Not sure where to ask these question, or of whom. The reason for starting on the Sussex board will emerge a few lines down.
A Monsieur Andre Chaussedent came to England in 1905, initially on a six-months contract but he stayed here the rest of his life.
Would Andre have been expected to enlist in the armed services, either in England or in France, in WW1?
He married an English woman (1908) and seems to have worked from London up to the second world war. However, his young wife died in July 1916 in Brighton.
I would like to understand why Ada died in Brighton. Did some people move out of London because of the war?
Or did people sometimes go to Brighton from London in this era if they were in poor health?
The causes of death were given as (1) septic endocarditis and (2) pneumonia. I have been told that septic endocarditis was commonly a result of rheumatic fever, a disease that was widespread in the 19th century but which often occurs in times of war, too. She could have been in poor health for some time.
Ada died at 6 St Peter's Place, Brighton, but a London (Kilburn) address was given on the death certificate for Andre.
Should I expect to find that Ada was buried in Brighton?
Any leads on these queries would be useful as I haven't managed to make contact with anyone from Ada's family. Andre's grand-daughter (in France) thought that her grandmother had died in the Spanish flu epidemic, but that, of course, was two years later.
Manui
