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Sorry, but I have been out of touch for a while. Having done more thinking on this I am thinking the Minnie Moss I am looking for may be the one born in Farnham, Surrey in 1891. She was in domestic service to a family in Aldershot in 1911, and my grandfather was stationed in Gosport - not very far away in the early days of WW1. Somehow she arrived in Harrogate at some date unknown and was boarding at 18 Nydd ValeTerrace when my father was born. He was then left with a forster family in Harrogate with whom he grew up, but not adopted. We think Minnie Moss may have been working at the Barnbow, Leeds ammunition factory, but have no real evidence of this.We know nothing of her after that date. Does anyone have any clues as to how to proceed?

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

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

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)

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

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.

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

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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

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Mary Bernadette STEISS
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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

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

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

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

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

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.

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?

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.

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?

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.

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

Could be any of these:


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1911 census person search
Your search has returned 20 results.
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Last name : Moss First name : Minnie
Year of Birth : 1892, plus or minus 4 years Searching within : Households, Institutions, Vessels
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Institution,
Household
or Vessel Name Sort Birth
Year Age Sex Registration District County Household
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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

Hi Alfred

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


Irene