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Does anyone know anything about William White, and his wife Edith, who perished in the Canvey Island (England) Floods of 1953 please?
Another Victim, mentioned on the memorial plaque - Marie White - may, or may not, be a relative. Can anyone confirm please?
Edith White (née Griffith) was my 1st cousin twice removed. I would be interested to know if they had any family.
Edith was born abt. 1892 Bush Hill Park, Middlesex, England, and married William White Sept 1915 in Enfield, Middx., England. She would have been 61 when she died.
Thanks in anticipation
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Hi,
A letter to the local Evening Echo might yield some information:
Echo Newspapers, Newspaper House, Chester Hall Lane, Basildon, Essex SS14 3BL
Good luck!
Nanny Jan
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Thanks :)
What I find interesting though is that there is no sign of either of them on the 1901 census.
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can not really help you on your search but have you tried Geoff Barsby's site with regards to Canvey Island. The site has a message board where you could post a request for information about these people.
www.canveyislandhistory.com
old rowley
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I could kick myself.
Have just taken a book back to the Library at Clacton-on-Sea called The Great Tide by Hilda Grieve .There were first hand accounts of what happened and I did see a lot about Canvey in it ,with a list of the casualties.
If you reside in England ,you could get your Library to order it in.
Hope this helps.
Lin
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I could kick myself.
Have just taken a book back to the Library at Clacton-on-Sea called The Great Tide by Hilda Grieve .There were first hand accounts of what happened and I did see a lot about Canvey in it ,with a list of the casualties.
If you reside in England ,you could get your Library to order it in.
Hope this helps.
Lin
Thanks I will look out for that
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Hi,
A letter to the local Evening Echo might yield some information:
Echo Newspapers, Newspaper House, Chester Hall Lane, Basildon, Essex SS14 3BL
Good luck!
Nanny Jan
They were not at all helpful and did not even suggest alternative lines of enquiries. They were just not interested. :(
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The Evening Echo used to have a "where are they now " feature; as you say not very helpful. >:(
Have you contacted the Essex Society for Family History (www.esfh.org.uk)? There might be others researching the same family.
Nanny Jan
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Or ,you could try Colchester Evening Gazette .They have a Essex Roots section.I used this site and found a few good contacts .
This facility is available on-line too.
Thinking about it ,I did see the name White in the book.I would have gone down today and got it back out ,but it was reserved when I took it back.Think I may have to go and have a look this afternoon.There may be some other info there.Fingers crossed.
Lin
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Hi
I went to the library ,but the book was not there.I did find a book on Canvey Island with quite a few photos in (including some of the floods) and am happy to send them to you .
If you are interested ,could you PM me please.
Also ,there is a Canvey Website www.canveyislandhistory.com , looks promising.
Lin
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I found a book in my local (Essex) library written by Hilda Grieve and published by Essex County Council in 1959. It is called 'The Great Tide - the story of the 1953 flood disaster in Essex.
A brief reference has been made to this book within this thread but I would like to make an additional comment.
Hilda Grieve was/is, amongst other things, an archivist for that Council. Her book comprises 867 pages.
From the beginning of the flood (on 31st January 1953) to the following Spring tide (on 21st February 1953) takes 540 pages of fascinating description.
A brief examination of the index indicates that no names of victims are given and I think I can understand why that was so. But there are countless stories related to precise localities throughout the book.
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I’ve just viewed a book by Patricia Rennoldson-Smith - The 1953 Essex Flood. This book lists all those who died by town and street.
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Make an enquiry to Essex Libraries/Archives which is certain to have books, files and information on this. Also newspapers, probably indexed.