u.s.a. navy

[parkham]

thanks for looking this up for me, cant seem to track her lraving uk, wonder if she could have travelled over with her husband , did you have to have p/ports in that time. ? 

[Jacquie in Canada]

I did searches at Ancestry and Find My Past and couldn't find any passenger lists that had Alexis Arthur leaving the UK between 1918 (when he married) and 1920 (when he's on the US census). I couldn't find anyone named Gertrude Arthur who left the UK between 1918 and 1945 that fit the information for your Gertrude Shephard Arthur. I used variations and wildcards in all names to try to get the most possible results.

[parkham]

thanks. i expect he went home on his ship. as he  was in the navy, & i wonder if they let there wives travel home with them,cant see why it says on the 20 census hes married but no name of his wife then,i will see  if theres a way to put an advert in a paper over there, dont know what else to do, perhaps write to 20 th fox to see if they kept records of staff,parkham

[Vicarof]

Hello Parkham. I am Gertrude Shepherd's niece, her younger sister's daughter. I was always told that Gertrude was a G.I. bride and that she left for the States with her husband soon after their wedding. She divorced twice and was married 3 times. With her 3rd husband, John Bently, she had 2 sons, Laurence and Raymond. They lived on 12th Street in Santa Monica. She was a very good seamstress and did beautiful embroidery. After WWII she had a little shop where she did special embroidery for the stars, unique models. She died suddenly of a stroke in 1962. I hope you are well and that I will hear from you. Best regards from Vicarof.