Not necessarily. Mothers' maiden names appear in the GRO index only from 1 July 1911 onwards. So a search for the Graham/Metcalfe combination will come up with zero results before that date. Caroline > I should have checked marriages first. The Chester-le-Street births > belong to George Graham who married in 1910. > > Therefore, no Graham/Metcalfe births 1900-1911. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Penelope Dagg <eq640@freenet.carleton.ca> > Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 9:47 am > Subject: Re: [LON] Joseph Benjamin Graham & Sarah Jane Metcalfe > > > 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 > > Canadaand 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