Hello - and good to hear from you. My interest in Ethel Jay (formerly Page) started quite recently when I was lucky enough to establish online contact with some relatives I didn't know I had (of which you are another). We are all descendants of Charles H Page and his wife Miriam. There was a family rift around 1909 and my grandfather James Page lost touch with his two brothers, Walter and Arthur, who both moved to Grimsby from south Manchester. The people I met recently descend from Walter and Arthur. Ethel was on of Walter's children, and all we really knew about her was that she married a man called Jay and lived in N Zealand. We know that Ethel and James Harold Jay sailed from the UK on the 'Captain Cook', departing 19 June 1956; with them was Derek and Rosalie, presumably JHJ's children from a first marriage. We are not really sure whether Ethel had been married before, and whether she might have had children from a first marriage.
It would be good to hear any impressions of her personality, stories, recollections etc, as family history is much more interesting if there are human stories attached.
By the way, as I understand it one of Ethel's sisters, Annie, is still alive in a care home in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, aged over 100.
If you would prefer to contact me off-group, I'll send my email address in a private message
Ian
