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The Common Room / Re: Ann Stephens (Actress)
« on: Sunday 30 October 11 19:21 GMT (UK)  »
Do you know the title and author of this book, please?

Thank you, JulieW, for your very kind and diligent assistance!

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The Common Room / Re: Ann Stephens (Actress)
« on: Sunday 30 October 11 16:42 GMT (UK)  »
Your logic and assistance Valda is very sound. I shall contact the True Knowledge website as you suggested. It would be a joy for me to discover she was still alive! Thank you!

The problem is why state an EXACT date of death in the first place and the websites you mentioned such as Wikipedia are only fed information by the interested public. This child actress was not very well known and then only to earlier generations so it is most likely no-one has ever recorded her (possible) death at those websites.

It is also strange her career and any mention of her all predate 1966. Most actresses, even after marriage when they may choose to retire, make odd appearances.

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The Common Room / Re: Ann Stephens (Actress)
« on: Sunday 30 October 11 15:16 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you both very much indeed for your kind interest to my questions. On-line death registrations are full of missing entries and are no guide. There are several sites which state she died on July 15, 1966 and this is one.
http://www.trueknowledge.com/q/when_was_ann_stephens_born

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The Common Room / Re: Ann Stephens (Actress)
« on: Sunday 30 October 11 14:01 GMT (UK)  »
My gratitude to JulieW for showing such immediate interest and help. Unfortunately, this site merely assumes she is still alive. In fact, she sadly died in 1966.

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The Common Room / Ann Stephens (Actress)
« on: Sunday 30 October 11 11:25 GMT (UK)  »
Can anyone inform me of the burial place or cause of death of the English child actress, Ann Stephens? She was born in London on May 21, 1931 and died on July 15, 1966 and was active, though never very famous, during the 1940s and 1950s. Her film debut was "In Which We Serve", made in 1942. I have tried to find out this information for my memorial of her at Find A Grave without success.

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The Common Room / Re: Helena Friese-Greene
« on: Friday 21 January 11 14:58 GMT (UK)  »
It is an honour to know you, Rebecca. I should like to know two facts: Helena's place of burial and, if possible, her true nationality, please? Any knowledge I possess I will be very happy to give.

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The Common Room / Re: Helena Friese-Greene
« on: Wednesday 12 January 11 22:42 GMT (UK)  »
Valda:  William Green and Helena Friese married at 11 am on the 24th March, 1874 at St. George's Church, Brandon Hill, Bristol.

As regards the child I should think this is unlikely to be anything to do with Helena. By all accounts she was respectable and Bedminster is a poor area. Helena and her family lived in the best area of Bristol: Clifton.

JenB:  Many years ago I knew the date of birth for Helena Friese but I could not remember it so as I knew she was a little older than William who was born on the 7th September, 1855  I made it temporarily 1854 at Find A Grave until I had better information. But this was found from another source on the Internet.

Unless someone knows the burial place for Helena Friese-Greene, I think it is time this was wound up. With the utmost sincerity I have been amazed at the interest and effort shown and ultimately the many new facts discovered for which I am most deeply grateful! I think Valda is undoubtably this website's Sherlock Holmes! ... Without the pipe of course.

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The Common Room / Re: Helena Friese-Greene
« on: Wednesday 12 January 11 15:36 GMT (UK)  »
On the one hand I am overwhelmed by the amount of time, effort and information so freely and kindly offered which I never expected. For this I am MOST appreciative! Nevertheless, I find it odd why you are trying to constantly make them saints. I have lived in Bristol and known about them first-hand for a very long time, not from intuitive guesses from records, and have carefully formed opinions which I stand by.

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The Common Room / Re: Helena Friese-Greene
« on: Tuesday 11 January 11 19:24 GMT (UK)  »
Your last link is very appreciated!

No-one said it was illegal to use another name, just that it was dishonest on a census. It is perfectly clear that they were romanticizing their position. If William had been more practical and less dreamy he would certainly have become wealthy instead of a long-time bankrupt.

Thank you.

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