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Thank you, still no death certificate for lily Elliston yet but will be on as soon as get it . Obviously Peter is waiting too as this is his maternal parent.

ONLY if they are using GR on a regular basis will anyone connected see your post
Be pro-active - look in 'search all members' trees' to discover whether anyone at all on GR has any connection whatsoever. If you find someone has any of the names in a tree, send a message and hope for a response

If any Elliston family members have any info be welcome thanks

Hi all I have sent for Lily Elliston Death Certificate to confirm if this is correct Lily Richardson Dryden will put info on when get it

Pleased to see you found your way back...................

Any comments on the help given this year?

The death is obviously the right woman..............................

She lied when she married Elliston..............

Certificates I have

Birth 1913 registered 24th February Ashlngton County Northumberland
258/ 26th November 1912 Lily Richardson Girl father James Dryden mother Maggie Dryden formally Scott occupation of father general Cartman
signature and residence of informant Maggie Dryden mother front street Newbiggin -by-the-sea

Birth
489/ 1931 Coventry West County of Coventry CB
20th July 1931 Gulson Road Municipal Hospital
Alfred James Boy name of father BLANK
name surname and maiden name of Mother
Lily Richardson Dryden a domestic servant of 50 Holyhead road Coventry
father occupation BLANK
signature description residence of informant
Lily R Dryden Mother 50 Holyhead Road Coventry 14th August 1931
in side column
'Adopted '

Marriage
246/ The Registry Office Gloucester in County Borough of Gloucester
15 April 1933
Edgar Clifton Ashley Smith age 25yrs Bachelor
Occupation Plasterer address 1 Balfour Road Gloucester
fathers name
Alfred Ashley Smith
Occupation Carpenter
Lily Richardson Dryden age 20yrs Spinster
Occupation Domestic servant address 1 Balfour Road Gloucester
Father James Dryden Deceased
Occupation General Haulier
In presence of Alfred Ashley Smith and M A Critchley

Marriage
75/ 17th February 1940 Certificate for Marriage The Register Office Bury St Edmunds County of West Suffolk
Clifford George Elliston Age 26 Batchelor
Rank profession No 5825918 Lance Corporal Suffolk Regiment
Address Gibraltar Barracks Bury St Edmunds
Father George Robert Elliston Deceased
Occupation Millar
Lily Smith Age 26 Spinster
No profession listed
1 Risbygate Street Bury St Edmunds
Father James Smith Deceased
Occupation Haulage Contractor
In presence of R M Mums and E M Avis

Have tried to get Glenise to return to this thread. PM opened.....................

It seems rather coincidental that Clifford Elliston’s death was in such close proximity to that of Lily.

As I suggested earlier, the woman’s death cert would be worth getting.

Yes, I posted it for the sake of location, at least , pending Glenise's reply.

That's the cert the poster has purchased, full details of which I have asked her to give us

Greyghost posted the FMP transcription of 1939 for Lily , where she's listed as
Lily (R) Elligton (Smith) 26 Nov 1912.

However, looking at the image, the middle initial R has been scored out.

There's also no middle initial on the marriage record.


In August 2021, an Ancestry member added the name Lily Richardson Dryden to the Ancestry transcription .

Confirming the 1913 birth, with middle name shown on the GRO site (only FreeBMD birth record has been posted so far):

DRYDEN, LILY RICHARDSON mmn SCOTT
GRO Reference: 1913 M Quarter in MORPETH Volume 10B Page 907


And the Smith/Elliston marriage, just for reference:

Marriages Mar 1940 (>99%)
Elliston Clifford G Smith Bury St.E. 4a 3723
Smith Lily Elliston Bury St.E. 4a 3723

(Oops! Marriage already posted last year by Greyghost.)

Glenise

Would you post all info from the marriage cert, please.

Addresses, occupations, location, fathers’ full details, witnesses.

