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I would appreciate any help in trying to trace my wife's ancestry.

Details we know are

George Leslie James (Known as Leslie) born 1911 died in 1990's
Mother was Catherine Howard. Father Unknown James -

Siblings
Victor James - married Maud then Beatrice- Emigrated to Australia? Much older than George.
Alice James
Violet James (Married Alec McGilroy?)
Lillian James
William James
Henry John? James
Ernest James b. c1905?
Dennis Aubrey James b c1917? Married Jacquie ? Artist.
Daughter Karen James , also artist.

Thank You
Don Stephens

Don, don't know about anyone else, but I can't see a marriage for Catherine Howard to a James. You could really do with that birth cert found by Peter.
Jan

Thank you all, as you say, the Birth Certificate may weel be the jump start I need. Will organize that.

Cheers
Don

Hi all,
Have the Birth certificate,
Fathers name Arthur James
Mothers name Alice Eliza Mary Howard (b 1872) Edmonton 3a 231
Married Jun 1894 Paddington 1a 10

Sorry about the Catherine.
I just have not been able to trace Alice or Arthur in the 1881 census - any ideas?
Thanks
Don

Well, we have their marriage at last! Just shows how you need to be really wary of family info:

Marriages Jun 1894 (>99%)

Howard Alice Eliza M Paddington 1a 10
James Arthur Paddington 1a 10

Might need to spend some more hard-earned cash!!! You need their father's names, and their ages, to be able to pinpoint them in 1881 I think. Witnesses can also offer clues as often family members.

Jan

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
Name: Alice Eliza Mary Howard
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1873
Spouse Name: Arthur James
Spouse Age: 24
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 5 May 1894
Parish: Saint Luke The Evangelist, West Kilburn
County: Middlesex
Borough: Westminster
Father Name: William Stephen Howard
Spouse Father Name: John Henry James



Source Citation: London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Luke The Evangelist, West Kilburn, Register of marriages, P87/LUK1, Item 012


Arthur's occupation is a Carpenter
Groom's father is a Carpenter
Bride's father is a Watchmaker

Witnesses are John Henry James and Alice Maud ???? (can't read)


Address for both of them - 102 Bravington Road

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
Name: John Henry James James
Record Type: Baptism
Date: 22 Oct 1905
Father's Name: Arthur James
Mother's Name: Alice Eliza Mary James
Parish: Christ Church, Notting Hill
Borough: Kensington and Chelsea
County: Middlesex



Source Citation: London Metropolitan Archives, Christ Church, Notting Hill, Register of baptisms, P84/CTC1/A/01, Item 004


Address - 34 Appleford Road

Date of birth - 30th September 1905

Thanks for all information supplied, 34 Appleford Road is definitely the right address, but the way so many people used their second names instead of their first christian names just adds to the jigsaw puzzle.

Cheers
Don