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Hi Dave,

Thanks very much for your interest in this topic, I posted this query for a friend who is trying to get details of his deceased father’s birth. The family know very little of his German background.  What is the best way for me to forward this information to you?

Regards & thanks

Steve Mc

Thank you for that. Do they have an English language site or is it enough just to provide them with  the full name, DoB & place of birth on an application form?

Regards

Steve Mc

Frank Robert Calverhouse Dundee was married to May Pauline Dundee by 1916, that had at least two girls. Frank abandoned May & the children as he had taken up with a married woman Myrtle Claire Kate McDonald nee Edwards who he employed as a governess, while her husband was off fighting in the war. McDonald divorced his wife Myrtle Claire Kate McDonald in 1920 after returning from the war.  At this stage I have no knowledge what happened with the relationship between Dundee & McDonald.

Hi Malcolm A,

your Gr Grandparents may have taken over the George from my relatives. Apart from the information already provided in the above links to this conversation, I have copied two newspaper reports in the time Flower was at the George;

Reynolds's Newspaper, August 9th 1896: Charles Silvia Flower, of The George, George Street, Christchurch was fined £30 for diluting beer

South London Press, 23 Jan 1897
"John Putt (37), basket maker, was charged with assaulting C.S. Flower, licensed victualler, of the George, George Street, Blackfriars Road"
John Putt's appearance in court for assaulting Charles was reported in the paper on 23rd Jan 1897- remanded on £10 bail. On his second appearance in court, on remand, the paper reported on 30th Jan 1897 that Putt was ordered to pay a fine of 20s or go to prison for 14 days. Charles appears to have taken over the pub early 1896. 

In 1899 Charles Flower was listed as being at the "Red Lion & Key, 9 Mill Lane, Southwark St Olave, Surrey, London”, and

In the 1901 Census - "The Prince's Arm”, 20 Theobald Street, Newington.

I would be most interested to receive anything further you may have to this.

Regards

Steve Mc

Many thanks hanes teulu.