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I am looking for any information(birth, marriage, death) for a Percy Heyd. I know from at least 1957 to 1972 he and his wife, Phyllis, were living in the Stayner, Ontario area and by 1972 he was retired. I know this is very little information to go on, but I hope the unusual spelling of his name may help. Thank you in advance.
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HI,
Unfortunately no dates - but this is where they are buried.
Percy a Heyd - Tillsonburg Cemetery (Section M) Oxford Dereham OCCT-2965
Phyllis Heyd - Tillsonburg Cemetery (Section M) Oxford Dereham OCCT-2965
http://ocfa.islandnet.com/ocfa-search.php?page=2&surname=heyd
Sandra
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Contact for the Cemetery
http://www.tillsonburg.ca/Local-Government/Tillsonburg-Cemetery
Sandra
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Looks like a daughter - or is it ??? - see later post
Jean Ruth Heyd Esseltine. 25 August 1926 - 10 November 2004
Burial :- Tillsonburg Cemetery Tillsonburg Oxford County Municipality Ontario, Canada.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=heyd&GSiman=1&GScid=2176010&GRid=48550009&
Married to Clifford Preston Esseltine - 13 Nov 1926 - 1 March 2005
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=48550020
Clifford Preston Esseltine (h/o Jean Ruth Heyd) Tillsonburg (Section O) Oxford Dereham OCCT-2965
Jean Ruth Esseltine (Heyd) Tillsonburg (Section O) Oxford Dereham OCCT-2965
http://www.ostrandersfuneralhome.com/book-of-memories/90742/Esseltine-Jean-Ruth/service-details.php
Sandra
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You are unbelievable Sandra!! Once again I can't thank you enough for providing me with such great information.
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It would appear that Percy was married to a Mabel Bashford as I found a death record of a stillborn baby born to them August 3, 1920 in Tillsonburg. Both parents were born in England according to the record.
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Sorry got caught up on the phone.
Yes 1921 Census Canada shows Percy and Mabel. Dearham Township
Percy Heyd 25 Immigrated 1908. Farmer.
Mabel Heyd 28
Sandra
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Thought I had the obit for Jean but reading it through it is not giving the correct parent - strange !!
Jean is in the same grave location as Percy and Phyllis but the parents are being given as George and Annie Heyd ???
Sandra
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Does Percy have a brother George Heyd who was also in Tillsonburg
Sandra
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George and Annie are in the same plot.
Annie Ruth Heyd (w/o George A.) Tillsonburg (Section D) Oxford Dereham OCCT-2965
George Albert Heyd (h/o Annie Ruth) Tillsonburg (Section D) Oxford Dereham OCCT-2965
http://ocfa.islandnet.com/ocfa-search.php
So these are the parents of Jean.
Obit for Jean
http://www.ostrandersfuneralhome.com/book-of-memories/90742/Esseltine-Jean-Ruth/obituary.php?Printable=true
HEYD - In loving memory of George A. Apr. 3, 1889 - Nov. 17, 1976.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dcoop/tills_trans.htm
Sandra
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George Albert Heyd married Annie Ruth Lowrie Oxford Ontario. Parents of George were John Heyd and Annie Boxell. George was 28 years. Annie was 24 years. Annie's parents were William Lowrie and Annie J White Lowrie. 11 October 1917
Sandra
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St. Thomas Times Journal - St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada - April, May & June 1949
Extractions of names for Births, Marriages, Deaths and Burials Extracted and transcribed by members of the Elgin OGS
Found a Wedding Record for Elizabeth Anne Heyd daughter of Percy A Heyd. Elizabeth married Redvers Conod son of Ivor Conod of Tllsonburg - 10 May 1949
c5 Married - Redvers Conod, son of Ivor Conod to Elizabeth Anne Heyd, daughter of Percy A. Heyd
Sandra
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Found an article re :- Whisper Green Kennels - (Great Danes and German Shepherds) which appears to be run by Betty (Heyd) Conod and hubby - has a little info about Betty and her family (with photographs)
