Florence & Arthur Curwood b Q3 1876 & 23 Jul 1877 St Pancras

[Cockneyrebel]

So not mine then-another brick wall.
Cr

[CamCurwood]

Hello,

If this is still of interest I may be able to help/

[Cockneyrebel]

Yes it's still of interest and a 'brick wall.'
Cr

[CamCurwood]

Hi Cr.
I have looked through my records here and there may be a little to add to what you know.
In the 1921 census there is an Arthur Curwood born 1876 (45 years old) in "Kentish Town, St, Pancras", a single lodger living at 20 New Chesterfield Street, Marylebone.
In the 1939 register there is an Arthur Curwood (transcribed as 'Corwood') living at 41 Holmes Road, Kentish Town, Camden, St. Pancras. His birthdate is listed as July 24, 1885 but there is a Jan 24, '76 written below it, (and a May 5, '86 written above). I believe these two Arthurs are the same Arthur, and potentially they could be the Arthur Curwood you are asking about.  I cannot connect these Arthurs to any other Arthur Curwood and yours is the most likely they could be.

I have more records to go through over the next couple of months but I doubt I will find much more about this Arthur. If I do, I will let you know.

I do not think I have seen the Royal Navy records you mention about our Arthur. Are they accessible somewhere? Would you be willing to share them or where I can access them? Perhaps I can spot something on them that will point us somewhere.

Thanks!

[Cockneyrebel]

I can believe that is him at 1921, but no so sure about the 1939 Register although maybe he'd forgotten his dob or it was recorded by someone else. There is a probate record for an Arthur Curwood who died 16 Nov 1936 and who lived at 11 Bradgate Road, Catford, probate was given to Maud Thomas married woman.
The Royal Navy record is on Ancestry in the UK, Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services, 1848-1939.
I will PM you with it.
Cr

[CamCurwood]

Hey.
Maud Thomas was the daughter of an Arthur Curwood and Harriet Hillman. She ended up in Australia.
That Arthur was born in Honiton, Devon in 1861, the son of Thomas Curwood and Mary Ann Melhuish.

[Cockneyrebel]

Hi Cam,
I guessed it was probably wrong about the Catford death but difficult to know for me, just grasping at straws!
Cr

[jonw65]

Navy record can be downloaded for free on TNA website if you register/sign in
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D6787439

Has CR now got Arthur's "official" date of birth from the BC?

[Cockneyrebel]

Yes jonw65 I had that record originally.
Cr