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Trying to find relatives of George Mayc1914, Phil May c1915 unknown Sibling c1911, they were born in India, they came back to England about 1919 then were sent to Canada for a couple of years as farm labourers in c1929 paid for by the Church Army, their father was Herbert Edward May c1879 he settled in Enlgand Worcester after returning from India when his first wife died in India c1919, he remarried about 1924ish. We know their was a third child born in India but can find no details of him/her. can anyone help? Ican't stay on line much tonight but can be back on tomorrow if anyone has anything that may be useful.

Have you tried a search on this site to see if anyone else is looking for the family or the IGI on familysearch.org
Regards, Liz

Not quite what you ask for but just incase you don't have it;


Groom's Name: Herbert Edward May
Groom's Birth Date: 1878
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age: 33
Bride's Name: Olive May Spilling
Bride's Birth Date: 1883
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age: 28
Marriage Date: 17 Jul 1911
Marriage Place: Bangalore, Madras, India
Groom's Father's Name: Richard May
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Father's Name: Alfred Spilling
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status:
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status:
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00111-3
System Origin: India-EASy
Source Film Number: 527477
Reference Number:
Collection: India Marriages, 1792-1948


Dee x

So George gives a year of birth of about 1912 and Phillip a year of birth about 1915.

These are on passenger records.


Dee x

Yes thanks Liz, am trying that

Thanks Dee was that return or to Canada or India

Thanks dee , have got that but it opens more questions, we cannot find Olive may Spiling anywhere either so we assume she must have been born in India.
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Mandy

Hi Amanda,

sorry for for the delay, the details were from the Canada journey. I have found this though;

UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 about Chd May
Name: Chd May
Birth Date: abt 1915
Age: 5
Port of Departure: Bombay, India
Arrival Date: 6 Jun 1920
Port of Arrival: London, England
Ports of Voyage: Plymouth
Ship Name: Morea
Search Ship Database: View the 'Morea' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping Line: Peninsula and Orient Steam Navigation Company Ltd
Official Number: 128235

Traveling with 2 other children (no names given) aged 8 and 6 and also Mr E H May aged 42 who is a merchant. So if this is the family then the other (missing child) was born approx 1914 and was female.



Dee x

So just to summarise;

George born approx 1912
Unknown female child born approx 1914
Phillip born 1915

Thanks Dee does child mean girl then that makes things harder but thanks. If you come up with anything else Iwould appreciate it.
Mandy

Hi Dee do you have any idea how we can find the name of the girl child, sorry if this message comes through twice the internet keeps going down.
Amanda

Hi Mandy,

I have been trying to find her name, unfortunately I haven't come up with anything as yet. I'm sure there must be BMD records for India available, I'll try a search on here on the advanced search facility and see what I can find.

Do you have Herbert's death certificate? If you have does it say who registered his death? Also maybe if he left a will it may mention his children?


Dee x

Mandy,

I'm not sure if Find My Past may have births in India, these may only be for the Army personnel.... but I'm not quite sure.

It maybe worth asking for a Find My Past overseas birth look up, also put that you have another thread on here regarding the family and direct them to it by copy and pasting these details;

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.asp?wci=thread&tk=1243307


Fingers crossed we may find births for the boys and be able to give this little lady a name???


Dee x

I think this is George coming back into the UK after his 1927 journey into Canada;

UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 about Geo Edward May
Name: Geo Edward May
Birth Date: abt 1911
Age: 18
Port of Departure: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Arrival Date: 3 Dec 1929
Port of Arrival: London, England
Ports of Voyage: Plymouth
Ship Name: Ascania
Search Ship Database: View the 'Ascania' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping Line: Cunard Line
Official Number: 147367

His proposed address is;

22 Rectory Lane, Chelmsford

He was a Farm Hand.


His journey out of the UK;

Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 about George E May
Name: George E May
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Estimated birth year: abt 1912
Birth Country: India
Date of Arrival: 15 May 1927
Vessel: Ascania
Search Ship Database: View the 'Ascania' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Port of Arrival: Quebec
Port of Departure: Southampton, England
Roll: T-14732

the address of his nearest relative in the UK is very faded, but I can just work out;

??????? E May, The White ?????????????? Staffs

Wow Dee, if you could decipher that address it would be fantastic as we are in staffs you have worked hard and I'm sorry not been able tobe on line much at the minute big thanks. I f we could find a name for the little girl her niece would be over the moon as she did not even know she had had an uncle and aunt.

Hi have tried the fibis site and found the marraige of the childrens parents we hav got hold of Phil's wedding cert where we got his dads name from and the fact that he was a retired draper but cannot find birth certs for children, The GRO have done a manual search in case they had copies but no joy.

Mandy,

If you click onto my board man and send me a private message with your email address I'll send you a copy of the passenger list for George in 1927. It is really hard to decipher the address..... however it may help to print it off and get a real close look?

I still can't see anything foe the May daughter.


Dee x