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trying to find parents of katherine beataice dewar

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JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 27 Nov 2010 20:49

I still just don't know what this is about, and why these addresses matter.

I also don't know whether you've understood what has been put in this thread or what was sent to you privately.

I believe I sent you contact information for the person who seems to be a granddaughter of Katherine May.

But we have suggested that you get this marriage certificate

Name: Katherine M Dewar
Spouse Surname: Whitehouse
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1939
Registration district: Lambeth
Registration county (inferred): Surrey
Volume Number: 1d
Page Number: 586
Find Spouse: Alfred J Whitehouse

to check that it is the same Katherine, first.

I just can't tell from anything you're saying whether you are going to do that.


The address on Katherine Beatrice's birth certificate, for Katherine May, was 24 Auchland.


... Oh, okay, I see -- you have been in touch with the son of the daughter of the Whitehouse/Dewar marriage.

He has given you an address of 3 Earnest Place (Ernest Place?).

But what is that address? The address when she married? When she was born? What difference does that make? The address you have, Auchland, is where she was living when Katherine Beatrice was born. That is not likely the same as the address where Katherine May was born, or was living when she married even.

Has he told you enough about his Katherine that you can tell whether it's your Katherine? What really matters is the birthday. I can't see how they could be different people, myself.

This is best left between you and him, really, I think, as it's a little personal for the boards.

Lesley

Lesley Report 26 Nov 2010 23:10

i have the birth certified for katherine beatice the adopted daughter of kastherine may dewar the address on there was the 24 auchland and the and the son of helen was the the one he said it was 3 earnest place.

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 24 Nov 2010 15:08

Lesley, can you tell us what you're talking about?

Where is the information you're giving? Certificates? What certificates?

Lesley

Lesley Report 24 Nov 2010 15:06

i am a bit confused as the address i have katherine may dewar was 24, auchland hill west norwood so i dont know if she was born ther e or moved there in 1934, as katherine mays nephew has put the address as 3 earnest place west norwood so dont know which is wright.

Lesley

Lesley Report 15 Nov 2010 22:07

thankyou to every body that has helped

Lesley

Lesley Report 15 Nov 2010 21:47

if you send the info please , sorry this is the first time i have used this , thankyou for all your help the phone number was for the relitives if they want to get in touch.

Lesley

Lesley Report 15 Nov 2010 21:44

yes thats write thankyou.

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 15 Nov 2010 15:10

Lesley, I got your PM -- sorry, I'm in Canada, I won't be telephoning! ;)

And I'm sorry to say I still didn't see a trace of a please or thank you.

If any of us had found a death for Katherine 1915 or her husband up to 2005 (the last date available), we would have said so.

Ditto for siblings or children of Katherine 1915 -- if we had found any others, we would have said.

Did you actually read any of the information I sent you and that is posted in this thread?? All you've said in your PM is to ask for more info that if we had found, we would have told you.

I did ask Ginny for a lookup for contact details for the person who seems to be Katherine's daughter's child. She has found contact info for someone who is pretty certainly the right person -- the grandchild of Katherine 1915.

If you're interested, I will pass that information on privately.

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 15 Nov 2010 02:08

Asking Ginny for an electoral roll lookup for the daughter of the Dewar-Whitehouse marriage.

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 15 Nov 2010 01:55

Marriages Dec 1912
Clark Jane E Dewar Uxbridge 3a 102
Dewar Charles D Clark Uxbridge 3a 102

Likely brother of Katherine Sr:

Births Jun 1917
DEWAR Charles W Clark Cuckfield 2b 184

Name: Charles W Dewar
Spouse: Ethel M Martin
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1939
Registration district: Lambeth
Registration county (inferred): Surrey
Volume Number: 1d
Page Number: 817

There are two births to that marriage.

Name: Charles William Dewar
Birth Date: 20 Mar 1917
Death Registration Month/Year: Mar 1992
Age at death (estimated): 75
Registration district: Sutton
Inferred County: Surrey
Volume: 15
Page: 412

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 15 Nov 2010 01:38

I will also PM Lesley the birth of the tree owner I'm referring to.


Yes, jax, that's what I said - the child matches the birth I PMed to Lesley.

Only problem is that the passenger records say "Albert" and the 1939 marriage is to Alfred ... but there's no other marriage to match those passengers.


