Hi penelope and Muriel, There may well be children born before 1910 to this couple. Since the indexes don't give maternal maiden name until 1911, they wouldn't show up on the BMD indexes. Best wishes Anne On 27 Jul 2011, at 14:47, Penelope Dagg wrote: > FreeBMD has only one birth for a Graham child with mother a Metcalfe > between 1900 and 1911. Its Sept 1911 in Chester-le-Street - Joseph H > Graham. > > If this is your Sarah's child, it looks like her husband went to Canada > and she went north and had a child almost two years later. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Murlel Sherlock <muriel.sherlock@iolfree.ie> > Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 9:15 am > Subject: [LON] Joseph Benjamin Graham & Sarah Jane Metcalfe > >> Hi everyone. >> My last message to the list was in June 2011. Since then another >> snippet has >> come to light. >> The above couple married in 1904 in London at St Peters Vauxhall, >> LambethI have now discovered from a letter which recently came into >> my possession >> that there was a child born to them, sometime between 1904-1910 >> Afraid I don't know if it was a boy or girl >> By December of 1909 Joseph Benjamin Graham was in Toronto Canada. >> Hoping a 2nd try at tracing Sarah Jane might be lucky >> >> Many thanks >> Muriel