tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post4423880886777411734..comments2024-03-13T21:06:16.936-04:00Comments on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: No. 7 of My Top 10 Genealogy Mysteries: Who is Lionel?Olive Tree Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-21879898131130959352015-11-30T09:25:42.226-05:002015-11-30T09:25:42.226-05:00Hi Corina - I know your mom Cora :-) I met her at ...Hi Corina - I know your mom Cora :-) I met her at the funeral of her brother Bert Holden. Bert was my husband's grandfather.<br /><br />I have traced the Markham and Finch lines back quite far and would be happy to share that with you. Just write me at <b>olivetreegenealogy AT gmail DOT com</b> <br /><br />Lorine <br /><br />Olive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-58603820319947447312015-11-29T23:14:31.862-05:002015-11-29T23:14:31.862-05:00Wow!!So interesting-I have no answers to your ques...Wow!!So interesting-I have no answers to your question but found this when Googling my Grandmother's and Great Uncle's names-Elsie Markham was my Grandmother-who came to Canada around 1914 to join her 1/2 brother Albert Finch.Nice to learn some of the names of Great Grandparents etc.<br />Thanks<br />Corina (Ontario)CanadaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01133531524717889960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-44179171814049548842015-08-18T20:29:03.329-04:002015-08-18T20:29:03.329-04:00Yes it would be good to know if Edith went out fro...Yes it would be good to know if Edith went out from the Workhouse or worked in it. She could indeed have been seduced by her employer but also quite likely it was another inmate in the workhouse. I haven't given up but it will be quite challenging!Olive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-44621458496470570852015-08-18T19:14:01.598-04:002015-08-18T19:14:01.598-04:00I'm not very familiar with British records but...I'm not very familiar with British records but is there any way you could find out who Edith's mother was working for nine months before Edith's birth? It might provide a clue especially if an entire family could be listed via records. So many out-of-wedlock children borne by women who worked as domestic servants were the result of liaisons - consensual or not - with a male employerUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07674906632841564944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-49054757995608795892015-08-16T14:36:52.088-04:002015-08-16T14:36:52.088-04:00I think Lionel could be a "pretend" name...I think Lionel could be a "pretend" name; a name she liked, or, a clue to the name of the children's father who was probably married. Maybe it's the name of the street he lived on? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com