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ann

ann Report 12 Nov 2007 17:31

How do you trace a person that disapeared in the 1940's, left her husband and children, all of whom are dead now , and was never heard from again ? I can't find any information, don't even know if there was a divorce.Mary Elizabeth Byers is probably dead now but I would really like to know what happened to her. Her married name was Renwick.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 12 Nov 2007 17:35

Have you looked for a death reg'n?

When was she born?

Reg

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 12 Nov 2007 17:37

This may not be relevant...........

Name: Mary Elizabeth Renwick
Birth Date: 23 Sep 1922
Death Registration Month/Year: Dec 2001
Age at death (estimated): 79
Registration district: Chichester
Inferred County: Sussex
Register number: 4AD
Entry Number: 160

Reg

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 12 Nov 2007 18:24

If you order the certificate for the death registration that Reg found, you could specify her maiden name as a checking point as it should be on a death certificate at that time, (providing that the informant knew her maiden name).

You may find that she had another family and the informant was a member of the family. I managed to find information on my grandfather who left his family in the 1920's. He had a daughter with his second partner (who he later married) and I am now in contact with the daughter who is my late dad's half sister, although he never knew about her.

Kath. x