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Hi Margaret,
It's kind of you to take the trouble to reply. I only started a new thread because I thought it opened a new chapter in my search. I'm rather naive as yet about the use of the 'community search' facility so thankyou for advising me. I don't want to put anyone to any trouble unnecessarily. Do you think I should add this to my existing thread and delete this one, if that is possible? I welcome your comments and value your experience. Please can you tell me if the "Mrs Poole" mentioned was simply 'Mrs Poole' or did they state a first name? You say it said she was the "nearest friend or relative" also from England? Is that correct? It is just that the family 'records' (little that they are) said that Lily's mum (Esther Poole) went out on her own to be with her daughter; hence the assumption.
Please let me know what you think I should do re: the thread.
Thankyou, again, for taking the trouble to point out any errors and for your help.
Kind Regards,
Julia
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I wish you had just added to your previous thread, Julia. You're mis-stating things, Lily didn't set sail with her mother in 1920, she listed her mother's name as "nearest relative or friend in country whence alien came". She listed Mrs. Poole as friend even though you're sure she was her mother. Only Lily and daughter Helen set sail.
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LILY CROMPTON (nee Poole) emigrated to America in 1920 with her daughter, Ellen Crompton (known as "Nellie").
Due to the efforts of a number of very kind 'Genes' members, the following information will, I hope, help me to locate my great-aunt Lily's descendants.
Lily was born Lily Poole in 1890 to Esther Poole (nee Owen) and Thomas Poole (born salford). Her siblings included: Ellen Poole (my grandma), Reuben, Ernest, Thomas and Esther.
She married Thomas Crompton in Bolton in 1910 and they had a daughter, Ellen, born around the same year.
In 1920 she "upped and left" for America, taking Ellen with her. 10th April 1920, bound for Ellis Island, they set sail with a Mrs Poole (who was, in fact, Lily's mum, Esther Poole). Destination: Pawtuckett, Rhode Island.
FIRST MYSTERY: They are reported as going to stay at 5, Carpenter Street with a Mrs Hutton who is classed as a "sister" but she is a mystery. She cannot have been Lily's sister since I know they all remained in England. She can't have been the mum's sister as I know they never left England! Who was this mysterious Mrs Hutton?
Lily Crompton subsequently married James Day but was she ever divorced from her first husband? I know that she left him but am not sure when he died (leaving her free to remarry) or if they divorced.
Lily (now LILY DAY) died in 1978, by which time it would appear that the families had lost touch as her death was never mentioned. So sad, since my grandma (Ellen) had been very close to her sister, Lily, and Lily had sent clothes over regularly for her niece, my mum. I would love nothing better than to reunite the families. My sister (who is 13 years older than me) remembers two of Lily Day's grandchildren coming over to visit. Their names were Bruce and George (nicknamed "Georgie") but cannot recall their surname. So, unless Lily had more children, they must have been her daughter, Ellen (Crompton)s boys. Who did Ellen marry?
I hope this message reaches the far lands of America and that some kind soul will help me in my quest. I just wish I'd asked my mum to write everything she knew down before she died, back in 1997!
Kindest Regards,
Julia
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