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Hello Sandra, nice of you to pop in - we ARE an intrepid lot aren't we? :-D


As wisechild has said, I'm pretty sure we have checked with the newspapers - in fact - I think I posted a request on their FB site.


As to whether or not DLM was ever a Girl Guide etc..........I will have a word with Evelyn to see if it rings any bells.


Thanks.......xx

Pretty sure that both the newspapers & the local radio station have been approached Sandra, but I could be wrong.
May be worth another try though.
Think also various magazines that run family history enquiries have been contacted without success.
Wonder if DLM was ever a Girl Guide or a Red Cross or St Johns´Ambulance member.

Wow ladies, can I say if there was a medal for perseverance you ladies would deserve it, to keep looking over these past few years is amazing, I hope you manage to gather the info for Evelyn.

Can I ask has anyone been in touch with the newspaper in Srornaway to ask if they can help ?, I ask this because a few years ago I was doing research on my SIL family who came from Orkney, he had heard a story about a 3 x Gt Uncle who had drowned there while out fishing, I sent an e.mail on Sunday afternoon at 1.30pm and had a reply back at 3.00pm the same day, giving me the full report as it appeared in the newspaper.

Regards and well done again
Sandra

Thanks ladies........if only we could find someone who knows something..... :-S


I have been in touch with the church at Credenhill where Evelyn G-F is buried. Her brother was Incumbent there for about 23 years and he also is buried there - so that explains why, having died in Wandsworth, she was buried in Herefordshire. There are no records of any kind for a DLM at that place. :-(

Hi Traciey

You worked on it a lot ... Well done .. I have my brother and SIL arriving today from France ,, for 5 days ...but happy to give you a hand after that ...

unless anyone else know something ...........

Renes xx

Hi Renes & Cynthia. I tried to trace Katherine backwards but didn't come up with much.

I also couldn't find a death but because I can't find out much about her, I don't know if this is her married name or maiden name, she could of married after 1929.


I did find a Katherine McLeod on the 1911 census, a domestic cook in Hampstead, London b c1884 Renfrew, Scotland, but unsure if this Katherine moved to Wandsworth and worked as a nurse. I'm rubbish with English records to be honest. I tried hard to find Katherine's birth in Scotland but found nothing for the year or area given on the census, I checked over a 10 year period but came up with zilch! But then I found a Catherine McLeod born at about the right time to match the 1911 census, so maybe this lady preferred Catherine with a K? and changed it. I still need to narrow it down some more, I have a few Catherine's floating about that I need to follow through.

Hi Renes.

I was eventually given the contact details of the chap who deals with these things at Springfield. Very nice man who assured me that the hospital had absolutely nothing of help. All records are at the Surrey History Centre. Just haven't got round to contacting them yet.


Can't honestly remember about Katherine Renes. It may be worth a shot though.

Thanks..........

:-)

Also ..... Have looked thru and cannot see a response to this -if it is there just remember I am old now -

TRACIE PAGE 105 8 MAY 2013
The nurse link again cropping up on Emily Goddard Fenwick's 1911 census, a visitor who is a nurse.
Has anyone came across a Katherine McLeod who worked at Grove Hospital and shows up from around 1921 to 1929 on the Electoral Rolls for Wandsworth, and from what I can make out the hospital was near another hospital called the Fountain Mental Hospital,
I wonder if she links to the Patrick MacFarlane McLeod family I've been looking at, although still not found anything more out than what's been posted previously by Jooles.

Cyns

Did your contact on your other site ever come back about records at Springfield hospital

I guess Rita could well be the 'winsome little flower girl' - Julie - just wish they had named her instead of being all poetic & flowery about her....... :-D


What next........? :-S

1901 Canada census for Ella Major & family:

Major Thomas N. M   Head M Oct 4 1845
55
 
Major Harriet F   Wife M Oct 1 1845
55
 
Major Walter M   Son S Feb 14 1877
24

Major Louise F   Daughter S Feb 25 1879
22

Major Ella M. F   Daughter S Jun 14 1887
13
 
Major Edward M   Son S Aug 5 1889
11
 


Possible 1911 for Ella's brother Walter;

Magor Walter   M Head M Feb 1881 30
Magor Jessie K   F Wife M Nov 1882 28
Magor Rita E   F Daughter S Apr 1906 5  
Magor Allun E   M Son S Dec 1910 2  

So the little bridesmaid may be Rita?

