Genealogy Chat

Well ladies it's 5 am so I'm off to bed. Couldn't find a death for the first husband any time between 1 year before the second son was born and the second marriage took place so perhaps that parts not true. A big thankyou to you both, I feel like accomplished something tonight and couldn't have done it without you. Helen

ok on the same page now. Laura found the marriage. so I found the two boys births Richard Q4 (i think) 1947 Patrick Q4 1948

Doh, so did I!! I was just looking at the marriage and thinking - that's unusual....same Q as the birth!?? NOT! Merry

Laura was the Richard you mentioned before the marriage? Thought you meant a birth lol. Just found the marriage 1946 Q4 West Ham Richard Bohan to a James

I think it was the 4th Q Found a patrick 4th Q 1948 also.

Which Q is the 1947 record? Merry

hmm theres another Richard Bohan mmn James 1947 West Ham 5a 1077 But no patrick yet and I swear he's the eldest though I could be wrong.

lol Merry, sorry for the confusion! Yes, Snodgrass is Hubby's dads last name but he has mums last name. Unfortunately the county records in the last 8 years have changed from havings mums last name to dads so though he's spent his life with his mums surname we now don't know what it legally is. needless to say when we married I kept my maiden name to keep it simple lol. Helen (not Philip) ;)

Oh you're a dear! i was still on 1950 working backwards lol. Slow connection speed is not fun! H

Snodgrass! Sorry about that....had to read your message twice when you mentioned husbands, as I forgot I was talking to Helen and thought you were Philip! A good name to search on, Bohan.....nice and unusual! merry

Yes! The Bohan is a Hannah M :) That looks good. Now off to look for the kids then maybe I'll be lucky enough to find the first marriage.

Thanks Laura, looking into it right now.

Yes my dad knows I'm working on this, i did talk to him about it already. I didn't think to ask about his cert. Funny you should mention Snodgrass it's 'Possibly' my husbands last name... but that is a whole nother twisted story lol.

You won't be able to find the older boys without either your dad's birth cert or his parents marriage cert (to find out the olders boy's surname). Your dad's birth cert should give any previous surnames for his mother, so.......''Gilbert, late Snodgrass, formerly James''....or whatever. Is your dad involved in this search (you really should have their permission for this thread!!)? Has he got his birth cert? At this date, I THINK the marriage entry for your grandfather will say, Spouse name James or Snodgrass if she had been married before.....so it would be worth looking for that. Merry

That I haven't done I started at 1953 and worked backwards.

Dad's is definately there. I found that on Ancestry the other day.

OK, so your dad's birth is where it should be (W Ham) and the right date. What years have you looked for the marriage of his parents. Have you looked after dad's birth as well as before? Merry

Hi Merry, I've been mulling over a lot with this lot. Maybe she never married my grandad as I can't find a marriage. Maybe they didn't tell the truth about the first husband or i remember the story wrong. It was only mentioned once, briefly about 15 years ago. But I can't even seem to find richard or patrick born with mmn James in the right time period. So I'm wondering if the records aren't online for some reason. This is why i brought it to you guys lol. Helen --X-- p.s. as we speak I'm trawling through the marriages looking again.

I can't see your father's birth registration. (UPDATE - because I looked at the wrong year!) Hang on.... Merry

Have you considered there might not have really been a first husband (first two might be illegitimate), or that if there was, maybe he didn't die? (Just ideas for you to mull on!) If the story is true you would normally expect to find the first marriage surname James, to Mr X and the second marriage Mrs X to Mr Gilbert, but all the children should be registered with the mother's maiden name James. Merry