Helping sister inlaw find family in Britain

[CelticEvie]

Hi

  My sister inlaw has quite the problem! Her father is said
to have killed a man and changed his name to James Leo
North, he worked in Oil and traveled, I have found him on
ships from England and also Egypt! She thinks his original
surname was Rux and he was from Germany. But what I do
know is he married her mother in England and she arrived
in America from Southampton, at least it shows her coming
to America several times or there are more than one Frances
Kathleen North? Her maiden name is Donohue and she was
born abt 1906. Does anyone have any idea's? Take Care...


                                                                   Evie

[heywood]

Hi Evie and welcome to rootschat.

Here is, I hope, Frances' birth details:

4th quarter 1906 Kingston Surrey vol 2a pg 416
Frances Kathleen Donohue

[heywood]

and that fits with the entry to UK in 1938- same area.

[heywood]

I think from your enquiry that your sister in law is more interested in her father?  Sorry I can't help there.

1901 has a Winifred Donohue with children living with her parents- Downey in Kingston Surrey.
There is also a marriage on Free BMD for Winifred Downey to John Walter Donohue. If these are of any help and you want more details- please post.

If you have any idea of the date of marriage, the reference to that could be looked up.

[AMBLY]

Hi

There's a US WW2 Draft reg. Card for a James Leo NORTH in Pennsylvania if someone has details of that? If it's him to see POB etc?

Cheers
AMBLY

[tazzie]

  Hi .....

 The WW11 draft card gives born 12 June 1889 Drifton Pennsylvania

  the records for New York arrivals give date of birth as 1898 and born St Paul Minnesota.

                    Tazzie

[tazzie]

   He arrives 1927 on White Star Lines Olympic at Southampton an oil worker age 29 staying at Regent Palace hotel London place of birth USA

                    Tazzie

[heywood]

nothing shows up in Free BMD for a marriage so it's up to you now  Evie to let us know what you think and what help can be given.
I don't know how easy it is to check on births in USA ?

[cath151]

Hi,
This sounds like them,
Marriage 1Q  1931
Frances K Donohue     North  Kingston 2a 679

James L North            Donohue   "          "

Marriage certificate might give some clues.
Best wishes
 Cathy