http://whisperhillkennel.weebly.com/about-us.html
Daughter manages the kennels
http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/donna-conod/3b/565/a99
Sandra
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Elizabeth Anne Conod appears on the Daily Times Obituary Index :-
CONOD, Elizabeth Anne ( ); 73; Tillsonburg ON; London F-P; 2003-11-26; nutters
http://obits.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi
Ontario Genealogical Society – Oxford County Branch
CONOD Elizabeth Anne 25/11/2003 Tillsonburg, ON Book 3 Page 18
http://www.ogs.on.ca/oxford/OBIT_Index_Surnames_AtoL.pdf
Sandra
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Some properties that formed part of Goodhand Farm - includes a photo of Mr and Mrs Redvers Conod home - part way down this link
http://www.elgin.ca/elgincounty/culturalservices/archives/tweedsmuir/Corinth/page%200162%20-%200168.pdf
Sandra
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Would appear the parents of Elizabeth Anne Heyd 's husband - Ivor and Elsie are also buried at the grave reference OCCT 2965
CONOD, Elsie Tillsonburg (Section M) Oxford Dereham OCCT-2965
CONOD, Ivor Tillsonburg (Section M) Oxford Dereham OCCT-2965
http://ocfa.islandnet.com/ocfa-search.php
Sandra
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Mabel Heyd born London 1892 (Nee Bashford - daughter of Thomas Bashford and Charlotte Russell) died 24 March 1935 - York Ontario. Aged 42 years. 14 Pinegrove Avenue, Birch Cliff York Ontario Burial Prospect 26 March 1935.
Sandra
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Percy and Mabel......
Percy served in WW1.
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef/Pages/image.aspx?Image=392393a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fdata2.archives.ca%2fcef%2fgpc006%2f392393a.gif&Ecopy=392393a
(Scoll down for the image)
Military files are currently being digitized so his full file will eventually be on line. The file can also be ordered if you didn't want to wait.
While overseas, he apparently married Mabel Bashford in 1918 in Bromley R D.
Mabel arrived in Canada 10 Nov 1919 as a Military Dependent with a destination of Tillsonburg Ontario.
Mabel died in Toronto 24 Mar 1935 and was buried in Prospect Cemetery.
Percy and Mabel can be found in Toronto in the 1935 voters list.
So it looks like Phyllis may have been a second wife. Due to privacy laws the index of marriages in Ontario is only available to the public up to about 1928 or 9 with a new year added annually. You would need to meet certain criteria in order to obtain a cert beyond this time period. Otherwise, we depend on newspaper announcements, etc. for this type of info. Perhaps an obit will turn up for Percy or another family member which will provide some more info.
PB
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Hi,
I am seeing quite a few notices in newspapers for a Percy Heyd of Tillsonburg, distance swimmer. Looks like he worked for the TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) - at least when he was younger.
Here is a short note
http://www.tillsonburgnews.com/2013/11/27/from-the-archives---1929-tillsonburg-news
http://ve.torontopubliclibrary.ca/TPM/wriggley_progc.html
There are lots more mentions in the Toronto Star - if you would like to read more.
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/advancedsearch.html
This is free to search, but you need to pay to see the articles. The cost isn't very high though.
RK
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Hi,
Percy Alfred Heyd died in Newmarket, Ontario on March 10, 1987. Obituary in the Toronto Star on March 12, 1987, page A23.
His address had been 424 Bayview Avenue in Newmarket. He had previously lived in Stayner and Scarborough. Beloved father of Frieda Instance of Langley BC, Elizabeth Conod of Tillsonburg and Maybel Ann Heyd of Newmarket. Veteran of WW1 in the R.C.H.A. and WW2 in the 48th Highlanders of Toronto. Athlete and coach in the Scarborough area for many years. Swam in the Lake Ontario distance events in the late 1920s, and was a former manager and coach of the Scarborough Wrestling Club. He died at his home. Funeral in Tillsonburg on March 13.
