Bertram Thomas Henry Scudder

[Geoff Pain]

Bertram had over 20 cousins. Here is a little guide, corrections and additions welcome.

Ellen Amelia Scudder 1878-1949 married Sidney Daniels Keys 1874-1064
> 8 cousins of Bertram
Vera Joan Keys 1921-2009 married Robert Arthur Bridge 1908-1986 - 2 children
Ethel Keys 1901-1993 married Frederick Arthur Dawes 1902-1988
Valentine Emily Keys 1902-1997 married Frederick Charles Walter Horner 1904 - 2 children
Mabel Lily Keys 1906-1936 married Cyril Wiggins 1910-1991 – 1 child
Sydney George Keys 1909-1993 married Edith D Smith 1911-1992 - 4 children
Olive Mary Keys 1916-2001 married Cecil Frank Cutmore 1916-1986 - 2 children
3 Keys brothers killed in a motorbike accident
Harry John Keys1899-1928
William Charles Keys 1904-1928
Arthur James Keys 1911-1928

William Ernest Scudder 1880-1918 married Florence Myra Maude Smith
> 4 cousins of Bertram
Ernest William Scudder 1903-1983 married Eva Gladys Cubitt – 1 daughter
Albert Sydney Scudder 1905-1994 married Elizabeth Mary Reeve 1912-2006 - 3 children
Evelyn Scudder 1907-1992 married Douglas Jones 1905-1990 - 4 children
Doris Maud 1908-2000 Scudder married Arthur William G Staines 1904-1993 – 6 children

Louisa Lavinia Scudder 1881-1969 married Arthur George Cranness
> 4 cousins of Bertram
George Frederick Cranness 1907-2001 married Freda Muriel Pearce 1917-2000 – 4 children
Alan Arthur Cranness 1913-1988 married Edith Dorothy Spurgeon 1914-1984
William Ernest Cranness 1922-1947
Stanley Bert Cranness 1916-1943 war casualty in Italy

Annie Margaret Alison Scudder 1885-1918 married George Levi Goldsmith 1879-1953
>1 cousin of Bertram
Ernest George Goldsmith 1908-1992 married Ann E E West

Ethel Mary Scudder 1893- married Frederick Thomas Hedges and Charles N Wainwright
> 1 cousin of Bertram
 
Iris M Wainwright 1917-1983 married Frederick Fennell 1909-1986 – 1 child

Daisy Edna Scudder 1894-1997 married George S Bridge 1882-1961 - 2 children
> 2 cousins of Bertram possibly still alive

Lilian Mary R Scudder 1901- married William Lawrence Simpson 1900-1974 no surviving children found

Edith May Scudder 1890-1981 married 3 times
with Albert Cooper James 1891-1922
>  2 cousins of Bertram
Alan Cooper James Todd 1912-1987 married Annie Bertha Prince 1916-1986
Vera Edith James 1915-2008 married Ernest Pickford 1920-1988 – 3 children
with
Arthur William Darby Legge 1894-1955 (my grandfather)
> Living cousin of Bertram (my mother) married 3 times, first husband Edwin Rudge 1917-1944, airman shot down over France.

[STAN54]

I now have a copy of Albert Scudders death cert. This bears his wife's name reporting his death. I must admit I thought she'd died before him until I read Geoff's post late last night.

There is some other information on the document which Kevin can use in the newspaper appeal - I have e-mailed you Kevin.

Best to all,

Chris.

[RobLanting]

Just saw the post on WW2talk re. the phone number of J Hovey.  The address is exactly the same an an entry for C Y Hovey in the 1995/1996 Canadian phone directory.  Must be a relation!

Jool

Jool, could you send me this phonenumber? I will let somebody try it in Canada.
Thanks a lot!

Rob

[RobLanting]

I now have a copy of Albert Scudders death cert. This bears his wife's name reporting his death. I must admit I thought she'd died before him until I read Geoff's post late last night.

There is some other information on the document which Kevin can use in the newspaper appeal - I have e-mailed you Kevin.

Best to all,

Chris.

Chris, great work! That sounds really interesting.
Let me know how things are going once you have posted the information.

Rob

[Jool]

Just saw the post on WW2talk re. the phone number of J Hovey.  The address is exactly the same an an entry for C Y Hovey in the 1995/1996 Canadian phone directory.  Must be a relation!

Jool

Jool, could you send me this phonenumber? I will let somebody try it in Canada.
Thanks a lot!

Rob

Hi Rob

I have sent you a p.m.

Jool

[Jool]

Hi all

Just heard from Rob, they have contact with a daughter of Clarence Hovey via the phone number in the directory.  Big thanks to Dave (Alieneyes) on WW2 talk for his contribution to this 

Jool

[Jool]

Hi, I have just received a message from Rob Lanting, he asked me to post it here.  Could someone also post it on ww2talk to keep them informed.  Thanks.

Could you post a message on my behalf?
1) we found a daughter of Hovey, via your contact.
A woman picked up and she said her mother lived there.
She was married to Hovey for 8 years.
She sent us details of a direct daughter of Clarence Hovey.

2) we are almost in contact to Hastings relatives via
details on the internet due to the death of Margaret, the wife
of George Hastings. (april) Somebody was extremely interested
and said he will pass the info thrue to relatives right away.

[RobLanting]

Dear all,

Thanks again for all helping us.
To inform you, we have found relatives of Scudder and Hovey. Since today we are succesfully in contact to the daughter of Hovey. She was very exited hearing about us.
Besides this, we are very close on Hastings. Via the condoleances on the internet we have traced down people who have sent our information towards closer relatives. We are awaiting respond.

Still, 2 more crewmembers to go...
Technical Sergeant Richard William Stuart USAAF; 10601019; (mid upper) PoW
William George Bellinger.

We have also heard there is a big chance that the Mayor will attend on our ceremony.

Rob

[KevinBattle]

That's good news.
Regarding Bertram, I've now twice emailed the local daily paper, the Evening Echo , but haven't heard from them or seen anything yet. I'll chase again tomorrow.

As regards the Ceremony, what are the details? I know Adrian van Zandvoort had representatives from US, NZ and UK governments attend. When where etc would be useful in case relatives have become aware and may just be lurking in the background.