Does anyone remember a James Arthur Yeadon - known as Frank (Blackpool)

[heywood]

They may have 'retired' there from their careers and then separated.

Have you got him now in 1911?

[Sophie30]

Yes - thank you so much!
I just need to purchase some credit so I can view it now :-) I will do that now.

[Sophie30]

Well thats interesting, i thought he would be detailed on the census as a Music Hall Artiste but he is listed as a Cloth Warehouseman.
By september of the same year he was married and detailed his occupation as Music Hall artist, which is what we knew of him as, my great grandmother the same.
Interestingly Middlesbrough record office found her on the Middlesbrough Musical Union Concert Book (1906-1912) listed as a soprano in the festival chorus. I researched the Stage Archive for a Lila D (we thought her stage name was Lila delores or desmond or the like) and found a Lila Delis - Soprano so not sure if that was her. She could of course worked the music halls as a singer in the chorus, but I dont know why she would have had a stage name if so. Both James Arthur Yeadon and her were both known better by their stage names than their real names so I am led to believe via family recollection. She also took her children to Rio in 1921 (without James A yeadon) and my grandmother recalls having a nanny whilst there so I assumed maybe she travelled with a musical company of some sort - strange place to go in 1921 with two tiny children and no husband. :-)

[heywood]

Maybe she introduced him to the bright lights. 

I noticed that she went to Brazil on another post elsewhere but didn't read the cirumstances.
Just had a look and she returned with Edward Mayo, 60 yrs a Mine Agent travelling to an address in Bishop Auckland but Brazil as his place of residence.
I just found an earlier post with this information posted by yourself- did you ever find out who Eric Mayo was?
(It['s intriguing  )

[Sophie30]

No I didn't - its driving me crazy.

I'm just looking at the passenger lists now - she travelled out to Brazil on 25th Nov 1920 departing from Liverpool with my grandmother (Vena Yeadon) and my grandmothers brother Eric. It says on the ships list the intended country of permanent residence was Brazil. Interestingly my grandmother and brother travelled under their names, but Elizabeth travelled out there under the name Elizabeth Mayo. She returned from Argentina 6 months later with Edward Mayo (he was a good deal older than her 26 years!) under the name Elizabeth Mayo and the children were listed as Vena and Eric Yeadon-Mayo?!  Its all such a mystery and I wish I could get to the bottom of it at least.
My mum said that my grandmother can remember being out there and having a nanny and eating lots of icecream but she was 5 at the time and is now not with us. Eric is a separate story totally - he became estranged from his mother (and my grandmother, Vena until she traced him) after he was sent to Australia on board the Vedic - a ship bound for Australia and chartered by the Salvation Army to send boys (mainly) and girls out to oz for a better life (allegedly - there is much speculation about this) - Eric was one of two of the youngest at 14. Elizabeth and his sister lost touch with him, but my grandmother traced him in 52 via the Salvation Army when she and her family in cluding my mum moved to Australia themselves, only to return a few years later as Elizabeth was in a convent hsopital in Blackpool and had died. I think she regularly checked herself in for respite - not suprised with her eventful life! My mum said she was very glamourous but quite the diva!

[heywood]

There are a couple of entries for Edward Mayo's journeys but no real clues and his will is in the indexes in 1931.

[Sophie30]

Oh really? Is it possible to get copies of wills? Where would I find the index for that (sorry didn't know I could search those).
I am fairly sure ages ago I checked for marriages and he was married to an Elizabeth in Bishop Auckland but not my Elizabeth - a much older one.
Would be interesting to see if she was mentioned in the will - doubtful if his wife was around I bet.

[heywood]

There is information here re ordering a will   Wills   Form

Edward died 2- 10-1931. Probate granted to T Jennings solicitor and Mary Elizabeth Ellen Mayo, widow.  (Assuming this is him)

  There are a couple of trees to view re Edward.

Elizabeth Kells Mayo died in 1919 so Edward was possibly a widower at the time of his journey with Elizabeth Yeadon. He may have remarried later.

[Sophie30]

Oh I tried to find a tree with him in, I'll have another look.

He liked his Elizabeths  and i do think that is him, I know I looked sometime ago, hoping I could maybe find a link to the family or something so i thought he was married to an Elizabeth Ellen Mayo, later in life.