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I just found a record on genesreunited but the person was born 1916 so it might be the same one as Ancestry, which would be the wrong Florence

The record you found was probably this one:-

Title MRS
Destination place - country SOUTH AFRICA
First name(s) F L
Destination country South Africa
Last name Poultney
Ship name City Of Exeter
Gender Female
Ship official number 136297
Birth year 1907
Ship registered tonnage 6127.01
Age 34
Ship master's first name J J
Age as transcribed 34
Ship master's last name Andrew
Occupation Housewife
Shipping line The City Lines Ltd
Departure day 25
Number of passengers 172
Departure month 4
Ship departure port GLASGOW
Departure year 1941
Ship destination port Calcutta
Departure port Glasgow
Ship destination country India
Departure country Scotland
Record set Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960
Entry struck out N
Category Travel & migration
Destination port Durban (Port Natal)
Subcategory Passenger Lists
Destination Durban (Port Natal)
Collections from Great Britain, Scotland
Country South Africa

She was travelling with a Miss Jennifer F. Poultney aged 6. Ther address in England was given as Rondel, Rottingdean, Sussex.

They were going to South Africa and not Australia.

Kath. x

Don’t know which year the record is for, but the woman born 1898 is on the 1921 UK census

The other record you mention was this one:-

First name(s) Florence
Destination place - country AUSTRALIA
Last name Poultney
Destination country Australia
Gender Female
Ship name Strathnaver
Birth year 1916
Ship official number 162619
Age 38
Ship registered tonnage 22283
Age as transcribed 38
Ship master's title Captain
Marital status M
Ship master's first name J M
Occupation Housewife
Ship master's last name Peter
Departure day 30
Shipping line P. & O.
Departure month 4
Number of passengers 857
Departure year 1954
Ship departure port LONDON
Departure port London
Ship destination port Sydney
Departure country England
Ship destination country Australia
Entry struck out N
Record set Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960
Destination port Melbourne
Category Travel & migration
Destination Melbourne
Subcategory Passenger Lists
State or territory Victoria
Collections from Great Britain, England, Australasia
Country Australia

She was travelling with Frank Poultney age 39 and another Frank Poultney age 15.

Their address in England was 334 Stanton Road, Burton on Trent. Frank senior was a Van Driver.

Kath. x

Thank you to both of you. Kathleen, I made a mistake and changed it but you must of seen it before I changed it. It was Florence Poultney born 1916 that went to Australia on genesreunited records, I think it might of been that one. Thank you also Erika, I have the record from 1921. The last record I have of her was 1939 and then nothing after that so i was looking into see if she emigrated.

Sorry, only just seen your second message Kathleen, thanks looks like it's not the one I'm looking for but rules her out :-)

Is this Florence in the 1939 register:-

First name(s) Florence L
County Staffordshire
Last name(s) Gray (Poultney)
Country England
Birth date 15 Feb 1898
E. D. letter code OQDC
Birth day 15
Schedule 6
Birth month 2
Schedule sub number 117
Birth year 1898
Archive reference RG101/5355B/018/3
Sex Female
Piece number 5355B
Marital status Single
Item number 18
Institutional role Patient
Line number 3
Occupation Incapacitated
Category Census, land & surveys
Address New Cross Institution, Wolverhampton
Subcategory Census
Place Wolverhampton C.B.
Collections from Great Britain, England
Borough / district Wolverhampton C.B.

Kath. x

If that’s her in 1939, she married no later than Jan 1959 - not that I can see a record of it :-S

Hi, yes that's the one, I know she has the last name crossed out and replaced with Gray but no marriage or deaths in both names. Maybe she changed her name again later on down the line. Bit of a mystery woman.

Have you asked about this woman before? FMP alerts me to having previously accessed some records I just called up

EDITED

Yes you have, at least once

https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1391336

She could have changed her name by deed poll. We looked for years for the marriage of my in-laws without luck and then we found that she had changed her name by deed poll just before the birth of her eldest son. It was reported in the London Gazette

Kath. x

Thank you, yes Erika, I have asked about her before but was trying to look to see if maybe she emigrated. Kath, yes possibility she changed it by deed pole. Just dont think she wanted to be found.

Perhaps this is her
Day and month are the same as 1939 reg but birth a year out

First name(s) Florence
District Bristol
Last name Gray
County Gloucestershire
Gender Female
Volume 22
Birth day 15
Page 0708
Birth month 2
Country England
Birth year 1897
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Age -
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Death quarter 2
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
Death year 1975
Collections from Great Britain, England
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She could have changed her name simply by making a declaration. One can choose to be called by whichever name one wishes as long as there is no intention to deceive or defraud.

The 1975 death cert should include the maiden name of the deceased

Thank you, that's the closest I have seen, I will order death certificate and find out. Fingers crossed. Thank you everyone

Just a update, I ordered the death certificate for Florence Gray that died 1975 and it came back with no maiden name even though the person that registered her says he was the husband and on her place and date of birth it only says 15th feb 1897 and no place of birth. It says her husband was George Henry Gray living at 46 Mancroft Avenue, Lawrence Weston, Bristol. So I looked up a George Henry Gray in Bristol and found one born 1900. He married a Lucy Williams that died 1956. So its possible that maybe Florence got with him after. George and Lucy at one stage lived in Thornbury Gloucestershire and i found a Florence L Poultney Living in the same area in 1946 so it's possible it could be the same one. If it is my Florence, is it possible he lied about being married to her, also why no place of birth or no maiden name.

Unfortunately, only the person who registered the death would be able to answer that.

However, taken in conjunction with 1939 info, it would seem highly likely that it’s the woman being researched, and that he was misinformed about her year of birth, but had the right day and month.
The update on 1939 was recorded 15 Jan 1959, which would fit the timescale

I was thinking the same Erika.