Deanna Valentine Forti

[Perthtasha]

Please help me find my Nanna. I know she married my grand father who I've never meet, named Sidney Bates, born Jan 28 1928.  I know Deanna was born in December 1930 I think in Italy. They married in 1949 in Egypt and had 2 children, Michael Augustus Bates  in 49 and my mumma Lynn Dianna Bates in July 1951. The family immigrated to Australia in 1951 on the ss Cameronia and arrived in Perth Western Australia in 52. Sidney and Deanna seperated soon after and my mum and uncle went into an orphanage and Sidney re married . I really want to meet Deanna but unsure where she is, and thinking she went home to Italy. Any help would be great. Ty

[mollipops1]

Perhaps she returned to England? If living she would be 86.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/75997593

Here's a photo of Manfred Stickel. Not sure if he is a lead. No marriage found in WA (possibly outside accessible dates) but he had a daughter who died in infancy in WA in 1963.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/52955562

PS for others - 2nd wife is Josephine WEBSTER (is she living??? if so should remove her name)

[mollipops1]

You can probably rule out the UK marriage in Leeds, Yorkshire for a Deanna WEBSTER to Joseph D HARLING in Sept qtr 1964 (2c 615) (from FreeBMD).

Likely birth for Joseph in Leeds in 1946 and Deanna in Leeds in 1947.

[cando]

Marriage NSW

21762/1956     
STICKEL    Manfred
EASTON    Iris Ellen
District Sydney

Cando

[mollipops1]

Hm interesting Cando - his daughter's mother has a very different name (1963, WA).

Haven't provided it as she may be living. If Manfred is alive he has changed the spelling of his surname.

[Neil Todd]

Nope died August 1992 in Sydney.

Neil

[mollipops1]

This is the Manfred who died in 1992:
STICKEL Manfred Otto born 12 February 1928 - German - travelled per ship CASTEL VERDE departing in 1953 under Australian German Migration Agreement

Age and arrival year seem to fit.

Source: http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/search/

[majm]

I have not been able to confirm the death of any of the people named and identified in the opening post. 

There may well be a child born in Egypt in 1948 who travelled to England with his mum in that year, although the newspaper article makes no mention of that child, nor is that child listed on passenger lists to Australia. 

There is every reason to presume that persons born in 1928 and 1930, and 1948, and more recently as STILL alive.

WA reverse marriages shows new marriage for Grandfather is registered in 1956, Perth WA.   


Cheers,  JM

[Perthtasha]

Ty all so much this has really helped me.