george henry marr

[djamesp]

I hope this query is correctly located
George Henry (sometimes Harold) Marr; b. Thorpe Bassett, Yorks March qr 1881; son of George Henry and Sara Stephenson; clerk 1901 Census, traveller 1911 Census.
Went to NSW c1912; married Janet (Nettie) Clark, Ashfield 1918; to NZ c1921. 
He was a Methodist Home Missionary in New Zealand for the next ten years.  There was a child of the marriage, though not named in local records. His wife died at Sydney in 1933, and after spending a year or so in NZ GHM returned to the UK c1938.  He may have been a radio announcer in Sydney for a brief time before then.
I am trying to discover what he did during the period c1912 and 1921 in NSW, but I would particularly like to know what he did when he returned to the UK, and  where and when exactly he died. There is an entry in FreeBDM regarding a George Henry Marr who died  in the Ryedale Registration District in 1947, and since Thorpe Bassett comes within this District it seems quite possible that it will be the same person.

[sillgen]

Freebmd only says George H - does not specify Henry.  There is a will for a George Harold Marr of East Pickering who died on 14th July 1947.    Interesting as yours was sometimes known as Harold.     Probate was granted to solicitors and he left c£5,000.  You could order that will.
See Wills and Death Duty Records, after 1858

http://www.justice.gov.uk/guidance/courts-and-tribunals/courts/probate/copies-of-grants-wills.htm