EDIT both census results were Falls River, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Julie

Well done for following that up Cynthia-at least we know there's no further info to be gleaned there.

I ruled out Deidre some time ago. Here's her marriage:


Marriages Dec 1931   (>99%)
Macleod  Deirdre G H  Withers  London C.  1c 1   

Looked pretty hopeful before I found that!

Julie

Good morning Marion. Yes, I think we have looked at Hope before but another of those dead ends which we keep on encountering. :-(

Nice try Cynthia.
That really makes things clearer :-(
Never mind. Keep plodding.
While I´m on, am I right in thinking that we have already looked at Hope Macleod on the 1911 census with her 2 children, Deidre aged 6 b India.& son Duncan aged 4 b Mayo Ireland,living 7 Wimborn Gardens Ealing.
Hope died in 193 (I think) & probate went to Deidre, a spinster.
Scribbled the will info on a bit of paper which I now can´t find........typical.

Marion

Hello all - just to say that I am still ploughing away - now and then - through the Goddard-Fenwick saga.


If you remember, I was hoping to find out more about the picture of Rev. Willoughby G-F and Miss Ella Major in Sackville in 1912.

We know that Evelyn G-F went over there for the wedding and I was just curious as to which person on the photograph was her. Also, there was a little flower girl who was just about the same age as Diane. Well, you KNOW we're clutching at every straw offered.... :-D

Anyway, today I received an envelope from the Nova Scotia archives. Inside was a very nice, enlarged photocopy of the wedding with some folk pointed out. All on the brides side. :-(


There was also the full newspaper cutting which I read with interest.

The officiant at the marriage was Rev. G. M. Ambrose M.A. and the best man was Rev. Gerald Bullock B.A. The ushers were Messers Lloyd Fultz and J.P Dwyer

The older bridesmaid was.... Miss Kathleen Major, niece of the bride, and the small bridesmaid was.......



"a winsome little flower girl, also a niece."



Arrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh



The photograph and information was donated by Capt J. P. Dwyer in 1965.


It is a very 'one-sided' version of events and the Goddard-Fenwicks do not come into things at all. Not a mention.


The bride's mother, whose maiden name was Smith, apparently claimed direct descendency from Oliver Cromwell!


Whatever next?








:-S

How strange! I spotted that newspaper index whilst wandering through the family yesterday Traciey.........I think it was dated 1944?? Wonder what it was all about?

I remember something about bankruptcy too.


Isn't it odd how, Diane's early years are a mystery and she has connections with a family who are full of mystery......... :-S

Not sure how much time I have today but will keep plodding on.

Cynthia I googled some of the Goddard-Fenwicks a while back and there was something in the London Gazette about George Digyby C G-F applying for bankruptcy. EDIT: Date is 8 August 1939

You may have also have seen this note in the newspaper index, not sure if it relates to him, it reads:
WILL Mr and/or Mrs Goddard-Fenwick late of 25 Crockerton Road, Tooting SW18, and at one time Rustington, Littlehampton, Sussex or anyone knowing their present whereabouts please communicate with Barfield & Barfield Solicitors Danes Inn House, 265, Strand, London WC2

EDIT: The date reads 10 April 1944

Hi Jan yes, it's the same person....that was his first marriage. In 1936, he married Patricia Whitby and had one daughter - Helen - in 1937.


When I google about him, all I can find is that song Isobel..... :-(


I'll go and have another wander around the family for a short while..........

Not sure if already posted
Marriage index
Name:
Digby G Fenwick
Spouse Name:Helen M Knight *** this might be who was with
Evelyn Goddard Fenwick in 1911 census
Date of Registration:Jul-Aug-Sep 1915
Registration District:Chelsea
Inferred County:London
Volume Number:1a
Page Number:1327

ISOBEL - Song - Words by Digby Goddard-Fenwick and Music by Frank Bridge.
Published by Chappell & Co Ltd. of New Bond Street, London in 1913
wonder if Digby was writing about someone??