Oh, that is so sad - how on earth did you manage to find out what you now know? Maria On 30/03/2014 23:23, faraway@xtra.co.nz wrote: > How attitudes have changed .... My great grandmother Margaret was born in > Great George Street Liverpool in 1862. Her parents worked from home as > Window blind makers .She lost both parents to chronic lung diseases before > She was 10 years old. > For a while her 17 year sister Annie tried to keep the family together and > Then Margaret and 11 year old Robina were placed in the care of the > Bluecoats school. > Tragically Robina died there from a horrible louse borne disease called > Relapsing fever. > >From Bluecoats Margaret was placed as a housemaid in one of Cheshire's > Great houses. > She attracted the attention of one of the young masters there and became > Pregnant with my grandad. > Shortly after his birth in 1881 my grandad was placed in a foster family > Whose name he eventually took. > Margaret never married, she went back to live with Annie and they carried > On the family trade in Birkenhead. > I don't believe she ever had any more contact with my grandad, and on the > 1911 census didn't acknowledge that she had a child - such was the shame of > The unmarried mother and her child. > My grandad's family only whispered of his birth situation, they were so deeply ashamed, it took me five years of Internet searching to discover Margaret's name and her life. I believe she died in the 1930s after living her life within a half hours journey of the son she never knew..... > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > Admin Message - List guidelines: > http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > > The list admin can be contacted at > Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com > > Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >