Researchers, however dedicated and fastidious, can only find what there is to be found. We all have unanswered questions in our heritage. These are some of my questions.
- Why did my grandmother, May Frazer Watson, give up her son, Harry, my father, to be raised by her parents, Kate and James Watson?
- Why was the unofficial adoption kept a secret, at least until it was uncovered, long after the deaths of May and her parents? The 1927 Adoption Act must have been public knowledge.
- Why is there no evidence of any contact between Jane Adamson and her half-sister Lydia Potter after Lydia married into the Rowntree chocolate family?
- Did Edwin Potter know that he wasn't the father of my great grandmother, Jane Adamson?
- Why was Thomas William Leggett recorded as Thompson on his birth certificate?
- Why was my Auntie Connie's birth date wrong on the 1939 Register?
- Why was Kate's (nee Loughborough) birth date wrong on the 1939 Register?
- Why did Auntie May keep her life in the 1930s a secret from the rest of the family?
- Why did Auntie May once change her name to Mae, and to Margaret? Accident or intention?
- Why is there no record of Auntie May ever getting divorced from Thomas William Leggett?
And the mysteries of just George Daniel Leggett:
- Why did my great grandfather, George Daniel Leggett leave his wife Mary, mother of their one surviving daughter, in Scarborough, eventually starting a new life with Jane Adamson, with whom he had six further children?
- What did George Daniel Leggett do between being in Hull, and somehow meeting Jane Adamson?
- How did George meet Jane?
- Why did George Daniel Leggett's daughter Lavinia describe her father as 'deceased' on her 1915 marriage certificate, when he was still alive until 1921?
- Why did George Daniel Leggett's son George Daniel Leggett Jr describe his father as 'deceased' on his 1918 marriage certificate, when he was still alive until 1921?
- How did George Daniel Leggett avoid appearing on many censuses? Was he just 'at sea'? It was still his responsibility to complete the forms.