Alexander Alfred Lewis

[Gilly Lewis]

I cannot find a marriage record for my Uncle Alexander Alfred Lewis and his spouse Paddy V, (maiden name unknown). If married it would have been approx early to mid 1930's. They lived in the Paddington area of London before WW2 and for sometime time afterwards. Can anyone help please?
Thank you in advance
Gilly Lewis

[suzard]

I have on electoral rolls
1845 Paddington
153 Delaware Rd
Alec Lewis
Paddy V Lewis
Violet Lewis

1846 Paddy V lewis

1847 & 8
Ada Alice Beasley
Ernest A Beasley
Paddy V Lewis

did they have any children??

Birth reg if after Sept qtr 1912 would give mother's maiden name

Suz

[Gilly Lewis]

  Hi Suz,
Thank you for getting back to me so promptly, but I we already have all of the electoral registers for Alexander Alfred Lewis. We cannot apply for a birth certificate for Paddy V because we do not have a surname. Yes, they had two children, Stewart and Carol. Paddy V went back to her own home town, Scarborough in the late 50's early sixties and owned a hotel or boarding house in Scarborough.
We've ploughed through the records of various genealogy sites and cannot find a marriage record. Alexander Alfred Lewis worked at the Admiralty in WW2 and we intend to go to Kew to investigate further. They may have records, that include a spouse?
Many thanks
Gilly

[lizdb]

It waas meant that a birth cert (or indeed  birth index entry) for one of Alex and Paddy's children would give Paddy,s  maiden name!( not Paddy's birth cert!)

[Gilly Lewis]

Suz, I apologize. We have searched through the birth records and there are no births for Carol or Stewart Lewis, (I should have mentioned this!) They could have been given their mother's maiden name, which we don't have. It's a difficult one, as we've down every plausable avenue and come up with absolutely nothing, other than the electoral registers.
Thanks again.
Gilly

[lizdb]

Are Carol or Stewart still alive ( if so their namesshould be removed from here). But also if so, why not ask them what their mum's maiden name was, or at least if Paddy was her birth name or a nickname, etc. Or ask to see their own birth certs.

I see Alexander Alfred died in 2002. Did Paddy pre-decease him? I cant see a death in that name, but it may not have been her real name of course. If she was still alive, then was she the informant on his death cert? That might give her true Christian name. Or did he leave a Will? Again that might give clues about her.

But your best bet is finding births for the two 'children'.

[carol8353]

Liz I was just going to ask the same questions 

[Gilly Lewis]

 I don't know if the children mentioned are still alive or not, the last time I saw them was in the mid 1940's. Alexander's will, he left everything to a niece.  I do have his death certificate and Paddy V wasn't on it, only his niece. So you can understand the problem that we're having? We may never get any further, unless, in our research we find a relative, who has the missing answers.
I appreciate your help, but we have gone down most of obvious avenues.
Many thanks
Gilly

[Sharon01]

Hi,

Gilly how old were the children approx in 1940's?

Sharon