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Offline plaza1657

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Help please
« on: Friday 13 March 15 16:00 GMT (UK) »
my Father John Harold Douglas Barnes married when in the royal navy
He married a violet Ann Purvis in Byculla Bombay India 1943,he was aged 21 and violet was aged 32
problem is I know she came to England but cannot find her on any passenger list, any ideas please,thanks

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« Reply #1 on: Friday 13 March 15 16:09 GMT (UK) »
What is the expected timeframe for her travel?
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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« Reply #2 on: Friday 13 March 15 16:13 GMT (UK) »
He married my mother 1951 so I would say from 1943 to 1949 hope this helps,Thankyou

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« Reply #3 on: Friday 13 March 15 16:30 GMT (UK) »
I assume that you believe/know she travelled by sea. Perhaps she travelled across land.
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« Reply #4 on: Friday 13 March 15 16:34 GMT (UK) »
If they did come by sea, perhaps they came on a military vessel & thus weren't included in civilian records?

Did Violet die before John's remarriage, or was there a divorce?
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)
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