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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Sussex => Topic started by: gladyseva on Friday 26 July 19 00:57 BST (UK)
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We do not need any information about OLIVER family. Just trying to track Eliza JONES (family story says she was "Elise" but records so far point to Eliza).
Eliza JONES married Charles Thomas OLIVER 31 October 1922 at the Register's Office - 2B/140 (have certificate):
Charles = Bachelor
Aged 21 years
Hotel Porter
Address = Sackville Hotel, Bexhill
Father = Walter OLIVER
Hotel Porter
Eliza = Spinster
Aged 23 years
Hotel Chambermaid
Sackville Hotel, Bexhill
Father = William Thomas JONES
Iron Works Furnaceman
Witnesses: Arthur Edw & Daisy OLIVER (brother and sister of groom)
Eliza & Chas had three children (all deceased):
Gwendoline Vera (died NZ) - she was 15/16 when her mother died - none of her children can provide any more information
June Rosemary (died UK) - only child can’t provide more information
Dudley (probably Dudley Charles) (drowned Montrose, Scotland, c.20 July 1949. AC RAF #63 Maintenance Unit).
Eliza died 6 March 1939 i.e. before the 1939 Register was compiled (have death certificate, sorry don't have access to the number at the moment)
aged 39
Address = 51 Buxton Drive, Bexhill MD
Wife of Charles Thomas OLIVER, gardener
Present at death at same address
Death registered 7 March
Is anyone able to help with Eliza please?
Thanks, gladyseva
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Possible 1901
Dudley
Sub-registration district: Dudley
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Piece: 2746
Folio: 25
Page Number: 6
Household schedule number: 27
Father William Jones is an ironworker age 26 b Dudley
Mother Elizabeth 23 b Birmingham
William 3 b Dudley
Eliza 1 b Dudley
The same family can be seen in 1911 with more children.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWWF-CC5
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Mother's maiden name for those children appears to be TALBOT (and variations).
Marriage
5 April 1897
St. Edmund's, Dudley, Worcester
William Thomas JONES
Age 22
Bachelor
Father: Edward JONES
Harriet Elizabeth TALBOTT
Age 19
Spinster
Father: William TALBOTT
Debra :)
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Thank you both for your helpful replies.
Working on both sets of info and choosing Cecilia as the least common name - there is a marriage to KNOWLES June 1/4 1930. Is it worth getting that marriage cert in the hope that Eliza (by that time) OLIVER is a witness? Or is there more logical searching still to be done before purchasing certificates?
I'm doing this for neighbour and not sure she'll want to lay out $ on a just-in-case-basis.
cheers, gladyseva
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I’m thinking if Cecelia married in Dudley, and Eliza was down in Sussex, then Eliza is unlikely to have been a witness. :(
Might have to wait until 1921 census.
Are any of the names of the siblings of the Eliza we found repeated in the family?
Is there an Eliza Jones married in Dudley (which would rule out her being your neighbour’s)
I can see 4 between 1920 and 1930
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Yes, I agree Eliza was unlikely to be witness...would be a great shortcut to proof of connection though. She says clutching at straws!
The only repeated name is my neighbour (Elise). She was led to believe she was named after her maternal grandmother, but records say otherwise.
Your idea of checking out other Eliza marriages in Dudley is a good one. I shall attack that over the next few days.
The family you found does look pretty good though with dad’s occupation, his matching first names and based in Dudley. I guess some people would name their child after their home town.
???
gladyseva
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There is a mention of her death and funeral
Bexhill on Sea Observer 11th March 1939
Mourners at the funeral were Mr ? Oliver, widower (C T Oliver as mentioned earlier in the piece),Miss Jones, sister,Mrs Knowles, sister and Miss g ?
The paper is faded at the edge so can t read where question marks are.
Mentions her address too
Cathy
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Oh that’s good Cathy, so the Knowles Jones marriage looks very promising
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Wonderful. Thank you Cathy.
That ties her to the family via Mrs KNOWLES. That’s Cecilia mentioned above.
Now to find another two linkages to have the confident ‘proof’.
gladyseva
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I wonder if would be worth getting a Lily Jones’s will. I THINK it could be this one
Only £1.50 so perhaps worth a punt
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Hi
The newspaper sadly reports that Mrs E Oliver (no forename) had been suffering from a tropical disease and had been in St Georges hospital for seven weeks before returning home for 5 weeks before passing away two days after her daughter Gwendoline aged 15 was admitted to hospital with appendicitis.
They had another girl aged 10 and a boy aged 8.
She was interred in Borough Cemetery.
Cathy
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Thank you both.
Yes, the dc gives cause of death as Sprue.
Grateful for the burial location and the Will, which could help firm the connection.
There is apparently no family knowledge of any Jones aunts/uncles/grandparents at all. The death of Eliza, followed by WW2, remarriage of widower and death of Dudley seem to have understandably disrupted communication with the family.
gladyseva
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Thank you for your help. Elise is a happy neighbour with just those linkages. Verifying the family story re her name was the object of the exercise, rather than genealogy and it seems if Eliza was called Elise it was probably a pet name.
Cheers, gladyseva
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Hi there I know you are looking for information on Eliza but i am Charles Oliver’s granddaughter and am looking to contact June and Gwendolyns family if anyone could help please thank you