Looking for info on Kendrick from Birkenhead

[dvermaak]

Hi

Here are the birth and death pages from the family bible

[dvermaak]

Here is the death notice for Robert Kendrick (2nd) in South Africa

[keyboard86]

Hi again, ok can see possibly why Robert jnr was referred to as Grandson, as Bible/Tree only refers back to Samuel / Sarah in the 1891/1901 Census, can you locate when both Robert and Ruth Annie's deaths were?
Keyboard86

PS one or all of those birth registrations would possibly be an interesting purchase?!

[keyboard86]

there is alsoshipping
Departing from London
to Port Elizabeth South Africa
11 Mar 1938
ship name Gloucester castle
Mrs R Kendrick age 45
Mr R Kendrick age 19
address in England 50 Nelson St Gainsborough Lincolnshire
future permanent residence South Africa

so maybe Robert lang Kendrick left for South africa and wife Ruth and son Robert followed later???

IKt looks like Robert Lang Kendrick's wife was Ruth Annie James birth reg Dec qtr 1892 Poole reg district Dorset 5a 242
She was the daughter of Charles and Fanny James (whose death notices you have)

Suz

Hi in addition to above,  a B L Kendrick aged 44 occ Joiner address in England 50, Nelson Street, Gainsborough departed 25th June 1937 Southampton for Port Elizabeth on Vessel Carnarvon Castle
Keyboard86

[dvermaak]

there is alsoshipping
Departing from London
to Port Elizabeth South Africa
11 Mar 1938
ship name Gloucester castle
Mrs R Kendrick age 45
Mr R Kendrick age 19
address in England 50 Nelson St Gainsborough Lincolnshire
future permanent residence South Africa

so maybe Robert lang Kendrick left for South africa and wife Ruth and son Robert followed later???

IKt looks like Robert Lang Kendrick's wife was Ruth Annie James birth reg Dec qtr 1892 Poole reg district Dorset 5a 242
She was the daughter of Charles and Fanny James (whose death notices you have)

Suz

We found Robert Kendricks british passport while cleaning and it has an immigration stamp matching the above date.

I also got some other info his WW2 service

Robert Kendrick served with the NMR in WW2, first as a Sergeant where he was Mentioned in Despatches as part of the 3rd S.A. Armoured Car Regiment (an offspring of the NMR) for the period June 1941 to February 1943 (page 272 of the NMR history by E Goetzsche). He was again Mentioned in Despatches as part of the NMR/SAAF Composite Regiment for service in Italy – on this occasion he had been commissioned as a Lieutenant.

I am slowly building a full picture and will keep you updated.

[dvermaak]

I wonder if Robert son of Robert was maybe born pre marriage

There is this birth reg
FreeBMD
Robert James
mother's maiden name James
Sept qtr 1917
Toxteth Park Lancashire
8b 299

also wonder if Robert Lang kendrick served in the armes forces in WW1??

Do you have any further information?

Suz

I found the marriage registry for Robert and Ruth in 1918 so their son was born out of wedlock in 1916 which would explain the late birth registration. I also found a birth registration for a robert k james in west derby for 1916. I wonder if they are not one and the same.

[suzard]

I found the marriage registry for Robert and Ruth in 1918 so their son was born out of wedlock in 1916 which would explain the late birth registration. I also found a birth registration for a robert k james in west derby for 1916. I wonder if they are not one and the same.

I would think as Roberts d.o.b. was 2 Feb  this birth reg is most likely to be his . Probably the late registration (1929) is a reregistration (when parents marry after the birth of the child this has to be done to issue a new birth cert in father's name) his parents took their time to have father's name on certificate - maybe the intended move to South Africa prompted them .

Suz

[dvermaak]

I found the marriage registry for Robert and Ruth in 1918 so their son was born out of wedlock in 1916 which would explain the late birth registration. I also found a birth registration for a robert k james in west derby for 1916. I wonder if they are not one and the same.

I would think as Roberts d.o.b. was 2 Feb  this birth reg is most likely to be his . Probably the late registration (1929) is a reregistration (when parents marry after the birth of the child this has to be done to issue a new birth cert in father's name) his parents took their time to have father's name on certificate - maybe the intended move to South Africa prompted them .

Suz

That sound about right. I find it rather funny that they did it to leave and I am now looking into this in order for my Father in law and Mother in law(Mother was British) to get their UK passports by Descent and My wife and I to get our ancestral visas so that we can return to the UK