Ideas tracking info on 1947 road accident

[Spidermonkey]

Does your Mother in Law remember whether Catherine had an accent - was she definitely from Liverpool or could she have been from Ireland/somewhere else?

[Spidermonkey]

Really not sure if this would work, but looking at George's Merchant Navy documents on FindMyPast, it seems his insurance company was Seamen's National Insurance Society.  I wonder whether his paperwork survives in an archive somewhere, and whether he mentioned Catherine as his beneficiary (and in which case, may have had to state her maiden name??)

[josey]

Good lateral thinking SM...

[Candolim_Imp]

Might be worth a punt, though I think his parents were listed as his next of kin, as we're led to believe they received the telegrams informing them of his death.

As for Catherine's origins- my MiL never mentioned any non-local accent or knowledge of a different birthplace, but sadly we can no longer check, as she died a couple of years ago

[lancsann]

George was living at 65 Upper Warwick St Liverpool on his death record

[Candolim_Imp]

George was living at 65 Upper Warwick St Liverpool on his death record

Yes. They lived there until the 70s (my partner grew up there)