1920/21 baptism 'look up' - Dimond

[Jane Masri]

Hi Jo,
Here's a list of churches for Eastbourne.  They need to be checked to see if they were in use in the 1920's,

Eastbourne, All Saints
 Eastbourne, All Souls
 Eastbourne, Christ Church
 Eastbourne, Holy Trinity
 Eastbourne, St Andrew
 Eastbourne, St Elisabeth
 Eastbourne, St John, Meads
 Eastbourne, St Michael
 Eastbourne, St Philip
 Eastbourne, St Richard
 Eastbourne, St Saviour & St Peter

Best of luck,

jane

[sillgen]

Just a thought.  You have checked the deaths I suppose?   Sometimes when there is a "nameless" registration there is a death registered too.
Andrea

[Jolyon]

Jane,

Thank you for the church list.  I am considering firstly sending for the birth certificate to be sure it's my relation.  If yes will attempt to work my way through your list.


Andrea,

Thank you for your thought which is appreciated.   I did check FreeBMD for any Dimond deaths in Sussex and there were none, though strangely two occurred in 1919 both at East Grinstead if I recall.

Again my thanks to all for contributions.

Jo

[Jane Masri]

Jo, I think that's the best approach 

jane

[Jolyon]

Hi again Jane/Andrea and anyone else interested,

Thought I would bring you up to speed.
Have a copy of birth certificate confirming mother is my relative Dulcie M.C. Parker.  Daughter:no name recorded.  Where: Victoria Drive.  Informant: Bernard T.Dimond, father.  Occupation: Captain,H.M.Forces of Pretoria,S Africa.  Residence:26 Arlington Rd,Eastbourne.

I assume Victoria Drive was a maternity home.  Obviously the whole family (parents & their two married daughters) were living at 26 Arlington Rd and I'm intrigued by fathers occupation.  I'm more intrigued though, by the as yet unanswered question, what name was eventually decided for the daughter?

I don't think Eastbourne Library would be enthusiastic about researching baptisms at all the possible churches.  Any kind soul out there with time on their hands?

Jo

[Jane Masri]

Jo, here's the only three female Dimond marriages in Sussex from 1930-1960.  Nothing conclusive I know, she could have married anywhere but keep them to hand.  I rather like Elsie D..'D' for Dulcie?

Pamela V L Dimond      Davis     Oct-Nov-Dec 1941 Chichester
Kathleen L Dimond      Gale       Oct-Nov-Dec 1943 Uckfield
Elsie D Dimond            Sear       Apr-May-Jun 1945 Worthing

You'll need to get the maps out & plot the nearest churches to Arlington Road & work your way through the baptismal records,

jane

PS.  Just looked through the Times Digital & found;

The birth announcement of unknown Dimond female, guess what, no name BUT the father is named as Captain B.T. Dimond D.S.O., MC.  So that adds some more interest 

The marriage announcement of Pamela Dimond to Lieut. J.C. Davis, RA, (above)15/12/1941 at West Dean Church, Chichester.  No parents names 

[Jolyon]

Hi Jane,

Thank you for the information,particularly the marriages which is very interesting.    Ditto the Times birth announcement,but now 'you' have me intrigued.
For future ref could you enlighten me on how you know there were only the three female Dimond marriages.  Also the Times birth announcement? (I used to have access to Times archives but lost it about 18 months ago). 

The nearest church to Arlington Rd is St Mary the Virgin which drew a blank.    The next I was considering not too far away is Holy Trinity Church,Trinity Place. 
 
However, I'm now wondering if the marriages might be my best bet; I too rather like Elsie D. and Worthing but, interestingly, when Dulcie & Bernard married at Bishop Middleham, Co Durham in 1918 the grooms residence was shown as High Hirstwood,Uckfield,Sussex. 
I'll ponder it a little while longer.

Jo

[Jane Masri]

Hi Jo,
For the three female Dimond marriages I searched the Ancestry (membership needed) transcribed marriage index, 1916-2005 and searched either side of 1940, a date I thought she might have logically married.  This gave me the three I mentioned 

I had found the marriage of her older sister, Patricia to a John W.P Llewellyn, Chelsea, Q1 1941.  I think John was also in the military as I found a birth announcement for one of their children.  I'll look that up for you later.

It's possible that the family had moved to Chelsea at this time (many London Barracks that Bernard could have been sent to) so I looked for female marriages in Chelsea using the same method & came up with these two (time period 1930-1950)

Sheila Dimond     Edward M. Elmhirst     Jan-Feb-Mar 1942 Chelsea Middlesex
Hannah Dimond   William F. Lebean     Jul-Aug-Sep 1948 Chelsea Middlesex

Lebean has also been transcribed as Lebeau.

I'll do a bit more searching later & see if I can eliminate one or more.  I have a feeling that Hannah is not yours as I found a likely birth reg. & her mother was not Parker.  I couldn't find anything for Sheila so she might be your gal 

The Times digital is available through your local library so you can check online to see if they subscibe (not all libraries do)

Jane

[Jolyon]

Hi Jane,

A slight disappointment in that I thought I was going to learn of a new website to rival Free BMD.
I have ancestry.co and was going to search for possible Dimond marriages from about 1938 to 1950 once I had established she was indeed my relative.   The process of searching qtr by qtr over a 10/11 year period was a bit daunting though.  You did the search so quickly I thought you had a new source, aware that FreeBMD only go up to about 1931.

You mention an elder sister Patricia.  I stand to be corrected but don't think Dulcie had any more children.

Jo