Seeking my grandfather, John Antonio Favard

[MonicaL]

There is this record which may be for Emma, from what we have so far, in 1911 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XW8T-GXR

Monica

[Greenbank]

Hi Monica, Gali and Doddie

Thank you all very much for your interest and the wealth of information supplied.  I shall consult all the references you have quoted and put together the details.  If Annet Antonio Favard was my grandfather there is the coincidence that he was born in Southwark where I now live!  I'll post my conclusions when I've got my head round it all!

[Gali]

What a coincidence about Southwark!

It would be great to hear how you get on, here are some links to others who may know a bit more:

There is a tree on Ancestry, 'Stearn Family Tree', with info on the descendants of Lida Favard and her husband, George Ambrose Ridgway. 

Here is a tree with links to Lizzie May Horscroft and her son, Tony Favard - who emigrated to South Africa:
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/j/o/h/Louise-Johnstone/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0607.html

I wonder if the family did all stay in Chile?  Here is a tree written by a son of Ruth Dorothea Favard, who married an Alfredo Goldsack:
http://www.geni.com/people/Ronald-Goldsack-Favard/6000000000479384544
http://www.angelfire.com/falcon/goldsack/The_Woolwich_Line.htm

[MonicaL]

You might want to follow up on that divorce reference that Gali has found on the National Archives site.

Divorce in that period was unusual (and very expensive!) and hard to obtain given the laws at that time.

Given the year showing on the link of 1896, the year after your grandmother was born, these papers may provide a clue that could help you link him to the events in Midlothian perhaps.

As Gali says, let us know how you get on 

Monica