1939 Register

YOB was widened to ±5, variations on forename and surname selected with nothing specified as to where he was living. This brought just one hit, a fruit and veg salesman living in Leeds, and he was married to someone called Marian. Nothing obvious when the search was changed to Susan/Susannah.

 

I've tried everything I can think of but with no luck I've had the same problem with a family I'm looking for - they seem to have disappeared into a black hole in 1939.

 

Gottem!

Look for Lane Lambert b1880 and Lane Lambert b1881 - in Stoke on Trent
Children Charles 1907 and John J 1916
Also in the households is a Mamrie J O'Donnell 1901
+ 2 redacted entries

 

To be fair Issac does look a bit like Lane - but Susanna doesn't, as for poor
Mary J

 

Well found MollyMay

 

Give us the names Ann, and we can see if we can find them

 

I now know why I couldn’t find this particular couple - they had both died by 1939 I really should have made sure they hadn’t died before I tried to track them down, but they were quite young. However, I think I may have another ‘lost’ in 1939 ........ but that will have to wait until tomorrow.

 

Had a look see today including other two children Elizabeth:
LONGDEN, ELIZABETH x SWIFT Order
GRO Reference: 1912 M Quarter in STOKE-UPON-TRENT Volume 06B Page 340..may have married Mr Maxted=
[Marriages Dec 1931
Maxted George W.x Longden- Congleton 8a-598] foud in 1939- Congleton, age a bit out for Elizabeth. Wrong page no. given for Elizabeth, have left a postem for anyone searching.
and
LONGDEN, WILFRED x SWIFT Order
GRO Reference: 1914 J Quarter in DERBY Volume 07B Page 1275

Otherwise no help at all , sorry.

 

Working on the earlier ones as well:- Henry,1891 Chesterfield- John Thomas, also 1891 Northwich ?? & Leonard 1892 -Chesterfield. Some may belong to Herbert & Annie Longden. 1901 shows :-
1901
John Longden-Age: 41: Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
Civil Parish: Burslem
Agnes Longden 29 -Hanley, Staffs
John T Longden 10- Cheshire
William Longden 5 -cheshire
Ernest Longden 1-Tunstall
RG13; Piece: 2593; Folio: 12; Page:
It seems they spread out a bit. If John & Agnes went travelling other than for work, they were back by 1947, albeit in another county.

 

If John T. who married Annie Whitehead is the son of John & Agnes he is on 1939 with three children named one not but FreeBMd has him b. Cheadle 1925.
Ond dtr named after his sister b.1909 Stoke.

 

No luck either, Chimp, so far.

 

No luck here either. As for dates of birth being out on the 1939 Register - I am amazed at how many people I am researching in one particular family, have a totally or partially different DOB to that found either via certificates or parish register baptisms, some being days out and others being anything between one and three years out

 

Indeed, Ann - my (great) uncle Charlie is 1894 instead of 1891, but correct day and month.

Agnes must be there somewhere, in some shape or form. (To find a mistranscription, one must think like a mistranscription... )

 

It does make you wonder if all these people really did live their lives under the assumption that they were born in a certain year, whereas they were really older or younger than they thought - or was it poor gathering of information