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hi there, im trying to trace my father's family! he was put in to barnados and he has never had any contact with his family since,( many, many years ago)
he has brothers whos names are; douglas mcavoy and richard william mcavoy, and sisters whos names are; helen, catherine elizabeth and vera mcavoy
his mothers name was catherine helen mcavoy nee pedley( last known address was southend-on-sea)
his fathers name was richard peter mcavoy,
grandfathers name as william pedley ( last known address was liverpool)
we have approx date of births so if you think you know anything please contact us

are these 2 of the siblings just so we know what time frame we are working with so we can look for possible marriages for the sisters


Births Jun 1933 (>99%)
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McAvoy Richard W Pedley Liverpool 8b 297

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Births Sep 1934 (62%)
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McAvoy Helen Pedley W.Derby 8b 971

and i think this is the mother

Births Sep 1908 (>99%)
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Pedley Catherine Helen W. Derby 8b 595

Marriages Dec 1927 (93%)
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McAvody Richard Pedley Birkenhead 8a 1131
Pedley Catherine H McAvoy Birkenhead 8a 1131

hi there, i'll try to give a few more details if i can. my wife submitted the original post on my behalf this afternoon, i've just got in from work, so bear with me, once i've got my wet gear off and had some tea i'll put up a few more details, i haven't got any dates of birth but i have their ages in november 1943.

cassidy is quite right ..............


PEDLEY Catherine 1900 Not Sure Yet ( LOL ) Louisa
Louisa Cheriton (Member No.9314993)

Just hope Louisa is on-line & still on GR

hello again, right ,i've only finished reading some messages that have been sent to me, my wife put the original post up this afternoon and never put much info in so i'll put some more details here.

my dad (reginald robert mcavoy) was admitted into bernardos on 5-11-1943, by his mother catherine helen mcavoy (nee pedley) no date of birth but she was 35 at the time which would make her about 101 but i would imagine that she is not here now. his father was richard peter mcavoy, again no date of birth but he was 39 at the time which again i would guess that hes not here as he'd be 106 now.

as well as my dad, reginald, his mother catherine applied to bernardos for the next eldest brother richard william mcavoy but admission was only offered to my dad, so i would imagine that richard stayed with the mother, but not entirely sure on that one.

i am typing in these details from a document that was given to my dad from bernardos about 8 years or so ago, its an old typed document thats been photocopied by the looks of it and a few bits and pieces are smudged so i cant read all of it but most of it if you know what i mean, but i'll give as much info as i can, and i'll put he last known location as shown on the sheet i have.

the eldest brother douglas mcavoy was 15 at the time (1943) and a far as i am aware was in a school in leicester.

richard william mcavoy, again no date of birth but was aged 10 at the time so he'd be about 76 now. says on document 'with mother'.

catherine elizabeth mcavoy was 13 at the time so wouldbe about 79 now. on document it says 'village homes, addlestone, surey'.

helen mcavoy was 9 at the time so would be about 75 now and vera mcavoy 5 at the time so would be about 71 now, says here that both were evacuated to essex by school authorities.

it also says that the mother (catherine helen mcavoy-nee pedley) was a native of liverpool and was evacuated with her family from (and this is one of the smudged bits but looks something like london or rendon?) london to chelmsford on 2-9-1939 and left the chelmsford district in november 1941 to live in the southend district.

there is a marraige date here which is 12-12-1927 at the parish church, seacombe, chester.

i have some last known addresses but i'm not sure if i'm allowed to post them, is this against any rules here? if not i will post them.

one last note, there is some other information about the father which i'm not going to give at the present time, but maybe someone might know what it is anyway.

SADLY

Name: Catherine Helen McAvoy
Birth: 11 Jul 1908
Death: Nov 1989 - Southend On Sea, Essex


You could purchase the above & see who registered her death
using the references below £7 on-line
ODDS are, it should be kin .........it will state their relationship to Catherine & their address.

Name: Catherine Helen McAvoy
Birth Date: 11 Jul 1908
Death Registration Month/Year: Nov 1989
Age at death (estimated): 81
Registration district: Southend On Sea
Inferred County: Essex
Volume: 9
Page: 3235

BIRTH
Name: Douglas G McAvoy
Mother's Maiden Surname: Pedley
Date of Registration: Oct Nov Dec 1928
Registration district: Liverpool
Registration county: Lancashire

SADLY
Name: Douglas George McAvoy
Birth: 17 Nov 1928
Death: Mar 1994 - Southend On Sea, Essex

BIRTH

Name: Vera McAvoy
Mother's Maiden Surname: Pedley
Date of Registration: Apr May Jun 1938
Registration district: Edmonton
Registration county: Essex
Volume Number: 3a
Page Number: 1233

thankyou for your help fairthorn. where do i buy this information? i haven't got a clue where to start with any of this.

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/order_certificates/index.asp

as people remind others you should pay no more than £7 a certificate

CHEERS

BEFORE YOU BUY ( unless you want them anyway )

Have you emailed the Douglas Mcavoy
GR member CASSIDY found on Family tree

Louisa Cheriton (Member No.9314993) may have contact with your Dad's other siblings !!

have emailed, thanks.
are the certificates posted or are they downloadable?

Just for interest there is a Mrs C McAvoy living at 6 Denton Close, Westcliff on Sea and a Mr D McAvoy living at 2 Norfolk Avenue, Leigh-on-Sea in the Kellys' Directory of 1974.
They are the only 2 living in Southend at that time so they must be your relations.

Good luck with your searches
Sam

Samantha

Those 2 addresses would tie in with Douglas & his Mum

MCAVOY,DOUGLAS,2,,NORFOLK AVENUE,3HA,,LEIGH-ON-SEA,ESSEX
MCAVOY,RUTH B,2,,NORFOLK AVENUE,,SS9 3HA,,LEIGH-ON-SEA,ESSEX

SADLY looks like Ruth also
Ruth Beryl McAvoy 25 Jul 1928 Mar 1998 69 Brent Middlesex

FOUND VERA


DETAILS & TELEPHONE NUMBER SENT

ADDRESS & DATA SENT FOR CATHERINE MCAVOY

i don't know what to say, but thankyou whoever you people are, i've been sent so much information in the last 3 days its not quite sunk in yet. i having to print everything off but its looking good, once again, thankyou very very much.
would i be right in saying that ruth was douglas' wife? and that the 2 of them were at norfolk avenue and that the mother was at denton close?

I think you are right Anthony. Hope it's helped you. I've found people on here are so kind and generous, it's nice to be able to help someone else out!

Sam