SCOTT
ELEANORA LUCY D
F
1911
169/ 39
Aberdour (Aberdeen)

SCOTT
JOSEPHA EDITH D
F
1911
169/ 38
Aberdour (Aberdeen)

Marriages Mar 1912 (>99%)
Dryden James Scott Morpeth 10b 538
Scott Maggie R M Dryden Morpeth 10b 538

The woman's death cert would give details of the informant - may prove helpful

Name: Lily Richardson Elliston
Death Age: 75
Birth Date: 26 Nov 1912
Registration Date: Feb 1988
Registration District: Nuneaton and Bedworth
Inferred County: Warwickshire
Volume: 31
Page: 198

Just for info..............
Name: Clifford George Elliston
Death Age: 76
Birth Date: 30 Dec 1913
Registration Date: Jan 1990
Registration District: Coventry
Inferred County: West Midlands
Volume: 33
Page: 5

Lily had split from Smith by 1937, as she was on her own on the ER in Gloucester

1939 Register
39 Bath Street, Royal Leamington Spa, Royal Leaming
ton Spa M.B., Warwickshire, England

George Vernon - Male ? Motor Work Married 134 1
Eleanor L Vernon - Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 134 2
James A Vernon 04 Apr 1932 Male At School Single 134 3

James Albert Vernon in 1997
Warwickshire Monumental Inscriptions
Bishops Itchington, St Michael, Warwickshire, England
DoB 4/4/1932

4 Pratt/Dryden births on freebmd

One is deceased
PRATT, CARL 1936
GRO Reference: DOR Q4/2017 in SOMERSET (722-1B) Entry Number 516362911

Name: Josephine E S Dryden
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun 1933
Registration District: Warwick
Inferred County: Warwickshire
Spouse: Howard V Pratt
Volume Number: 6d
Page Number: 1947

Name: Josepha Edith Pratt
Death Age: 88
Birth Date: 16 Sep 1911
Registration Date: Jan 2000
Registration District: Wallingford
Inferred County: Oxfordshire
Register Number: 27C
District and Subdistrict: 7041
Entry Number: 205

1939 Register
53 Rushmore Street, Royal Leamington Spa, Royal Leamington Spa M.B., Warwickshire, England

Edith (J) Pratt 16 Sep 1911 Female Domestic Duties Married 39 1
The record for this person is officially closed.
The record for this person is officially closed.
Margaret Ibbotson (Dryden) 07 Nov 1915 Female Aircraft Etcher Single 39 4
The record for this person is officially closed.
The record for this person is officially closed.

Name: Margaret Dryden
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun 1948
Registration District: Warwick
Inferred County: Warwickshire
Spouse: Arthur S Ibbotson
Volume Number: 9c
Page Number: 2334

Name: Margaret Ibbotson
Death Age: 82
Birth Date: 7 Nov 1915
Registration Date: Jan 1998
Registration District: Shrewsbury
Inferred County: Shropshire
Register Number: B57A
District and Subdistrict: 7151B
Entry Number: 157

Name: Eleanor Lucy Dryden
Birth Date: 16 Sep 1911
Residence Place: Newbiggin Northumberland
Relation to Soldier: Children
Title: WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers
Description: Other Ranks Died Driver A-Ducklers WH
Next of Kin:
Name Relation to Soldier
James Dryden
Maggie Dryden Widow 14 Feb 1891
Joseph Edith Dryden Child 16 Sep 1911
Eleanor Lucy Dryden Children
Lily Richardine Dryden Children 26 Nov 1912
Margaret Dryden Children 07 Nov 1915

Marriages Dec 1931 (>99%)
Dryden Eleanora L S Vernon Coventry 6d 1517
Vernon George R Dryden Coventry 6d 1517

Name: Eleanora Lucy D Vernon
Death Age: 76
Birth Date: 16 Sep 1911
Registration Date: Jan 1988
Registration District: Mid Warwickshire
Inferred County: Warwickshire
Volume: 31
Page: 646