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vallee · #11 30-09-09, 21:51

mistranscibed in 1901
Alfred William Browne born 1900 Chelsea
Mother Pauline Mathilde 1864 Astende Belgium
RG13 78 page 28

vallee · #12 30-09-09, 22:05

in 1911 Alfred William Brown born 1897 Chelsea

Olde Crone · #13 30-09-09, 22:24

Oh oh oh, Vallee, you clever thing!

I too was convinced it was Alfred and Julia, but couldn't make it fit in 1911!

(I'm typing here in the dark, lightbulb has gone and I need daylight to insert a bulb. Kept mistyping into 1911 and was getting VERY cross!! )

But I really like the one Vallee has found and I think that's worth me investigating further.

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vallee · #14 30-09-09, 22:34

how on earth can you type in the dark ??? good luck

Olde Crone · #15 30-09-09, 22:43

Vallee

With great difficulty, I'm not as good a touch typist as I thought, lol.

Hmmm, I'm not so sure about that one really, after all. WAB was supposedly the eldest of eight children, not that that means a lot.

I did spoy another couple in 1901, no William or Alfred, but (clutching at straws now) the wife's niece was there, called Margaritta, and one of WABs children had the middle name Margaritta.

I'm giving up for tonight, thanks folks.

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Olde Crone · #16 01-10-09, 20:37

OH!OH! Vallee, I think you've cracked it for me!

I now have a lightbulb, lol (in more ways than one) and I had a look for Pauline in 1891 and it has all come together (well, I think so!)

In 1891, she is married to ALFRED WILLIAMS, who was born in PLYMOUTH. (WABs mother lived in Plymouth during the war). The clincher though, (for me) is the address in 1891, which is Margaretta Terrace. WABs daughter has the middle name of Margaretta! This is all just too much of a coincidence to be a, erm, coincidence.

Meanwhile, friend's mother, who knew absolutely nothing about her father last week, has remembered that his mother was French, of a huguenot line,(Belgian will do nicely for me, lol) and that her father (WAB, or was he really AWB) served in the Navy, possibly lying about his age to join up. His medals have vanished but he definitely had some.

Now all shoot me down and tell me I'm making too much out of nothing, please, before I spend this poor woman's money for her!

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Merry · #17 01-10-09, 20:48

I'm a bit confused about the generations, but did the boy who was born about 1900 get married (to your friend's grandmother?), because surely the marriage cert would give his father's details, which might help clinch things?

Olde Crone · #18 01-10-09, 21:20

Merry

that is the million dollar question! We cannot find a marriage for WAB to Lottie McCloud. It supposedly took place in 1932/33 at either Caxton Hall OR Marylebone Register Office.

Friend's mum was a child of this "marriage" and would dearly like to know whether her parents were married or not as there is a lot of doubt about the fact, leading to the supposition that he was already married and couldn't get a divorce. She would like to know whether she has half brothers and sisters out there somewhere. (She doesn't intend approaching them)

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Merry · #19 01-10-09, 21:30

Oh cripes, I had forgotten about Lottie McCloud! lol

So, we think maybe Mr Brown married someone else first and so couldn't marry Miss McCloud? Pity about his name, isn't it?

*counts Brown marriages*

Olde Crone · #20 01-10-09, 22:17

Oooh, I've found Pauline's marriage to Frederick William Browne!!!

Matilda/Mathilde/Mathilda Pauline SCHARRE.

Absolutely brilliant, well done me.

Pity there isn't a single other mention of that surname anywhere on the internet, pmsl.

OC