Many years ago a cousin of my mother claimed to have met my Great Aunt Dorothy - Harry's elder sister. She said she was living in Louth, Lincolnshire, was in service and had never married.
The other week I was talking to mum and we mentioned this, plus that someone on http://www.ancestry.co.uk had contacted me mentioning a Dorothy Essex who had gotten married in Manchester in 1919, at the time I had replied saying that "our" Dorothy had never married. The conversation continued and we decided that, to bottom out our curiosity we would order the marriage certificate anyway, for only a few pounds outlay it was a small price to pay for peace of mind.
The certificate duly got ordered, and lo and behold, turned out to be one and the same person!! The only explanation we can think of is that mums cousin met her other cousin Dorothy (who happened to grow up in the same household as she was the daughter of Edward who "our" Dorothy went to live with after being orphaned to England after the death of her parents in India back in 1897.
Further investigation followed quickly on the http://www.findmypast.co.uk website, checking for births, marriages etc.
It seems (and this is only a maybe at the moment) that we have a whole new line of relations never before known or considered! I have attempted to make contact with one of these via facebook, no response as yet - I'll keep you all posted on what happens.
The other week I was talking to mum and we mentioned this, plus that someone on http://www.ancestry.co.uk had contacted me mentioning a Dorothy Essex who had gotten married in Manchester in 1919, at the time I had replied saying that "our" Dorothy had never married. The conversation continued and we decided that, to bottom out our curiosity we would order the marriage certificate anyway, for only a few pounds outlay it was a small price to pay for peace of mind.
The certificate duly got ordered, and lo and behold, turned out to be one and the same person!! The only explanation we can think of is that mums cousin met her other cousin Dorothy (who happened to grow up in the same household as she was the daughter of Edward who "our" Dorothy went to live with after being orphaned to England after the death of her parents in India back in 1897.
Further investigation followed quickly on the http://www.findmypast.co.uk website, checking for births, marriages etc.
It seems (and this is only a maybe at the moment) that we have a whole new line of relations never before known or considered! I have attempted to make contact with one of these via facebook, no response as yet - I'll keep you all posted on what happens.
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