Who is Alfred?
This is Alfred in 1911, in Wales:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageview...urce&pId=55444 Alfred Cousins is 48 Ada is 40 (married 16 years) John is 14 All born Portsmouth. This is coming as a hint for my John Victor Baigent Couzens. Born 1897,son of Ada Phobe Couzens (unmarried) Here is the family in 1901: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageview...89?pId=6738620 Phoebe aged 31 John aged 4 Am I (and Ancestry!) confusing two separate families, or has Alfred adopted the surname Cousins as a matter of onvenience? |
My F-i-L did that (took his wife's name).
I see Ada died in the 1940s. Have you got her in 1939 and is she alone/what is her marital status? |
Ada's probate entry says she is a widow and mentions her son as John Victor Couzens an incorporated accountant.
There's ony the one birth reg for a John Couzens (any spelling) in the right place at the right time. |
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erolls 1927-1931
70 Elms Rd, Fareham, Hants Alfred George Couzens Ada Ph(o)ebe Couzens John Victor is there to for the first year. |
I know Ada said she was a widow in 1939, but I wonder if they were separated as there's this Alfred here:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageview...1f&pId=2844082 There is a death in 1944 to fit, but sadly no probate entry. |
Ooh, thank you, Merry. That eroll demonstrates that I'm on the right lines, and the 1939 entry led me to 1863 Portsea births.
What's the bet that this is Alfred: Births Dec 1863 Baigent Alfred John Portsea I. 2b 353 |
Okay, there is also this:
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/reco...596%2F0315%2F1 Alfred John Baigent aged 47, widower in Portsmouth. Could he appear twice? I note that he is a carpenter in both places. |
These things just get wierder and wierder.
Alfred John Baigent, respectable widower, marries Maria Louisa Whittle, spinster, in 1919. Here's his probate entry in 1944: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageview...7?pId=17035454 The executor is Maria Louisa Baigent. Here's her death: Deaths Dec 1946 Baigent Maria L 68 Portsmouth 6b355 But if everything is straightforward and legit (and this is the wrong Alfred), where are Alfred and Maria in 1939? |
Okay, so heere they are at 121 Wingfield St still:
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/reco...52B%2F005%2F03 Arthur is giving a DOB 19 Sep 1876 but he is 78 when he dies, five years later. |
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