Robert Brown Armstrong - North Shields?

[Tickettyboo]

link for the article I mentioned

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-viewer?issue=BL%2F0002077%2F19410214&page=4&article=086&stringtohighlight=keating


and there's also this one:

Feb 12 1941 Shields Daily News, page 3 col 3
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-viewer?issue=BL%2F0002077%2F19410212&page=3&article=053&stringtohighlight=keating

Boo

[Shiny1]

Thanks a lot Boo, it was some paperwork I stumbled across that showed he was definitely alive when she passed away.

Michael

[Tickettyboo]

Ok but I've confirmed it with her death notice too now

Newcastle Evening Chronicle 03 Sept 1975
page 2 col 1
Deaths
ARMSTRONG North Shields. 33 Taunton Avenue on Sept 3,
Alice McVey (nee English) dearly beloved wife of Bob and dear mother of R_, C_
and A_ and dearest grandmother of R_.
Cremation at Tynemouth Crematorium Friday 2pm.
Friends please meet at crematorium. Flowers
and enquiries to R.  Johnson, Chapel of Rest,
Cleveland Road North Shields

(names of children/grandchildren obscured as they may still be alive)

Boo

[Shiny1]

Thanks a lot Boo,

I hadn't spotted that at all.

Michael

[River Tyne Lass]

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/241109373/alice-mcvay-armstrong#source

I added this memorial to Find A Grave two years ago it seems, from records at the local studies.
These records which are on microfilm, can be very detailed and often record things such as cause of death etc.

https://www.remembrance-books.com/Tynemouth/book-of-remembrance.html#page/492

Alice has an entry in the Book of Remembrance

[Shiny1]

Hi RTL,

I had spotted your record, thank you for adding her.

I'll send you a message.

Michael

[River Tyne Lass]

I have added the wedding photo to Alice's memorial.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/274203050/robert-brown-armstrong
I have also added second husband Robert to Find A Grave.  He was also cremated at Tynemouth Crematorium.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/274203189/robert-brown-armstrong
There was another Robert Brown Armstrong who was cremated there too in 1984.  This person also got married in 1939.  I wonder if these two may be related?

[River Tyne Lass]

You may already have the marriage info for the Keating marriage but here it is just in case you haven't seen this already:

Marriage at Holy Trinity, North Shields
Entry 227
19 Dec 1939
John Thomas Keating & Alice McVay English
His age 20 Her age 19
Bachelor & Spinster
His occupation: Sailor
Residence for both: 66 Seymour Street
Fathers:
John Thomas Keating - Retired Fruiterer
Alexander English - Baker
Witnesses: Thomas Jennings Conway & Elsie Conway
All signed
By Banns

[Shiny1]

That's brilliant, thanks very much RTL.

Michael