Genealogy Chat

wwwooooooo! Slow up! my mum had this on her birth certificate .... I put it all on here and everyone found ...not only another marriage but ...she awasnt married to her second hubby the man who fathered her children...then my granny gave all the names to my mum!!!!!! dont know why!? Check for marriages and ask peeps here to help if you cant find it ...before you go to GRO

I have a copy Birth Cert for my Grandmother, this cert was issued Oct 1900. The mothers name is shown as Annie Kisby formerly Burrows. I know Annie was born Annie Bowditch in South Wales, Gran was born near Rochdale Lancashire, I have never heard the name Burrows mentioned. It could it be on the origional cert her former name was incorrectly wrote due to dialect problems, or the copy has been wrongly copied, or she was married previously which no-one in the family has known about. Do I contact GRO for a copy of Grans Birth cert again to see what former name is put on, or ask GRO to check to see if this old copy is correct? If anyone else asks for a copy of Grans cert they could follow up the name Burrows in error.

Forgive my asking, but are you 100% sure you have the cert for the right person? Tell us when Annie Bowditch was born.....so we can look her up. Also the name of the father named of the birth cert Reg

Look at the other children that Annie gave birth to they MAY give you a MMN

No good asking the GRO anyway, as GRO certs are copies of the originals, sent to them by the local Register Office. Looks like she had been married twice, though, so not a mistake. OC

This family on 1901 census seems to be the right one.......... Name: Annie Kisby Age: 43 Estimated birth year: abt 1858 Relation: Wife Spouse's name: Joseph Gender: Female Where born: Wales Civil parish: Whitworth Ecclesiastical parish: St John the Evangelist County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Registration district: Rochdale Sub-registration district: Whitworth and Wardle ED, institution, or vessel: 17 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 257 Household Members: Name Age Susannah Bowditch 79 Annie Kisby 43 Bertha Kisby 15 Elsie Kisby 7 Florrie Kisby 5 Joseph Kisby 41 Willie Kisby 13 Reg

I guess Susannah is Annie mum!?

Bertha's birth Name: Bertha Kisby Year of Registration: 1887 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep DISTRICT: Rochdale County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire Volume: 8c Page: 85 Reg

Susannah is described as 'Mother', but I suspect that's just an error in terminology Reg

Annie Married Joseph Kisby, The copy Birth cert is for Bertha Kisby born 17/8/1887 Thanks

Which of the children on 1901 census is the one for whom you have the cert? Reg

Thanks I found in a box my Gran and Grandads Marriage cert and for each of them a copy of Birth Certs, looks like they were needed for school. Annie Bowditch was born in Cardiff about 1859, there are 2 Bowditch families in S Wales at this time, Annie is the daughter of George and Susannah. One census shows them as Borrowditch. They were in Lancashire for the 1881 census I have a photo of Annie on the back of which my Dad wrote the relationship. I jumped the gun as on Grandads side I found one Grandfathers wife Mary died one quarter and he married another Mary the next quarter

1881..........no sign of Ann/ie Name: Susannah Bowditch Age: 51 Estimated birth year: abt 1830 Relation: Wife Spouse's name: George Gender: Female Where born: Glamorgan, Wales Civil parish: Spotland County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street address: Heys Buildings Condition as to marriage: Married Education: Employment status: View image Occupation: Home Duties Registration district: Rochdale Sub-registration district: Whitworth ED, institution, or vessel: 18 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Fredrick Bowditch 18 George Bowditch 63 George Bowditch 19 Susannah Bowditch 51 Thomas Bowditch 14 Martha Jackson 3 Reg

Have you found their marriage? I can't see it on the transcribed records.......... Reg