sounds like a sensitive one, and usually the type that can be hard to work out.

My instinct is that if the 3 boys were born out of wedlock, it's likely they weren't baptised or their births registered.

A possibility is that yes Mary White was their mother and that Joseph MAY have been the name of their father but another surname. It's possible that the name Joseph was one that was told / used and it will be very hard to work out.

There doesn't appear to be any Jewish / Polish Joseph White / Whyte on the census, but I could be wrong. There are however other Jewish families with the surname White.

I would take the 1911 census as the family but Mary's age has been taken down wrong, it most likely should say 35. She most likely filled in Widow to hide blushes.

On the 1901 census then Catherine White is the mother of Mary, Christopher and Katie. Catherine's husband may have been away labouring or some other work.

The best of luck with your search.

Tara

Yes this is  what i am affraid of. Maybe the information is lost. I thought that every birth was registered but that probably only applies to hospital births. On the marriage certificate for William it states that the parents are from Synnott Place but thats also his address. The fact that no records are showing up idicates your thoughts above. The family is my best shot I suppose.

Thanks for your help

[taramcdsmall]

Sorry, hate being a prophet of doom.

Even though all births, deaths and marriages were supposed to be registered, even in 'normal' circumstances people didn't for a vast amount of reasons.

Maybe if you concentrate on Mary White and her parents / siblings with time something may come to light.

If you use a site like ancestry to enter your tree on, and add on EVERYTHING that you have, you never know what information you may stumble across.

With time, also myabe a family member may be more forthcoming with new information.

By the way, did William put an occupation down for his 'father' ?

Tara