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Re: Robert Valentine Walker
« Reply #36 on: Tuesday 04 June 13 15:39 BST (UK) »
Presumably, this Electoral Register would be after her Marriage in April 1924? I'm not very good at this yet but would you think she just rented a room there?
One thing her Daughter (v elderly now) did mention was that she worked in a 'Nuns College?' - what do you make of that?!

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Re: Robert Valentine Walker
« Reply #37 on: Tuesday 04 June 13 16:00 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Dianeduvale on Tuesday 04 June 13 15:39 BST (UK)
Presumably, this Electoral Register would be after her Marriage in April 1924? I'm not very good at this yet but would you think she just rented a room there?


The electoral roll for 1924 would have been compiled from information gathered in the autumn of 1923.

133 Battersea Rise appears (now) to be one of a parade of shops with flats above. It may well be that the upstairs rooms were let singly. 

Even if Winifred was there at the time she would not (as an unmarried female minor) have had voting rights so would not have been listed in the Electoral Roll.  I was hoping that some family member might appear for you!

Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: Robert Valentine Walker
« Reply #38 on: Tuesday 04 June 13 16:02 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Dianeduvale on Tuesday 04 June 13 15:39 BST (UK)
One thing her Daughter (v elderly now) did mention was that she worked in a 'Nuns College?' - what do you make of that?!

This thread may be of interest?

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=332447.0
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: Robert Valentine Walker
« Reply #39 on: Tuesday 04 June 13 16:09 BST (UK) »
Oh, wow! That sounds as if it could be the place, thanks for this info (& everything else too!)
Now to research into it further........ I thought a 'Nuns College' sounded a bit bizarre, but maybe not!

I wonder what sort of Shop it would have been? Maybe she worked there?

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Re: Robert Valentine Walker
« Reply #40 on: Tuesday 04 June 13 16:36 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Dianeduvale on Tuesday 04 June 13 16:09 BST (UK)

I wonder what sort of Shop it would have been? Maybe she worked there?

It may have been a drapery business, as that was the occupation of John Muir Dalziel Lindsay when he married in 1913.

Added: yes, it seems so.  John M. D. Lindsay of 133 Battersea Rise is listed in the category "Retail Drapers" in the Post Office Directory of 1934.
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: Robert Valentine Walker
« Reply #41 on: Tuesday 04 June 13 16:42 BST (UK) »
I'm going to email the Archivist as mentioned in that Rootschat reply and see if theres any chance she can help me, although without a confirmed name, only that of Winifred, I doubt it :(
I can't seem to reply to the comment that has been posted. Why would this be please?

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Re: Robert Valentine Walker
« Reply #42 on: Tuesday 04 June 13 17:03 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Dianeduvale on Tuesday 04 June 13 16:42 BST (UK)
I can't seem to reply to the comment that has been posted. Why would this be please?

I think because the thread has been archived as "completed".

However, by clicking on the username of the person who has posted the relevant information you can bring up their profile and send a PM (personal message).
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: Robert Valentine Walker
« Reply #43 on: Tuesday 04 June 13 17:15 BST (UK) »
Thanks.again!

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Re: Robert Valentine Walker
« Reply #44 on: Tuesday 04 June 13 17:27 BST (UK) »
You're welcome :)  Let us know what turns up.
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)
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