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Hi - thanks for getting back to me. You have his parents correct (mothers maiden name was Raine).

I've just checked with his sister (my mother in law) and he definitely got married on the Isle of Man. His wife, who was a native of the IOM, had the first name Doreen (maiden name not known). They had a son (Paul) - exact date of birth not known but would have been early 1950's.

They lived at the address given on the driving licence. The other thing I have found out is that James was in the army when he got married (National Service I am assuming) but not known which regiment / unit.

Regards

Paul

Trish

Thank you - best lead I have had re her 'missing years'. Name and occupation suggest it is who I am looking for but year and place of birth not so good. Nevertheless I am, thanks to you, making progress.

Regards

Paul

Mary Elizabeth Eagles, a grand aunt of mine, was born in Hardwicke, Gloucestershire in 1876. She vanished off the radar by the time of the England Census of 1891. There is also no trace of her in 1901.

In 1903 she gave birth to a son. That birth was at her parents home in Gloucestershire. The birth certificate does not name the father but shows her home address as having been 2 Lansdown Villas, Millbrook, Jersey. Her occupation is shown as domestic nurse.

Her whereabouts after 1903 are known. I wonder if anyone has access to the Parish Records between 1891 and 1902 and are able to identify where she was living etc. I can find no trace of her on the Jersey Census for 1891 or 1901.

Thanks for taking the time and trouble to read this message and for any information you may be able to provide.

I am trying to find out about the lives, marriages and deaths etc of the children of the above. John Beard married Ellen Higgs in Gloucester in 1845 (GRO V 11 P 436). Their known children were: -

Sarah Ann Beard (b 1847 d ?) - nothing known of her after 1861 census.

James Beard (b 1849 d 1910) - my great grandfather, who married Jane Turner (children of marriage, his death and burial details are all known to me, as are those of his wife).

Emma R E Beard (b 1854 d ?) - nothing known after 1861 census.

John Beard (b 1857 d ?) - nothing known after 1861 census.

The 1861 Census shows Sarah, James, Emma and John living in Barton St Mary

Any hints would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for taking the time and trouble to read this message.

Paul

I believe that I have solved it. A search of Genes Reunited revealed that Edith Stoner married William Charles Tranter in Midhurst, Sussex in 1913. As previously mentioned the man in the photo was an army sergeant. I then traced a WW1 death on 9/3/17 in Flanders - Sergeant William Charles Tranter of Royal Field Artillery. Also traced was the birth of a son, Thomas G Tranter in Midhurst in 1914 - father William Charles Tranter - mother Stoner.

Scenario seems to to be that Edith subsequently married Frank F Harrison (born abt 1877) in Brighton in December 1945 (Brighton 2B 585) and he pre-deceased her when he died in Worthing aged 71 in December 1948. That would explain her having a young child and then, when she died, having the married name of Harrison as per on her grave. It also explains the photo of mother and child with a uniformed army sergeant.

Thanks for the interest and assistance given in helping me solve this.