Mollie JOHNSON

[alchemyst]

Hi,
I wonder if anyone could tell me please if the Mollie/Molly Johnson who married David Wedgwood abt 1936 is the sister of Amy Johnson (aviatrix).  I have seen that in the 1970s Molly was Molly Jones but she could have married again - couldn't she?
Thanks for any help.

Alchemyst

[aghadowey]

Looks like Amy's sister Molly married in 1933-
http://www.yfaonline.com/assetDetails.cfm?film=1101&keyword=

Sister Mollie still alive in 1974-
http://www.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/discover/hull_history_centre/our_collections/hullpeople/amyjohnson.aspx

[AMBLY]

Hi

There is a reference to Amy's brother-in-law JONES  here:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/onlinelists/GB%200067%20AC77_23.pdf

Open the document then use it's search function  to find "AJ's brother" (without the quotation marks)

Mollie's 'proper' name was Mary.
She married the man mentioned in the pdf in Jun Qtr 1933 in Hull,
ref: 9d, page 608

Not naming the name, too recent. Privacy of their possible issue.

Cheers
AMBLY

[alchemyst]

Thank you for the replies and info.  The reason I asked the question was because for many years distant relatives have always said that the Wedgwoods were related to Amy Johnson (in some way) and I thought I had found the connection - but it is back to the drawing board!!  Maybe they discovered the same marriage I did and put 2 & 2 together to make 7 - perhaps there is no connection at all!

Thanks,
Alchemyst

[Treetotal]

I just had to comment...My Uncle who is now 101 aways claimed that Amy Johnson was a relation of ours until I questioned him about the lack of evidence to support this when I began researching the family tree...He later told me that they weren't actually related but were neighbours when they lived down the Boulevard in Hull and went to the same school as Amy and her Sisters
Another myth uncovered 
Carol

[alchemyst]

Thanks for the comment Carol - it gave me another angle to consider and did make me smile.  There is nothing like having a great storyteller in the family.  My father used to tell us that we were related to a well known actor of the time because we had the same surname - believed him for many years and told anyone who would listen!  I suspect that sometimes our senior storyteller relatives just like to stir things up a bit - no harm done - just not much help when you are trying to get the correct facts!!

Best wishes,
Alchemyst

[Treetotal]

Oh how they lead us up the garden path and barking up the wrong tree...There is a Capes that married a Johnson in our tree...but that's where the similarity ends
I have still to prove that David Ivor Davies more commonly known as Ivor Novello also is related to our Welsh line 
Carol