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Down / Re: Electoral registers County Down after 1940
« on: Saturday 01 October 22 01:20 BST (UK)  »
Gaffy, you have found a lot of great information. Yes, those links are for Sarah, wife of William Price (he was born 1884). Clever of you to follow the other Flamingo dance group to discover the existence of Thelma.
I will have a good look at the newspaper items when I am back home.
Thanks, all, for your contributions.

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Down / Re: Electoral registers County Down after 1940
« on: Wednesday 28 September 22 10:39 BST (UK)  »
Thanks, Aghadowey. The health issue of a family member is looking a little better today so fingers crossed that trend continues.
I had an approximate birth year for Sarah Price (nee Flinn) from the 1901 census. Her age then was given as 13, so born around 1888. Can't access my home database from here, so I'm not sure whether or not I had confirmed that year with either her birth record or her age in the 1911 census.
Why William B Price came back at that time, it's hard to say, but visiting his mother would have been a good reason. His cousin, John Stanley Carter, a minister, returned to the UK for with his wife and sons in the 1950s for a visit, but I can't remember which year it was. John's mother, Frances Grace Stanley Carter (nee Price) also appeared on a passenger list coming or going to South Africa, but she was just visiting her son. John's family group appear on a passenger list visiting England. When he died in South Africa sometime later, John's will named four sons, who are possibly all still living so shall remain unnamed here.
The Moira Park address for William Price on the passenger lists suggests that someone in the family was still living there while the youngest William Price was in South Africa. It looks like they moved to Moira Park from Seacliffe road in 1942/43. I wonder if the Flamingo dance hall was one of the Gorse Lodge group's entertainment enterprises.

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Down / Re: Electoral registers County Down after 1940
« on: Wednesday 28 September 22 08:45 BST (UK)  »
It's great to see what you've all discovered. On my library visit I found the passenger list incoming from South Africa, and ran out of time to look for the outgoing one. That William Bindon Price had a cousin in South Africa who lived there about that period, so not surprised that that's where he went.
The Moira Park address tying in with the directory listing was satisfying. As for the yacht -- the silk merchant (1847-1888) was an active member of the River Bann rowing club in his time, so interesting to see another form of boating in a different generation.
Thanks for all your finds. Before I could join in I suddenly got caught up in a family health issue, so am away from my computer for some days, but will look at it all with more attention when I'm back home again.

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Down / Re: Electoral registers County Down after 1940
« on: Monday 26 September 22 10:31 BST (UK)  »
Yes, you're quite right, it's a common name, and without some other evidence it's guesswork. You can see why I got quite excited to come across an actual address!

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Kent / Re: Is this 'my' Emma Stanley PRICE?
« on: Monday 26 September 22 10:25 BST (UK)  »
Yes, same (only) brother William, now known to have been living in Bangor, County Down until at least March of 1942. Haven't found a record of his death anywhere, but still looking.
I don't have a tree on Ancestry but have given information to one or two cousins who do have them. When I go to the library tomorrow I'll look for contact details for the private trees.

 

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Down / Re: Electoral registers County Down after 1940
« on: Monday 26 September 22 10:13 BST (UK)  »
Aghadowey, that link to Bangor directory was great to see! You are correct in thinking this William Price is connected to the others I have sought in the past, and was the brother of Emma Stanley Price. He shares his first name with his father (draper/silk merchant), his grandfather (excise man) and also his son (born 1920, occupation unknown).
From the names in the 1943 directory, in two separate households, I wonder if perhaps Sarah's husband William Price had died by then, as she is listed as head of the household. The William Price at a different address might be their son, who would have been about 24 years old and could have started a family of his own by then.
Since William's father (the draper/silk merchant) died in his early 40s and his grandfather (excise man) died in his mid-30s, I would not be surprised that this William Price died before he reached 60 years.
I've made a note of the house name, "Doonfeeny", which, you're right, wasn't mentioned in the mother-in-law's death notice.
Thanks! A few more clues to go on with.


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Kent / Re: Is this 'my' Emma Stanley PRICE? [COMPLETED]
« on: Monday 26 September 22 07:21 BST (UK)  »
The good news is that ordering the marriage certificate for delivery to a cousin in England allowed me to see the information on it within a couple of weeks of ordering -- much faster than waiting for it to arrive by snail mail from the other side of the world.
The certificate names the bride as Emma Stanley Price and her father's name is correct, although his occupation is given as commission agent. His will identifies him as a silk merchant, which I guess could be considered a commission agent in a roundabout way. He died when she was about six years old, and by the time she married, her mother had also died, so she might have been guessing.
The marriage witnesses were not family members, alas, but they do add detail to the story. I've since discovered that her brother outlived her, although I don't know for how long.
So the answer is yes, she is the Emma Stanley Price I'd been searching for.
Thank everyone, for your interest and suggestions.
Liza



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Down / Re: Electoral registers County Down after 1940
« on: Monday 26 September 22 07:07 BST (UK)  »
I had a feeling that finding electoral registers wasn't going to be that easy. I'm oceans away from Belfast, so can't look in person.
Thanks for your efforts in searching deaths and wills. I had not found one either.
That's a great find with the newspaper item from 1942, though. I'll see whether Gorse Lodge Enterprises can lead me to anything else. It encouraged me to comb more carefully through the newspapers, and I found that the house on Seacliffe Road went up for auction in January 1945, with vacant possession. There is another news item saying that Mrs Price of that address won first prize at a flower show in 1938, so now I have located them in that place for a few years. 
Thanks, Elwyn!  :)

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Down / Electoral registers County Down after 1940
« on: Monday 26 September 22 00:42 BST (UK)  »
I have found a home address for William Price, a draper, at Seacliffe Road in Bangor, County Down. The address is  mentioned in the newspaper when his mother-in-law died in 1940. So far, this is the only record I have found for him or members of his immediate family after about 1920, when his eldest child was born. I have gathered quite a bit of information on his earlier life, and am not looking for more about that, but I want to know what became of him after 1940, when he was already about 56 years old.
My questions:
1. Are there electoral registers available for Bangor, County Down, from 1940 on?
2. If so, are they available online? Where?
It's possible that this family emigrated, but looking at electoral registers might help to establish how long they lived on Seacliffe road.
Thanks for any suggestions of sources.
Liza115


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