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Research in Other Countries => United States of America => US Lookup Requests => Topic started by: parkham on Saturday 23 August 08 02:30 BST (UK)
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can any 1 look up for =alexis. charles. conaway .arthur. b=1883. father= james, veasy, arthur. [ farmer] married= gertrude shepherd,18/12/1918. london, he was then in the navy, 1st class fireman, at= eagle hut. american Y.M.C.A. strand, london. when did gertrude go to america, was it 1921.? ,& where did he live, any help welcome. ??? :)
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What is the surname of the person you want researched in the US Navy?
CONAWAY?
ALEXIS?
you are not clear as to which name you want researced. Is Gertrude's married name SHEPHERD? or ????
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I believe I have found Alexis Charles Conoway Arthur in 1920 West Virginia USA
1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Alexis C C Arthur
Home in 1920: MT Carbon, Fayette, West Virginia
Age: 25 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1895
Birthplace: West Virginia
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: James V
Father's Birth Place: West Virginia
Mother's Name: Tursie J
Mother's Birth Place: West Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Name Age
James B Arthur 63
Tursie J Arthur 62
Alexis C C Arthur 25 Married
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Social Security Death Index
Name: Alexias Arthur
SSN: 235-01-3250
Last Residence: 25303 Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States of America
Born: 25 Oct 1893
Died: May 1983
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Gertrude must have died because Alex is married to Addie in this census.
1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Alex C Arthur
Home in 1930: London, Kanawha, West Virginia
Age: 37
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1893
Birthplace: West Virginia
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Addie
Race: White
Occupation: Fireman at Chemical Plant
Education:
Military service: Veteran WWI
Rent/home value: Rent $45.00 month
Age at first marriage: 24
Parents' birthplace: .
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Alex C Arthur 37
Addie Arthur 42 age at first marriage: 15
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:-*hi. thanks so much for info,yes this is him, but may be he divorced gertrude , [nee shepherd], as was told by in law she was working at = twenty centuary fox studios when 2nd war[ 1939-45]& lived in santa- monica, but havent traced this, her sisters son told me she wanted him to go there when the war was on here, i did get a i gertrude arthur on passenger list , to n./york. 30/8/1921. but only gives name, ship was =VESTRIS , micro roll t715 3015 why isent she listed on the census with him in 1920. she was born= 1899. how come i cannot find all info like you, i have spent hours trying to see them, so hope you can still help me with gertrude, trying to print all this out, & now my printer will not print, oh dear, thanks again, parkham
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Parkham
Regarding the different ways to research, please remember that sometimes "less is better". If you enter too much information you are less likely to get a subset of info.
Try entering what you do know for certain. For example, when searching for Alexis Charles Conaway Arthur in the US Census, I entered "Alex* Arthur" with an approx. birthdate of 1893 + or - 2 years. Try using the wildcard character "*" to give you more solutions.
As for Gertrude, if you could supply more information about her I'm certain we can track her down. If she was divorced from ARTHUR, maybe she went back to her maiden name or did she marry again. Let us know a little more specific info and I will try my best to find her.
I am in California and I'm very close to Santa Monica, so you can see that I may be able to help you.
Mer
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i will try like you said,as quite old ;things take a time to sink in,well she was born
april- june. 1899, vol1a/ p 623.
mother= mary ann sussanah shepherd.[ nee dias]father= george shepherd; [ born in new york, 1873]ret aroud 1880]district she was born= hampstead, london.2nd name= hilda. on her marriage copy the witnesses were=martha marshall. & louise holloway. she was living then at= kilburn, london. was a grocers asst. he was at= eagle hut, ymca, strand, london, [ i have seen this on the web]the marrige was on the 18/12/1918./
i did get his family on the1860 cenus. his father was then i of 12 children it seems, would she have to get a passport in that year to go to the states, & visa. . let me know if any more i can do , so greatfull to you. parkham :-*
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:-*hi. thanks so much for info,yes this is him, but may be he divorced gertrude , [nee shepherd], as was told by in law she was working at = twenty centuary fox studios when 2nd war[ 1939-45]& lived in santa- monica, but havent traced this, her sisters son told me she wanted him to go there when the war was on here, i did get a i gertrude arthur on passenger list , to n./york. 30/8/1921. but only gives name, ship was =VESTRIS , micro roll t715 3015 why isent she listed on the census with him in 1920. she was born= 1899.
According to the passenger list that is not your Gertrude Arthur. The Gertrude Arthur who arrived in New York on the Vestris on 30 Aug 1921 was single, born in Barbados about 1886 and was going to live with her sister, Mrs Florence Farrell in Brooklyn, NY. The Vestris sailed from Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and Barbados to New York.
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thanks for looking this up for me, cant seem to track her lraving uk, wonder if she could have travelled over with her husband , did you have to have p/ports in that time. ? ???
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I did searches at Ancestry and Find My Past and couldn't find any passenger lists that had Alexis Arthur leaving the UK between 1918 (when he married) and 1920 (when he's on the US census). I couldn't find anyone named Gertrude Arthur who left the UK between 1918 and 1945 that fit the information for your Gertrude Shephard Arthur. I used variations and wildcards in all names to try to get the most possible results.
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thanks. i expect he went home on his ship. as he was in the navy, & i wonder if they let there wives travel home with them,cant see why it says on the 20 census hes married but no name of his wife then,i will see if theres a way to put an advert in a paper over there, dont know what else to do, perhaps write to 20 th fox to see if they kept records of staff,parkham :-\ :(
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Hello Parkham. I am Gertrude Shepherd's niece, her younger sister's daughter. I was always told that Gertrude was a G.I. bride and that she left for the States with her husband soon after their wedding. She divorced twice and was married 3 times. With her 3rd husband, John Bently, she had 2 sons, Laurence and Raymond. They lived on 12th Street in Santa Monica. She was a very good seamstress and did beautiful embroidery. After WWII she had a little shop where she did special embroidery for the stars, unique models. She died suddenly of a stroke in 1962. I hope you are well and that I will hear from you. Best regards from Vicarof.