RK
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Looks like Frieda Louise Heyd, daughter of Percy A Heyd, was married to a Donald C Jackman in Rogers Memorial Church in 1948. Photo and very short note in the Toronto Star Nov 30, 1948. No specific date for the wedding, but it must have been very recent.
RK
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I am finding some more marriages
Frieda might also have been married to a Mr. Thomson. In Aug, 1946, she and her dad are injured in an accident when Percy is driving a motorcycle and Freida and another lady are in the sidecar. She is referred to as Freda Thomson, daughter of Percy. Percy is listed as being 50 years old and living at 14 Pine Grove Avenue, Birchcliff. (This would be in the east end of Toronto, I believe)
Then, I found a marriage announcement for Percy ... he is the chairman of the Excelsior Veterans Association and Amateur Athletic Club. He competed in the Exhibition swims against the "Black Shark", George Young and other swimming stars. He was trained by Johnny Walker. He announced his upcoming marriage on March 1, 1939 to Grace Annette Avery (her parents were from Laprairie, Quebec). In the Toronto Star Feb 24 1939, page 8
RK
Added - the "Black Shark" was Ernst Vierkoetter. Also, I had written the trainer's name as Johnny Young... should have been Johnny Walker. I have amended my post.
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There is also a "card of thanks" in the Star from Percy and his family for support following his first wife's death. It says that Percy A Heyd and children of 14 Pine Grove Avenue, Birch Cliff wish to thank the Scarborough Wrestling Club, Danforth Division TTC, Excelsior Veterans' Association and Post 193 Canadian Legion of the B.E.S.L. ....
RK
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You ladies have all been working overtime and have provided me with great information for which I am so appreciative. RK - What was the date that the "card of thanks" printed in the Star? The information of the motorcycle accident positively identifies to me that we definitely have the right Percy.
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Hi,
The card of thanks is in the March 27, 1935 edition, page 30.
I didn't see an obituary for his wife though. However, this card of thanks ties in with the death date found by Sandra and Polarbear.
RK
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Free BMD has a birth for Percy Alfred Heyd in Lambeth in Sept Q 1895. Could be your guy.
RK
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Well done RK - ;D
Watercolour could be by the daughter M
http://www.meaarts.org/
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Hi,
How about this??
1901 UK census in Camberwell London.
John Heyd, head, 47, master confectioner, Germany
Annie, wife, 38, Landport, Portsmouth
Emma, daughter, 24, Walworth
Amelia, daughter, 13, Southampton
George Albert, 10, Southampton
Percy Alfred, 5, Brixton, London
Here is Percy:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9Z9-HCX
Here is the father... born in Germany
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9Z9-HCC
RK
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Maybe??
1891 census in Holyrood, Southampton
John Heyd, 39, baker, born Germany
Mary Ann, wife, 31, born Landport, Hampshire
kids
Emma Caroline 13, Walworth, Surrey
Annie Mary 12, Wandsworth, Surrey
William Henry 9, Southampton, Hampshire
John Frederick 7, Southampton
Louise Martha 5, Southampton
Emilie Eugenie 3, Southampton
George Albert 2, Southampton
RK
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John Heyd born 1854 and aged 59 years - appears on a Canadian passenger List - 26 July 1913 on the Andania - Southampton to Quebec. Also travelling Annie aged 58 years and Edwin Heyd aged 10 years. It says John was a Master Butcher and planned to be a farmer in Canada. They were all going to Tillsonburg.
Sandra
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John and Annie appeared on the 1921 Canadian Census - Dearham Ontario with son George and his wife and daughter.
Geo Heyd 31 Immigrated 1910.
Annie Ruth Heyd 27 Born Ontario.
Margaret Heyd 1 Born Ontario. 1920
John Heyd 68 Immigrated 1913.
Annie Heyd 62 Immigrated 1913.
Sandra
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OCFA shows John buried at Tillsonburg - same OCCT 2965 Grave Ref
John Heyd - Tillsonburg (Section D) Oxford Dereham OCCT-2965
Sandra
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There is also a Mary Heyd/Voller at that same grave location:- (this must be the wife of John George Heyd (the father of Percy and George)
Mary Ann Heyd (Voller) Tillsonburg (Section D) Oxford Dereham OCCT-2965
Sandra
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Perhaps more Obituaries for John and Mary Ann Heyd for RK to find ??? ;D ;D
Sandra
The dates of death for John and Mary Ann were :- - Mary Ann Heyd / Voller 1859 - 1947
and John Heyd 1851-1938.
