Family Research - NOCK / WILLETTS / LOWE / SHAKESPEARE / NEWTON ived and worked in the Black Country
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Re: Family Research - NOCK / WILLETTS / LOWE / SHAKESPEARE / NEWTON
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My grandfather's parents were William and Ellen Rose on his birth certificate but don't think they were actually married. William was married earlier to someone else though and the best match I can find has William's father as Samuel Rose on the wedding certificate.
At some point poor Ellen hopped off to her mother's and died so my grandfather was brought up by his maternal grandmother, Hannah Downs. When he came to marry he had two "surnames" so the priest hyphenated them and so the next two generations got saddled with Downs-Rose!
My grandfather's parents were William and Ellen Rose on his birth certificate but don't think they were actually married. William was married earlier to someone else though and the best match I can find has William's father as Samuel Rose on the wedding certificate.
At some point poor Ellen hopped off to her mother's and died so my grandfather was brought up by his maternal grandmother, Hannah Downs. When he came to marry he had two "surnames" so the priest hyphenated them and so the next two generations got saddled with Downs-Rose!