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I am trying to help my friend born George HUDD 1952 (Lambeth) who took his mothers name Fitzgerald.

His father George Hudd was named on his birth certificate living at 55 Key House, Bowling Green Street, London, SE11 however my friend George never had any contact with his father and was told by his late mother Mary Fitzgerald (known as Polly) that his father wanted no contact with him because he was possibly married, however over the years George was told that he had a half-sister by George senior and his wife or from another!

I feel like I'm looking for a needle in a haystack and so would be very grateful for any leads or ideas where I should begin to start!

Thanks, Lisa

I notice that your friend is actually George T.
Did George Senior have a middle initial ?

Any idea if the sister was older or younger than George Jnr ?

George senior is on the electoral rolls for 1956/7/8 at the address you give on ancestry

It looks from the marriage index that George snr. probably married in 1948 but I can't see any children to the marriage so if your friend does indeed have a half-sister then the child was born to another lady and would be almost impossible to find without having her mother's name.

Kath. x

Hi Mike

George Senior did NOT have a middle name on George Jnr birth certificate and understand the sister was older than George Jnr.

Hi Tempest

Do you know what other names where on the electrol roll for 1956/7/8 ? Is there a Ann F Hudd? and any others?

had another look for you, here are the names of the electoral roll for a few years that seem to link

51 Key House
1937 Ann Caroline Hudd, Ann Frances Hudd, George Hudd, Thomas George Hudd
1938 Ann Caroline Hudd, Ann Frances Hudd, George Hudd, Thomas George Hudd
1939 Ann Frances Hudd, George Hudd, Thomas George Hudd

55 Key House
1952/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 6/ 7/ 8/ 9/ 60 Ann C Coleman, Ann F Hudd, George Hudd
1961 Ann C Coleman, George Hudd


wonder if Ann Caroline Hudd was his sister who married and became Ann C Coleman??? there is a 1938 marriage in Lambeth to a Peter C Coleman that may be worth looking at

and if Ann Frances was his mother???

looking for possibility that George's parents were Thomas George and Ann Frances

BMD transcript details Civil registration event: Marriage

Name: HUDD, Thomas George
Registration district: Wandsworth
County: London
Year of registration: 1906
Quarter of registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Volume no: 1D
Page no: 1023

MarriageFinder™: Thomas George Hudd married married one of the following people

MACHIN, Ann Frances
STEVENS, Florence Kate
THORNTON, Frederick


marriage cert is on ancestry

London, England, Marriages and Banns,
Name: Thomas Hudd (it's signed and noted in the margin that name is Thomas George Hudd)
Age: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886
Spouse Name: Ann Frances Machin
Spouse Age: 22
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 5 Aug 1906
Parish: Battersea St Peter
Borough: Wandsworth
Father Name: Thomas Jenyns Hudd
Spouse Father Name: Richard William Machin
Register Type: Parish Register






Household transcription 1911 census

Address:17 Gurney ST

HUDD, Thomas George Head Married M 25 1886 Blacksmith Striker Lambeth Surry
HUDD, Ann Wife Married F 27 1884 Lambeth Surry
HUDD, Thomas Jenyns Son M 3 1908 Battersea Surry

married 4 years 2 children born to marriage, 1 living, 1 had died

other possible children to the marriage

BMD transcript details Civil registration event: Birth

Name: HUDD, Ann C
Registration district: Southwark
County: London
Year of registration: 1912
Quarter of registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Mother's maiden name: Machin
Volume no: 1D
Page no: 168


Name: HUDD, George
Registration district: Southwark
County: London
Year of registration: 1914
Quarter of registration: Apr-May-Jun
Mother's maiden name: Machin
Volume no: 1D
Page no: 156


Name: HUDD, Henry A
Registration district: Southwark
County: London
Year of registration: 1923
Quarter of registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Mother's maiden name: Machin
Volume no: 1D
Page no: 118

possible death of your friends father, might be worth ordering the cert to see who the informant was


England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2006

Name: George Hudd
Birth Date: 11 Apr 1914
Date of Registration: May 1992
Age at Death: 78
Registration district: Lambeth
Inferred County: London
Volume:14
Page: 386

may be death of sister of your friends father, (possible death of her husband first quarter of 1939)

Name: COLEMAN, Ann Caroline
Registration district: Lambeth
County: London
Year of registration: 1990
Month of registration: May
Date of Birth:31 January 1912
Volume no: 14
Page no: 237
Reg no: 590

looks like poss young deaths of the two other children

Name: HUDD, Thomas J
Registration district: Southwark
County: London
Year of registration: 1918
Quarter of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Age at death:11
Volume no: 1D
Page no: 129


Name: HUDD, Henry A
Registration district: Lambeth
County: London
Year of registration: 1937
Quarter of registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Age at death:14
Volume no: 1D
Page no: 138

I don't know if either of these could be a marriage for your friends father



MarriageFinder™: George Hudd married Mary V King

Name: HUDD, George
Registration district: Southwark
County: London
Year of registration: 1940
Quarter of registration: Apr-May-Jun
Spouse's last name King
Volume no: 1D
Page no: 248

>>possible daughter born Southwark in 1947

or


MarriageFinder™: George Hudd married Winifred M O'brien

Name: HUDD, George
Registration district: Lambeth
County: London
Year of registration: 1948
Quarter of registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Spouse's last name Strath Or O'brien
Volume no: 5C
Page no: 2978

>>possible son born Lambeth in 1946


Winifred's first marriage

MarriageFinder™: William H Strath married Winifred M O'brien

Registration district: Bermondsey
County: London
Year of registration: 1939
Quarter of registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Spouse's last name O'brien
Volume no: 1D
Page no: 127

looking for Mary V Hudd on electoral roll

living in Larcom Street Southwark SE17 without George Hudd in 1945 and Larcom Street Southwark with George Hudd in 1946/ 7/ 8

then Borrett Road Southwark with a George Hudd on 1950 and 51 after that (1953 - 1960) George is not with her at Borrett Road Southwark


will pm you the birth details of your friends possible sibling (s) mentioned earlier

Further help needed...Please

I have received the Death Certificate for George Hudd hoping that I would find an Informant however its blank! Sadly George was found dead at home and the cause of death is "unascertainable" and after an inquest they concluded an open verdict.

Any ideas where I go from here?

Lisa

I should have mentioned that his home address was 25 Lohmann House, Kennington, Oval, SE11

I would imagine he lived alone when he died, however can I check to see if years before anyone else lived there with him?

I should have mentioned that his home address was 25 Lohmann House, Kennington, Oval, SE11

I would imagine he lived alone when he died, however can I check to see if years before anyone else lived there with him?

That's rotten luck re : no informant.

Mike, Do you have any ideas how I should move forward with this?