Headache!

Yes, i have a headache haha. A combination of too much time on the internet and all the information my brain is trying to process!
Firstly my sister spoke to Iris my mums sister yesterday and she more or less reiterated what i had found out from the newspapers yesterday. Apparently grandad was an alcoholic and spent all their money on booze hence why they live in squalor. She said that Rose, their mum was a good one but had to put up with a lot. Apparently Rita, as well as Gordon, has passed away, they haven't seen or heard from Michael since they were in care because he was adopted. iris is still in touch with Doreen and Sandra. Apparently Doreen has written a book about her experiences so it is going to be so amazing to read that. Sandra wrote one too but hers was just a small book. So hopefully one day next week we are going to see her :) I'm nervous and excited at the same time!

So on to today.
I thought i was getting nowhere. I'd trawled through censuses looking for Roses dad Ambrose but came up a blank everytime. So i thought i would switch tactics and using Roses birthdate i thought i would see if i could find a marriage registry. Not as easy as it sounds lol. Rose was born in 1912 and i had to go back to 1897 to find when he was married but i did find it. Ambrose seems to be an unpopular name and i only found a couple, the first one drawing a blank. then i found 'the' one. It was registered in Doncaster so not far from us. I knew from Roses birth registry that her mums maiden name was Rich so after doing a search for Rich for the same quarter and year i found Alice Rich! So armed with this information i headed for the 1901 census and bingo, there they were. In 1901 they lived at number 9 Albion .........(i can't read it!) There was Ambrose, 24, Alice, 24, and 2 daughter, Eveline aged 2 and Alice aged 1. Ambrose is described as being a Railway coach painter. Going further back i have also found Ambroses family but i need to digest everything before i write anything down!