Trying to find a marriage with very little information

[LyndseyB]

That would be really good news. The certificates have been ordered and are due to be despatched on 26th.

[softly softly]

Fingers crossed.

[LyndseyB]

Hi all
I have now received the death certificates I ordered and they are for the correct Benjamin and Amy Freeman so thank you all for your help in pointing me in the right direction.

The information on them is as follows:

Benjamin Freeman
When & where died: 3rd November 1944, St Stephen’s Hospital
Age: 75 years
Address: 130 Wickersley Road, Battersea
Occupation: Scaffolder (Retired)
Cause of death: 1a, Pyelitis & Cystitis
                                b, Prostatic Enlargement (Simple)
Details of informant: A Freeman, Widow of diseased, Present at death, 130 Wickersley Road, SW11


Amy Freeman
Date & place of death: 13th August 1973, Bolingbroke Hospital, Battersea
Place & date of birth: 10th August 1889, Hertfordshire
Maiden name of woman who has married – Blank
Occupation & usual address: Widow of Benjamin Freeman (Scaffolder), 130 Wickersley  Road, SW11
Name of informant: Winifred May Fussey
Qualification: Causing the body to be buried
Usual address: 43 Freedom Street, SW11
Cause of death: 1a, Myocardial Infart
                          b, Bronchopneumonia


I would very much appreciate it if you could offer advice on how I can find out more about Amy and also how to find out where they may be buried?

Many thanks

[bbart]

At this point, it might be worth it to order a PDF of Ada's birth registration from the GRO to see if her birthday was Aug 10th.

Amy was getting younger over the years, so the year can't be counted on. I'm guessing that her death info was taken from the hospital admissions, so it could have been Amy now saying she was born in Herts.
Ada vanishes, Amy appears, and then there's that family story....

 FREEMAN, ADA        LAW     
GRO Reference: 1884  S Quarter in ROYSTON  Volume 03A  Page 434

[LyndseyB]

Thanks bbart.

A very logical suggestion, and have done so. I will be sure to let you know.

I have been able to locate both Benjamin & Amy's resting place (together) in Morden Cemetery this afternoon and hope to go and visit it.

Without all the help I have received from this Forum it would not have been possible so thank you again.

[LyndseyB]

I now know that Ada could not have been Amy.

Ada's birth details are that she was born on 16th July 1884 in Meesden (Hertfordshire) and her birth registered on 27th August 1884.

What (if anything) can be done to try and find out who Amy was? I appreciate there is very little information to go on.

[jonwarrn]

Do we think Amy was from Herts or from Essex?
Sadly the informant seems to be unrelated.

[LyndseyB]

Having studied the writing on Amy's death certificate it looks like the informant was the person who filled in the death certificate and therefore wasn't personally connected to her.

I would imagine that Amy would have been more likely to have come from Essex (Langley) as stated by Benjamin on the 1921 census as he would have had more personal knowledge of her origins?

[bbart]

Well, I guess hoping it was Ada was too much to hope for...

It is just a guessing game over the info....for example, was there no maiden name because she was a Freeman, or was she unable to supply an answer.

Perhaps the next step should be trying to get hold of the burial record for Amy.  Someone had to take care of her burial/finances/house.  It would at least give another surname (hopefully her family) to work with.

When I looked up Morden Cemetery, this is what is listed as their website:
https://www.nes-crematorium.org.uk/  There is a contact phone number; I didn't see an email address, but really didn't look around the site.

Do you know if 130 Wickersley Road is a private residence?  They lived there a long time, so possibly owned it.... is there public access to house history that the name of whoever sold it on her behalf could be learned?