Harry James Vernon

[Clairekellet]

Gaaah! I am going the pianoforte route.......there was a William Vernon pianoforte maker at 15 Plumbers Row ,City Rd London.Also a Charles Venables in Essex Rd Islington ( there was a Venables Vernon line).
George Edwin was said to be a confectioner whereas Harry James is a piano fitter upper- in keeping with what my Grandfather talked of.Father was elderly and had a large circle of musical friends that would come to their home.

[Clairekellet]

Also searching for Vernons in Islington hoping to find a sibling/parent for Harry James.Doesn't help that often Verson seems to have been miss spelled Bermon 

[heywood]

There is this death

March quarter 1932 Islington vol 1b pg 461
Sarah A Vernon 77 yrs (birth abt 1855)

The age is out though.

[avm228]

Gaaah! I am going the pianoforte route.......there was a William Vernon pianoforte maker at 15 Plumbers Row ,City Rd London.Also a Charles Venables in Essex Rd Islington ( there was a Venables Vernon line).
George Edwin was said to be a confectioner whereas Harry James is a piano fitter upper- in keeping with what my Grandfather talked of.Father was elderly and had a large circle of musical friends that would come to their home.

George Edwin Bolton was a confectioner on marriage in 1887, but not for long.  He was an engineer on the 1892 and 1893 baptisms of his children found on the old thread.  It’s still a leap to piano-related work but as technical work it’s not inconceivable that he moved into that sort of job.

[heywood]

There is this death

March quarter 1932 Islington vol 1b pg 461
Sarah A Vernon 77 yrs (birth abt 1855)

The age is out though.

I think she could be Sarah Ann Vernon buried 11th March 1932

https://www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch

[Clairekellet]

Yes don't think that could be her.
Have managed to track down the great-great grandson of Amy Elizabeth-Sarah Amy Cook & George Edwin's daughter born in 1888.He has a birth certificate showing Amy Elizabeth as his great grandfather's mother.Hoping feverently that he may know some more.Surely there will be some family gossip passed down through the years?!!

[philipsearching]

Ignore me I've lost the plot............I need food.

restore a plot is an anagram of reel pot roast 
(this is why my family history takes so long to find - my mind wanders off in weird directions).

But seriously - don't discount the idea of a name change.  After many years of me headbutting a brick wall Rootschatters proved that my g-grandfather had changed his name (after deserting from the Navy - shock! horror!)

[Clairekellet]

I know...it would kind of make sense but I have DNA matches to Vernons so this makes me question a name change.Odd that my Grandfather doesn't appear on anyone elses trees but Mother and sisters do.I would have thought this would indicate another Father and some sort of scandal.

[carol8353]

As we know he's around in London till 1929,then vanishes, I wonder if he did something 'naughty' and changed his name to escape the publicity?