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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Essex Lookup Requests => Essex => England => Essex Completed Lookup Requests => Topic started by: talmid on Wednesday 19 November 14 20:30 GMT (UK)
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greetings. am hoping to get some information on my maternal grandparents.
Susan Irene Oliver was born in Essex
She married Walter Alfred Adams
They moved to South Africa
in 1920 my mother, Gladys Elizabeth Adams was born in Kimberley, South Africa
Any bits of information would be gratefully appreciated.
thank you. kind regards. Raine Taylor
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When and where did they marry?
I'm not immediately seeing the marriage in the England and Wales Index.
Nor any birth for a Susan Irene Oliver.
Did your mum have any older siblings?
Whereabouts in Essex was Susan born? Approx when?
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There is a Walter Albert Adams who served as a seaman WW1. born 20 July 1894 in Birkenhead Cheshire, his occupation - Baker.
His parents are Alfred and Fanny Adams, living in Leeds as of 1911. Alfred is a crumpet and muffin maker.
If this is your family he married a Susan Jacoba Oliver 28 March 1920 in Leeds at St George Church. Both were of the parish.
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Thank you for the information. Thank you for helping my search. It does seem to be the missing link that I have been hoping for. Seems that my previous information was not quite accurate concerning Susan's second name. How do I find the documentation? They seem to have come to South Africa soon after being married, as my mother was born in Kimberley in 1921. Kind regards. Raine
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Looked at the image on ancestry, the banns were read 14,21,28 March 1920.
There is no marriage recorded beneath the banns, and across the entry is written banns run out.
If you do a search via computer- South African ancestry, there are a number of web sites with passenger lists. Then you can determine if they went as a married couple or married after they got to South Africa.