nana's birth mother disappeared in 1901

[brigidmac]

I only have access to USA records from library that is what came up .I didn't see the main manifest .I.ll take another look tomorrow. Thanks for that explanation ..

[brigidmac]

Update and another mystery

In 1939 Charlotte Benjamin b 21/4/1881 was a retired housekeeper
widowed

At 12 Dynham Road .

With 7 other women in the same household .all different surnames
Mostly domestics and housemaids .

It seems a bit strange to me

[heywood]

Perhaps it was a lodging house for women.

[heywood]

Electoral rolls
Residents
1939
Charlotte Benjamin, Margaret Booth, Kate Clinnick and John Courtenay Locke
1938
Charlotte Benjamin and Margaret Booth
1937
Evelyn Bayes
Charlotte Benjamin
Margaret Booth
Leonard Lauder
William Spiers , Winifred Spiers

[heywood]

There were no electoral rolls during the war but in 1946
Charlotte B, Margaret B and Kate C as previous plus 3 other females.

Did Charlotte own the property? It was perhaps bedsits.

[brigidmac]

Thanks heywood

REBECCA ROOK is listed as housekeeper first on list b1881

So i doubt if charlotte owned it

The writing was hard to readjohn courtney lock wasnt there on the register in 1939

But if men there in 1937 unlikely to be a boarding house just for women.in 1939

[heywood]

I don’t know.
Charlotte wasn’t there in 1936 but Margaret Booth was there, another woman and two men -one was Leonard Lauder.

[heywood]

It seems to be just women post war.

[brigidmac]

The freelance journalist was Natalie or Vatalia ABRAHAM  b.1907 single
I tried searching for her but didnt find her