Hi
I’m looking for Bartholomew’s mother.
What I know so far …
He was born 11 Jan 1892 in Minster Kent. Confirmed on GRO as Sheppey MMN Jessup.
He served in the Royal Navy from a young age. I’ve found several of his service records on ancestry.
Married to Florence Gertrude Allen in 1937 Medway reg district. Found them both on 1939 reg. in Chatham.
What I’m puzzled about it Bartholomew's mother.
MMN is Jessup. On GRO I found a brother Cecil with same MMN born 1886 Sheppey.
So … I checked out Cecil on the censuses.
1891
He is living in Minster, Kent, with father Bartholomew O’Flaherty b1843 Galway, Ireland who is a labourer in HM dockyard. Mother Ada born c1858 Plymouth, Devon. Sister Ella 1894 and brother Walter 1899.
1901
Cecil is at the District Royal Hospital School in Greenwich. Surname transcribed as Feahaity.
Meanwhile in 1901, Bartholomew is living with Ada O’Flaherty b1862 Plymouth, and Dominic O’Flaherty aged 21 months.
(I’m having trouble with the O’Flaherty bit on GRO. I don’t know if it’s my iPad playing up but it doesn’t like the apostrophe.)
I can’t find a marriage for an Ada Jessup to a Bartholomew O’Flaherty. I can find one for an Ada Catherine Evans in 1881 at St Martin in the Fields. Bartholomew was a widower and a seaman.
In 1939, Ada is a widow and is living with Dominic and his wife in Tickenham. Dob 30 Nov 1861. Says she’s incapacitated.
So I started looking for an Ada Jessup. Found one living in worth in 1871, born 1861 Plymouth, with parents George and Jessie.
Can anyone help untangle this, so that I can get back beyond Bartholomew?
Many thanks 😊
