Can It Get Any Weirder

[NorthernGeezer]

Searching the 1939 Register for my grandmother, I have found her in 3 places, in Gateshead with her mother, In Manchester with one daughter and also in Manchester with another completely different daughter.
I know which one is correct as the address ties in with her death 27 years later but how has this happened??
I'm pretty sure she never got to Gateshead  because she is listed as working and single when in fact she was a housewife with 3 young children, not sure about the 2 in Manchester but I'm thinking the register was complied on different days maybe.

[rosie99]

It only wanted the person who filled in the form to add her, I doubt they would have wanted to see she was resident

[NorthernGeezer]

But 3 times in 3 different places??

[Jebber]

Perhaps someone was trying to beat the system and get extra Ration Books.

[heywood]

Are the three sightings definitely her? Is the date of birth the same in the three sightings?
If her mother moved to Gateshead, she may have misunderstood and recorded her daughter.
Similarly one of the two daughters may have added her. She might have spent her time moving between them, who knows.

[rosie99]

The only person who will know the truth is granny.  How do you know for sure that she was at the address in 1939 that she was living when she died

[NorthernGeezer]

The one in Gateshead has the right DOB but the wrong details, she is listed as single and working as a short hand typist along with 2 other sisters where in fact she was married and living in Manchester with her husband and 3 children, one of which is my mother.
Her mother is listed as head of the household but I'm not sure this is true, she moved from Barrow to Gateshead after her husband buggered off to pastures new to live with her married daughter so I'm assuming the husband is head of the household but not listed.
Now there is something else amiss in Gateshead, the 3 daughters are all listed as single and as short hand typists, one of the daughters is also married so something fishy is going on here.
The one I think it is in Manchester is the right address, my grandad is listed and an aunt, my mother and her brother are not listed, mum would be 3 and her brother 8. The address listed is the one I have visited many times in the 50s and 60s.
The other address is 10 miles the other side of town and that record also has both grandparents on it and my mother, but again, not her brother and sister.
I'm thinking Jebber may have a point about a bit of funny business going on here.

[NorthernGeezer]

Oh yeah, the DOB on both records in Manchester are wrong!

[Jebber]

Have you thought about looking in the newspapers? It may be worth looking to see if anyone with their names appear in the papers around about that time, or shortly after.