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Seeking paternal grandmother

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Alfred

Alfred Report 1 Sep 2010 21:06

Does anyone have a Minnie Moss in their ancestry, last known in Harrogate, Yorkshire 1916/17 age estimated 20/25 years, date and place of birth not known. Possibly moved to Scotland but not definite. Little to go on I know, but I have hit a brick wall. May have originated in London area.

Renes

Renes Report 1 Sep 2010 21:23

Hi Alfred

Do you have a middle name or initial for Minnie Moss please


Irene


MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 1 Sep 2010 21:37

Could be any of these:


Sample 1911 Census Original Image
1911 census person search
Your search has returned 20 results.
Search criteria used:
Last name : Moss First name : Minnie
Year of Birth : 1892, plus or minus 4 years Searching within : Households, Institutions, Vessels
Cost:
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Institution,
Household
or Vessel Name Sort Birth
Year Age Sex Registration District County Household
Transcript Original
census
image
Household MOSS, Minnie 1895 16 F Poplar London VIEW VIEW
Household MOSS, Minnie 1890 21 F Southwark London VIEW VIEW
Household MOSS, Minnie 1892 19 F Camberwell London VIEW VIEW
Household MOSS, Minnie 1891 20 F Farnham Surrey VIEW VIEW
Household MOSS, Minnie 1891 20 F Brentford Middlesex VIEW VIEW
Household MOSS, Minnie 1891 20 F Bristol Gloucestershire VIEW VIEW
Household MOSS, Minnie 1895 16 F West Bromwich Staffordshire VIEW VIEW
Household MOSS, Minnie 1889 22 F Stourbridge Worcestershire VIEW VIEW
Household MOSS, Minnie 1895 16 F Stockport Cheshire VIEW VIEW
Household MOSS, Minnie 1888 23 F Ormskirk Lancashire VIEW VIEW
Household MOSS, Minnie 1890 21 F Ashton Under Lyne Lancashire VIEW VIEW
Household MOSS, Minnie 1894 17 F Huddersfield Yorkshire (West riding) VIEW VIEW
Household MOSS, Minnie 1889 22 F Sculcoates Yorkshire (East riding) VIEW VIEW
Household MOSS, Minnie 1892 19 F Guisborough Yorkshire (North riding) VIEW VIEW
Household MOSS, Minnie 1892 19 F Guisborough Yorkshire (North riding) VIEW VIEW
Household MOSS, Minnie Bent 1888 23 F Salford Lancashire VIEW VIEW
Household MOSS, Minnie Evelyn 1895 16 F Cuckfield Sussex VIEW VIEW
Household MOSS, Minnie Kate 1893 18 F West Ham Essex VIEW VIEW
Household MOSS, Minnie Selina 1896 15 F Wandsworth London VIEW VIEW
Household MOSS, Wilhelmina 1888 23 F West Derby Lancashire VIEW VIEW

Cynthia

Cynthia Report 2 Sep 2010 15:57

Lots of Minnie Mosses in trees on this site Alfred. Take a look in the search trees facility above and you will see what I mean. A bit more info would be really useful. Cx

Alfred

Alfred Report 6 Sep 2010 14:06

Irene. Don't have a middle name or initial. Not shown on dad's birth certificate. Date of birth not known - around 1825. May have had theatrical connections, and worked in munitions in WW1? Very little to go on.

Alfred

Alfred Report 6 Sep 2010 14:13

Cynthia. Therein lies my problem. Lack of even basic information, and all potential sources now deceased. I am stabbing in the dark. Any one of the London addresses could be the right one, but which?

Cynthia

Cynthia Report 6 Sep 2010 14:15

Hi Alfred, I'm a little confused. What isn't shown on her dad's birth certificate? Who was born in 1825? It certainly can't have been Minnie as that would mean she was in her 90's in WW1 !!!

If you have her dad's birth certificate, could you please let us know the details as it will help in the search.

Flick

Flick Report 6 Sep 2010 14:17

Are we to assume that Minnie was unmarried when she had her son?

Where was the birth?

What was her address?

Did she have an occupation?

