Hello all, A mystery for you all, certainly for me!. My maternal Grandfather had one sister called Theresa Nightingale Smallwood. She would have been born around 1910 give or take a few years. She married a man called Percy Ludlam (nobody is sure of the exact spelling). They had eight children, four boys and four girls. it is believed that three of the girls emigrated to Australia. It is also believed that the family lived in Wincobank. The mystery is that I can find no trace of her birth, marriage or death. Nor can I find the births of the children. My mother remembers her and her husband ,but no real details. Any help gratefully received. Phil Woodger
Hello Phil, Is it possible that family memory is thinking of her as 'Theresa' when in fact she was 'Tricia' (ie Patricia)?! I found these events: GRO Births JUN Qtr 1911 SMALLWOOD Patricia M Sheffield 9c 630 GRO Marriages SEP Qtr 1929 LUDLAM Percy SMALLWOOD Patricia M. Sheffield 9c 1387 GRO Births DEC Qtr 1936 LUDLAM Doreen (mmn SMALLWOOD) Sheffield 9c 713 GRO Births MAR Qtr 1931 LUDLAM Joyce (mmn SMALLWOOD) Sheffield 9c 933 (this is not a full search of births) GRO Deaths July (month) 1989 LUDLAM Patricia Mary date of birth: 17-MAR-1911 death registered at: Sheffield vol. 3 page 1216 date registered: Jul (month) 1989 Though I can't explain the Mary rather than Nightingale. Hugh ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: < [email protected] > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 10:10 AM Subject: [SHEFF] Smallwood Ludlam family > Hello all, > > A mystery for you all, certainly for me!. My maternal Grandfather had > one sister called Theresa Nightingale Smallwood. She would have been > born around 1910 give or take a few years. She married a man called > Percy Ludlam (nobody is sure of the exact spelling). They had eight > children, four boys and four girls. it is believed that three of the > girls emigrated to Australia. It is also believed that the family > lived in Wincobank. > > The mystery is that I can find no trace of her birth, marriage or > death. Nor can I find the births of the children. My mother remembers > her and her husband ,but no real details. > > Any help gratefully received. > > Phil Woodger