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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => London and Middlesex => Topic started by: tsumi on Thursday 28 December 17 12:11 GMT (UK)
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Happy Christmas and a good new year everyone.
I am trying to trace an Aunt ,Dorothy E Shearman,who removed from Germany 1950's,she appears to have lived at 77,Maxilla Gardens,Kensington,London according to a Tea Chest which had the address stamped on the top of the lid.Big snag no such address,numbers for Maxilla Gardens according to a map halt in the early 40's.Has anyone access to voting registers for that time or could point me to a website with some similar information .Many thanks for your time and all the best. :)
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There is a marriage in roughly the right area, could that be her? If so, the certificate could help.
Dorothy E Shearman
Jul-Aug-Sep 1951
Westminster Middlesex
Spouse: Adrian J S Turner
Volume Number: 5c
Page Number: 1094
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Now Maxilla Walk. Could it perhaps be #11 instead of 77?
Map and photos here ...
https://northkensingtonhistories.wordpress.com/2016/05/08/maxilla-gardens/
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Hello Groom ,Thank you for the quick answer,I have in the past gotten that certificate and although it is an uncommon name it was not her. Thank you for your time and help.
Happy new year.
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Hello Groom ,Thank you for the quick answer,I have in the past gotten that certificate and although it is an uncommon name it was not her. Thank you for your time and help.
Happy new year.
At least we can eliminate that! Happy New Year.
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Hello Bookbox, Thank you for your help ,it may have been 11 but it did look like 77 and this is the confusion and thought maybe the voting registers or even telephone directory would give me some answers.Many thanks for your time and help and Happy New year to you. :)
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If you look at the 1954-55 map https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Map/523944/181227/13/101329 you will see that Maxilla Gardens only goes up to Number 41
Stan
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I agree with Bookbox. In Continental Europe (and some other places) a digit "1" is often written with a very long serif. If she'd written "7", it would have been crossed with a horizontal bar.
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Many thanks Chris Doran, I am amazed I hadn,t thought of that ,as a matter of fact I always horizontally cross my sevens.Have a good New Year. ;D
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Do you have her date of birth :-\
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Hi Rosie99, date of birth,24/07/1909.Happy New Year.
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Dorothy Evaline Shearman born 24 July 1909 died Jan 1998 Harrow.
So now we have her middle name.
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Is it particularly her location in the 1950s which is sought, or other information about her?
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It is the location in the 1950's.
When she died , I discovered a tea chest with the address 77,Maxilla Gardens Kensington London on.She had up to then lived the war years 1939/1945+ in Bermuda,before then Hungary until she escaped 1938,turning up in Malta 1939. The 1945,s she lived in Germany until 1950's when she moved to Harrow,Middlesex. It is the address in Maxilla Gardens I cannot trace her being there despite the tea chest address,but it may have been 11 Maxilla, thanks to Chris Doran and others.
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Do you know her address in Harrow? If it was 109 Long Elmes, then she was already there by 1951, later moving by 1956 to 8 Drummond Drive.
John T Barratt and Harriet L Bennett were with Dorothy Shearman at both these addresses.
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Hi ,55,Hide Road,Harrow,Middllesex.
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https://northkensingtonhistories.wordpress.com/2016/05/08/maxilla-gardens/
Quite an interesting piece :)