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This is my first post to RootsChat and I am hoping someone can help with my search for information about my great grandmother?
Ivy Alberta Gwynne Hardy was born 08 Dec 1894 in Folkestone, she married Wilfrid Hardy abt 1915 in Elham (he was born Hartlepool 20 Apr 1885), they had one child - Wilfrid John before emigrating to Canada in 1921.
I found two instances of an Ivy Gwynne:
1901 Census - age 5 - daughter of Frances Gwynne
1911 Census - age 15 - sister to Caroline McInery
Family folklore is that she and her sister (name unknown) were orphans as their parents were killed in an accident when they were very young. I can't make a connection to the two records above...other than was she really the niece of Frances, therefore cousin to Caroline?
Any help would be much appreciated!!
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Hi
A warm welcome to Rootschat.
This looks like her baptism record
Ivy Alberta Bidwell Gwynne
Gender Female
Baptism Date 12 Feb 1896
Baptism Place St. Michael, Folkestone, Kent, England
Mother Frances Margaret Gwynne
Heather
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Could this be her birth?
Ivy Alberta B Gwynne
Registration Year 1896
Registration Quarter Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district Elham Kent
Volume 2a Page 986a
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James Cornelius McInery married Caroline Frances Gwynne in 1900 in Strood, Kent
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Baptism
Caroline Frances Gwynne
Gender Female
Baptism Date 27 Oct 1878
Baptism Place Christ Church, Folkestone, Kent, England
Father Henry Hector James Gwynne
Mother Frances Margaret Gwynne
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In 1891, there is a 12 year old Caroline Frances Gwynne in The Soldiers Daughters Home in Hampstead
RG12/115/70/5
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Hi,
A warm welcome from me also :)
This link gives some information on the Gwynne family. It would appear that
Henry Hector James Gwynne was a soldier -
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/KENT-ENG/2002-08/1028191300
That would tie in with the above census found be heatherjulie.
JJ
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Henry Hector James Gwynne
Gender:Male
Marriage Date:2 Dec 1877
Marriage Place:Folkestone, Kent, England
Spouse:Frances Margaret Seddon
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Henry Hector J Gwynne
Estimated birth year abt 1848
Registration Year 1887
Registration Quarter Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at Death 39
Registration district Malton
Yorkshire North Riding
Volume 9d Page 270
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1891 for the Gwynne family transcribed as Georgens ???
Frances M Georgens widow 30 b. Folkestone, Kent
Fanny E Georgens dau 10 b. Devonport, Devon
Harriett N Georgens dau 8 b. Ireland
Bertha L Georgens dau 6 b. Malton, Yorkshire
Henrietta Georgens dau 4 b. Malton, Yorkshire
RG12; Piece: 748; Folio: 98; Page: 63, 8 St Michael's Sq. Folkestone
JJ
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Frances Margaret Gwynne married q2 1901, Elham, Kent
Vol 2a Page 2020
She married either Albert Keeler or Patrick Murphy
JJ
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Death - Frances Margaret Murphy
q2 1908, Elham, Keny
Age at Death - 48
Registration district: Elham
Vol 2a Page 629
JJ
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Wow..Thank you all so much for the fast response!
I did find most of that information in my search but my frustration still lies in making the connection as Henry Gwynne died years before my Ggrandmother was born!?
Regards,
MHL
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You appear to have Ivy's birth date so therefore do you have her birth cert giving her father's name?
Unfortunately having looked at all the available information it would appear that Ivy was born out of wedlock.
As the name Bidwell appears in Ivy's name perhaps her father had the surname Bidwell.
JJ
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No birth certificate just her immigration paperwork that lists her DOB and it also lists her nearest living relative in 1921 as sister Mrs McInery living at 14 Montacue Ct, Westbourne Gdns, Folkestone.
I'm thinking the missing link is possibly a brother to Henry but I can't find any info?
Unless the whole story about her parents death and being raised by an Aunt and Uncle is not true?
MLH
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Hi I am the great grandson of Frances Margaret Gwynne nee Seddon the mother of Ivy Alberta, if you would like more information on my family plse ctc me (*)
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