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Michael

Michael Report 20 Aug 2011 15:04

No probs Marie,
I just hope he got divorced before he remarried in 1918.

Potty

Potty Report 20 Aug 2011 15:03

His Royal Navy record is available online on the National Archives site. It will cost £3.50 to download:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/browse-refine.asp?CatID=15&searchType=browserefine&pagenumber=1&query=*&queryType=1

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 20 Aug 2011 14:56


England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005

Name: Victoria M Strevens
Birth Date: abt 1888
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1922
Age at Death: 34
Registration district: Poole
Inferred County: Dorset
Volume: 5a
Page: 381

I don't have access to divorce records.

Michael

Michael Report 20 Aug 2011 14:42

John Lloyd remarried in 1918..... can anyone find Divorce records or maybe a death record from his first wife?

Thanks

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 20 Aug 2011 14:41

Stratford using second name here:

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
about Frederick Strevens Name: Frederick Strevens
Record Type: Baptism
Estimated Birth Date: abt 1877
Baptism Date: 10 Oct 1877
Father's name: Lloyd Strevens
Mother's name: Rose Hannah Strevens
Parish or Poor Law Union: Lambeth St Mary the Less
Borough: Lambeth

Father is a waiter, same as Stratford Lloyd.

Michael

Michael Report 20 Aug 2011 14:38

Great stuff folks.
Thanks

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 20 Aug 2011 14:36

2 children of Stratford & Sarah:

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
about Albert Strevens Name: Albert Strevens
Record Type: Baptism
Estimated Birth Date: abt 1892
Baptism Date: 24 Apr 1892
Father's name: Stratford Lloyd Strevens
Mother's name: Sarah Strevens
Parish or Poor Law Union: Camberwell St Giles
Borough: Southwark


London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
about Annie May Strevens Name: Annie May Strevens
Record Type: Baptism
Estimated Birth Date: abt 1892
Baptism Date: 24 Apr 1892
Father's name: Stratford Lloyd Strevens
Mother's name: Sarah Strevens
Parish or Poor Law Union: Camberwell St Giles
Borough: Southwark

Albert born 8 Aug. 1889, Annie May 24 Dec.,, 1890.

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 20 Aug 2011 14:35

A later child?

Surname First name(s) Mother District Vol Page
Births Jun 1916
Strevens Irene M _ Rushen Weymouth 5a 543

Maddie

Maddie Report 20 Aug 2011 14:32

1911 for stratford

STREVENS, Stratford Lloyd Head Married
33 years M 59 1852 Commercial Traveller London E C VIEW
STREVENS, Sarah Jane Wife Married F 57 1854 London Cambertown VIEW
STREVENS, Victoria Daughter Single F 23 1888 Waitress London Norwood VIEW
STREVENS, Annie Daughter Single F 19 1892 Waitress London Camberwell VIEW
STREVENS, Harold Son Single M 17 1894 Messenger London Camberwell VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
2472 Reference:
RG14PN2472 RG78PN83 RD27 SD2 ED13 SN78

Registration District:
Camberwell Sub District:
Camberwell South Enumeration District:
13 Parish:
Camberwell

Address:
2 Constance Road E Dulwich London S E County:
London

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 20 Aug 2011 14:31

John Lloyd's marriage:


Dorset, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921

Name: Victoria Maud Rushen, Spinster
Birth Year: abt 1887
Age: 19
Marriage or Bann Date: 2 Jun 1906
Parish: Weymouth Holy Trinity
Father's name: Henry Edwin Rushen < Labourer
Spouse's Name: John Lloyd Strevens, Bachelor - Able Seaman RN
Spouse's Father's Name: Stratford Lloyd Strevens < Waiter

Address for both - Franchise Street, Weymouth

Witnesses: Henry Jackson & Eliza (?) Bailey (bad writing)

Maddie

Maddie Report 20 Aug 2011 14:30

his birth
BMD Search result details

Civil Registration event: Birth
Name: STREVENS, Stratford Lloyd
Registration District: Help Bermondsey
County: London
Year of Registration: 1851
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Mother's Maiden Name: Not available before 1911 Q3
Volume No: Help 4
Page No: Help 39

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 20 Aug 2011 14:30

Ah! Father's second marriage, he's a widower:

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
about Stratford Lloyd Strevens Name: Stratford Lloyd Strevens
Age: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852
Spouse Name: Sarah Selway
Spouse Age: 25
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 01 Jan 1879
Parish: St Philip
County: Surrey
Borough: Lambeth
Father Name: John Lloyd Strevens
Spouse Father Name: George Selway


