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mugwortismy cat
Tenacious to the End!
Preston, at least that is what it looks like to me 
Me too.Preston, at least that is what it looks like to me
Margaret Yapp had 3 children before she married my great grandfather.
Mary c.1894
Annie c.1895
Alfred William 04 Aug 1897
Alfred William is the only one I have a birth cert for, there is no fathers name given. After their marriage they had a further 2 children Albert George and Thomas ( Albert was my grandfather)
On the 1911 census only Albert and Thomas are named as son's. Ann and William are Step children (Mary isn't at home)
So the story goes, Annie got her self in the family way and was put into an institution in Bishops Castle, where she remained for most, if not all of her life. Not sure when this was, I did ask at the archives but they said the records were closed for 100 years.
I have found an Annie Pressdee as an inmate in Bishops Castle, Shropshire in 1939. The only problem is The one in the image above was born 24th October 1895, the one in the institution (transcribed as 'Pressdie'
) says she was born 11th January 1896, she is single.
Ps. all the step children born Yapp took the name Pressdee later.
Mary c.1894
Annie c.1895
Alfred William 04 Aug 1897
Alfred William is the only one I have a birth cert for, there is no fathers name given. After their marriage they had a further 2 children Albert George and Thomas ( Albert was my grandfather)
On the 1911 census only Albert and Thomas are named as son's. Ann and William are Step children (Mary isn't at home)
So the story goes, Annie got her self in the family way and was put into an institution in Bishops Castle, where she remained for most, if not all of her life. Not sure when this was, I did ask at the archives but they said the records were closed for 100 years.
I have found an Annie Pressdee as an inmate in Bishops Castle, Shropshire in 1939. The only problem is The one in the image above was born 24th October 1895, the one in the institution (transcribed as 'Pressdie'
) says she was born 11th January 1896, she is single.Ps. all the step children born Yapp took the name Pressdee later.
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Archie's Mum
Always digging up clues
Her death on Family Search 1972 April qtr Clun Shropshire has her birth as 26 th October 1895. Annie Pressdee.
Ok have sent for her birth cert. Have also sent for a birth cert for the Frances L Pressdee born in the Clun district in 1916. I know Annie had a child (which sex I don't know) this Frances has a mother with name Pressdee.
If this isn't Annie's child it won't matter. Frances went on to marry a Thomas McCarley in 1937. I have heard of Frances coming to stay with my grandfather and his family for a while. Until, that is, my grandfather found out she had left her husband. He then told her it was about time she found a place of her own or go back.
If this isn't Annie's child it won't matter. Frances went on to marry a Thomas McCarley in 1937. I have heard of Frances coming to stay with my grandfather and his family for a while. Until, that is, my grandfather found out she had left her husband. He then told her it was about time she found a place of her own or go back.
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Archie's Mum
Always digging up clues
So who is Preston Yapp in the image then?
Doesn't it say Margaret and Preston?
Doesn't it say Margaret and Preston?
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Archie's Mum
Always digging up clues
I've had a rethink. Maybe it is supposed to be Margaret Ann Pressdee Yapp but got heard wrong and written as Preston. Am I bit behind the eight ball here? 
If so then I apologise in advance.
If so then I apologise in advance.