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Speak for yourself Davey Jones!

Hi Lainie ~~~~~ anyone would think this was a genealogical site!


Where's Dea? Toots?

Often by men in white coats. ;-)

Lains....they/we get carried away!

I wonder if it IS mistranscribed as Conellau?


Name: CONNELLAN, Alice
Registration District: St. George in the East
County: London
Year of Registration: 1924
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
Mother's Maiden Name: Seigenberg
Volume No: Help 1C
Page No: Help 339

He also was in the The King's Own Scottish Borderers which I thought strange as he came from Walthamstow...maybe she came from Scotland?

Thanks anyway just going to be another mystery I think

ja...x

And a couple of instances in America. My thinking is maybe she was not English.

Thanks Jonesey not sure about wandsworth but you never know?

It is hard getting info out of my mum, she says she does'nt know anything and the next minute comes up with something else lol
New info is she thought they had a couple of children but not sure if they were his and the family did'nt have anything to do with her after he died...so she could well have been married before in some other country perhaps? but why cant I find the marriage anywhere else?

ja...x

Jax there is one instance of the name here



http://www.thefreelibrary.com/COURT+IN+BRIEF.-a0213289753

Jax,

As they did not marry until late in WW2 I did wonder whether she may have been married, perhaps widowed earlier. I have looked for a marriage of a male Connellau pre 1944 but nothing in England or Wales. Next thought was an unusual surname, so any others sharing it but no BMD record of the name 1900~1943 so maybe she was not British. The origin of the name appear to be Irish or French.

Also checked the death records for Alice Adelaide. Based purely on the location Wandsworth this one looked an outside possibility:

Name: Alice Adelaide Beckwith
Birth Date: 21 May 1914
Date of Registration: Mar 1984
Age at Death: 69
Registration district: Wandsworth
Inferred County: London
Volume: 15
Page: 1184

It may well be a case that only a copy of the 1944 marriage certificate might provide further clues.

Gin, :-P

Hmmmm...common as muck you Jones'

You need an interesting name....something Irish would be good Jonesey/Ja..x

Oh yes I agree Jonesey but as I have no idea when she was born maybe hard finding a death...then again she may still be alive?

Cannot find anyone with this Connellau name maybe thats mistranscribed?

Mum said she remembered him because he gave her a bar of toffee but she was only 5 when he died so he could well have been on leave in 1944 and married this woman before dying at Arnhem?

ja...x

Jax,

Don't be put off by the surname Jones. Whilst I agree there are more than a few of us out there at least our surname is rarely mistranscribed. ;-)

Hi all found this new gt uncle today as mum mentioned she had this uncle Sidney found his death during ww2 and a marriage on freebmd a few months earlier

Marriages Jun 1944 (>99%)
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CONNELLAU Alice A Simpson Essex S.W. 4a 414
SIMPSON Sidney Connellau Essex S.W. 4a 414

Think she may have remarried in 1949 but to a Jones so will not follow that one up just yet

Problem is I cannot see this marriage on ancestry nor can I find her anywhere before marriage Sidney was 24 when he died so maybe she was around the same age?her middle name was Adelaide according to CWGC so could someone see if they can find her please

ja...x

I know Dea, he is new so we have to give him the benefit......Ive threatened him with 10 lashes!

Make that TWO more threads Ginns !! :-D

Dea x

Whats with the cheese you lot....no Cyns Im not explaining that one

Ive given up with John, hes started another post about the same family...sigh

Nearly Friday :-D

For Mr J and Mr R.


I asked my boss if I could leave work a couple of hours early to go shopping with the wife.

"Not a chance!" he said.

"Thanks, boss. I knew you wouldn't let me down."

Optimism paid off Jonesey! No great change - just the natural 'ageing' process.

Couldn't help myself though....the young optician was very serious as he explained that, just like your body shape changes with age, so your eye changes shape too. My rapid retort was "You mean my eyes go fat TOO????" Poor lad didn't know what to do with himself......lol


Gins.......Have already sent John a message a couple of days ago - he shared his tree twice and then thanked me for my suggestions. Maybe you could advise him to print my guidelines out and follow them. ??


~~~~~~~~~~~ to Syvls....take care and hurry back.

That is what I like Cyn, optimism. ;-)