Edward LAWRENCE - still missing

[cheryle.f]

Hi......Re investigating after putting info away for a few years..........Does anyone have an Edward Cecil Lawrence in their family tree who may have been born in the late 1890's/early 1900's......He was residing in Boscombe, Bournemouth in the mid 1930's and working as a hotel porter. He seems to have left Bournemouth during  1936/37.   He may have been from out of the area as someone who was a child at the time remembers him having a funny accent.
  This is a real long shot but his name is on my mothers birth certificate and the kellys directory shows him as residing for approx 3 years at an address in Ashley Road Boscombe Bournemouth.  As the mother (born 1898/died 1945 )and him were not married is there anyway i could ever find out where he was from/what age he was etc except by posting here and hoping one day this tiny bit of info jogs someones memory somewhere 

Thanks in anticipation .... cheryle.f

[CaroleW]

Freebmd has 2 births for that name - 1901 Hampshire and 1910 Gloucs plus 3 entries for  Cecil Edward Lawrence b 1902/1905/1906.  The 1906 entry was b Hampshire

The following link has an entry for an Edward Cecil Lawrence b 1911 leaving Southampton for Singapore in 1946

http://www.findmypast.co.uk/passengerListPersonSearchStart.action?redef=0

You would have to buy credits to view the entry as FindMyPast is a paysite 

[KitCarson]

There is a tree on Ancestry with an Edward Cecil Lawrence b 5 Mar 1910  in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.  Unfortunately, it looks as if the tree owner has no other information after his birth.

Good luck with your search.

Kit

[cheryle.f]

Hi Carol and Kit and thanks for your replies.......It would be very spooky if it turns out in the future he was the one who went to Singapore as we were stationed out there in the 60's with my dad who was in the Royal Green Jackets.....
  I have looked and looked at all these possibilities but as my mum was put into a childrens home in 1945 there is very little info except that on her birth certificate.........The problem is he could have be 10 years younger or older than my grandmother so its an endless range! I will just have to keep wondering for now and dig where i can .......kind regards Cheryle

[fizzix]

The Edward Cecil A Lawrence born Hampshire 1901 is listed under deaths in the following quarter. At least that's one less to look at 

[cheryle.f]

Hi ,  Thanks for your addition to this mystery............I also saw this one a few years ago and discounted due to the 'A' really, as in Carols info some are listed as Cecil Edward Lawrence and i am having enough trouble looking at the ones that are actually listed in the same context as the one on the certificate.  I have no reason to believe that everything entered is not correct at this moment in time.  Just a pity at the time that the fathers age or place of birth didnt get recorded as that would have been ideal in this situation.
My mother was actually registered as Lawrence, so seems that he didnt mind the registration process or the recording of it.........best wishes Cheryle

[miriamkinga]

Hello

Edward Cecil Lawrence left England on 17/04/1946 on the ship Tegelberg. He is listed as aged 35 and an engineer. His home address is given as c/o John Swire & Sons Ltd, London EC3 and his future country of intended residence is Hong Kong.

Hope this helps.

Best wishes

Maria

P.S. Forgot to say that it looks like the company he worked for is still in existence - www.swire.com - maybe they have personnel records? 

[cheryle.f]

Hi Maria, Thanks for the input............Still could be him............Edward Cecil Lawrence  lived with my grandmother in Boscombe Bournemouth in early 1930's and then my mum was born in 1934.  He was down as a hotel porter on her birth certificate which from research shows that most of that area was swamped with hotels/holiday establishments in those days.  My grandmother who was born in 1898 and married in 1920 had already been widowed and left with  four small boys in 1932. Absolutely nothing else is known about Edward after he disappears 1936/37 except for the name on her birth certificate as my grandmother dies in 1945 leaving eight children of who four youngest ended up in Dr Barnados (Cottage Homes) in Christchurch.  They never returned home from school the day their mother died and were taken straight to the home from the school...........never had their toys/belongings/school books or prizes or anything ever given to them from that day onward........My mum being 11 and one of the eldest had to help bring up the other younger children in the home  until they started being farmed out as skivvies to local families who didnt really want them but wanted the money it brought in........So my search goes onwards and one day maybe a little piece of luck will change everything.......best wishes Cheryle

[miriamkinga]

Dear Cheryle

What a really sad story and how awful for your poor mum and her brothers & sisters 

What do you think about contacting the company? Not sure what the legal requirement is for how long they keep archived personnel records but it might be worth a try.

best wishes and best of luck

Maria