1939 Register up and running (Part 3)

[carol8353]

Managed to get my aunty's entry opened up who died a year ago. So will try some more entries.

Do they email you Weste and tell you it's all okay to view now?

I did 3 on the first day (2nd Nov) but have heard nothing since.

Carol

[ReadyDale]

Thanks to the brilliant guidance on here, I was just able to check the addresses in Slaidburn Street, Chelsea. I'd expected to find my grandparents and other members of the family (they were mainly houses of multiple occupancy) - in 1934 my grandparents were on the electoral roll at number 45, although they had also lived at no 44. Checking the list of house numbers, all the numbers are consecutive but annoyingly stop at number 43 and resume at number 49.
So frustrating!
Guy, what am I missing this time? You've been so patient and informative, perhaps they would have been on the later register you mention, although I don't know why a run of houses would all have failed to respond.   

Pat

Those missing numbers are not just redacted in the normal sequence.
Number 43 is the last few people on 0106d/008 (people 40-42)
Number 49 is the first few people on 0106d/009 (people 1-8)
There are no side roads coming in, that those missing numbers could be attached to.
My understanding of that is that either those addresses were empty or were caught later, in which case they would either be grouped together at the end of the area or in a special register that has been mentioned on here.
Interestingly, I cannot find any of the people shown on the 1939 electoral roll living at 44 to 48 anywhere under the Chelsea district. Obviously some of those would be old enough to vote, but too young to show in this register.
Many of them are still there on the 1945 electoral roll.

[weste]

No they did n't email and I'd been checking the last few days and found it this morning, carol. I thought I'd get an email I must admit.

[carol8353]

In that case I'd better check some of my early ones.
I just re-read the email and they say  " We aim to process all requests and send you confirmation of the outcome, or to obtain further information or evidence, within 10 working days, starting the working day after being submitted."

So if you count today as the day after the 2nd,then their 10 days is up at midnight tonight 

Thanks

Carol

[ScouseBoy]

It seems to me that the original administration in compiling the Register in September 1939  was undertaken with much greater efficiency than the digitisation. Or am I being unkind?

However, I am sure several properties or domestic addresses would have evaded the enumerators in 1939.

[carol8353]

My mum has been un redacted,although because a lot of the writing on her line goes up to the one above where her elder brother is still redacted,it is illegible.

Hers wasn't the first one I did,so it was either easier to pinpoint her or they are picking them at random to investigate.

[roopat]

Thanks to the brilliant guidance on here, I was just able to check the addresses in Slaidburn Street, Chelsea. I'd expected to find my grandparents and other members of the family (they were mainly houses of multiple occupancy) - in 1934 my grandparents were on the electoral roll at number 45, although they had also lived at no 44. Checking the list of house numbers, all the numbers are consecutive but annoyingly stop at number 43 and resume at number 49.
So frustrating!
Guy, what am I missing this time? You've been so patient and informative, perhaps they would have been on the later register you mention, although I don't know why a run of houses would all have failed to respond.   

Pat

Those missing numbers are not just redacted in the normal sequence.
Number 43 is the last few people on 0106d/008 (people 40-42)
Number 49 is the first few people on 0106d/009 (people 1-8)
There are no side roads coming in, that those missing numbers could be attached to.
My understanding of that is that either those addresses were empty or were caught later, in which case they would either be grouped together at the end of the area or in a special register that has been mentioned on here.
Interestingly, I cannot find any of the people shown on the 1939 electoral roll living at 44 to 48 anywhere under the Chelsea district. Obviously some of those would be old enough to vote, but too young to show in this register.
Many of them are still there on the 1945 electoral roll.

That's very interesting, ReadyDale. I don't have a current sub to look at electoral rolls so the last one I had was for 1934. My grandfather John Young died in 1944 & my grandmother was 'bombed out' in the Blitz, I was under the impression it was in Slaidburn Street, but maybe not.

Thank you so much for taking an interest - & for confirming they don't seem to want to be found - not just me, then!

Pat

[ReadyDale]

That's very interesting, ReadyDale. I don't have a current sub to look at electoral rolls so the last one I had was for 1934. My grandfather John Young died in 1944 & my grandmother was 'bombed out' in the Blitz, I was under the impression it was in Slaidburn Street, but maybe not.

Thank you so much for taking an interest - & for confirming they don't seem to want to be found - not just me, then!

Pat

In 1939 Elec Roll for No.45 there were 5 Sweeney names and 2 Young names
By 1945 Elec Roll for No.45 there were 1 Philpott, 1 Taylor and 2 Smith names
Assuming the numbering is unchanged, looking at Slaiburn St now, if No.45 has been rebuilt, they did a good job of aging it. However, No 43 is right next to the old Congregational Church (rebuilt as a church - now baptist) which is shown on a 1950 map as a ruin and the Blitz map does indicate a bomb dropped there (1944 according to the church website), so......
Maybe it just lost a roof and/or windows but was structurally OK.

[roopat]

ReadyDale, that's fantastic information! Maybe no 45 needed a tiny bit of work after the church was bombed (I love the comment about the good job of aging it.    ) so they decided to move anyway, especially as Gfather had died by then.

I am so grateful for your help, thank you very much indeed. Now I know they were definitely where they should be in 1939!

Much appreciated.

Pat