MargaretM

MargaretM Report 20 Aug 2011 14:28

This looks like father's marriage but different wife's name:

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
about Stratford Lloyd Strevens Name: Stratford Lloyd Strevens
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
Spouse Name: Rose Hannah Ashby
Spouse Age: 21
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 16 Sep 1872
Parish: St James, Bermondsey
County: Surrey
Borough: Southwark
Father Name: John Lloyd Strevens
Spouse Father Name: Thomas Ashby


MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 20 Aug 2011 14:25

Think this may be his wife and family in 1911 (as per tree on Ancestry):

STREVENS, Victoria Maud Head Married 4 years F 23 1888 Husband Royal Navy Dorset Weymouth
STREVEN S, Gordon Son M 2 1909 Dorset Weymouth
STREVENS, Ivy Daughter F 0 (1 MONTH) 1911 Dorset Weymouth
SIDDONS, William Alfred Boarder Widower M 37 1874 House Painter London
SIDDONS, William Alfred Boarder Son M 14 1897 Errant Lad Dorset Weymouth

RG number: RG14 Piece: 12359 Reference: RG14PN12359 RG78PN702 RD263 SD2 ED20 SN339

Registration District: Weymouth
Sub District: Weymouth
Enumeration District: 20
Parish: Weymouth

Address: 18 Rose Terrace Weymouth County: Dorsetshire

** 3 children born, one had died.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 20 Aug 2011 14:22

You don't say what you have and what you need. Do you have this?

1891 England Census
about John Stevens Name: John Stevens
[John Strevens]
Age: 8
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883
Relation: Son
Father's name: Shatford Stevens
Mother's name: Sarah Stevens
Gender: Male
Where born: Fulham, Middlesex, England

Civil parish: Camberwell
Ecclesiastical parish: St Giles
Town: Camberwell
County/Island: London
Country: England


Registration district: Camberwell
Sub-registration district: Camberwell
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 465
Folio: 119
Page Number: 33
Household Members: Name Age
Shatford Stevens 38
Sarah Stevens 37
Frederick Stevens 11
Lilian Stevens 9
John Stevens 8
Frank Stevens 6
Victoria Stevens 4
Albert Stevens 2

Michael

Michael Report 20 Aug 2011 14:21

Thanks everyone.... looks like he is the man.
Thanks again.
Mick

Maddie

Maddie Report 20 Aug 2011 14:20

his birth
BMD Search result details

Civil Registration event: Birth
Name: STREVENS, John Lloyd
Registration District: Help Fulham
County: London
Year of Registration: 1883
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Mother's Maiden Name: Not available before 1911 Q3
Volume No: Help 1A
Page No: Help 292

1891
1891 England Census about John Stevens
Name: John Stevens
[John Strevens]
Age: 8
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883
Relation: Son
Father's name: Shatford Stevens
Mother's name: Sarah Stevens
Gender: Male
Where born: Fulham, Middlesex, England

Civil parish: Camberwell
Ecclesiastical parish: St Giles
Town: Camberwell
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Camberwell
Sub-registration district: Camberwell
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 465
Folio: 119
Page Number: 33
Household Members:
Name Age
Shatford Stevens 38
Sarah Stevens 37
Frederick Stevens 11
Lilian Stevens 9
John Stevens 8
Frank Stevens 6
Victoria Stevens 4
Albert Stevens

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 20 Aug 2011 14:19

1911:

Person: STREVENS, John Lloyd
Institution: Irresistible, SHIP: IRRESISTIBLE, HEOME, GLENGARRIFF, IRELAND
Military details: Petty Officer 2 Class Executive

STREVENS, John Lloyd Married M 28 1883 Walton Green London

RG number: RG14 Piece: 34971 Reference: RG14PN34971 RD640 SD2 ED35 SN9999

Registration District:
Sub District:
Enumeration District: 35
Parish:

Address:
County:

Royal Navy at Sea and in ports abroad

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 20 Aug 2011 14:17

Possible birth?

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
about John Lloyd Strevens Name: John Lloyd Strevens
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1883
Registration district: Fulham
Inferred County: Greater London, London, Middlesex
Volume: 1a
Page: 292 (click to see others on page)


Michael

Michael Report 20 Aug 2011 14:10

Could well be Maddie, looks like they could have missed the R from his surname.
He was born in Fulham, and he was 61 when he died.

Thanks,
Mick.