drownings in the thames

[PatLac]

Would Mary be listed in the 1901 England Census?

[rosie99]

I can't see her at the moment, she was not at the address on the newspaper report.

Ancestry has incoming to UK passenger lists for the Moravian 

[hepburn]

Kentish Independent 4th May 1901
A Woolwich Mystery
The bodies of a Man and a Woman were found in the Thames last week, and at the inquest a verdict of "Found Drowned' was returned.  On Saturday the deceased man was identified as Arthur E Grant, a Steward formerly employed on the P&O Liner Moravian. He and a young woman from Australia, whose name was Mary Tyree, had been living together at the house of Mrs Harden, 28 Westdale Road, Plumstead and the woman was expecting to become a mother

ADDED
They are not at 28 Westdale Road on the 1901 census

Oh WOW!!!!Rosie..Well done 

[rosie99]

The Surrey Times 4th May 1901 has a lengthy article on Arthur Grant - He lived in Weybridge, Surrey with his parents.  He had apparently been living in Woolwich fro about 10 weeks prior to drowning, his father suggested that he had lost his life trying to save the woman who was with him

Thank you Hepburn, it was pure luck.  Strange how things happen like that sometimes 

[AlanBoyd]

Well done Rosie, I’m feeling quite jealous.

[hepburn]

Her relatives did know something about her drowning then!

[rosie99]

 

I think that we have all been working hard at this. As ever it is down to everyones input, we still need to know when she arrived in England and where from.

I am glad that at least this part of the mystery has been solved.  Where was she buried

[rosie99]

The obit for Arthur mentions he returned to England on January 5th.   He was due to be buried but his uncle saw something in the paper and contacted Arthurs father and they identified him before that burial.  His funeral was then postponed to the following week.

Where are they on the 1901 census

[jaywit]

The 1901 census was taken on 31st March, if they were short of money they could have been sleeping anywhere.