Can Rootschat members help? - Lost Teddy Bear 'Seeks' Owner

[lyn22]

Well done Hampshire lass I dont know if this has already been said 1911 Wales Census Nicholas James  27 Grocers Manager Florence Edith 34 Kenneth George 10 months and a sister in law Bessie Willey. Would this be Florence Ediths sister. Take Care Lynette

[tedscout]

Has anyone thought that the bear and the photo were not claimed or reported lost because the person who lost them was elderly and either forgot about them or got ill and couldn't claim them. 

[Jane Masri]

Before I forget, a big pat on the back to Hampshire Lass for finding this family    If Rootschat gave out medals yours would be GOLD!
It would seem that Dora who might have married Sidney J. Holland in 1937 only had one son in 1950.  Nicholas Glyn who might have married Elsie E. Norman in 1941 only had one son in 1945.  Both of these children are very likely living so I think we should leave this in the capable hands of Trystan who can pass on the information to the nice lady at Bristol airport    Even if it was neither of these men or their children that left Teddy at the airport, at least Teddy gets to go back where he belongs, which is the purpose of the exercise 
So I suppose it's Heir Hunters (they always seem to find their man  ) Electoral registers or 192.com.  Whichever way I'm BEGGING Trystan & Bristol Airport to keep us updated so that all these Rootschatters can finally go to bed without thinking about poor Teddy 

Jane

PS.  If all this fails I've already filed adoption papers for Teddy 

[Ruskie]

Great progress seems to have been made in the search for the owners of teddy and photo. It is looking very promising for a positive result thanks to Hampshire Lass and others.

I mentioned earlier that whoever lost these items may have obtained them via any number of routes rather than inheriting them. It could be difficult if the person who lost the items comes forward at the same time that an ancestor is located. 

One thing I am curious about is why the airport kept this lost property for 14 months. I would have thought they find thousands of items each year - aren't they generally disposed of after a short period of time?

Great story, and even if it is a hoax (which I doubt due to time frames), that is a genuine photo showing real people, so they must be someone's ancestors.

[Murphester]

I'm not surprised that the items were lost over 12 months ago.  "Lost and Found" departments aren't usually pro-active in reuniting people with their items.
And something like this would have been too precious to just dispose of.

[Jean McGurn]

Has anyone thought that the bear and the photo were not claimed or reported lost because the person who lost them was elderly and either forgot about them or got ill and couldn't claim them. 

Could also be someone younger who maybe had been given teddy and the photo as they were saying goodbye to a relative. If the bag was just a carrier bag which also had other bits and pieces in it, maybe the owner couldn't remember where they lost their bag so haven't actually been trying to trace what happened to it.

Not sure if teddy is the same as in the photo but perhaps he was bother to Dora's teddy. I assume both children would have had their own teddies. 

[Hampshire Lass]

Thank you for your congratulations folks but....
a) they're unnecessary because it's Rootschat team work, certainly not all my work.
b) it's premature because this is far from solved......the bear still lives at the airport, instead of his home.....or Jane's home, since she wants to adopt him! 

It worries me that we may be thinking we have the family because my suggestion, was just a suggestion. The thing is that it all hinges on the meaning of the date March 14th. I was thinking "simply". I just looked at the 2 children in the picture and ignored any other children. The younger child would be the baby of the family and so I thought maybe the date referred to him. Assuming he is now dead I searched the death records for a Glyn who was born Oct 14th 1916.

HOWEVER, there could be other possibilities, as we all know and we must remember that.

If we had access, which we never will have, to the list of names of people who flew from Bristol on that date it would help. We could have the right family but it may not be a member of the family who still has the surname Baker who flew...or it could be a family friend transporting the bear. The possibilities are endless.

I say again.....I really don't see how we can find the right living person.

[Jane Masri]

Hampshire Lass, agree whole heartidly with what you've just said    But your find of the Baker family is the best & only lead we have to link Teddy with any family!  Best to explore this avenue of inquiry to prove or disprove the connection.  Personally I think we can find the right living person through the information we have.  If it leads us to descendants of Nicholas & Florence they will surely be able to confirm or otherwise that we have the right names for those children & the history of Teddy.
Waiting for words of wisdom from Trystan but perhaps he's still asleep...shhhhhhh 

Jane

[Jane Masri]

Ooops, just checked Public Member Trees on Ancestry & OUR Dora didn't marry Sidney J. Holland.  It was a Dora Elizabeth Baker d/o John Charles & Lucy Hannah Walker born 1909, Mon, died 1989 mon.  So back to the drawing board for Dora 

Jane