Genealogy Chat

Hi Dawn,

Who was the registrant of the death?

(i.e. was it a close relative who registered it?).

Any reason to believe that this person - close or not - might not have been in full possession of the facts?


Similarly, any reason to suspect that John didn't even know his true age either? (As would be the case if he had been orphaned at 2 or 3 and then adopted by George's family - they would have had to use guesswork too).

All of this points towards setting a wider date range for the searches, regrettably. : - (


Also, are you searching
Strood, Kent
Stroud, Glos
Stroud, Hants

or all three?


(Someone I knew, hailing from the Glos town insisted it was the 'oo' sound, not the 'owd' sound).

As I read the message, John had said to someone that he came from 'X' and it was the person who heard it who decided he'd said "Stroud" and subsequently passed that story down to family.

On the other hand, if it's been passed down orally, it's actually quite likely that John's original pronounciation has been faithfully preserved.


M

Thanks that is worth a try, all I know that anyone you speak to says oh yes he came from Strood in Kent and there is a story of my grandfather visiting there with him when he was a little boy - this is the only contact however. It could be entirely made up, no one knows anything about his family after he married Margaret Quinn my GGF - there must be some mystery - all of the children were named after her side, witnesses at wedding were her side, would just like to solve for remaining relatives - his two daughters - now 87 and 85 who only knew him as little girls

D