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How weird is this? My grandfather was living at 126 Garvary Road, Canning Town,Newham at the time of the 1939 register and had a sister called Winifred Barnes. There was another Winifred Barnes at number 146 and as far as I can tell they weren't related.

Could just be a coincidence... My head is spinning with how many people called Barnes there are in my tree. There is a Walter Barnes who had 16 children and he was one of about 8 or 9! I do have a Henry Barnes but the middle intial doesn't match and he was only born in 1915, so a 1930 marriage would...

As no one has posted here for 5 years I take it this was the wrong section for my question?

Hopefully you can see this? m The John Barnes who died aged 75 in Poplar is in my family tree but I couldn't help noticing the Gwendoline Barnes who died aged just 1 on the same page. Given the Poplar entry it could be that she may be a relative, too, but there is only this death notice and no birth...

Name's Simon. Not massively into genealogy, more of a passing interest. Been doing a tree for a little while on Ancestry but became frustrated at the limited info they supply without paying extra for the higher tier. Have now transferred the file (and my sub!) to Find My Past. Anyway I came here wit...