Could anyone please help Stanley Henry RANNS, born 1892

[bazranz]

I have drawn a complete blank on my grandfather. His name was Stanley Henry RANNS, born 1892 in Ipswich.

In 1918 he married in Hartlepool, where he was working in the shipyards.

After that I can find no records of him.

I have tried St. Catherines Index, emigration records, family knowledge.

He was presumably living in 1920 when my father was born, but I cannot verify that either.

Any advice or help waould be most welcome.

Thanks,

Baz

[sillgen]

How about the voters lists for the address where your father was born?    Street directories?
Andrea

[bazranz]

Thanks for the advice, but there is no record of him there.

Never mind, I may have to call in Sherlock Holmes.

[ensee]

Was your father Clifford Valentine Ranns, born Grantham 1920?
I may have some information for you if you are still on this site?

[hpool]

he married in christ church, west hartlepool, on 9 september 1918. both addresses given as 33 archer street, west hartlepool, on church records. they do not appear at this address in the electoral roll books which are street indexed.

hpool

[dawnkaren]

just checked and your Stanley was actually born 1894

births dec 1894 Ranns  Stanley Henry C    Ipswich  4a 863

[keyboard86]

just checked and your Stanley was actually born 1894

births dec 1894 Ranns  Stanley Henry C    Ipswich  4a 863

Hi so working on this is he the Harry C Ranns 6 b Ipswich with Jno King Ranns 50 and Ellen 50 at Rectory Road, Ipswich 1901?
Census ref RG13/1776/36/11
Keyboard86

  Oops just noted how long ago OP posted,  never mind another researcher could find help possibly googling!

[ensee]

Working as a researcher for http://www.peterboroughww1.co.uk/ Stanley Henry Clifford Ranns signed a Visitors Book at Peterborough East railway station in 1916.  Agree he was born Ipswich 1894 to John & Ellen.  He was an Iron Foundry worker in 1911 census which would fit with earlier suggestion of a shipyard worker in Hartlepool.  We found that he signed up in Colchester on 19.02.1914 joining an unknown Regiment before transferring to the Machine Gun Corps at Grantham 13.05.16.  He married Alice Winifred Brown (b27.08.1896 Grantham) 09.09.1918 but why they went to Hartlepool to do this?
He remained in the Army after the war ended, transferring to the Tank Corps 24.01.1922 where he stayed until discharge after 12 years service on 18.02.1926, giving an address near Claypole, Lincs.  We cannot find any trace of him after this.  Electoral Rolls for 1929 & 30 have his wife Alice living alone in Claypole and by 1939 she is recorded as a widow who was to remarry in 1940 becoming Alice Clayton.

Can anyone come up with a death after 1926?

[Annette7]

Can't find a death for him anywhere - it's possible that if he abandoned his wife and family that she had to have him declared legally dead (after 7 years) thus enabling her to remarry.

Annette