I am really needing some help, my mind is addled and I have hit a big brick wall. I agreed to help my daughter-in-law to do some research on her father's family of which she has only limited knowledge.
I am currently trying to find information on her father's sister ELLEN FINLAY born Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, England in 1911. The only information my daughter-in-law has that in 1934 ELLEN married EDWARD SMURTHWAITE born in 1912 (birthplace unknown) at Newcastle-upon-Tyne and in 1935 they had a son JOHN EDWIN SMURTHWAITE. In 1939 the family appear on the Census in Newcastle. My daughter-in-law is certain she remembers her Aunt emigrating to Australia when she was a child, she was born 1965. I have checked passenger lists but the only thing I have come up with is a record for JOHN EDWIN SMURTHWAITE going to America and then ending up in Australia. No evidence of a death in England for Ellen, but there is info available for an ELLEN
SMURTHWAITE who is buried in Hindmarsh Cemetery in South Australia. Furthermore I have checked for EDWARD SMURTHWAITE in Australia but drawn a blank there also. On checking deaths for him in England find that his death is registered in 1991 and took place at Tynemouth, Northumberland. This has got me going around in circles now and hope other eyes might get me on the right track again.
Would be most appreciative of any help I can get.
Many thanks,
Doric
