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My friend is looking for her father. She thinks his name is Arthur J Lacey who lived at 2 Grayham Rd, New Malden with Edward A Lacey and Francis R Merritt in 1948. We think Arthur was a soldier, but can't find him anywhere else. He was probably born around 1926, give or take a couple of years, but no idea where. Can anybody help, please?

The earliest record of Sydney Valentine Allen I have is from 1918 when he married Sarah Anna Jones in Swansea. His father is named as John Allen, deceased, a police sergeant.
Sydney was a vicar at Marston with Whitgreave, Staffordshire until he became rector at Iddesleigh, Devon in 1933.
There are two other Sydney Valentine Allens (would you believe!) but I don't think either of them is the one I'm looking for.
I'd be very grateful for some help in finding his parents.

I am looking for the parents of the above person
GRO has no mmn, suggesting she was illigitimate.
In 1861 she was living with Sarah Tommas (b1811) in Wadhurst, described as lodger. I think she was Sarah's granddaughter.
In 1871 she was living with her 'mother' Frances (married to Henry Ford, but after the birth of Emily Esther). Frances, daughter of Sarah Tommas/Thomas.
When Esther got married in 1882 to William Thomas Morris, she gave her father as Isaac Thomas. Sarah Tommas/Thomas had a son called Isaac. I can't find any sign of Isaac after 1851 (living with his family in Wadhurst).
I'd be very grateful if someone could help. The only conclusion I can come to is that she was the result of an incestuous relationship between Isaac and his sister, after which he disappeared. There is another Isaac Thomas living in Estry, Kent, who married Louisa Taylor in 1844, but I don't think there is a connection.
Thank you in anticipation

I am looking for a marriage between the above named people. Julia appears on the censuses as Hannah.
Their children were Eliza b.1867, Benjamin b.1874, Emma, b. 1876, Louisa b.1878, Thomas b.1880, Hannah b.1882, John b.1886 and Robert Henry b.1888, all born in Shadwell or Southwark.
I have the family in 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881 and 1891.
I'm also looking for the marriage of Thomas's parents James Dyer b.1802 Shadwell and Eliza Linscott b.1807 Dagenham. They had 7 children between 1830 and 1850 and lived in Shadwell.
If anyone could help, I'd be very grateful.

I am looking for the origins of some mariners who were drowned on 8/9th March 1891 in a steam ship called the Marana. It left London bound for Ceylon with a cargo of railway sleepers. In a violent storm and snow storm, it foundered off the Devon coast.
We think most of the crew were Swedish. I have looked for them but haven’t had much luck. I’d be very grateful if anyone has any idea how I could find out more about them. I realise it is rather a long shot.
The captain was named Friggison. I found a Lars Gustaf Frykstrand b. 1854 in Freykerud, Sweden. Could this be him?
Other crew members were:
John Monk, boatswain
J Mitchell, able seaman
C Stenborn, donkeyman (an engineer who serviced the donkey engine on the ship)
A Nielsen, fireman
E Rassmussen, fireman
Gustav Anderson, fireman
Andrew Johnsen, fireman
Also in the crew was James Watson of Waterloo, Liverpool, second son of James Watson (decd) whose gravestone is in East Prawle, Devon.
I found an Edvert Rasmassen b.1856 in Norway and a Gustav Andersen b. 1863 also in Norway who served together on a ship called the Adina in 1881. Not all the fact fit but maybe some details were wrong.
I’m afraid this may be a vain task  but I know how brilliant you searchers can be!
Tess