Sandra
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The information just keeps getting better and better. Thank you so much ladies. I have emailed the Tillsonburg Cemetery to see if the have any info on Phyllis who was quite possibly Percy's 3rd wife and who is buried with him.
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The sister Emma Caroline Romilly married Edwin Samuel Romilly in 6 September 1902 St Mary Magdalene Peckham London.
Emma appears on Canada Ocean Arrivals - Emma C Romilly Smith born 1877 Walworth SE and 43 years old. Arriving Halifax Nova Scotia on the Daronia 17 July 1920. Going to join husband E S Romilly, Montague, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Sandra
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A number of passenger lists for Edwin Samuel Romilly Smith.
Emma Romilly born 1877 appears on a UK Incoming List 6 December 1947 - Montreal to Liverpool on the Empress of Canada. Travelling with 3 daughters Kathleen M aged 43 years (Secretary), Grace M aged 41 years (housekeeper) and Audrey M aged 38 years (bookkeeper) . All going to 110 Dolphin Road, Folkestone Kent. Intended future residence England.
Emma Romilly died Dec 1948 - Lambeth London aged 71 years. 5c 1251
Sandra
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Katherine Margaret Romilly is buried Tillsonburg Cemetery - same grave ref
Kathleen M. Romilly - Tillsonburg (Section D) Oxford Dereham OCCT-2965
Section D - ROMILLY - Kathleen M. 1903-1999.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dcoop/tills_trans.htm
Ancestry tree says born 13 December 1904 in New Cross, London and died 10 May 1999 in Newmarket, Ontario.
Obituary listed Daily Times Obit Index
ROMILLY, Kathleen M; 95; Newmarket ON; Tillsonburg News; 1999-5-10; mihaley
http://obits.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi?Surname=ROMILLY%2C%20Kathleen%20M&type=Keyword
Sandra
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Free BMD Grace Mary Romilly - died September 1996 Eastbourne Sussex - aged 90 years.
Audrey Emma Romilly - died February 1991 - Eastbourne Sussex - aged 82 years.
Sandra
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Last sighting of Edwin Samuel Romilly-Smith was on a Massachusetts Passenger List - Halifax Nova Scotia to Boston Massachusetts. 2 March 1936. ON SS Newfoundland. Married. Broker. Wife Mrs E Romilly-Smith, 3 Cherry Street. Halifax Nova Scotia. Staying for 2 months. Been in USA 1935 Massachusetts, departed September 1935.
Not sure when this name changes from Romilly to Romilly-Smith and then back again. ???
Sandra
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Perhaps more Obituaries for John and Mary Ann Heyd for RK to find ??? ;D ;D
Sandra
The dates of death for John and Mary Ann were :- - Mary Ann Heyd / Voller 1859 - 1947
and John Heyd 1851-1938.
Sandra
OK :) :)
Annie Heyd - died at the residence of her son George on Jan 23, 1947. Was in her 87th year. Wife of the late John Heyd. Survived by 5 sons and 4 daughters. Buried at Tillsonburg.
Toronto Star, Jan 24, 1947, page 29
RK
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Hi,
Percy Alfred Heyd died in Newmarket, Ontario on March 10, 1987. Obituary in the Toronto Star on March 12, 1987, page A23.
His address had been 424 Bayview Avenue in Newmarket. He had previously lived in Stayner and Scarborough. Beloved father of Frieda Instance of Langley BC, Elizabeth Conod of Tillsonburg and Maybel Ann Heyd of Newmarket. Veteran of WW1 in the R.C.H.A. and WW2 in the 48th Highlanders of Toronto. Athlete and coach in the Scarborough area for many years. Swam in the Lake Ontario distance events in the late 1920s, and was a former manager and coach of the Scarborough Wrestling Club. He died at his home. Funeral in Tillsonburg on March 13.
