Jessie May THATCHER

[HarryW]

I'm hoping that someone with access to Australian records may be able to help.   When the UK 1911 census was published, we found a previously unknown great aunt of my wife; Jessie May THATCHER b 8 Sep 1910.   She also appears on the 1921 census and after that disappears.   A record has come to light that may solve the mystery:

On 24 November 1939 a Jessie THATCHER aged 29 takes passage on board Strathnaver (Southampton - Brisbane).

I'd be grateful if there are any sightings or knowledge for Jessie in Australia.

Harry

[louisa b]

Hi Harry
it would be helpful to have Jessie's parents name please

cheers!
Lou

[hanes teulu]

Trove - Oz newspapers
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/40890161?searchTerm=jessie%20thatcher

Possibility?

[maddys52]

Yes, I was just about to post the same article. As this Jessie THATCHER is returning home after being in England, I would think she is unlikely to be yours.

Another article about someone going to visit Jessie THATCHER in England a few months earlier "a fellow Queenslander"
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/184895919

[maddys52]

There is a Jessie M WALKER born 8 Sept 1910 on the 1939 register in Aireborough, Yorkshire - have you ruled her out?

[HarryW]

Thanks for the information, that rules out the Jessie travelling to Brisbane.

I need to have a look at Jessie WALKER in Yorkshire.   On the face of it, she married as Jessie M HOBSON, possibly a second marriage??  That seems unlikely as the marriage was in 1930 when she would have been 20.

Harry

[valerie kehoe]

The (Aus) 'RYERSON  INDEX' shows:

Funeral Notice: Jessie THATCHER 16/3/1951  Cremation 'Sydney Morning Herald' 17/3/1951.


Valerie
WAus

[maddys52]

The Jessie THATCHER who died in Sydney in 1951 was 68 years old, father - Thomas with Howieson in brackets (according to the NSW BDM index), so born c1883.

[HarryW]

Thanks all,

I'm sure I can rue out the Jessie May who travelled to Australia.   The search continues...