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Title: Who lived at Bernardette.?
Post by: TheOnlyRogueAngel on Saturday 22 August 20 21:51 BST (UK)
My great-grandparents were registered on the 1939 Directory as living at 'Bernardette', Rossmore Road, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset. They would have had 5 children.

Is there anyway I can confirm that address from other sources.?

I ask because they were registered as living at 34 Malvern Road, Moordown, Bournemouth in July of 1928, and didn't. The resident at that address from 1926-1929 was named John Head.
Title: Re: Who lived at Bernardette.?
Post by: CaroleW on Saturday 22 August 20 21:54 BST (UK)
Was it just the name of the house?
Title: Re: Who lived at Bernardette.?
Post by: Milliepede on Saturday 22 August 20 21:56 BST (UK)
What occupation did great grandfather have? 

Perhaps he appears in a trade directory with an address.

Could they have been lodging with John Head at his address  :-\
Title: Re: Who lived at Bernardette.?
Post by: Milliepede on Saturday 22 August 20 21:57 BST (UK)
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They would have had 5 children.

If any of them were born in the years you are suspicious about you could get birth certificate(s) and see what address is on there.
Title: Re: Who lived at Bernardette.?
Post by: suzard on Saturday 22 August 20 23:56 BST (UK)


I ask because they were registered as living at 34 Malvern Road, Moordown, Bournemouth in July of 1928, and didn't. The resident at that address from 1926-1929 was named John Head.

which register showed them living at 34 Malvern Rd??

there is a John Head (occ Farmer) at 22 Malvern Rd in 1911

Suz
Title: Re: Who lived at Bernardette.?
Post by: BumbleB on Sunday 23 August 20 07:43 BST (UK)
Of the 7 people shown on the 1939 register, one of the children has since died, and therefore the name appears.  Looking on FreeBMD for that name, the birth was registered in the Poole Registration District in 1933.

Milliepede - occupation was Electrician.
Title: Re: Who lived at Bernardette.?
Post by: TheOnlyRogueAngel on Sunday 23 August 20 10:05 BST (UK)
@CaroleW

Yes, the house was named Bernardette, there doesn't appear to have been a number and I can't find it on historic maps of the road.
Title: Re: Who lived at Bernardette.?
Post by: TheOnlyRogueAngel on Sunday 23 August 20 10:08 BST (UK)
@milliepede

I think he was an electrician, something that was mentioned a few years ago, in passing.

The house they said they lived at is a small two bedroom, and John Head was married by 1928, when they registered as living there.
Title: Re: Who lived at Bernardette.?
Post by: TheOnlyRogueAngel on Sunday 23 August 20 10:10 BST (UK)
@Suzard

The address is on my grandfather's birth certificate, first in the column with his birth date, and secondly in the column with his father's name. Which isn't John Head.

According to Kelly's Directory, John Head lived at 34 Malvern Road from 1926-1929.
Title: Re: Who lived at Bernardette.?
Post by: rosie99 on Sunday 23 August 20 10:14 BST (UK)
Have you located 34 Malvern Road, Moordown on the 1939 register
Title: Re: Who lived at Bernardette.?
Post by: TheOnlyRogueAngel on Sunday 23 August 20 10:14 BST (UK)
@BumbleB,

Yes, by 1933 they lived in Rossmore Road, Parkstone, Poole.

In 1930 they were in Hazelbury Bryan, Dorset.

I find it very strange that they gave the Malvern Road address in 1928 when evidence shows they didn't live there. I was hoping to find some other address for them at the time, or discover some other source confirming if they were there.
Title: Re: Who lived at Bernardette.?
Post by: rosie99 on Sunday 23 August 20 10:16 BST (UK)
According to Kelly's Directory, John Head lived at 34 Malvern Road from 1926-1929.

You really need to look at the electoral register as Kelly's may just list the Owner of the property
Title: Re: Who lived at Bernardette.?
Post by: TheOnlyRogueAngel on Sunday 23 August 20 10:17 BST (UK)
@Rosie99,

Yes, it became 14 Redbreast Road in 1929 when the area was rearranged and a new road built, the resident at the time was a Mr. and Mrs. Vincent.
Title: Re: Who lived at Bernardette.?
Post by: TheOnlyRogueAngel on Sunday 23 August 20 10:18 BST (UK)
@Rosie99,

The electoral register just says Dorset. My great grandfather registered in 1926, 1927, 1928 and 1931. There was no address given in the registry records.
Title: Re: Who lived at Bernardette.?
Post by: BumbleB on Sunday 23 August 20 10:21 BST (UK)
Rossmore Road is quite a long road, 1939 Register lists 9 pages of entries, and most of them have "house names" rather than numbers.  It is possible that "house names" have subsequently been replaced by numbers.

Title: Re: Who lived at Bernardette.?
Post by: BumbleB on Sunday 23 August 20 10:34 BST (UK)
I'm sure you've seen this map of the area - 1938, published 1944.

https://maps.nls.uk/view/101447114
Title: Re: Who lived at Bernardette.?
Post by: rosie99 on Sunday 23 August 20 13:41 BST (UK)
Just to give some background to this post.  It is not a duplication of this request but I found it helped by filling in some details .  ;D

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=812276.0


Title: Re: Who lived at Bernardette.?
Post by: TheOnlyRogueAngel on Sunday 23 August 20 14:30 BST (UK)
@Rosie99,

I hadn't actually, so thank you for it... I lived in that exact area for 28 years, so I think it's fascinating..  :D
Title: Re: Who lived at Bernardette.?
Post by: rosie99 on Sunday 23 August 20 15:09 BST (UK)
@Rosie99,

I hadn't actually, so thank you for it... I lived in that exact area for 28 years, so I think it's fascinating..  :D

I think you may mean BumbleB   ;D       
Title: Re: Who lived at Bernardette.?
Post by: TheOnlyRogueAngel on Sunday 23 August 20 16:12 BST (UK)
Oh blimey, sorry...  ::)

Thank you @BumbleB for the map. Fascinating. :)