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Seems the possible 1964 marriage is not the same Margaret - that marriage is a double barrelled surname one. And there is a corresponding birth for her in Essex. :-((

Mary

I'm not on Ancestry so don't know if I can access it?

PM'd details of possible marriage for Barbara + 1 child

Did you see this link on the Barnardo's page? It might be worth writing to them to see if they have any records.......

http://www.barnardos.org.uk/who_we_are/history/family_history_service.htm

Thanks Lynne, sorry I didn't see it. :-(

Corinne

Do you know the Ian Heywood who has a tree on Ancestry - it looks to be a well researched one - it might be worth your while making contact with him?

Mary

Yes thats a result! There's only 2 possible homes and one is in Plymouth so it looks as if it was that one.

Some of the homes listed on that site didn't open until the 1960's so it will narrow it down a bit when your nan looks at the photos.

Great thanks, hopefully she may have kept in touch with Dulcie and her family so I will now search for their trees.

That children's home link is brilliant! my nan can't remember the name of it but she thinks she was 4 or 5 when she went in and said it wasn't far from home, so hopefully a picture will jog her memory.

Have sent a PM to Corinne with a possible marriage for Dulcie.

I posted the only one I could find earlier, Mary.

Dulcie Q. Willis

Corinne

Do you know if Margaret had other siblings? It might help to try and find them (or most probably their descendants) to see if they may know anything?

Mary

You mentioned the sisters being in a children's home - as a start you could try this link for a list of Barnardo's Homes in Devon -

http://www.barnardos.org.uk/who_we_are/history/barnardos_homes/barnardos_homes_sw.htm

I have just emailed them now to see :) Thankyou. That is definitely her on the 1911 census as the address is streets away from where she was born. Very interested in this second marriage also, the dates would definitely be feasible. So maybe I can look for a death in essex?

Name: WILLIS, Harcourt
Registration District: Newton Abbot
County: Devon
Year of Registration: 1907
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Spouse's last name: Not available before 1912
Volume No: 5B
Page No: 243

CHURCHWARD, Annie Maud

There are two contacts on Search Trees on this site that have Harcourt Willis (one 1884 and one 1885 born in Devon).

Have you tried contacting them to see if they have any more information?

Births Mar 1922 (>99%)
Willis Dulcie Q Churchward Plymouth 5b 396

PM'd vaguely possible 2nd marriage 1964. Essex.

1911 census states 1 child born

It is usually their previous married name but it all depends on whether they are trying to hide something..............

This is probably the 1911 census -

WILLIS, H C Head Married M 26 1885 Painter And Decorator St Mary Church Devon
WILLIS, Annie Wife Married
4 years F 24 1887 Torguay Devon
WILLIS, Annie Daughter F 3 1908 St Mary Church Devon
RG number
RG14 Piece
12784 Reference
RG14PN12784 RG78PN734 RD272 SD6 ED25 SN146

Registration District
Newton Abbot Sub District
Torquay Enumeration District
25 Parish
St Mary Church

Address
3 Church Road St Mary Church Torquay County
Devonshire

Thankyou for your help everyone. I actually have her birth certificate, she was born to a Harcourt Cooper Willis and Annie Maud Willis (formerly Churchward) so the one on the 1911 census can't be her?

Can anyone tell me, when someone re-marries will they be listed with their maiden name or previous married name?