ROUS sisters - BRIGHTON

[Rous Hunter]

Hi, I am new to the forum, so forgive any errors.
My mother was Margaret Olive Rous and lived in Brighton in the 1940's. She and her sisters, Jean, Nora, and Enid were locally well known for their dancing routines, at first in local pubs and then later danced for the troops. My father, Harold (Mike) Schaub was billeted in Brighton prior to D-Day and met my mother there. He was on leave to Canada following VE day, waiting to be sent to Japan when the war ended. He sent for my mother and they were married in Kitchener, Ontario in 1947. Her mother was Doreatha O'Conner, who is now buried in the Brighton cemetery. I am looking for any trace of them when in Brighton or any Canadian veterans who remember Mike Schaub.
Thanks
John 

[CaroleW]

Welcome to Rootschat

This is your mothers birth registration

Births September qtr 1922   
Margaret O Rous mmn  O'Connor Steyning    2b   419

Parents marriage

Marriages December qtr 1916   
Dorothea C O'Connor Brighton    2b   493      
William J Rous

Your grandmothers birth

Births September qtr 1887 
Dorothea Conchessa   O'Connor     Brighton    2b   203 A tree on Ancestry shows her parents as Thomas P O'Connor and Elizabeth A Smith. 

Dorothea died in 1956 in Sussex

Your mother was the youngest of the 4 children as her 3 sisters were born 1918/1919 and 1921

The only trace of the family you will find around that time online will be on the 1939 register which you will have to look up yourself as Rootschat does not allow info to be posted.  I can tell you that only Dorothea is shown as the girls were under 21 at that time

There may possibly be local newspaper items about the sisters dancing routines depending on how well known they were

[CaroleW]

Your grandfathers death

Deaths March qtr 1931 
William J Rous aged 56    Brighton    2b   465

So this is probably his birth

Births June qtr 1874   
William John Rous      Brighton    2b   241

[Rous Hunter]

Carole
Thank you so much for this information. Is there any confirmation of where Dorothea and William were born. I believe my grandmother Dorothea was from Irish descent, but not sure where in Ireland? My aunt Enid told me that her father, William used to be in the motorcycle business and the frequently went to the races on the Isle of Man.

I also believe my grandmother raised her three daughters on Dyke Road in Brighton. While in Brighton in the 90's I visited Enid at her residence at 29 Buckingham Place and she advised that my father Mike Schaub had been billeted around the corner on Bath Street. She also advised that the family "local" was a pub directly across the road from their Dyke Road residence. I looked it up and it is now called the "Good Companion Pub".

Thank you again for your information.
Best regards
John

[CaroleW]

Hi

The birth registrations shown above for both William & Dorothea show they were both born in Sussex.  Just give me a few minutes and I will look them up on the censuses to get details of their respective parents birthplaces

[*Sandra*]

This is probably Harold Michael Schaub 1922 - 1965 and Margaret 1922 - 1986 both buried - Riverside Cemetery (Section: West), Waterloo County, Ontario.

http://geneofun.on.ca/names/photo/856621

Have you applied for his WW2 service record ? This might be more specific on where he was in the UK

Second World War service files - Military service files contain documents relating to:

enlistment
military units with which they served (Canadian Army)
names of ships on which they served (Royal Canadian Navy)
squadrons with which they served (Royal Canadian Air Force)
medical records and dental charts
evaluation reports - medal entitlements - discharge or death

For individuals deceased more than 20 years: Personal information will be released on an individual deceased for more than 20 years if proof of death is provided.

https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/Generics/atip/Documents/15-249l_EN_Request_for_Military_Service_Files.pdf

Sandra

[CaroleW]

1891 census for Sussex - all children born Brighton

Thomas P O'Connor    53 shoemaker born Ireland
Elizabeth 46 b Shennington Oxfordshire
Monica 13
Theresa  12
Norah 11
Winifred  9
Dorothea  3
Gertrude  2
RG12 Piece 803 Folio 52 Page 13

[CaroleW]

1881 for William - census entry has William & Walter mixed up but this is how it should read

All b Brighton except father William

William J. Rous    38 hotel waiter b Paddington Middlesex
Jane 36
William J  7
Walter G 5
Lillian A 
RG11 Piece 1088 Folio 114 Page 13

1891 entry - all b Brighton

William J Rous    48 Inn waiter at carvery b Marylebone
Jane  47
William   16 clerk to tax collector
Walter G   14 clerk to auction agent
Lilian A  10
Arthur  6
Louisa Earle 39 widow - boarder
Albert Earle    2mths
RG12 Piece 811 Folio 63 Page 14

[CaroleW]

Children's births show mmn as Taylor

Marriages December qtr 1867   
ROUS    William John     Brighton    2b   412    
TAYLOR    Jane