Father of Sidney MURREY (MURRAY) born 1895 in London

[avm228]

I haven't found any baptisms.  She may not have had them baptised.

[joger]

Thank you for your help, very much appreciated.

[joger]

I think AVM228 may have cracked this one. So "Henry Murrey" is probably an invented name.

Well, could be, now the descendants say there is a story going in the family : the real name of Sidney's father was Sigmund DANIELS, who"bought" the name Henry MURREY ( MURRAY). He worked in the diamond business and was often in Singapore where he might have died.
Could there be a deed poll enrolled?

[joger]

Eva Murray's birth certificate says :born 12 May 1891 106 Stanhope Street , mother Harriet Murray formely Hyde , father Sigmun MURRAY , mercantile traveller jeweller , informant ? Sampson .
What does reeally mean "mercantile traveller jeweller" ?
Waiting for Augusta Gertrude's and Herbert's birth certificates .

[avm228]

Mercantile traveller will mean much the same as commercial traveller.  He would have been buying and/or selling jewellery/gems/precious metals on his travels.  What this doesn’t tell you is whether he was a big player in the market (travelling to e.g. centres of diamond production and buying wholesale to bring stock into the UK market) or a small-scale merchant.

[joger]

Yes , I agree. Finding his death in Singapore ( his descendants think he may have died in Singapore) could help.
Still no Sigmun DANIELS, the father is said to be S. Murray.

[avm228]

You’ll have seen that Eva’s birthplace, 106 Stanhope St, is the same address where Harriet Murray was found in the 1891 census with 10mo baby Gertrude (see reply #12).  The babies seem to have been only about 11 months apart in age.

[joger]

Yes I noticed.

[avm228]

I recall that there are good archived newspapers covering Singapore available free online.  Look for the Straits Times and the Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser.

http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/

If I were you I would also be pressing relatives for every snippet of information they have about Sigmun(d) and his Singaporean connections, what evidence they have of his death there, etc