Alfred

Alfred Report 6 Sep 2010 15:53

Cynthia. I have mistyped the date of birth - this should read 1895 approx. The birth certificate I have is for MY father, giving Minnie Wallace (formerly Moss) as the mothers name, and Ronald Haddow Wallace as the father, but no ages given which I believe is normal. Place of birth Nidd Vale Terrace, Harrogate 19th May 1916. That is just about all I know. I doubt whether they were married as I have not been able to trace any record of a marriage.

Flick

Flick Report 6 Sep 2010 15:57

Why don't people give ALL relevant info when asking others to use time and resources to help them?

Flick

Flick Report 6 Sep 2010 15:58

The 'father's' name sounds Scottish to me...................

Flick

Flick Report 6 Sep 2010 16:00

A complete shot in the dark.......................

Name: Ronald H Wallace
Age: 6
Estimated birth year: abt 1895
Relationship: Nephew
Gender: Male
Where born: China, Shanghai
Registration Number: 282/4
Registration district: St Andrew
Civil parish: Dundee
County: Angus
Address: Forfar Road Noblestown Cottage
Occupation: Scholar
ED: 39
Household schedule number: 58
Line: 18
Roll: CSSCT1901_102
Household Members: Name Age
Kate Nicholson 31
Lucy H Wallace 38
Ronald H Wallace 6
Dorothy E Wallace 3
Bella Cochrane 19

Flick

Flick Report 6 Sep 2010 16:02

This, on the other hand, is NOT guesswork

Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators’ Certificates, 1910-1950
Name: Ronald Haddow Wallace
Birth Date: 8 Oct 1894
Birth Location: Shanghai, China


Flick

Flick Report 6 Sep 2010 16:07

1911 census - household transcription
Person: WALLACE, Ronald Hadds
Address: Borlase School West St Marlow Buckinghamshire

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SKINNER, Albert James Head Married M 42 1869 Clergyman Established Church And Schoolmaster Lincs Bourne VIEW
SKINNER, Marie Isabella Wife Married
16 years F 40 1871 Middlesex Fulham VIEW
WELLS, Ewart Linley Boarder Single M 27 1884 Secondary Schoolmaster Beds Bedford VIEW
WOODGER, Claude Ambrose Boarder Single M 26 1885 Secondary Schoolmaster Hertzshire Chesterfield VIEW
REID, Walter Lewis Boarder M 16 1895 School Spain Teneriffe VIEW
GILLEN, Leslie Tom Boarder M 15 1896 School Devon Torquay VIEW
*********WALLACE, Ronald Haddo Boarder M 16 1895 School China Shanghai VIEW

Flick

Flick Report 6 Sep 2010 16:10

Ronald Haddow Wallace Compact Disc #30 Pin #346810 Pedigree
Sex: M

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Event(s)
Birth: 8 Oct 1894

Shanghai.China
Death: 11 Aug 1941

San Francisco,Ca



Marriage(s)
Spouse: Anna Clarissa Heffron Disc #30 Pin #346808
Marriage:
Shanghai,China

Submitter
Mary Bernadette STEISS
6655 North Canyon Crest Dr apt 8149 Tucson, AZ 85750

Alfred

Alfred Report 6 Sep 2010 18:19

I know a good deal about Ronald Haddow Wallace already including details of his ww1 service record. Some other small details have now come to light thanks to the foregoing. It is Minnie Moss who I am trying to find out about. Where did she come from, where did she go? One year after giving birth to my father in May 1916, he was left in forster care and she vanished never to be heard of from that day to this.

Flick

Flick Report 6 Sep 2010 21:49

Well, that was a waste of my time...............

Madmeg

Madmeg Report 6 Sep 2010 22:13

So this is your father's birth:

England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005
about Peter Wallace
Name: Peter Wallace
Mother's Maiden Surname: Moss
Date of Registration: Apr May Jun 1916
Registration district: Knaresbro
Registration county: Yorkshire
Volume Number: 9a
Page Number: 189 (click to see others on page)

Alfred

Alfred Report 7 Sep 2010 15:46

It is never a waste of time and I appreciate your efforts. There are some details you have come up with which I didn't know. Other information confirms what I have discovered. I apologise if I have misled you, but the object of my search is my paternal grandmother Minnie Moss about whom we know very little indeed apart from her name and where she was in 1916 at the time of my father's birth i.e. Harrogate

Alfred

Alfred Report 7 Sep 2010 15:48

Yes these details are correct. Actual date of birth May 19th 1916