Hi,
Not sure I am posting this on the correct board???
I am helping a friend with their research and we're both at a loss as to where to look next for a marriage and birth record of a child - both possibly overseas (East Africa).
Oscar [Guise] Williams was born 15 Feb 1884 in London. His parents were Thomas Henry Williams and Ada Rose Birch. (His Parents divorced and his mother remarried - we have ALL details).
We have census information up to 1911 for Oscar (and after this date; travel records, WW1 medal card, London Gazette announcements) but are drawing a blank on his marriage.
Oscar was born Oscar Williams. Guise became a middle name following his mothers 2nd marriage.
Oscar Guise Williams served with the Kings African Rifles during WW1. Following the war he was a Civil Servant and travelled between England and Capetown/Dar es Salaam/Tanganyika;-
06 Jun 1921 - Arrives in London from Tanganyika - travelling alone - Gives Country of intended place of future permanent residence as 'other parts of the British Empire'.
25 Nov 1921 - Travels from London to Marseille - travelling alone - Gives Country of intended future permanent residence as Tanganyika.
10 Nov 1927 - Arrives in London from Dar es Salaam - travelling alone
13 Jan 1935 - Arrives in Liverpool from Colombo - Travelling with his wife Dorothy Guise Williams (Full Age) Gives last place of residence as Tanganyika Territory & Africa - Gives Country of intended future permanent residence as ?? Africa under the other parts of the British Empire column.
11 Jul 1935 - Travels from London to Dar es Salaam with his wife Dorothy (her age is smudged!, could be 30 or 50) - Gives Tanganyika as Country of intended future permanent residence
04 Dec 1937 Arrives in Southampton from Capetown with his wife Dorothy (30) and a daughter (age 2) - Gives Country of intended place of future permanent residence as 'other parts of the British Empire'.
13 Apr 1947 Arrive in Southampton from Capetown with his wife Dorothea (now 60) and daughter (age 10) Oscar is now retired - Gives intended place of residence as 'other parts of the British Empire'
08 Sept 1949 Arrives in London from Port Elizabeth with his wife Dorothy (49) & daughter (13) - Gives Country of intended future permanent residence as England.
UK addresses given for
Nov 1927 Maidenhead Connaught Club.
Jun 1921, 1927 & 1949 c/o Barclays Bank London.
for 1935, 1937 1947 Liverpool
Oscar died in 1977 in Northamptonshire.
Appreciate you can't give information about living persons (We think we know who the daughter married and she could still be alive - that has yet to be proven). I hope I haven't broken any rules with the information provided...
The 1939 register has been 'exhausted' trying to find any connection to the UK addresses given...
Please, can anybody help in locating a marriage between Oscar [Guise] Williams & a Dorothy/Dorothea
Many thanks for reading.
Lisa
