Researching a beautiful london Actress... and failing

[Mabel Bagshawe]

There's a few Ellis Island records for Julia (sometimes with her husband) travelling from France to the US. By 1923 she's lost a few years - says she's aged 19 - and that age sticks through into later records

Added: Later records have her b c1892, and looking at the image of 1923 she's listed as age 30, so it's a dodgy transcrption that made her 19, but 30 is still younger than the age of Julia James on the censuses

[MonicaL]

Just for interest. Four Portraits of Julia James from 1916-17:

www.delaszlocatalogueraisonne.com/catalogue/the-catalogue/james-julia-mrs-maurice-dollfus-verso-112271/search/composition:portrait-study-portrait

www.delaszlocatalogueraisonne.com/catalogue/the-catalogue/james-julia-mrs-maurice-dollfus-5817/search/keywords:julia--sorting:relevance

www.delaszlocatalogueraisonne.com/catalogue/the-catalogue/james-julia-mrs-maurice-dollfus-2952/search/keywords:julia--sorting:relevance

www.delaszlocatalogueraisonne.com/catalogue/the-catalogue/james-julia-mrs-maurice-dollfus-5821/search/keywords:julia--sorting:relevance

Monica

[MonicaL]

Some background on Maurice Dullfus here:

www.wikidata.fr-fr.nina.az/Maurice_Dollfus.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Dollfus

Monica

[Mabel Bagshawe]

I was trying to find Julia or family members on 1921, and FindMyPast (to which I don;t subscribe) suggested an article from the Tatler. I've searched their archives on BNA, and the free search throws up a number of article snippets which suggest Julia was American born.

That doesn't fit the censuses found

Nor indeed does it really fit the Ellis Island records where she's described as British born and a French citizen (due to her marriage - indeed the earliest record has British crossed out and French written in for her citizenship)

She also is described as having Titian hair

She was performing in franch language plays in London and appeared on the Paris stage too

[CaroleW]

https://www.caronia2.info/plf490519.php

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[bugbear]

I can't find obvious births for Elizabeth, Julia and Maurice - at least not with the surname James

yes - Maurice is quite a rare forename, but I can't find a birth record

[Mabel Bagshawe]

I can't find obvious births for Elizabeth, Julia and Maurice - at least not with the surname James

yes - Maurice is quite a rare forename, but I can't find a birth record

Which suggests that perhaps James isn't the birth surname, or indeed as per the news items about Julia they all weren't born in the UK

[MonicaL]

Annie James, mother, gives her birth place in 1921 as 'Grove Road, Victoria Pk, London'. Also showing as aged 55 years and 9 months at the time of the census on 19 June 1921.

Monica

[jorose]

When Annie died, Julia is mentioned on her probate record.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W764-B4W2
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39011/page/4513/data.pdf
Her address was 36 Sillwood-Road Brighton
(the other name is a solicitor)

It would probably be worth getting a copy of the will. Perhaps the other children are listed.