Francis Payne wrote: > Here's an extremely long longshot. > > My grandfather Ted Wadsley ran the Harborough Hotel at Melton Mowbray from > about 1908-1912. He left his wife and went to Canada with Dulcie, a barmaid > from the hotel. > > Their outward passage lists them as Mr & Mrs Wadsley. On the other side > Dulcie writes her correct name but the surname is unreadable. > > Dulcie was born c1890. They had a daughter Joan b1913 (thus my mother's > sister and my aunt). Would be nice to know what became of her. If Joan is your mother's full sister, then you surely already have Dulcie's surname. If they are half sisters, have you checked with FreeBMD for all Dulcies born around 1890? What about the 1891 and 1901 censuses? Have you tried for Joan's birth certificate?