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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => London & Middlesex Lookup Requests => London and Middlesex => England => London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests => Topic started by: Bozzer on Friday 22 April 05 01:36 BST (UK)
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Hello Everyone, I really would appreciate any help on this one;
I have traced my great grandparents and their respective families to the 1901 census. My Grandfather was born in 1904 but was brought up by his grand parents as there was some sort of split in the family. My Father was never told the story and he has no idea what happened to his grandparents. I have been trying to find my great grandmother for 2 years now and can get no further - or not until the 1911 census becomes available - info to date;
1891 census my Great Grandmother was Annie Marie Neve, aged 16, living with her family at 261 New Cross Road, Deptford. She was born 1874 Camberwell.
1901 census took some finding as the family were at the same address as 1891 but for some reason (or mistake) entered as Reeves instead of Neve.
Annie Neve married my Great Grandfather, Cornelius Terry in March 1902, Greenwich. I have copy certificate and both parties confirmed as correct.
In January 1904, my Grandfather Leslie Neil Terry was born and his birh certificate states family (Cornelius and Annie) living at Adelaide Rd, Brockley, London.
......That's it... no more details except for the fact that Cornelius was in the Army during WWI and he died at Hammersmith hospital in 1938. Death registered by son Leslie (who died in 1984).
Therefore, I have have no further trace of Annie after 1904. The only lead that proved futile was an Annie Marie Terry married a man called turner in 1910 (Camberwell) but the certificate came back with an Annie 9 years too young and with the wrong father.
Any help in tracing what happened to Annie would be very much appreciated.
Thank you in advance
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Hello Bozzer
You could obtain your Great Grandfathers army records (providing they didn't get destroyed in the 2nd WW?)
Only one appears on the National Archives site 1900-1949 .......... Cornelius Terry of the Lancashire Fusiliers
Anyway..........
If you can obtain his army records it could have a list of next of kin and where they lived? and also where he was stationed during WW1 as well as his campaign trail & medal roll and it would probably have where he was going on his demob?
Bryant
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Hello Bryant
Thanks for your reply. My last post was over a year ago and I must admit, I found my missing Great Grandmother several months ago. For some unknown reason, they left London and moved to Southport and she died in 1911 aged 35, of cancer. The reason for not being able to find her was that her family were Londoners and my search was mainly in the south of the UK. I wasn't looking anywhere else. I know that my Great Grandfather was still in the North for some time after her death as I have a few postcards, sent to my Grandfather, by him - posted from Manchester. This could explain the Lanchashire Fusiliers!
Do you know where I go to request military service records?
Bozzer
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Bozzer
Their might not be any...........always a risk!
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/research.asp
is the place to go.........if you can't do that, employ a researcher who specialises in Army records............genealogy magazines contain quite a few..............cost, somewhere around £25-35 but discuss that with him/her
It does save you the journey money and they do know what they are doing!
Regards
Bryant