John Henry Thomas Parr 1898 (AKA Jack, Dick)

[LisaRobinson87]

There is a person of that said name that does appear on the 1939 register also found the marriage to explain the surname in brackets in 1954

[keithgparr]

I've found the 1954 marriage to which you refer, but no brackets ...

[LisaRobinson87]

On the 1939 register there is a women matching name and year of birth living with someone under the name of Palmer?

Do you have the parents of you're father and John & Ellen on the 1911 census? or have you found there deaths??

[keithgparr]

I feel like a contestant in one of those TV quiz shows, and not a very good contestant at that <grin>.  That restriction makes life a tad more complex!  Help!

In the 1939 register the woman in question is living with someone with a very similar name and identical birthdate to my father's brother.  I don't see how she could also be living with someone called Palmer?

Or, if we are talking about my father's sister, then I can't find a matching record with the correct birth date living with Palmer.

I'm sorry, I need another clue please ...

The parents of Arthur, Ellen, & John were: Thomas William Parr 1867 and Edith Louise Tidy 1873.  I can find them in the 1901 census but not in the 1911.

[LisaRobinson87]

I'm sorry i wasn't making much sense! i mean the possible daughter of John & Amy in the 1939 register

[keithgparr]

Ah!  That makes sense.  Thank you.  And I've found the brackets!  I wonder why Wokingham ...?  She would have been 8.  The only Palmer I know of in the family was born 1730 ish.  Maybe in the Rogers family?

The two Palmers in Wokingham look like a widower and his single sister, the possible daughter of John & Amy is still at school.  Plus there are two closed records, possibly the Palmer's children?

When did the evacuation of people (children) from the docklands begin, might the schoolgirl be among the first?  But Wokingham is still pretty close to London, I would have thought the evacuation would have been later and further away?

[LisaRobinson87]

It is possible one of mine lives with a very elderly couple in 1901 and 1911 and her mother is with her family in 1901 and then in 1911 she is married with two other children with no mention of her first born even on the 1911 census when it asks how many children she has she puts 2 when in fact it should be 3! I still haven't managed to find out how my ancestor is related to the people she's been put with!!

[keithgparr]

Well, that's moved me forwards, thank you Lisa.  The search around the Palmers will have to wait for another day!  Time for bed.

Thank you very much for your help!

Keith

[groom]

She may have been evacuated as the register was taken 29th September 1939 and the evacuation scheme started at the beginning of September. I know Wokingham doesn't seem that far, but was probably safer than Lambeth. Remember she may not have had any connection with the Palmers, they may just have been a kind couple who took her in.

There were thousands of children evacuated, mainly with their schools, so they just went where they were sent.