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Offline Annette7

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Re: The elusive Charlotte Morrison
« Reply #9 on: Thursday 17 March 16 01:35 GMT (UK) »
The 1911 marriage is on familysearch and states she was bc.1883.

I was going by that circa birthdate when I searched for a death in Oxfordshire and it was only after I'd posted that I searched for her birth in Scotland which was in fact 4 years earlier.

With the death entry in Mar.qtr.1922 Headington, Oxfordshire also stating a birthdate ca.1883/1884, tying in with declared age at marriage, it seemed a strong possibility.  Perhaps she never admitted her true age for whatever reason. 

Looks like daughter Eleanor Charlotte could have married as plain Eleanor to a Reginald J. Gibbons Mar.qtr.1934 Oxford.   Deaths index shows an Eleanor Charlotte Gibbons b.21/1/1914 d.June 1996 Oxford.   Possible 2 children at Oxford - a daughter June.qtr.1938 and a son Mar.qtr.1944.

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Re: The elusive Charlotte Morrison
« Reply #10 on: Thursday 17 March 16 01:58 GMT (UK) »
Family arrived from Bombay, India at Southampton on 10/4/1920.   Yet again, she is using the younger age i.e. 36 (bc.1884) so think the death I found is probably her after all.

Looks like Alfred Charles went on his own as a 16 year old (for farmwork) leaving Southampton on 25/3/1929 for Auckland, New Zealand (UK address 131 Magdalen Road, Oxford).   Can see no trace of him ever returning.

NZ BMD's show a death for an Alfred Charles Stone b.18/5/1912 died 1987 which sounds like him.

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Re: The elusive Charlotte Morrison
« Reply #11 on: Thursday 17 March 16 18:01 GMT (UK) »
Thanks again, Annette. I'll try to follow those up.
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