Ivor Sarah COOPER marriage - abt WW1. & her son Gordon Randall DAVIES death

[mckha489]

I am trying to tidy up the descendants of one of my 2x Great Grandfathers. Nice but not essential. Anyway -

Ivor Sarah COOPER was born 7th July 1892 and  baptised 19th October 1892, Wicker, Yorks. Daughter of Frederick COOPER (1855-1896) and Rebecca JUBB (1859-1945)
in the 1921 census she is said to be a widow Ivor Sarah DAVIES and has a son, 3 years old, Gordon Randall DAVIES, born Sheffield, 1918, and his father is dead.

in 1939 she is living as Ivor S. DAVIES  with her mother Rebecca COOPER and also a man George W[alter] BARRS in Nottingham. She and George both say they are married.
They marry each other in Nottingham in 1956.  and are in the same grave at Carlton Cemetery, Nottingham.

Meanwhile Gordon Randall DAVIES is a sergeant in the RAF and on 8 November 1942 he was baptised as a Catholic at Sacred Heart Cathedral, New Delhi, and confirmed there the following year on 18th April 1943. On that record he says he was born 19th May 1918, and his father’s name was John DAVIES

1. Can anyone see a marriage for Ivor Sarah COOPER to John DAVIES? (or any DAVIES?)
2. What happened to Gordon Randall DAVIES after his conversion to Catholicism  and his confirmation?

[tonepad]

Gordon Randall Davies appears in the London Gazette on 16 July 1943 for an event on the 18 May 1943:

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36100/supplement/3283


Tony

[jonw65]

Hi there
A possible marriage 
Sep 1940 Nottingham 7b 1001
Gordon R Davies
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Veronica Thornhill

Free index to 1939 Register in Nottingham C.B.
Veronica (Vera) Davies (Thornhill), born 1921
Address 48 Rothesay Avenue, Nottingham
I think she is still closed on ancestry!

UK Outward Passengers
"Scythia", departed London 5 January 1951, for Halifax, Nova Scotia
Gordon Davies, age 32, Salesman
Address 48 Rathsay (sic) Avenue, Derby Road, Nottingham
Country of intended future permanent residence Canada
He is "Gordor Davies" on ancestry

I haven't checked up further on Veronica

[rosie17]

Uk outgoing passenger list
Veronica Davies age 29

Female Davies
Address 48,Rothesay Ave Nottingham
Departure 10 May 1951
Arrival port Montreal Canada

Incoming Passenger lists
Veronica Davies age 31
Female Davies
Departure Montreal Canada
Arrival Liverpool 4 May 1953
Going to the same address posted above
Not seeing any more returns

Rosie

[mckha489]

Thank you both that looks a possible.
I found a daughter born 1947 to that couple


(Side note,  FindMyPast have changed the newspapers again and it takes about 50 seconds for them to load when using iPad).

[softly softly]

Thank you both that looks a possible.
I found a daughter born 1947 to that couple


(Side note,  FindMyPast have changed the newspapers again and it takes about 50 seconds for them to load when using iPad).

There are 4 Davies/Thornhill births in Nottingham between 1941-7, 2 male, 2 female that fit within the timescales posted.

SS

[mckha489]

Only the one daughter in 1947 reported in paper so far (but I am fed up with looking at the papers see above). But also only the 1947 one on a passenger list with Veronica in 1952. (To New York in transit to Canada).


Marriage Southwell 1938. Royal Davies & Violet Thornhill