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Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 241 Send Message	Sheil	Report	24 Nov 2014 16:04
	Can any one help please. I am Looking for any info on Portsmouth ER for my Great-Grandmother Mary J Lee during 1940's. Many thanks.
Member Since: July 2006 Posts: 21,823 Send Message	brummiejan	Report	24 Nov 2014 16:11
	Hi Shell. I don't think there are any online electoral register searches for this area. Assuming this is the case, you can only search by address, and would need to visit the relevant archives to do so - or ask the staff to assist, which might incur a charge. Also note there were no registers kept during WW2. What sort of info are you trying to obtain? Jan
	Researching: Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham
Member Since: July 2006 Posts: 21,823 Send Message	brummiejan	Report	24 Nov 2014 16:14
	Try here for advice/info: https://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/ext/events-parks-and-whats-on/libraries/resources-on-family-local-and-naval-history.aspx
	Researching: Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 241 Send Message	Sheil	Report	24 Nov 2014 16:44
	Hi Brummiejan Thanks for replying, I am still on a mission to find the DOD of Mary J. Lee born 1865. & as her last address was in Portsmouth in 1938 trying to find out if she stayed in Portsmouth during the 40's or got evacuated somewhere or just died
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 25,441 Send Message	Gwyn in Kent	Report	24 Nov 2014 17:02
	What was her husband's name? Did he die before her? There are some possibles on freebmd
Member Since: July 2006 Posts: 21,823 Send Message	brummiejan	Report	24 Nov 2014 18:46
	Is this her married name?
	Researching: Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 241 Send Message	Sheil	Report	24 Nov 2014 19:08
	Yes Lee her married name. Her 2nd husband William Lee died in 1930 in Southampton & is buried there.
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 21,069 Send Message	jax	Report	24 Nov 2014 19:30
	There will not be any electoral rolls taken during the war years anyway
	Researching: Nothing much
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 21,069 Send Message	jax	Report	24 Nov 2014 19:33
	??? Name: Mary J Lee Birth Date: abt 1865 Date of Registration: Sep 1946 Age at Death: 81 Registration district: Andover Inferred County: Hampshire Volume: 6b Page: 47
	Researching: Nothing much
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 241 Send Message	Sheil	Report	24 Nov 2014 19:36
	Thanks but Sorry not that one, I sent for the certificate & she had a different husband
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 21,069 Send Message	jax	Report	24 Nov 2014 19:38
	She could have died anywhere then Also whoever registered the death may not have the correct details for her including her age
	Researching: Nothing much
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 241 Send Message	Sheil	Report	24 Nov 2014 19:50
	Thing is Mary Jane Lee was such a common name in those days. It is a big mystery what happened to her, the last address I have for her is 84 Balfour Road, Portsmouth 1939
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 25,441 Send Message	Gwyn in Kent	Report	24 Nov 2014 20:19
	Do you know why she moved to Portsmouth after her husband died? Was it to be near family? Was there perhaps a married daughter ( or son) living elsewhere in the country who Mary might have gone to live with, when the bombing got too much in Portsmouth. It was a prime target in wartime. Could she have remarried? Gwyn
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 241 Send Message	Sheil	Report	24 Nov 2014 20:22
	She had family in Portsmouth & Bedwelty area
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 25,441 Send Message	Gwyn in Kent	Report	24 Nov 2014 20:26
	Wales was much safer at that time. Have you looked for a death in that area.? Gwyn
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 241 Send Message	Sheil	Report	24 Nov 2014 20:28
	I have but D.O.B didn't quite match
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 241 Send Message	Sheil	Report	24 Nov 2014 20:30
	Remarriage is a possibility but she would have been getting on a bit in the 1940's
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 25,441 Send Message	Gwyn in Kent	Report	24 Nov 2014 20:43
	What record do you have for her being in Balfour Road in 1939? Is it an electoral list? Was she with family? Gwyn
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 241 Send Message	Sheil	Report	24 Nov 2014 20:49
	Yes, her daughter Mary & son-in-law John Quinton 1939
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 241 Send Message	Sheil	Report	24 Nov 2014 21:29
	1939 electoral roll

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