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Hi Suzanne Yes Catharine is a mystery, but I will keep searching and who knows one day I will find her. Thank you for all your help. Bob

Hi Suzanne I wish I could take all of the credit for the find, but it was down to a wonderful lady in Canada who is married to a Burns. I have seen the two American census records you mention, but thank you again for being so helpful. I think the best thing about this discovery is that I am now...

Hi Suzanne I thought I should update you on my search for Albert and Rose Burns. Both were adopted by Richard and Maria Gillam from Bewdley. They appear with the family on the 1881 census as Albert Gillam and Rose Gillam. Albert then went to America in 1886, married and lived in the New York...

Suzanne You are a real star. Many Thanks Bob

Hi Suzanne Again thank you so much for the information and your speed of response. So Albert was living in Bewdley at the time of William joining the Army, but no mention of Catharine or Rose - I wonder if they were still alive at that time ? Have you come across Albert in any other census ? I...

Hi Suzanne Thank you so much for the census information and it is interesting to see where the family of William Robert lived. Albert Hallaran was my father who sadly passed away many years ago. It is Robert and Catharine's other two children - Rosina(Rose) and Albert who are proving very...

Hi Bren You are correct - Robert actually died a few days after the census date leaving Catharine to look after 3 young children. I am trying to establish what happened to them. William Robert was my grandfather. Bob

Hi Please forgive any mistakes as this is my first post on this forum, but I am trying to trace Rosina Burns (born 21/2/1868 in Brearley Street), William Robert Burns (born 1/1/1866 in Brealey Street) and Albert Burns (born 24/3/1871 in Fisher Street). The parents of the three children were...