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Sister of Patricia and Terence. Daughter of Christopher Mahon and Doris Mahon nee Gracie.
Born mid to late 1920s. Last contact in 1940s before the end of WW2.

This is part of my wife's family. A number of her relatives have done exhaustive searches over the years. My posting was a last-ditch attempt (perhaps a naive one!!) to see if there was an instant reaction.

Thanks to all for your contributions.

In which country, please?

What research have you done yourself?

OK. Just checked freebmd

Only birth for Mahon/Gracie on freebmd is Patricia’s

No marriage for the parents on freebmd

Marriage of parents?

Name: Doris Eleanor E. Gracie
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 10 Dec 1922
Marriage Place: Bombay, Bombay, India
Father: William Gracie
Spouse: Christopher Anthony Mahon
FHL Film Number: 523914
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Doris death?:
Name: Doris E E Mahon
Death Age: 33
Birth Date: abt 1905
Registration Date: Mar 1938
Registration district: Dartford
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 2a Page: 1037
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Can't see image at the moment- but this could be Christopher on 1939 register:
Name: Christopher A Mahon
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widow
Birth Date: 24 Dec 1887
Residence Year: 1939
Address: 76
Residence Place: Bexley, Kent, England
Occupation: Ministry of Labour Dept for??
Schedule Number: 26
Sub Schedule Number: 1
Enumeration District: CJGZ
Registration district: 43-1
Household Members:
Name
Christopher A Mahon
This record is officially closed.
This record is officially closed.
Bridget J O'Leary

FMP down for maintenance so from Ancestry image - as per AQ's post above to fill in gaps

Address - 76 Westwood Lane

Ministry of Labour - Dept for ??? - think this actually reads Deptford

on opposite page all written in red -
Retired Bos..... - rest of word runs downwards and is hidden by the blanking tape then there are 3 initials partially hidden ?R - ?I or T - N then ARP Ministry of Labour

Bridget (no initial J) becomes Daly b 2 Feb ?10 Widow housekeeper

2 closed records sub schedule numbers 2 and 3

Possibly Patricia's death

Name: Patricia Ellen Ember
Death Age: 73
Birth Date: 31 Aug 1923
Registration Date: May 1997
Registration district: Tavistock
Inferred County: Devon
Register Number: 22B
District and Subdistrict: 4191

Fits with birth

Births Sep 1923 (>99%)
Mahon Patricia E Gracie Pancras 1b 104

Therefore - her marriage
Marriages Mar 1948 (>99%)
Ember Edward J Mahon Southampton 6b 1308
Mahon Patricia E Ember Southampton 6b 1308

Can't really look for Patricia's sister until we have precise spelling of forename

Looks like the father re-married

Name: Christopher A Mahon
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1941
Registration district: Dartford
Inferred County: Kent
Spouse: Florence A Parkinson
Volume Number: 2a
Page Number: 2631


?????????death

Name: Christopher Mahon
Death Age: 79
Birth Date: abt 1888
Registration Date: Mar 1967
Registration district: Newton Abbot
Inferred County: Devon
Volume: 7a
Page: 612

1939

Name: Christopher A Mahon
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widow
Birth Date: 24 Dec 1887
Residence Year: 1939
Address: 76
Residence Place: Bexley, Kent, England
Occupation: Ministry of Labour Dept for??
Schedule Number: 26
Sub Schedule Number: 1
Enumeration District: CJGZ
Registration district: 43-1
Household Members:
Name
Christopher A Mahon
This record is officially closed.
This record is officially closed.
Bridget J O'Leary

Welcome to the boards, Bernard.

No help with Therese - but - here's Doris coming home to UK to give birth to Patricia, and then returning to India with the baby:


Mrs D E E Mahon
in the UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
Name: Mrs D E E Mahon
Arrival Age: 19
Birth Date: abt 1904
Port of Departure: Bombay, India
Arrival date: 13 Jul 1923
Port of Arrival: London, England
Ports of Voyage: Aden; Suez; Port Said; Marseilles; Gibraltar; Plymouth, Devon, England
Ship Name: Kaisar-I-Hind
Shipping line: Peninsula and Orient Steam Navigation Company Ltd
Official Number: 104467



Mrs Doris Mahon
in the UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960
Name: Mrs Doris Mahon
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Birth Date: abt 1905
Departure Date: 11 Jan 1924
Port of Departure: London, England
Destination Port: Bombay, India
Ship Name: Malwa
Shipping line: P & O S N Co
Official Number: 127543
Master: W R Le Mare

Patricia's age is given as 4, which must mean months, although that's not accurate.

