annie turner

[bernadine]

Hello everyone I wonder if there is anybody who could settle this family query for me My mums Aunt Julia ann Turner born Wrexham 1876 married an Edward Sutton but was widowed after 3 yras. She was witness to my G/mothers marr and signed Julia Ann Sutton thAT WAS 1905 i  know she lived in Ormskirk in 1901. she remarried a James Bond in 1917. The rumour in the family is that she was supposed to be thwe last British woman to leave French soil in the gREAT wAR. iS THERE ANY WAY i CAN CHECK THIS OUT?I would be most grateful for any help in this matter I know there was an Annie Turner in the QA'sit can only have been her(ihope)  Thanks Bernadine

[liverpool annie]

Hi Bernadine!

I've been trying to find your Julia Ann Turner! I've tried everything I can think of and a friend confirmed my opinions - as I got this reply from him ........

"I suspect this is going to be very difficult, if not impossible to verify--- "last one out" is a very amorphous concept, and you would need to identify who she was, why she was there, was she in some kind of unit, and then was that unit the last one out? Etc. Also you need to define the time period-- I suspect there were women on the ground in France, at least as ambulance drivers, RAF people, etc. on the last day of the war-- therefore, nobody was "the last one to leave during the war". Or are you implying that she was the last British civilian lady to evacuate as the war started? There you might have more luck, as there should be somewhere some passport records, I would think"

If you know anything else that might help .... at least we could try to assist more if you could give more facts about her !

Annie

[bernadine]

I really do appreciate your time and help you are really wonderful caring people, I so not know much of her except she married a James Bond in 1917 she was a sister in the Q As It was stated in the family that she was the last British woman to leave but you know what these stories are like that are passed on. everyone adds to them!!I would love to think there was some truth in them.Anyway I really do appreciate your help and I wish you and everyone on rhe list A lovely Christmas and a peaceful New  Year Regards Bernadinex

[harribobs]

i have mentioned this to bernadine already, there were nurses and other females working at the front up to the end of the war, last one out? hmmm