Missing person Vera Harrison

[rosie99]

The 1939 register entry with the 1918 birth date gives an area code adjustment for the 2nd marriage which ties in with where she was supposedly living.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01pn8/

[Towdlass]

Her maiden name was Owen and she was one of ten children all of whom have sadly passed. We grandchildren never knew her and so between us we have very little information. As you know people didn't talk much about what went on in families back then. We know she was born in 1919 in Sheffield. We know she married Nicholas Harrison in 1939. These are facts. I remember my dad telling me that he had been to the Salvation Army in an effort to find her. That's what people did in those days. The general feeling in the family was that she must have been killed during the London bombings during WW2. These are the known facts within the family.
I found the petition for divorce in 1947 made by Nicholas. This must have been on the grounds of desertion I would think. I have sent for their marriage certificate but it hasn't arrived as yet. The post is very erratic at present. Most arrive late and some not at all. In my initial post I'm sorry if my information wasn't as you would have liked. I just put the bare facts and thought that I would provide more detail if people proved to be interested in helping. My mistake. I am very grateful for all your help I do assure you.

[Towdlass]

I think my thinking was to try to find out if Vera stayed in Bedford after the divorce or even how long she was actually there for. The family must have had some idea that she was living in London unless from the vantage point of Yorkshire Bedford seemed like almost London to them. The house where she was living in Bedford 166, Hurst Grove, Queens Park, looks to be rather a large house and might have been split into different rooms or flats back then. I know there were no electoral rolls during WW2 but I don't know when exactly they stopped or when the restarted. On the divorce petition it does say 'late' of that address so does that mean 'last known address'?

[louisa maud]

What was her husbands profession?

Louisa Maud

[Towdlass]

Louisa Maud - I don't know that - yet. It may say something on the marriage certificate, if I ever get it, although it's doubtful I'm afraid. I do wish we had census details for the last century don't you? They do in America don't they? I know his fathers name was Frederick Harrison if that's of any help.

[chempat]

You have put that it is a fact that she was born in 1919, our research suggests 1918. 
Where does the information for 1919 come from?

'late' does mean last known address.

rosie99 has said that there is a probable marriage for her in the same area as the newspaper mentions, according to the code in 1939.  We cannot tell you that name - do you have access to Ancestry, F M P, or another pay site to look at the 1939?

[louisa maud]

Just trying to put it in some sort of order, hope you get the certificate soon

Chempat asked what happened to her husband, did find a Nicholas Harrison who was a fireman, birth 05/08/1909 but I have no idea if it were him, so ignore that till you get the certificate

Happy Hunting

Louisa Maud

[jonwarrn]

do you have access to Ancestry, F M P, or another pay site to look at the 1939?

Vera is still redacted on ancestry

[rosie99]

I can't see a marriage but she certainly changed her surname around the time she was petitioned for divorce. 

I have put a correction through to F M P for the missing surname on the transcript