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Hi.

My great grandmother had a sister Annie Elizabeth Donbavand who was born in 1860 in Cholton Lancashire, UK. Sadly their mother died shortly after her birth and their father not long after.

I have searched and searched for Annie and think I may have found a possible marriage for her but the record I have found is in Manhattan, New York.
I cannot find any lists for sailing with her on ancestry either.
I do not have WW subscription, only UK so wondered if someone would kindly check the records for me please.

The record I have found indicates a marriage on the 4th November 1890 in Manhattan, New York.
The groom is George Slatford.

Do records in America state who the bride’s father is?
The name Annie Donbavand is quite a common name at that time.

In 1910 there is a chance that Annie and George are living in Los Angeles and have children.

Many thanks for your help.
SNG

Hi,

I’ve just discovered that a baby who was born in Birdhurst Lodge, Croydon in 1948 was put in “Archmore”, Mill Lane, Kidmore End, Reading between 1948 and 1950.

Whilst I have found information about the unmarried mother’s home at Birdhurst Lodge, I cannot find anything about “Archmore”.

Does anyone know anything about “Archmore”?
When it operated as a home for young babies…
A photograph of it…
Why a baby would be sent from Croydon to Reading…

Many thanks
SNG

Hi

Does anyone know where the patients who died whilst in the asylum at Heavitree, Exeter were buried?

Did the Asylum have its own burial ground like some other institutions did?

I have contacted Exeter Bereavement Services and local churches but cannot find a burial plot for Thomas Jones who died 6 February 1906.

Thomas’s home was Cardiff and because of an agreement with Devon, patients from Cardiff were sent to Heavitree Asylem in the early 1900s because the county asylum was full. Cardiff built its own metal hospital which opened in 1908.

Thomas was not repatriated to Cardiff.

Many thanks
SNG

Hi,

I have spent countless hours searching for more information about Ellen Mahoney, born Q4, 1864 Newport Monmouthshire, mother’s maiden name FYNN.

Ellen married Thomas GEORGE Q4, 1884 in Newport. Thomas died Q2, 1886 aged 65 years.

My husband believes he has found her living at 1 Worcester Terrace, Bristol on the 1891 census and she is a cook and domestic but ………. has he?

Ellen is in Cardiff by 1901 because she marries widower Thomas JONES in St David’s RC Church Cardiff on 9th February 1901.

On her marriage certificate Ellen gives her father’s name as Florence Mahoney and his occupation as a “sailmaker”.
Hannah O’Callaghan and Francis Mulhollen are witnesses to the marriage. Whether they are friends or relatives or just parishioners of the church we don’t know.
Her address is given as 20, Pembroke Terrace, Cardiff and she is a widow.

Prior to marrying Ellen, Thomas lived in Station Terrace, Cardiff with his wife Sarah, before her death in 1897 and after with some of his children. (Thomas and Sarah had about 14 children and she died in childbirth in 1897.)

After marrying, Ellen and Thomas lived in Howard Street, Cardiff then in 1902 they lived in Silver Street, Cardiff.

Thomas JONES died on 19th May 1906 so Ellen was a widow again.

Meeting a descendent of one of Thomas’s children a few years ago, we were told that Thomas’s children “fell out” with him because of the marriage and the fact that she took all his money.

We didn’t think the JONES family were very rich but doing further research on the JONES family discovered that along with his home in Station Terrace, Thomas JONES collected the rents of a few houses in Cardiff that he held the LEASES for. (He was left them in the WILL of his father David).

Using Kelly’s Directory, Ellen was head of the house in Station Terrace in 1907 and was still there in 1912.

Of course we now know why there was animosity with Thomas’s children. It’s obvious that Ellen inherited the leases of the properties and so collected the rents. Thomas did not leave a Will.

My husband would like to know what happened to Ellen.

Also the answer to the question - how long would someone be able to collect the rents on property that they hold the leases for?

How can we find out more about Property Leases.

Many thanks for all your help.

SNG