A 1939 Register Question?

[Gadget]

Did she live in Sydney Street, Chelsea in 1922-1925 as Gertrude Victoria Bowyer?

[DavidJP]

Hi Gadget,

The honest answer is I have absolutely no idea whatsoever where she would be in 1922-1925, or at any time after 1911 until her death in 1944 for that matter.

She has always been a bit of a mystery. For example her mother's will dated 23rd Feb 1931 (she died just over 2 months later) states:

"the sum of seven hundred pounds upon trust to invest the same and to apply the net annual income from time to time arising therefrom for the maintenance and benefit of my daughter Gertrude during her life". It further adds that after the death of Gertrude the same income should be used to pay for the funeral expenses. The money was to be invested & looked after by my great grandfather & my other gt gt aunt.

Like I say, rather strange and I haven't been able to determine what that was all about in the will or what she was doing/where she was between 1911 & 1944.

Kind regards

David

[groom]

From that will David, it does rather sound as if she needed to be taken care of, doesn't it and her mother wasn't expecting her to marry.

[DavidJP]

Hi Jan,

From that will David, it does rather sound as if she needed to be taken care of, doesn't it and her mother wasn't expecting her to marry.

Yes, that's exactly the way I read it as well!

I have wondered for quite some while now, whether getting gt gt aunts 1944 death cert, might not be the next thing to do. Then see if that can help to track back from there if that makes sense!? By that I mean that if she perhaps died in an institution then that would perhaps hopefully give a starting point to searching institutional records if any exist. Of course I am aware that with these types of records they are quite often closed for a certain number of years. Still the death cert might give a start!

Kind rergards

David

[Girl Guide]

Check out Gertrude Barter who has the same dob as you gg aunt.  Living in Reading, Berks.

Surname misheard or incorrectly deciphered perhaps?

[groom]

Might be worth getting the certificate now while the GRO are still doing their on line service for £6 rather than the usual paper versions of £9.50.

[Guy Etchells]

From that will David, it does rather sound as if she needed to be taken care of, doesn't it and her mother wasn't expecting her to marry.

I think you are reading too much into the will, to me it is wording that commonly used when a parent is ensuring if a daughter gets married her husband does not tke control or waste the money.

Do any of the census entries show any disability?
Could she have worked in an institution?

Cheers
Guy

PS don't forget a school is an institution, the term was commonly used for schools by older generations. If this has been passed down through the family the meaning could have become confused.
G

[Geoff-E]

Check out Gertrude Barter who has the same dob as you gg aunt.  Living in Reading, Berks.

I think that may be Gertrude BAXTER, died 1966 aged 79. 

[dawnsh]

If she was in an institution and her death was registered in Uxbridge, she 'may' have been at Hanwell

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanwell_Asylum