RK
Husband of first daughter mentioned - James Instance -
Published in The Vancouver Sun on May 18, 2003
James Cyril "Jim" Instance born December 13, 1925, passed away at St. Joseph's Hospital, Comox on Thursday, May 15, 2003. Sadly missed by his loving partner of 38 years Freida "Fritz" etc etc.,
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/vancouversun/obituary.aspx?n=james-instance&pid=157265950
There are a few Jackman listed which would come from a previous marriage of his wife.
Sandra
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Free BMD marriage
John Heyd and Mary Ann Voller in St. Saviour district, Jun Q 1877
RK
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1881 census in Holyrood, Southampton
John Heyd, 28, baker, born Germany
Mary A Heyd, 21, born Portsmouth, Hampshire
Margaret Heyd, mother, widow, 60, Cosham, Hampshire (has the "do" under Heyd, so she could be John's mother... but her is born in Germany ???
kids
Emma C, 3, Walworth
Annie M, 2, Wandsworth
William H, 7 months, Southampton
Plus 1 servant and 1 "boy" (employed in the business)
RK
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Sister Emelia Eugenie Heyd - 50 South Street Ventnor Isle Of Wight - did not marry - died 2 July 1938 Ryde Hospital, Isle Of Wight - Probate London 29 July 1938 to lizzie Brammall - spinster - effects £ 317 7s 6d.
Emeilia had appeared on London Electoral Registers. On the 1932 she was listed with Elizabeth Brammall at 32 Crowhurst Road. Brixton and Kennington.
Sandra
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William Henry Heyd - used Henry Heyd on some Census married Nellie Jane Neville - 5 April 1908 -St Mary Magdalene, Peckham
William Henry Heyd born 18 August 1880 died September 1976 St Pancras London - Vol 14 Page 1804
Sandra
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Edwin Victor Heyd born 20 August 1901 - baptised 22 January 1905 - Peckham St Mary Magdalene.
Died Hastings and Rother East Sussex - May 2003
Married Doris I Adams - Sept 1930 - Uxbridge - 3a 143
Doris Ida Heyd born 25 July 1900 - died Dec 1973 Battle Sussex.
Sandra
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John Frederick Heyd born 1884 died 8 July 1950 in Southampton, Hampshire according to ancestry tree. Tree details birth and death of 3 sons to John Heyd and Lucy trim.
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7114817
Sandra
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Old message board post from 1898 (Jean Heyd Esseltine - now deceased :'( )gives details of daughter Louise Martha Heyd - daughter of John and Mary Ann (Voller) Heyd.
John and Mary Ann had 14 children , 10 of whom survived. 1 daughter Louise Martha Heyd returned to Phullingen Germany to live with her maiden aunts.
She married Albert Burgemeister, a photogragher, in PHullingen and there were 4 children.
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BADEN-WURTTEMBERG/1998-08/0903360338
Sandra
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Annie Mary Heyd married Stanley John Turner 1906 - They had a son Kenneth Stanley Heyd Turner 19 February 1909 Clapham London who was naturalised in New Zealand 7 Nov 1974. Certificate Register: 229
Appeared on Honolulu Passenger Crew List - Boarded Vancouver BC 13 July 1959 - Permanent address was 288 St Helens Bay Road, Auchland New Zealand.
Had departed Honolulu, Hawaii18 April 1859
Sandra
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Stanley J Turner - born 1876 and aged 52 years - textile buyer departed Southampton for Auckland New Zealand 26 October 1929 on the Rotorua.
Lived at 4 Goa Road, Norbury SW 16
Sandra
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Possible death records :- Annie Turner 1877 - September 1954 - Eastbourne Sussex - Vol 5h 208
Stanley J Turner - 1876 - Dec 1961 aged 85 years. Eastbourne Sussex. Vol 5h 330
Sandra
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Google Books - P A Heyd - Percy Alfred Heyd - 1894 - 1987
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01e2u/
Sandra