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Am looking for a Annie Gellatly Mills nee Stewart died in 1948/9 in kent she remarried but do not know her surname only that she had a daughter called iris ,Annie would have remarried in the1930s possibly and daughter would have been born then i presume any help would be GREAT loopy lesley had a look but alas nothing perhaps another set of eyes? cAROL

How do you know about Iris? Can you find Iris birth, and hopefulluy a surname to go with it? What name did annie died with? how have you found her death if you dont know her name? i don't know who or what Loopy looked for or how!! Jess

Hi Jess Ifound out that she had a brother from GR and akind lady in scotland also found the brother had three children to cut a long storey short i managed to contact one of the children yesterday who told me her father (annies brother )died in 1976 an amongst his possesions was a photo of Annie with her new husband and and small daughter and a letter from the husband to the brother stating that Annie had died the letter was dated 3/2/1949 the letter and photo will be in my hands next week as annies brothers daughter is bringing it from scotland as she is afraid it might get lost in post ,he did not put his name on the letter at all but on the photo has writtenmyself Annie and daughter iris , you have helped me in the past with with my g.dad I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR 35 YRS AND YESTERDAY I THOUGHT THIS IS IT , then came down with a bump trying to figure out how i can find her now ,to die at the age of 49 /50she could have been hospitalised for a while sorry jess i have gone on a bit but i have a place of death and a rough period of time i feel i am close ,any help jess Carolx

ps for jess loopy has bmd up till 1983? Carol

so if loopy has looked at Births marriages AND deaths up to 1983 what possibilities has she come up with? I cannot believev that loopy has looked at all those quarters for you , under all 3 sections and not come up with anything. She must be a richer man than me!!

Hi jess Yes i must agree with you ,i need 1948 an up to 3/2 1949 that s when brother was informed of death ,would it be poss to find without a new married name,i dont think she did remarry coz i searched 1837 from 1930 -1945 for amarriage and the only annie g mills was not the one coz i sent for the cert and the g in the middle stood for grace , so what do you suggest i do now as you are always right with your advice to people thanks Jess Carolx

Don't know if anyone needs to see Carol's other thread about this? It's called ''Big help with a death needed'' it's on this board.... Sarah

Hi Sarah Thank you it is good to know someone has been following my story , i have come along way but a surname is stopping me find granny Annie short of searching the cemetries of kent as there must be only one Annie Gellatly stewart ,mills or ? buried there Carolx

Thanks Sarah, have re-read it. still think it pretty hopeless a search , because we dont really know what we are looking for. basically anything with ( whatever the middle name was) matched with an Annie??and hope and pray that who ever registered her death knew her middle name, and didn't register her as Ann..or just Annie? I am still not sure how the assumption that she died in kent has come about

Hi Girls I am praying that her husband or daughter reistered her with her middle name as it is an unusual one , at least i have kent as her deathplace and not the world as i had 2 days ago i really appreciate any help as without you all i would not have come this far and 35 yrs is a long time to look for a granny love CarolX

But from where have you got Kent as her death place Carol?

P.S. Annies brother who died in 1976 recieved a letter informing him his sister had died and in kent the letter was dated 3/2/1949 thats how i know she died in kent ,going to take an hour off now as have jobs to do be back after 12 Carol

Hi All Good morning do you thinki will find granny Carolx

Her death will be registered, hence she is findable, underwhat name is debatable. You will have to buy some credits for 1837 on line and trawl every registration area in kent in the years in which you guess she died. Its going to cost you a small fortune, but will get the result you want, (hopefully) I personally would wait now until you have the letter. i would find it very strange for a letter to say so-and-so 'died in Kent' hopefully it will say something like 'Annie died in margate'

Are you near a main library or archive that has GRO? You can search for free there.

Hi Gwyneth and Jess You are both so kind, Jess i have spent loads on 1837 searched mills an Stewart so i guess she did remarry, well good news ,Sandra is coming from Scotland with the letter and Annies photo my mum hasnt seen her mother since she was 6 ish so a photo wuld be wonderful mum is now 81 and cant wait till 2moro ,Sandra is the daughter of Annies brother Alexander who died in 1976, if no more info is obtainable from the letter then Gwyneth i will try the library thank you Love Carol xxxxxxxx

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Approaching from another angle. Do you know an approximate date for Iris' birth? You need to find one in GRO index with STEWART logged against it, as mother's maiden name. If you can really narrow down her birth years, that wouldn't be an impossible search, although you'd need patience.

Hi Gwyneth What an idea you are brill, Iris would have been born in1931/2/3 hoping she was born in kent i think she was now what do i do help Carol