MARYOTT (and variations) - George Alfred MARYOTT b1839, Kent

[bearkat]

Brilliant detective work 

[Megatill]

OH BOY!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!



I was going to attach a picture or two of his medal, and his photo, but I can not see how to do that.


Of course, that now prompts a whole different set of questions, such as, why does his medal only show "George Maryott" and not "George Maryott ETALL", why did he change his name, was he a deserter, etc., etc., etc..


I guess I'd better get onto it!!!!


Thank you so much, again!


Megan in Sydney

[casalguidi]

Yes, interesting stuff and lots more questions but at least we know who he was now!

Casalguidi

[Megatill]

Thank you so much for doing this for me.

The lady who was the granddaughter of George Alfred was fascinated by the stories she heard from her mother, George's daughter Blanche. She was determined to find out about him, especially as MARYOTT is such an unusual name and spelling. She was my Godmother, and my mum's best friend.

Unfortunately, she died last year with George unresolved - she called him "her little larrikin" and thought he was "a very shady character"!!!!

Thank you, again!


Megan in Sydney

[Cheryl Jones]

Hi Megan,

It might be a long shot, since you posted your questions a few years ago, but do you still have a photo of George Maryott's medal?  My grandmother was Mavis Maryott, George Maryott's granddaughter.  (Her mother was Clara Maryott).  She spoke to me about him and mentioned he was a 'veteran', but your post has filled in a lot more detail for me and I'd love to see a picture of his medal if possible.  Thank you for the details of his life too.  So much there I had not been able to find.  Cheryl.

[grandarog]

There are loads of references on Trove  about GA Maryott and his son also GA who died in 1904
Heres just a few ,The first article has a picture.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/119171212?searchTerm=%22george%20maryott%22&searchLimits=exactPhrase=george+maryott|||anyWords|||notWords|||requestHandler|||dateFrom|||dateTo|||sortby
Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931) Friday 13 July 1923
  p 10 Article Illustrated
...  Mr. George Maryott, of 370 Norton-street, Laichhardt, one of the last of the old Crimean ... 32 words

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/30938178?searchTerm=%22george%20maryott%22&searchLimits=exactPhrase=george+maryott|||anyWords|||notWords|||requestHandler|||dateFrom|||dateTo|||sortby

Family Notices
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 20 February 1864
 p 8 Family Notices
... special license, by the Rev. J. McDougall, George Maryott, of Dover, England, to Miss Elizabeth Morrison ... 6672 words

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/result?q&exactPhrase=george+maryott&anyWords&notWords&requestHandler&dateFrom&dateTo&sortby&s=20

Family Notices
Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875) Wednesday 27 January 1864
 p 1 Family Notices
 George Maryott, of Dover, England, to Miss Elizabeth Morrison, second daughter of George Morrison, coach ... 428 words

Enter details in search box to reveal the rest.

[Megatill]

Thanks grandarog - have already found these!

The newspaper interview of 1923 has provided the basis for most of my searching. Appears that George had no problems in stretching the truth a bit - all his remarks are about real events during the Crimean, but miss out on being accurate in the dates by about 5 years. I'm prepared to grant George a touch of Alzheimers, though... He did go through a very interesting life!

Thank you again!

[grandarog]

Hi Megan,
             As you live down under ,I guessed you would have all the relevant info . I posted for the benefit of any others that are following your post as well. Good luck with your research now you have found his roots. Rog.

[Megatill]

Hi grandarog,

Yes, it is very helpful to scroll through the responses to questions. I'd say that process (scrolling through responses) has resulted in filling in half the data in my tree!!!!

I've already had contact from a number of Maryott researchers as a result of my postings.

It really does work!!!!!

Megan in Sydney