Looking for Tony Brett

[rosie99]

Added
Joseph William Andrews married Kate Murray in 1904.
Kate seems to be listed as Mary in 1911 

Thank you for clarifying that, I did wonder who Mary was 

As the obituary was not written by Doris it is entirely reliant on the knowledge of the informant and we all know how often that sort of information is wrong

[heywood]

Yes, I made that point earlier too.
I was also hoping that the siblings were written in birth order, which they are not,  but of course as Tony was deceased, he is last.

[Annette7]

I read the obituary as sister of Maggie, Millie, Joyce and the late Tony and Frances (i.e. 5 siblings) all in being in UK.

i.e. Maggie - Margaret Amy born 1918 (d.1992)
     Millie - Millicent Edith born 1911 (died 2002)
     Joyce Amelia born 1925 (died 2014)
     Tony (?) (deceased pre 1991)
     Frances Ada born 1922, (d.1976)

Doris Emily did indeed have 5 siblings, and 2 were indeed deceased by 1991 - Frank Walter in 1968 and Frances Ada in 1976.

I still feel 'Tony' was a nickname for Frank Walter - I note he and wife Maude are shown as having one child on your tree (living).   Have you tried tracing this person to see if FW was indeed also known as Tony? 

Annette

[rosie99]

I read the obituary as sister of Maggie, Millie, Joyce and the late Tony and Frances (i.e. 5 siblings) all in being in UK.

i.e. Maggie - Margaret Amy born 1918 (d.1992)
     Millie - Millicent Edith born 1911 (died 2002)
     Joyce Amelia born 1925 (died 2014)
     Tony (?) (deceased pre 1991)
     Frances Ada born 1922, (d.1976)

I had not checked where all of the siblings ended up but it shows how 'vague' that obituary is.

[Ian Johnson]

I have tried that too but not done so well.
I thought I had Mr Andrews and family in 1911 but they emigrated. 

Re name changes etc, Ada gives her father as Walter on her Brett marriage but seems to have a father George in censuses and on her Andrews .

It makes it all so interesting.

Added
Joseph William Andrews married Kate Murray in 1904.
Kate seems to be listed as Mary in 1911 

Hi heywood,
I have looked into this , George is Ada's father , the Walter you see on adas marriage certificate, he is Ada's brother ... shocker I know

[Ian Johnson]

Could Tony perhaps have been a stepbrother on the Andrews side?

Though on balance I favour the likelihood that Tony was a family name for Frank.

The name Frank is primarily a male name of English origin that means Free Or From France

Source: babynames.com

[heywood]

It’s not a shocker - just the wrong name. It often happens that people deliberately give the wrong name or someone makes a mistake.
Was her father deceased? Perhaps Walter took the role of his father.

[mckha489]

Re name changes etc, Ada gives her father as Walter on her Brett marriage but seems to have a father George in censuses and on her Andrews .

One of Ada?s sisters named their father as Henry George at her marriage!

[Ian Johnson]

It’s not a shocker - just the wrong name. It often happens that people deliberately give the wrong name or someone makes a mistake.
Was her father deceased? Perhaps Walter took the role of his father.

it' is possible that Adas father was deceased and Walter took his place or it could be that George disapproved of the marriage after all Frank Lewis Brett  was 46 and she was just 22 years old at the time in 1905