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Hi Kath,
Many thanks for your valuable time anyway - if I manage to find any more info from my various sources I'll come back again!!
thanks for listening
kind regards
Sue

Sorry Susan,

Can't think of anything other than they were born/married abroad. Haven't been able to find anything of help.

Kath. x

Hi Kath,
I've so much appreciated your time and effort but it seems we've reached a plateau!!
I've totally run out of ideas - do you have any more suggestions????
Kind regards
Sue

I have checked all the census records from where I've obtained the info re. Ezra (born circa 1830)

There is an Ezra Shama on ancestry site who was born in Syria circa 1830 but if he was Edgar and Ginette's dad (assuming they were siblings) Ezra would have been a 'very old dad (being in his 70s when Edgar was born and in his 80s when Ginette was born).
Stated this was a very complicated case!!!!

It is possible Ginette was born in Alexandria (unable to verify this fact despite many months of trying).
Have been trying desperately to find out whether Edgar married Ida in Egypt, or if, in fact, he visited Egypt and if so when he returned to England (death records confirm this fact)

There is no sign of an Ezra Shama on Ancestry. Are you sure these people weren't born somewhere other than England.

Kath. x

There is no birth registered for the name Ginette Shama on Ancestry on the complete index in 1917.

Kath. x

Ginette was born in October 1917 (making Edgar a young 'dad' only 16)
This is a very complicated case - it was initially thought that Edgar (born 1901) was Ginette's brother and they were the children of Ezra Shama.

Ginette was born in October 1917 (making Edgar a young 'dad' only 16)
This is a very complicated case - it was initially thought that Edgar (born 1901) was Ginette's brother and they were the children of Ezra Shama.

As far as I know they only had the one child, a daughter Ginette.
I have not got a birth certificate for Edgar - information obtained from ancestry.com

Do you know when the daughter was born?

Kath. x

As far as I know they only had the one child, a daughter Ginette.

for ref

Name: Edgar Shama
Birth: 7 Aug 1901
Death: Sep 1992 - Brent, Middlesex

did they nhave any children that you know of which could give you an idea when they might have married and where

perhaps he was not born in england or nor registered, there are only 4 shamas on Ancestry

No unfortunately I don't - she was in Alexandria, Egypt in 1944 but after that date I know nothing ..

The date of birth is given on his death index, which is only as acurate as the informant's knowledge of the deceased.

Did this couple have any children?

Kath. x

Have you got any certificates confirming his date of birth it seems very exact.

Have also checked BMD and nothing for the name Shama

Do you know when Ida died?