Only two closed records on the 1939 I posted above, so did one of the children die before September 1939?

Name: Doris Eleanor E Gracie
Registration Year: 1904
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Alverstoke
Inferred County: Hampshire
Volume: 2b
Page: 566


Name: Doris E Elizabeth Mahon
Birth Date: abt 1905
Age: 33
Death Date: abt 1938
Burial Date: 18 Feb 1938
Burial Place: Bexleyheath, Kent, England
Cemetery: Bexleyheath Cemetery
Grave Number: 2843

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Gro Army Birth Indices (1881 To 1965)


First name(s) Terence T
Last name Mahon
Sex Male
Birth year 1932
Place Colaba
Country India
Type Armed Forces
Archive General Register Office
Source Gro Army Birth Indices (1881 To 1965)
Record's year range 1932
Page 583
Line number 62
Archive reference BARM
Record set British Armed Forces And Overseas Births And Baptisms
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Births

Name: Florence A Tucker
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1936
Registration district: Surrey North Eastern
Inferred County: Surrey
Spouse: Eric Felix Parkinson
Volume Number: 2a
Page Number: 378

I don't have access FMP- can't see anything for Therese:-

?

Mahon Shaun Cormac 1930 — 1930 British India Office Births & Baptisms Bombay,Holy Name, Bombay

Mahon Terence Thaddeus 1932 — 1932 British India Office Births & Baptisms Bombay,Holy Name, Bombay

Bernard -

you said "Last contact in 1940s before the end of WW2."

Where did the last contact happen - i.e. - where was Therese at that time?

A tree on Ancestry shows Patricia and Shaun, plus two other male siblings (one of whom will be Terence) and one female. Also one male half-sibling.

Unfortunately their details have been kept private.

Mahon Family Tree.
Tree owner : ltmahon.
Last signed in over a year ago.


One of us could contact ltmahon and ask him/her to contact you, if you like?
No guarantees that he/she would do so, though!

Shaun Cormac Francis Mahon
in the UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
Name: Shaun Cormac Francis Mahon
Birth Date: 1930
Death Date: 24 Jun 2008
Cemetery: Chilterns Crematorium
Burial or Cremation Place: Amersham, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England

The Chilterns Crematorium Book of Remembrance says he was an "Accomplished soldier and linguist." No details of family.

Obituary mentions wife, children and grandchildren, but no siblings.
https://legacy-ia.com/obituary/790787?s_source=nqlo_bfp


The undertakers were Wright Funeral Services, 106 High Street, Great Missenden, HP16 0BE.
Even though the funeral was ten years ago, it might be worth writing to them - they might be able to pass on a message to the relatives, who might know something about Therese.

Another possible avenue to pursue -

Go to "Search" at the top of this page, then "Search all member trees".
Search for Shaun Mahon, and you'll see that someone named Carol Ann has him in her tree.
Click on "Find out more" and send her a message explaining your interest.
You never know, she might reply - though there could be many reasons why if she doesn't.

Carol Ann also has a Therese Mahon born 1926 in Dublin in her tree.
So does someone named Stuart.

???

Therese E D Mahon
in the Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958
Name: Therese E D Mahon
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1926
Registration district: Dublin North
Birth Country: Ireland
Volume: 2
Page: 288
FHL Film Number: 101230

But if that's her, I'm afraid this might be her death:

Therese Mahon
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Therese Mahon
Death Age: 80
Birth Date: 30 Sep 1926
Registration Date: Jun 2006
Registration district: Southwark
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume: -1
Page: -1
Register Number: A19A
District and Subdistrict: 251/1A

Therese E D Mahon
in the London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965
Name: Therese E D Mahon
Year: 1963
County or Borough: Paddington
Ward or Division/Constituency: Paddington South
Street address: 5 Flat lc [5 Lancaster Mews on image ]
Reference Number: LCC/PER/B/2866


Therese E D Mahon
in the London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965
Name: Therese E D Mahon
Year: 1964
County or Borough: Paddington
Ward or Division/Constituency: Hyde Park
Street address: 5 Lancaster Mews
Reference Number: LCC/PER/B/2949