Towyna Thomas

[dcbnwh]

From 'The Era' 28 July 1906

Towyn Thomas married Miss Sylvia Staurenghi at Stapleford Parish Church, Notts, on 18th July 1905.

It doesn't seem to be in the marriage index.

David

[dcbnwh]

In 1905, Sylvia Staurenghi is on the Electoral Register at 24a St Ann's Terrace, Lonsdale Road, Surrey.

Although the marriage states 'Miss', I suspect she was married and the 1911 census suggests that she had a son.

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWMG-795

David

[carol8353]

From 'The Era' 28 July 1906

Towyn Thomas married Miss Sylvia Staurenghi at Stapleford Parish Church, Notts, on 18th July 1905.

It doesn't seem to be in the marriage index.

David

Are those dates correct? I am surprised that the announcement was a year after the marriage?

The latest census suggests they had been marrried for 7 years.

I have sent Roy a PM,as he cannot access a lot of this info in Budapest 

Carol

[Roy G]

Acknowledging all responses, although I have yet to look at my PMs.

Thanks for the photo and link Carol.  I had seen both, but to me the photo did look as though someone had stuck a new face on an earlier set of shoulders.
 
The marrige is a great find, thanks David (I wonder why no record in the usual indexes?)
I see it being questioned later by Carol, and as I also found a similar record some 15 years after Towyna's birth, wonder whether it was just a fabrication to the newspaper?

And Yes David, the 1911 Northumberland census does have a John with the middle name Straurenghi which I presume to have been hers.

Well done Maureen, more info to add to the records.  Thanks to you too.

Now feel that I have got somewhere.  And still the PMs to look forward to.

Regards Roy G

[carol8353]

If you try FamilySearch for surname THOMAS and residence Newburn you should be able to pick them up. (minimal info,though).

I think her father may have died as William T THOMAS in Ramsgate in 1951.
A SAD PASSING Conductor of Ramsgalc Victory Male Voice Choir. Professor William Towyn Thomas has died, aged 81. He conducted his first choir in public at the Cardiff Empire, appear ing in the same bill as Harry..........
November 22, 1951 - The Stage - London, London, England

Just looking at a couple of Towyna's NY passenger arrivals-she lists her father as Mr T Thomas of Ramsgate on one and on the other she lists mother as S Thomas 29 Egerton Cres.. There's a Sylvia Agnes Thomas at that address on the electoral registers in 1930.

Tough bunch!

Maureen

Sounds like Maureen has cracked the death 

Name:    William T Thomas
Birth Date:    abt 1870
Date of Registration:    Dec 1951
Age at Death:    81
Registration district:    Thanet
Inferred County:    Kent
Volume:    5b
Page:    766

[Christine53]

1901 census

Towyn Thomas married b 1870 Johnstown, Carmarthenshire, Vocalist

lodging in the house of Richard F Bishop , furnaceman  , b 1866,
at 14 St Mary's Square , Gloucester

RG13 2425 63 2

William Towyn Thomas married Emma Randell or Augusta Louisa Stokes O - D 1898 West Ham 4a 576

[Roy G]

Although I give full credit to David, this is why I think the anouncement in the Stage is a fabrication by the parties concerned.  Silvia uses her middle name and either she may have been awaiting a legal separation from the father of her first child, or he was awaiting the outcome of an earlier marriage.

Marriages Sep 1925
Staurenghi    (Agnes)    Thomas (William)    St.Geo.H.Sq.    1a   1275    

Regards Roy .

[carol8353]

Ahhh,maybe he wasn't free to marry Sylvia (Agnes) until wife number 1 had died.

Marriage of Agnes Staurenghi
Date of Registration:    Jul-Aug-Sep 1925
Registration district:    St George Hanover Square
Inferred County:    London
Spouse:    William Thomas
Volume Number:    1a
Page Number:    1275

[dcbnwh]

Sorry for not giving the full extract to avoid confusion.

THOMAS-STAURENGHI. - First anniversary of the marriage of Towyn Thomas to Miss Sylvia Staurenghi at Stapleford Parish Church, Notts. July 18, 1905. Thanks for the numerous congratulations.

Either the marriage was not registered, is missing from the index, or, as Roy suggests, it may have been a fabrication to make their relationship respectable.

The only way to be certain might be to look at the parish register. Perhaps a posting on the Nottinghamshire board might help.

Alternatively, contact the church - http://www.staplefordparish.org.uk

Regards,

David