tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923815077222102830.post175003553234893267..comments2024-01-18T20:51:59.742+11:00Comments on Sandra’s Ancestral Research Journal: Sepia Saturday August 2016 Love & MarriageSandra Williamsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17306175508043372583noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923815077222102830.post-37772126723245635212016-08-28T11:45:25.654+10:002016-08-28T11:45:25.654+10:00Someone was telling me recently how mixed up famil...Someone was telling me recently how mixed up families are today compared to those of the olden days. They are so wrong. Aside from husbands and fathers and sometimes mothers running off, there are so many deaths and remarriages with resulting recombinations of families. I don't think it was ever simple.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923815077222102830.post-17659037966786007922016-08-21T09:40:32.894+10:002016-08-21T09:40:32.894+10:00"Later she would say that William would have ..."Later she would say that William would have nothing to remember her without the portrait." So poignant.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923815077222102830.post-36905182971862099922016-08-16T23:05:54.361+10:002016-08-16T23:05:54.361+10:00A fascinating story. I wish you luck in your searc...A fascinating story. I wish you luck in your search. These stories are oh so common and make researching family history so hard. My father left England in 1920 and his great nephews and nieces were never told of his existence.Liz Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10346380755511150998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923815077222102830.post-12829097508100070362016-08-15T16:58:41.029+10:002016-08-15T16:58:41.029+10:00These missing husbands and fathers can be very har...These missing husbands and fathers can be very hard to find, but it seems like you've done well here. I have a case of a father who deserted his wife and 3 little girls in NZ, enlisted and then re-married bigamously in Australia. The descendants of his daughters had no idea what had happened to him. I've told them but I don't think they really want to know. Unfortunately he was my relative (3x great uncle).Jofeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290597697140624780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923815077222102830.post-5565189957222705242016-08-15T13:54:03.451+10:002016-08-15T13:54:03.451+10:00It can be frustrating but it is also addictive as ...It can be frustrating but it is also addictive as we try to find out more, The tidbits keep us going ... incase we can find more tidbits - all part of the fun.Sandra Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17306175508043372583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923815077222102830.post-5494829337790841482016-08-15T13:52:30.326+10:002016-08-15T13:52:30.326+10:00Doris and Myrtle never used the name Manderson the...Doris and Myrtle never used the name Manderson they always used the name Bassett. When I went to apply for their birth certificates they both were registered under both surnames but the reference numbers are identical.<br />And yes Lillian was 19 when she married but I have been unable to find any trace of either of them in either WA or Eaglehawk, Victoria. Not that Lillian would be easy to find as she wouldn’t have been on the voters register until she 21. I was never able to find any trace of Thomas himself although I was able to trace his mother initially in Eaglehawk, Victoria and the subsequently in WA after her second husband died and she went to live with her daughter. There were quite a few Thomas Mandersons in Eaglehawk but during the course of my research I was able to eliminate them as possible candidates. Sometimes I think they got married in a hurry so that she could return with him to WA but it didn’t work out so she came back to Eaglehawk (where his mother was still living) and began a new relationship with William Bassett who she working for as domestic, but would need a little more to substantiate that story!Sandra Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17306175508043372583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923815077222102830.post-75399338353479914182016-08-15T13:40:31.721+10:002016-08-15T13:40:31.721+10:00I think Sonoma County Clerk's Office holds the...I think Sonoma County Clerk's Office holds the death records Certificate required for Thomas Manderson year 1938; registration number 20331, However I haven’t been able to work out yet how to go about getting a copy. On my todo list! <br />I found Thomas in the 1910 U.S. census, San Luis Obispo, California, population schedule & 1920 U.S. census, Mendocino, California, population schedule, in the Big River Township - the birthdate and the birth country match my Thomas MANDERSON. I also found him in the Residents Serving in the British Expeditionary Forces, 1917-1919 at Ancestry but I’m not quite sure how to access information beyond record. Also on my todo list! Sandra Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17306175508043372583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923815077222102830.post-53403716050794892882016-08-15T05:44:21.727+10:002016-08-15T05:44:21.727+10:00Tidbits of information like this story which leave...Tidbits of information like this story which leaves out so much can be frustrating to descendants wishing they knew how and why things happened as they did.La Nightingailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04769079547153094005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923815077222102830.post-91531352402913198412016-08-14T23:54:56.772+10:002016-08-14T23:54:56.772+10:00But Doris Lillian and Myrtle May both used Manders...But Doris Lillian and Myrtle May both used Manderson as their names? And Lillian was 19 when they married and she had her oldest child of four children when she was 21? This is a fascinating story. Helen Killeen Bauch McHarguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042488205276127209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5923815077222102830.post-48658010169333011832016-08-14T21:14:41.452+10:002016-08-14T21:14:41.452+10:00A mysterious man, this Mr. Thomas MANDERSON! Howev...A mysterious man, this Mr. Thomas MANDERSON! However, publishing this may eventually help you finding the solution. Sometimes somebody on the other side of the world reads this and ... At least, that's my experience. On a different subject, I want to express my appreciation for the fact that you so explicitly mention the surnames you are interested in. I wish more people would that!Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512412669995490110noreply@blogger.com