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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => London and Middlesex => Topic started by: Deesider on Friday 14 September 18 14:37 BST (UK)
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Dear All,
From an incoming passenger list of a ship that arrived in England on 1st May 1931 from the USA, I have an address that the passenger was heading for namely 7a Lewis Flats, Chelsea, London.
The passengers surname was Audley and other information suggests that she was heading for her grandparents at this address.
Can anybody please tell me who was living at 7a Lewis Flats, Chelsea, London on 1st May 1931
Thanks in anticipation of your help
The Wirral Way
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What were her grandparents names?
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The 1923 electoral register shows the flats as Lewis Trust Buildings and the Blocks are listed as A, B, C etc so presumably it was No 7 in Block A. (William & Gertrude Beckman were there in 1923)
ADDED Still there in 1927
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Ada & David Horwitz are at No7 in 1931, the Beckmans are showing as number 5
See ShaunJ's reply
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I'm seeing James Albert and Gladys Isabelle May Jennings at number 7, A Block in 1931
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The Horwitz family are at the Lewis flats in Fulham. The Jennings family are at the Lewis flats in Chelsea in 1931 and 1932.
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I will cross mine out then Shaun :)
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I see there's another Audley arrival (21 December 1931) with a UK address of 48a Lewis Flats, Chelsea ( a Smith family per the 1931 and 1932 voters lists).
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Hi All,
Many thanks for all your replies.
Milliepede asks about her grandparents names
I have no idea of the names of her grandparents if they were her fathers parents their surname would be Audley if they were her mothers parents I do not have a clue to their names.
All I know is that she (Shirley Audley) sailed as an unaccompanied minor aged 8 months from the USA to England in the charge of the Nurse (part of the ships crew) aboard the ship. The information, has been given to me by a relative of the Nurse, which is backed up by a newspaper article. I think that Shirley Phyllis Maria Audley (to give her, her full name) was born in Cleveland Ohio. I don't even know the names of her parents.
To me to sail across the Atlantic as an unaccompanied minor aged 8 months is a bit of an adventure and as my Surname is Audley this event just has to be investigated further.
The only thing I have managed to find is Shirley's destination when she arrived in England.
Assuming that her grandparents surname was Jennings I now need to find a Jennings/ Audley marriage either in England or the USA.
Regards
The Wirral Way
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Shirley Phyllis Maria Audley
That's interesting. The other Audley who travelled from New York to the Lewis flats in Chelsea in 1931 was Phyllis Nellie Audley, born circa 1906, a clerk, British subject.
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Hi ShaunJ,
That is really interesting.
I have found another passenger list going from England to USA on 18th July 1949, with passengers:
Sybil Audley aged 43
Paul Audley aged 13 and
Shirley Audley age 18
and their last address in England is recorded as D16 Lewis Flats, Chelsea!!
So can anyone tell me who was living at D16 Lewis Flats, Chelsea?
She could have been visiting her grandparents again
Regards
The Wirral Way
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Haven't yet checked D16 in 1949, I will get to that shortly.
Phyllis N Audley arrived in New York 22 March 1930 on the Berengaria, to join husband Henry Audley in Washington DC (223 12th Street). Nearest relative in the UK: her father Geo.Smith, 48, A, Lewis Flats, Ixworth Place, London.
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Voters at D16 in 1948 were Henry and Sybil Audley.
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Per the manifest of the Olympic arrived NYC in January 1930, Henry Audley was a hotel chef. Nearest relative wife Mrs A Audley, 48A Louis Flats, Chelsea, London. Destination New York.
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Shaun J
This gets more and more complicated.
I am going to have to sit down and write this all up in a single file to understand what is happening!!
Regards
The Wirral Way
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There's a public tree on Ancestry that's worth a visit: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/26518633/person/1859156070/facts
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Hi ShaunJ
Many thanks for the link to the Public Family Tree on Ancestry. I have had a look at this family tree in some detail and I have a number of issues with it. I have been looking at the page headed 'Henry Peter Audley date of birth 24th March 1908, London, England.
On the right hand side it gives his parents as Pierre Conte & Matheurine Le Moigne !!
It gives the 1901 census as a source of evidence for his birth in 1908 If you view the 1901 census it is for a Henry A Audsley and not a Peter Henry Audley.
The link to the FreeBMD index also refers to a Henry A Audsley and not a Peter Henry Audley
Whilst the Public tree may contain some good information parts of it look suspect in my opinion
Regards
The Wirral Way