General Chat

I'm back home now with access to my family phone numbers.

Which aunt to quiz first?......

My late brother was the child born pre-war.
Mum often talked to me about her early neigbours and indeed she kept in touch when they moved away, so I'm intrigued why Donald, ....or any other name, ..was never mentioned as staying there.

Gwyn

I have noticed while researching, particularly in Census lists, the amount of 'lodgers' whose names appear. It gives me the impression that it was very common practice to have at leat one lodger.

My mum had to take 2 service men as she couldn't work because I was only small, this applied during the war. Fred and Alec were their names and Alec sent me 3 camels and a donkey in wood from Egypt. It is possible 1938/39 that this was the case. Elaine.

If he was a friend of your parents maybe his official name was Donald Gwyn but they knew him as something else. Was the small child you or a sibling? can you not remember him if it was you?

As somebody has said, maybe he was lodging and working nearby.

Ann
Glos

Thinking back to the 1970's.
My sister had been a lodger in a house, the owners wanted to sell, parents wanted to buy a house for me and my sister to live in (parents moving abroad) so they bought the house.
The occupants hadn't bought a house so they stayed on until they managed to buy one!
At one point the occupants were there - as were my sister and I.
I was too young to be on the electoral role, but my sister and the (previous ) owners would have been. I have no idea of their full names - she was called Jo and had a tumour ridden poodle and a viscious jack russell - and we had a cat!
They weren't our friends - especially after I'd reported tumour ridden poodle to the RSPCA. (I was home all day and jack russell kept attacking poodle and breaking tumours - there's only so many bleeding tumours you can put up with!)

Lol Maggie.
My Mum and Dad must have had a pretty big jigsaw if Donald stayed long enough to vote.!

Over the years I heard of or met loads of their friends, but never knew anyone else lived with them.

Gwyn

Ee Gwyn - perhaps it was like me and ex OH - his friend stayed with us until I had my first daughter - when I came home he informed me that I wasn't to worry - he'd finished the jigsaw I was doing when I went into labour!!
...........he was gone within the week!

See you tomorrow!

That's a thought, although this was pre-war.
The lists are compiled from information collected in October the previous year, I believe. ( so 1937 )

I'm on a quest to find him now !

Gwyn

My grandfather was in a reserved occuption during the war and was billetted with my grandmother because she had a spare room. I don't think the householder had much choice in who they took in. Maybe this is the situation in your family.

Obviously, my nan got on well with the lodger!

I only found him about 6pm today in the Record Office.

When I'm back home I am going to ring my late Mum's 2 sisters, because the nearest match I could find on freembd births was born in Wales ( as was Mum)
Over the years though, Mum often chatted to me about 'the old days', but never have I heard of this Donald.,
He must have stayed awhile if he was registered at that address, but there was not much room in a small bungalow where there was already a young child.

Haven't checked deaths yet, apart from CWWG site., as I'm on limited use of internet, away from my PC.

He doesn't appear on Search trees, as far as I can see.

Gwyn

have you tried to find him now .......like death certificate or asked other family members

Perhaps he was a lodger?
Liz

Not now, ..In 1930s.

My parents bought their bungalow new in 1937 and it was owned by our family until Christmas time 2006.
I was looking at old electoral lists today and someone else was listed there with my Mum and Dad in 1938 / 1939.
No idea who he was...............

Gwyn