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[yendis44]

Yes, he was with his parents William & Sussanah nee Fitzgerald in Worcester but after that he disappears.
His father was a Supervisor in the Inland Revenue.
This shows Sidney's siblings of William, and Herbert (my grandfather). Their sister Edith who ended up nursing the wounded in France during WW1 also disappears from all the Cenus rcords.
The Pimlico record doesnt have Sidney's correct birthdate of 1881 - but I am prepared to believe that he lied about his age and birthplace.
Thanks for you interest. This family is my worst brickwall!!!
Yendis44

[yendis44]

Jen B - Sidney was 10 yrs old with the family in Worcester in 1891. His father William, was a Supervisor of Inland Revenue and his mother's maiden name is Fitzgerald.
Thanks for your help.

[JenB]

Sidney Ransom b 1876 Pimlico     Artist   
Ena Ransom wife b 1874  Basingstoke   Actress
Doreen Ransom dau b 1894  Clapham

Living at 49 Crewdson Rd, Lambeth
 
RG13     420     146    48

Odder and odder.

Ena seems to be Halgena E.P. Lewis, who appears in the 1891 census as an actress, born Basingstoke in 1867.
RG 12 / 118 / 43 / 28, living at Regent's Park Terrace.

In 1881 she's with her family in Eastbourne. Her mother is 'born at sea' and her father born in Ireland.
Rg 11 / 1038 / 125 / 49

[yendis44]

Thank You for that. You have found more on Ena than I ever have.The family looks right but I still have a problem with Sidney's age and birthplace which doesnt match his earlier proven Birth record.
Just contacted my sister in NZ who says that she has a suitcase from our Grandfather (Sidney's brother) that had a shipping sticker attached to it - from Cork.
Great excitement in the family - we've been searching SLR for years and had so little on him.
Your information also means that Sidney was 14 yearsyounger than his wife. No wonder he altered his birthdate!

[JenB]

Thank You for that. You have found more on Ena than I ever have.The family looks right but I still have a problem with Sidney's age and birthplace which doesnt match his earlier proven Birth record.
Just contacted my sister in NZ who says that she has a suitcase from our Grandfather (Sidney's brother) that had a shipping sticker attached to it - from Cork.
Great excitement in the family - we've been searching SLR for years and had so little on him.
Your information also means that Sidney was 14 yearsyounger than his wife. No wonder he altered his birthdate!

Halgena Everard Potter Lewis, born 2q 1865, Basingstoke 2c, 168

Halgena E. P. Ransom died aged 74, 4q 1943, Poole, 5a, 343

[yendis44]

JenB....I am new to this. Please what does 2q or 4q mean?

[JenB]

 Each year is split up into quarters with, for example, all events registered between 1 Jan and 31 Mar held in the index labelled March. Remember it is upon when events were registered, which for marriages is normally the same day as when the marriage took place. However births may be registered up to 6 weeks after they occur, so a December birth is likely to be indexed in the March volume for the following year.

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/civreg/

1q = Ist quarter = January February March (also called the March quarter)
2q = 2nd quarter = April May June (June quarter)
3q = 3rd quarter = July August September (September quarter)
4q = 4th quarter = October November December (December quarter)

So Halgena's birth was registered sometime between 1st April and 30th June 1865, and her death sometime between 1st October and 31st December 1943.

[yendis44]

Thank you so much for that information.

[nanny jan]

Is this death registration for the right Sidney?


Sidney L Ransom   SeptQ  1933     Swansea      11a     879         Age given =  57


This would match the Sidney Ransom born 1876.


Nanny Jan