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Seeking information about my aunt Teresa Stretton, wife of my uncle, Eddy Stretton, who was killed at the Battle of Salerno in 1943.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Alan

Hello Alan, welcome to the boards.

Have you had a look for a marriage for them on FreeBMD to find out her maiden name?
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Was Eddy really Edmund Ernest ?


STRETTON, EDMUND ERNEST
Rank:Guardsman
Service No:2619392
Date of Death:21/09/1943
Age:29
Regiment/Service:Grenadier Guards
6th Bn.
Grave ReferenceIII. B. 9.
CemeterySALERNO WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information:
Son of Frank and Annie Stretton; husband of Teresa Stretton, of Lambeth, London.

Possible marriage

Marriages Sep 1942 (>99%)
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Blanchard Winifred M Tweedy Westminster 1a 994
Gerety Teresa Stretton Westminster 1a 994
Stretton Edmund E Gorety Westminster 1a 994
Tweedy Leonard J Blanchard Westminster 1a 994

Think her surname should be Geraghty

Marriages Mar 1948 (>99%)
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Oakes Albert W Stretton Croydon 5g 191
Stretton Teresa Oakes Croydon 5g 191

A son born 1949 who can be found on freebmd http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl


??? Looks like her husband died in Romford Essex and the son also married in the same area in Essex so this death looks likely


England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
about Teresa Oakes
Name:
Teresa Oakes
Birth Date:
7 Feb 1919
Date of Registration:
Aug 2006
Age at Death:
87
Registration District:
Brentwood
Inferred County:
Essex
Volume:
-1
Page:
-1
Register Number:
A68B
District and Subdistrict:
466/1A
Entry number:
248


Not seeing a birth for her, maybe she was not born in England/Wales

Probably Irish

Birthplace should be recorded on death cert

As Alan is a new poster, I'll send a friendly message on how to return to his thread. :-)

Marriages Mar 1895 (>99%)
Douce Annie Orsett 4a 337
Stretton Frank Orsett 4a 337


Household transcription
1911 census

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Person: STRETTON, Frank
Address: Near Church Fobbing Essex

STRETTON, Frank Head Married M 45 1866 Carpenter And Joiner Sussex Eastbourne
STRETTON, Annie Wife Married16 years F 37 1874 Essex Grays
STRETTON, Lilian Annie Daughter F 11 1900 School Essex Horndon on the Hill
STRETTON, Grace Olive Daughter F 8 1903 School Essex Fobbing
RG number: RG14
Piece: 9988
Reference: RG14PN9988 RG78PN525 RD192 SD2 ED9 SN73
Registration District: Orsett
Sub District: Orsett
Enumeration District: 9
Parish: Fobbing
Address: Near Church Fobbing Essex
County: Essex
(3 children born, 2 living, 1 had died)


Births Jun 1912 (>99%)
Stretton Thomas F Douce Orsett 4a 1210

Births Mar 1914 (>99%)
STRETTON Edmund E Douce Orsett 4a 1248

There is a possible marriage for the Son to a Gutsell........and a Daughter born to the marriage.

The three of them appear together on the 2012-2013 Electoral Roll.

I will PM the details to Alan.

Thank you all for your information,it has been most helpful!
Uncle Eddy and Aunt Tess were an unknown quantity in the family and little was known about them. Now I can move forward in placing them in their rightful place in the family.
Once again, thank you all for your assistance in this matter.

Alan

Thank you all for your information, it has been most helpful!
Uncle Eddy and Aunt Tess were an unknown quantity in the family and little was known about them. Now I can move forward in placing them in their rightful place in the family.
Once again, thank you all for your assistance in this matter.

Alan

This maybe her birth registration?


All Birth, Marriage & Death, including Parish Results
Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958 about Theresa Gerety
Name: Theresa Gerety
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1919
Registration District: Ballymahon
Birth Country: Ireland
Volume: 3
Page: 20
FHL Film Number: 101078

A distinct possibility...The surname spelling was predominant in the Co Longford although there were a few in the Co's.Dublin/Westmeath/Kildare...a cross check of the names (1911 Census Ire.) showed by a large the families had originated in the Co Longford...
The spelling "Geraghty" is by far the greater but given Theresa was shown as Gerety then I would be following that spelling for her family...it does appear to be correct.