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tokan

tokan Report 21 Oct 2019 00:00

hi all, during a search for a relation , i found the husband and wife with 2 young children then found 2 other females listed as step daughters. their occupation is listed as servants. the two woman are of a similar age group to the head of household and both have 2 different names. one surname could be a variant of the maiden name of the wife. could they be relations that were made wards ? or is there another reason that i am missing? hope this isnt too complicated :-D

any suggestions gratefully accepted. TIA

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 21 Oct 2019 01:21

We could probably help more easily if we could see the record .................

could you post the names and then let us see what we can find.

My immediate thought is that they are listed as step children of the Head of the house, ie the man, and that therefore they must be children of the wife, But that sounds strange if they are similar age to the husband. I doubt they would be shown as step children if they were wards, though one never knows!

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 21 Oct 2019 08:54

Have you checked the image? Is it possible that there is a transcription error?

As Sylvia says, we need to see what you're seeing before we can offer any opinions. It would be foolhardy to try to guess