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Other Countries / Re: Death in Panama 1942 - want to find out what happened
« on: Yesterday at 17:55 »
Thanks all,

Mystery solved - he died in St Pancras in 1942 not in Panama. Many thanks to Tony for spotting that connection - I hadn't thought to try his middle name as the first name.

The Panama lead came from Ancestry where its likely a mis-translation from an online record.

Best,

ojbumblebee1993

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Other Countries / Death in Panama 1942 - want to find out what happened
« on: Yesterday at 16:04 »
Hi there,

One of my relatives was called Alfred James Rovery. He was born 4th July 1900 and married Lily Renhsaw in October 1923.

Apparently he died in Panama in 1942. How would I go about finding more information about this? Where should I start? I've checked newspaper records but I can't find any details. It seems strange because I can't find anything to suggest we sent troops to Panama from the UK during WW2.

Any ideas on where to start?

Thanks,

Ojbumblebee1993

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Durham / Re: Sarah Jane Harrison
« on: Monday 18 August 25 18:08 BST (UK)  »
That's the one it seems.

Quote from: softly softly on Monday 18 August 25 17:32 BST (UK)
NICHOLSON, SARAH  JANE     aged 57 
GRO Reference: 1918  D Quarter in EASINGTON  Volume 10A  Page 935

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Durham / Re: Sarah Jane Harrison
« on: Monday 18 August 25 17:16 BST (UK)  »
Yes thats Ada! Thank you thats lovely.

Quote from: jonwarrn on Monday 18 August 25 17:07 BST (UK)
Could this be Ada? With photo?
Hartlepool (Northern Daily) Mail, 25 February 1971
TWO Horden couples celebrate 110 years of marriage this week-end. For Bob and Ada Twitty it is 60 years since they walked the 300 yards from Ada’s home in Blackhills Terrace to St Hilda’s Church to be married...

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Durham / Re: Sarah Jane Harrison
« on: Monday 18 August 25 15:16 BST (UK)  »
I have Mary as 1889?

Quote from: softly softly on Monday 18 August 25 15:08 BST (UK)
Do you have info for Mary Ellen Houston 1899

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Durham / Re: Sarah Jane Harrison
« on: Monday 18 August 25 14:26 BST (UK)  »
Thanks so much for all the replies so far.

To recap it looks like:

Sarah didn't marry William Houston and bought two children into the relationship before they met. He had three children prior with Ruth. Sarah and William had Florence, Mary, Polly and Ada. She may have married Nicholson in 1906 (I need to investigate the marriage certificate) but by that point she'd also given birth to Maggie. There is also the possibility she had Isabella in 1909?

But it looks like she had died by the 1921 census.

Polly and Maggie may have married into the same family?

Thanks again for all the research. This is fantastic.

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Durham / Re: Sarah Jane Harrison
« on: Monday 18 August 25 14:17 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for this. The 1925 Houston/Coxon is Pollys son John Coxon.

Does that mean Polly and Maggie as half sisters likely married into the same family?

Quote from: softly softly on Monday 18 August 25 14:13 BST (UK)
Maragret/Maggie Harrison has a dob of 23rd May 1900

She marries as Margaret C N Harrison in 1918 Easington to Joseph Coxon.

Births of children--interesting

Births Mar 1921   
 
Coxon    Margaret    mmn Nicholson    Easington    10a   991

Births Sep 1923   
Coxon    Son    mmn Nicholson    Easington    10a   891

Births Jun 1925   
Coxon    Son    mmn Houston    Easington    10a   899

Births Sep 1931   
Coxon    daughter    mmn Nicholson    Easington    10a   663
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Polly Houston married John H Coxon 1911 Easington. John H a widower by 1939

Deaths Sep 1939   
Coxon    Polly    48    Durham E.    10a   521

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Durham / Re: Sarah Jane Harrison
« on: Monday 18 August 25 09:53 BST (UK)  »
Yes that was the one.

Quote from: jonwarrn on Monday 18 August 25 09:51 BST (UK)
Quote from: ojbumblebee1993 on Sunday 17 August 25 18:45 BST (UK)
I've explored the possibility that she remarried - potential in 1906? But again I can't be sure as I can't verify other facts to conclusively say yes or no to this possibility.

This one?
June 1906 Easington 10a 961
Harrison, Sarah Jane
Nicholson, Robert
+ 2 others

1911 in Shotton
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWHQ-S9C

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Durham / Re: Sarah Jane Harrison
« on: Sunday 17 August 25 22:20 BST (UK)  »
If William Houston was married before is it possible then that he did not marry Sarah? Or did he divorce Ruth? And is it likely rather than dying in 1894 as I previously had assumed he actually did another runner with someone else?

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