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Hi everyone.
I'm hoping you wonderful people can help me .
My great aunt was jennie Francis born 1895 southwark London.
She died in netherne mental institution November 8 1941 after being committed twice to there. Second time was about 1932.
Her father was alfred Francis 1863 southwark London and mother annie marsh 1863. Annie was married before to George marsh.
I have my great aunts hospital records and I know all I need to about her but on her hospital records it states that her
Father alfred Francis was also in banstead mental  hospital and her siblings james and Louisa were in bexleyheath mental hospital .
Louise was born 1902 and James 1905 southwark.
There are other siblings but they seemed to be ok .
What I cant find are definite deaths for alfred ,James and Louisa, louise ?
Also the death of annie Francis 🤷‍♀️
I've had a good look on various sites but nothing is jumping out at me.
It was a rather tragic family.
Thank you x

Hope I can put this on here but I'm now looking for
William elphick born 1818 hastings.
Father William 1718-1827 schoolmaster hastings
Mother harriet. 1718 - 1833 hastings.
William 1818 left hastings for nsw Australia ,arrival 6 dec 1838 age 20
The ship was the fairlee.
His calling was Baker.
The next evidence of William 1818 is on the ship waratah steam boat. Port of departure Melbourne and port of arrival Sydney. Nsw.
Arrival date 1 Nov 1854.
Hes a cook on this boat so is crew.
I have looked on every passenger and crew list available to me but can't find anything else.
I would love to know what happened to him .
did he settle in australia . Where did he die ect .
After 1854 his trail goes cold .
any help would be so gratefully appreciated as always x
This one has got right under the skin 🤦‍♀️

Hi everyone.  I'm still on a mission to find the father of James harry elphick. James harry elphick was born in 1926 in Egypt. His father was in the army there.
James harry elphick married Mary Hughes on anglesey in 1946. I can find an indexed entry.
The early life of James harry wasn't great . He had an elder brother frederick and a younger sister who was also born in Egypt. Name unknown.
His mother died while giving birth to his sister . His father was in China at the time and didnt return to Egypt until 3 months after the death of his wife and the birth of his daughter. He knew nothing of both until his return. His new daughter was named by an army official as there was no one else to name her.
James harry elphick and his siblings were returned to the UK shortly afterwards to live with various relatives. James harry was with family in Portsmouth until he was 15 and joined the merchant navy. 
My mission is to try and find the name of the father of James harry elphick.  I could of course would get a copy of the marriage certificate as it would have the fathers name on there but I'm searching for him with another person and for some reason does not want to do that.
The name of the sister is also unknown.  Even to the family. All they know is that she became a nurse and got run over by a tank. She survived, shaken but unharmed .
She would of been born late twenties, early thirties in Egypt.
I am in touch with the son of James harry elphick and knows very little as his father didnt like talking about his early life.
James harry elphick spent the remainder of his life in the anglelsey area of Wales.
His brother frederick lived in borehamwood at some point. And as for the younger sister. I have nothing for her other than her surname was elphick and was born in Egypt after 1926 and the thirties. And the fact that she became a nurse and got run over by a tank 🤦‍♀️
I would really appreciate any help .

Hi. I have a conundrum regarding the birth of my grandmother Elizabeth Jackson.
She was born 26th July 1914. 46 wolseley buildings, bermondsey. Her mother was Elisabeth Sarah Jackson.
There is no father mentioned on her birth certificate but a S NORMAN registered the birth on the 2nd September 1914 and was also present at birth. This person was also living at 46 wolesley buildings.
I've looked into who this person could be but haven't found a link to the family.
The odd thing is and its completely thrown me but I've recently found a baptism record for my grandmother for the August 1914 which is inbetween her birth and registration but not only is her mother noted on the baptism record but so is a Thomas hall ?? and noted as also living at 46 wolesley buildings.  There is no other mention of Thomas hall after that . Also why did Elizabeth Sarah Jackson not register her own daughter ? Elizabeth Sarah Jackson went on to marry Alex sandford in 1818 and brought my grandmother up as his own. Funny thing is he is also noted as living at 46 wolesley building on this date. Baring in mind it was only a 2 room dwelling there's a lot of comings and goings.
Elizabeth Sarah Jackson's father John also lived at the same address for some years until his death in 1922.
Any help would be lovely and gratefully appreciated.