Henry Sutton & family Warwickshire 1921

[KittoFitz]

On behalf of a friend, I am trying to trace what happended to a Henry Sutton. His daughter,  Dorothy Kathleen Sutton, was born in Warwickshire in 1921 we believe.

Dorothy's mother was Kate Louise (Gerrard) Sutton and she married Henry in Devonport, Devon in 1919. (She has the marriage certificate).  We can find no trace of him before his marriage nor what happened to him after that but it has been suggested that he became a trawlerman.

Has anyone any suggestions on where we should look for further information? e.g. Electoral Roll records etc.

We are also trying to find out what happended to John Leslie Gerrard who was Kate Louise's first son to a previous husband who diedin 1915.  John Leslie was born in Edmonton in June 1910 and is seen on the 1911 Census.  He would have been only 9 when Kate Louise remarried.  Did he change his name to Sutton, did he go to Warwickshire?  So many questions...but cleverer brains than ours might be able to suggest where else to search.
Thanks

[suzard]

this looks like death reg for John Leslie gerrard

John Leslie Gerrard
born 9 Mar 1910
death reg Sept 1972
age 62
Hillingdon
5c 894

this looks like his birth reg freeBMD
John Leslie Gerrard
Jun qtr 1910
Edmonton
3a 631

as his birth was 9 Mar 1910 it looks like he was not registered until possibly end Mar which would put his reg into Jun qtr

Suz

[suzard]

Looks like Kate Louise had a daughter with her first husband not long before he died??

Birth reg freeBMD
Ada E Gerrard
mother's maiden name Petty
mar qtr 1914
Edmonton
3a 1233

marriage reg
Ada E gerrard
William Judd
Mar qtr 1936
Brentford
3a 461

Death reg
Ada Eleanor Judd
born 27 Dec 1913
death reg Apr 1994
age 80
Colchester
Essex
B54C
4691B
247

on the marriage cert for henry Sutton -who does it name as his father and what occupation? How old is henry Sutton at time of marriage -what was his occupation at time of marriage?
Did he serve in the armed forces?Who were witnesses??

When and where did kate louise die?

Suz

[KittoFitz]

Thank you so much for all the helpful information.  I had missed quite a lot in my search.

Details on Kate and Henry's Marriage Certificate are:

Henry Sutton (Widower) Age 34  Chief Petty Officer RN - address: St Budeaux Camp, Devonport

Father was Charles Sutton deceased (Ganger G. E. Railway)

Witnesses: Richard Ashworth, Ruth A. Ashworth

Marriage took place (By Licence) at the Belmont Wesleyan Chapel, Devonport

The Sutton family seem quite elusive as we can find nothing about them !!

Thank you so much for your help so far.

[jim1]

Have you discounted the Henry George Sutton b.1884 RN in the 1911 census.
edit:
Not him,1901 says his father is Arundal.
The Great Eastern Railway (East Anglia) has a society.I believe there are employee records from around 1862 onwards available:
http://www.gersociety.org.uk/
As Charles Sutton worked there it's fair to say the family came from this region.

jim

[KittoFitz]

Thank you for your suggestion. I have emailed the Great Eastern Railway !

I have run out of ideas of where to search further.