Krysia & Hugo Schwedersky with their mother, Gertrude Ellen (née Morley), and maternal grandmother Mary Gertrude (née Pechell), 1911, Hull
Oneparticular sentence in ‘The Value of Seeking Evidence’ article by David Annal in November 2022 Family Tree caught our eye: ‘… we mustn’t ignore the very strong possibility that the person we’re looking for was born with a different name to the one that he or she routinely used in later life.’ This is certainly true of Ro’s maternal grandmother, of whose first and last surnames (out of four!) we initially had no knowledge.
Dave Annal’s ‘the value of seeking advice’ article in November 2022 Family Tree inspired Ro and Paul’s research project.