Hi there, Diane here again!! Does anyone know of how to find someone when you know THEIR name but not their parents name please? I know that the persons parents came from Wales and I know that the Father was a milkman or a farmer or something like that. He was called "£dwards the Milk" so my uncle tells me. Their surname was MARSH but I don't know where they came from in Wales. Sarah Edwards married George E Marsh 1914 reference number POPLAR 1c 813 I have traced George back but nobody in the family know ANYTHING about the EDWARDS family not even the daughter (my Aunt). The family were never spoken about which makes me think that there was a secret that they didn't even want the daughters to know about!! Is there anyway of finding out about this family does anyone know of please? Thanks for any answers that you might be able to give to me. Diane

Hi Diane As you know they married in 1914 Poplar the marriage certificate would be the way forward (or backwards whichever way you look at it :-) That will hopefully give Sarah EDWARDS fathers name and occupation It will also give Sarahs age at marriage (as given) As to the family secret, there are many reasons that people know nothing about their earlier family, most are entirely innocent but would take some research to fathom out some plausible reasons such as her parents died young for example EDWARDS is a very common name and without the marriage cert I can't see an obvious way of being sure you are researching the right family Although Ancestry have some Parish Registers for Poplar your marriage does not show up so may be a Register Office or other denomination Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 21/06/2012 23:06, Diane wrote: > Hi there, Diane here again!! > > Does anyone know of how to find someone when you know THEIR name but not > their parents name please? > > I know that the persons parents came from Wales and I know that the > Father was a milkman or a farmer or something like that. He was called > "£dwards the Milk" so my uncle tells me. > > Their surname was MARSH but I don't know where they came from in Wales. > > Sarah Edwards married George E Marsh 1914 reference number POPLAR 1c 813 > > I have traced George back but nobody in the family know ANYTHING about > the EDWARDS family not even the daughter (my Aunt). > > The family were never spoken about which makes me think that there was a > secret that they didn't even want the daughters to know about!! > > Is there anyway of finding out about this family does anyone know of > please? > > Thanks for any answers that you might be able to give to me. > > Diane