Diane Grant-Salmon
07-08-2008, 5:56 PM
My Gt. Grandfather, Thomas Henry FORREST had a second marriage, which I knew nothing about until the release of the 1901 Census. I managed to trace living descendants from this marriage and I am very pleased about that.
My Grandfather, also called Thomas Henry FORREST, had two siblings, a brother (no problem there) and a sister, Mary Emma. She and my Grandfather were dumped onto their unmarried Uncle, when their father remarried. I tried to find out what became of Mary Emma, but I had no luck with FreeBMD, as the project was quite new in those days and to be honest, I forgot all about her after that. :o
I have just found a marriage on FreeBMD in 1903, with a choice of two partners, so I searched for any births after 1911, to see if I could find out which one of the two was her husband ..... what a laugh! :D
Births Jun 1917
McMillan Thomas H F Forrest S. Shields 10a 1471
What's the betting that he's called Thomas Henry Forrest McMILLAN? That's one of the certs which I must have, if only to prove that Mary Emma forgave her Father, as my Grandfather didn't ........ he never spoke of his parents to my Father. I assume his birth cert will give ALL his names?
My Grandfather, also called Thomas Henry FORREST, had two siblings, a brother (no problem there) and a sister, Mary Emma. She and my Grandfather were dumped onto their unmarried Uncle, when their father remarried. I tried to find out what became of Mary Emma, but I had no luck with FreeBMD, as the project was quite new in those days and to be honest, I forgot all about her after that. :o
I have just found a marriage on FreeBMD in 1903, with a choice of two partners, so I searched for any births after 1911, to see if I could find out which one of the two was her husband ..... what a laugh! :D
Births Jun 1917
McMillan Thomas H F Forrest S. Shields 10a 1471
What's the betting that he's called Thomas Henry Forrest McMILLAN? That's one of the certs which I must have, if only to prove that Mary Emma forgave her Father, as my Grandfather didn't ........ he never spoke of his parents to my Father. I assume his birth cert will give ALL his names?