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Robert S Hervey Head M 35 England
Doris Hervey Wife F 39 British West Indies
David H Hervey Son M 10 British West Indies
[There's an odd entry for Robt's residence on Apr 1, 1935 of "S Sea, England".
Of course, it could be a novel abbreviation for Southsea (next to Portsmouth), but it could also be an enumerator mistranscription of At Sea]

Great that you've been in touch with the family Nicola, lovely when people take the time to give an update - doesn't matter how long has elapsed.

It's been a VERY BIG gap since I last posted on this thread but there is a very good reason.

We have met and are in regular contact with the two daughters of the above David Hamilton Hervey. They had no idea that they had a large UK family and it has all been a joy to us all.

Many, many thanks again to all those sleuths out there, as always.

Nicola :-D

And can anyone see Robert's second marriage, please?

Wonderful stuff here, so thank you again.

Oakley is a family name, so no surprises there. Quite the opposite in fact as it shows continuity despite being 'across the pond'.

Am puzzled by all the other State entries below the family. Do you know what they mean?

Is there any way of finding out if Marilyn/Sarah and/or Beth can be traced?

Perhaps Marilyn's probable death, too??

PLEASE keep up the good work.

Thank you, thank you.

Sorry, Nicola, I wondered myself about the date of that 411 entry but couldn't find one. I would imagine that it's quite up-to-date.

Thank you to all.

Margaret, please could you tell me the date of the phone directory entry?

Now, please does anyone know how I can go about revealing his probable marriage?????

This will be the next step; a difficult one, I know. But hopefully possible!!

I know the death for D H Hervey in 1991 looks like your man but 411.com
shows a David H Hervey,a wife and maybe two daughters in the Utica area.
David H Hervey (Age 80)
Utica, NY
Leonardsville, NY Marilyn L Hervey (Age 76)
Utica, NY
Leonardsville, NY

Oakley Sarah Hervey (Age 37)
Associated Names:
Sarah Hervey
Sarah Oakley
Roselle, NJ
Horsham, PA
Norwalk, CT
Albany, NY
Leonardsville, NY
Utica, NY
Beth E Hervey (Age 38)
Northville, NY
Albany, NY
Leonardsville, NY
Saugerties, NY
Excelsior, MN
Mill Valley, CA
Shokan, NY

This site:

http://www.411.com/

Has a David H. Hervey, age 79 in Utica, NY.

I just came across a list of graduating nursing students at Utica State Hospital, Utica, NY. One of the name is David Hamilton Hervey. It was Sep. 17, 1953. Could it possibly be him? This was from The Utica Daily Press, Sep. 9, 1953.

You can now order the SS-5 Form for deceased individuals directly from the Social Security Administration online at https://secure.ssa.gov/apps9/eFOIA-FEWeb/internet/main.jsp

They're also on another passenger list on the Mauretania sailing from Southampton 23 Aug. 1930 to New York. It says Robert was born Southsea, England and Doris and David born Kingston, Jamaica

Do you have this?

Name: Master David Hamilton Hervey
Port of Departure: Kingston, Jamaica
Arrival Date: 18 May 1930
Port of Arrival: Liverpool, England
Ship Name: Tetela
Search Ship Database: Search the 'Tetela' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping Line: Elders & Fyffes Ltd
Official Number: 147364

Original says he's 11 months old and with parents Robert Seymour Hervey, 25, planter & Doris Violet Hervey, 29. Proposed address is 54 Norton Rd., Hove, Sussex. They embarked Kingston and landed Garston.

Oh, how sad.

Yes, it is him. I had managed to get his dob from the Jamaican Records Office a long time ago and it is confirmed as 13.4.29.

How could we begin to find out if he had offspring?? I know that the US records are difficult to crack but this is an important family issue and we are trying to find any descendants.

I have to sign off now. Back tomorrow.

Struggling
Social Security Death Index
about D. H. Hervey
Name: D. H. Hervey
SSN: 123-20-8017
Born: 13 Apr 1929
Died: Apr 1991
State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951)

Cannot find anything else.

OMG, I've just seen a 'D.H. Hervey, died in 1991' in the Ancestry Worldwide records but I can't access it - I've only got Ancestry co.uk sub.

This could possibly be the son, DAVID HAMILTON HERVEY.

Is there someone out there who could take this further, please?

And perhaps see if there are any US telephone number entries for him, probably as a 'Doctor'.

Wow, SatNav, that was QUICK!

Thank you so much.

So now we know that for some reason husband and wife were not naturalized at the same time.

Can you find their young son's naturalization details, too?

U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794-1995
about Doris Violet Harman Hervey
Name: Doris Violet Harman Hervey
Age: 43
Birth Date: abt 1900
Issue Date: 12 Aug 1943
State: New York
Locality, Court: Eastern District of New York, District Court
Title: Index to Naturalization Petitions of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1865-1957
Description: Hanaghan, Mary to Hirtz, Maria
Series: M1164

The first wife and only son of one of my Great Uncles are proving elusive and I would be SO GRATEFUL if some kind person could trawl the US records for me on this one, please.

DORIS VIOLET HARMAN HERVEY, nee Ramsay, married ROBERT SEYMOUR HERVEY in Kingston, Jamaica in 1927. They frequently returned to the UK and I have various passenger lists for these crossings.

However, we know that she died and that he remarried. I have found the United States naturalization record for him in 1940 but no sign of her by then. So perhaps she had already died by this date?

But they also had a son, DAVID HAMILTON HERVEY, born in Jamaica in 1929. I would have expected to find US naturalization details for him, too but negative so far.

What I would be very grateful for is:
1. Record of when Doris died, and where.
2. Was she naturalized?
3. Was their son naturalized?
4. Who Robert was remarried to, when and where?
5. Any trace of their son as an adult? We believe that he was a medical doctor possibly. Theoretically, he could still be alive . . .

Robert died in 1989 in New York state.

I hope that I've written all this out clearly?!

If I don't get back to this immediately, please don't think me rude. I will be on to it tomorrow, though, to see what you've all been up to!

Grateful thanks as always.