Ah. The tree owner in question also has Katherine Dewar 1915 West Norwood in their tree. That does seem to clinch the connections, since the same tree owner has the child of the Dewar-Whitehouse marriage in their tree. So that person appears to be the grandchild of Katherine Sr., child of Katherine Jr's half-sibling.


I would prefer to delete some of this rather personal information, so Lesley, if you will confirm here that you have read and copied it, I will do that.

jax

jax Report 15 Nov 2010 01:32

7 year old child travelled with them which looks about right

jax

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 15 Nov 2010 01:16

http://www.findmypast.co.uk/passengerListPersonSearchStart.action

WHITEHOUSE Katherine M 1915 F 1948 London Australia Melbourne
WHITEHOUSE Katherine M 1915 1948 Tilbury Australia Sydney

travelling with

WHITEHOUSE Albert J 1910 M 1948 London Australia Melbourne
WHITEHOUSE Albert J 1910 1948 Tilbury Australia Sydney

and the daughter whose birth I found (I'm not putting it here because the passenger record is as much about a living person as the birth record is), on both trips. Two trips in the same year seems odd perhaps. Possibly they travelled first to investigate, then emigrated?

So the marriage I suggested for the daughter is most likely for someone of the same name born in 1926, perhaps. Although ... the birth details in the tree at GR match the Whitehouse-Dewar child, and the tree owner seems to be a child of that child's marriage ...

The only way to find out would be to obtain the birth and marriage certificates for the 1939 marriage above and the birth and marriage I sent you by PM, to see whether the 1939 marriage is your Katherine M and whether she is the mother on the 1940 birth certificate, and whether the father on the 1961 marriage certificate matches the father on the 1940 birth certificate.

I would do that before contacting any apparent relation via tree matches here at GR, for sure.

This is where to order certificates:

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 15 Nov 2010 01:01

Actually, there is one Whitehouse-Dewar birth after that 1939 marriage. Mike, if you're searching at FreeBMD, it isn't complete. The birth shows at Ancestry. I'll PM it to Lesley. And it would be nice to see Lesley asking for help with something like "please" (the people who have replied aren't people with info, they're unrelated other GR members who have offered help), and replying to it with something like "thank you".

The GR member who has that name in their tree has a surname that matches the marriage I found for the name.

Mike *

Mike * Report 15 Nov 2010 00:37

Katherine B may well have been born Dec 1933 but she wasn't registered until the March quarter of 1934.
Shirley has given you the details.

This certificate will show no father.

Katrine May was more likely Katherine May who married Alfred Whitehouse.

There are no births with Whitehouse/Dewar combination

Lesley

Lesley Report 14 Nov 2010 21:45

i am glad you have found that she got married , but did they move when they got married. dont know who katherines father is. we want to know if her mother is still alive, or not ,is ther any other sibblings. her mum will be about 94 now.

Lesley

Lesley Report 14 Nov 2010 21:43

the minshulls were katherines adoptived parents , she wants to find her mother klatherine may dewar lived at 24 auchland hill west norwood london , she wants to know if she got married or if ther is any other sibblings , we dont know who her father is , and she wants to know if her mother is still alive or dead.

Lesley

Lesley Report 14 Nov 2010 21:37

the minshulls were katherines adoptive parents we need to find katherines mother born 1915 , kath was born 13th dec 1933. also she wants to see if her mother got married, and is ther any more sibblings or if she is still alive.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 12 Nov 2010 23:00

Name: Katherine M Dewar
Spouse Surname: Whitehouse
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1939
Registration district: Lambeth
Registration county (inferred): Surrey
Volume Number: 1d
Page Number: 586
Find Spouse: Alfred J Whitehouse

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 12 Nov 2010 22:59

presume you must have Katherine Beatrice's birth cert to know her mums name
Name: Katherine B Dewar
Mother's Maiden Surname: Dewar
Date of Registration: Jan Feb Mar 1934
Registration district: Lambeth
Registration county: Greater London
Volume Number: 1d
Page Number: 430

Name: Katherine M Dewar
Year of Registration: 1915
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
Mother's Maiden Name: Clark
District: Lambeth
County: Greater London, London, Surrey
Volume: 1d
Page: 818