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Tracing Leonard Stanley Cruse born Brisbane married Clara two children Nowell and Lorraine.
Was in WW2 as a gunner, lived Southport, Gold Coast.

Thanks in advance :-)

It might help if you add Australia to your thread title so those with access to those records may pick up your enquiry

Actually ancestry does have some records on him .if it's the same man


Name: Leonard Stanley Cruse
Birth Date: 8 Aug 1920
Birth Place: Bne Queensland
Year Range: 1940 - 1947
Enlistment Place: Annerley Queensland
Service Number: Q102068
Next of Kin: Edward Cruse
Series Description: B884: Army Citizen Military Forces

Electoral rolls


Name: Leonard Stanley Cruse
Gender: Male
Electoral Year: 1943
Subdistrict: Bulimba
State: Queensland
District: Griffith
Country: Australia
Occ farm labourer

Now Clara Annie is also at French street with an Edward Nowell Cruse

Name: Clara Annie Cruse
Gender: Female
Electoral Year: 1949
Subdistrict: Bulimba
State: Queensland
District: Bowman
Country: Australia
Occ home dutiesn
Could Edward be her FIL

Name: Leonard Stanley Cruse
Gender: Male
Electoral Year: 1949
Subdistrict: Bulimba
State: Queensland
District: Bowman
Country: Australia
Address French street occ farm labourer

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Name: Leonard Stanley Cruse
Gender: Male
Electoral Year: 1954
Subdistrict: Southport
State: Queensland
District: McPherson
Country: Australia
With Clara Annie
Address 6 Stanton House ,Esplanade. Occ labourer


Name: Leonard Stanley Cruse
Gender: Male
Electoral Year: 1972
Subdistrict: Labrador
State: Queensland
District: McPherson
Country: Australia
Address 21 Allden Ave occ pmg linesman

With Clara Annie

Clara on her own at the same address ie 21 Allden Ave

Clara Annie Cruse
Gender: Female
Electoral Year: 1980
Subdistrict: Labrador
State: Queensland
District: Labrador
Country: Australia

Doesn't say why on the gazette
Leonard Stanley Cruse
in the Queensland, Australia, Police Gazette Index, 1881-1945
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Name: Leonard Stanley Cruse

A tree on ancestry has this
Leonard Stanley Cruse

Birth: 18 Aug 1920
Death: 15 Jun 1974 - Brisbane
Marriage: Dalby, Qld (Queensland

Parents names unknown

Several other trees have him born in the USA
Leonard Stanley Cruse

Birth: 8 Aug 1920 - USA
Death: 15 Jun 1974

Parents Harvey George Washington Cruse and Grace Bell Carter

So wonder where the Edward Nowell Cruse fits in . Must be significant as one child of theirs is called Nowell, unless he was reg as Edward Nowell and is their son

Looks a possible but what's the connection

Birth: 11 Nov 1880 - Surrey, England
Death: 26 July 1966 (26 Jul 1966) - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Marriage: 1905 - Battersea, Surrey, England
Spouse: Lillian Lee

Parents George Frederick Cruse and Sarah Ann Stevenson

A son born
Edward George Nowell Cruse

Birth: 25 May 1909 - London, England
Death: 14 Feb 1975
Marriage: 16 Nov 1935 - Queensland
Parents Edward Nowell Cruse and Lillian lee

what does 'tracing' mean? -- looking for his later life, or his ancestors?

The USA connection looks like nonsense. The Harvey and Grace Cruse couple are together in 1920 and in 1940 she is with her mother in Kansas:

Grace B Cruse Daughter F 40 Oklahoma
Toy N Mccarter Son M 33 Kansas (Tom - son of Grace's mother)
Mary M Mccarter Daughter-in-law F 26 Kansas
Deloris A Mccarter Granddaughter F 1 Kansas

aha, here they are in 1930:

Sarah M Mc Carter 59
Leroy R Mc Carter 37
Tom F Mc Carter 23
Grace R Cruise 30
> Lenord M Cruise 10

middle initial does say 'M'

someone at Ancestry has corrected the surname to Cruse; you could try contacting them for info

This just looks like the kind of foolish nonsense found at Ancesty all the time -- people make a tree and enter a name, Ancestry gives them a 'hint' (in my experience, too often something to do with the USA when there is no connection there) -- and they click 'yes' without a rational thought. And then subsequent fools adopt the same nonsense into their own trees.

There is virtually no chance that the Kansas Leonard is the right one.

Shirley when you said

'Looks a possible but what's the connection'

you didn't put a name :-)

CRUSE, EDWARD NOWELL - mother STEVENSON
GRO Reference: 1880 D Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 669

also

CRUSE, ALFRED GEORGE - STEVENSON
GRO Reference: 1879 J Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 642

CRUSE, NELLIE AMELIA - STEVENSON
GRO Reference: 1882 D Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 708

CRUSE, GEORGE THOMAS - STEVENSON
GRO Reference: 1886 J Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 681

CRUSE, MAY - STEVENSON
GRO Reference: 1884 S Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 664

CRUSE, GEORGE THOMAS - STEVENSON
GRO Reference: 1886 J Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 681

CRUSE, - - STEVENSON
GRO Reference: 1890 D Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 565

CRUSE, ANNIE LOUISE NANCY - STEVENSON
GRO Reference: 1895 M Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 695

so at least two children died in infancy/childhood


Marriages Sep 1878
CRUSE George Frederick Wandsworth 1d 936
STEVENSON Sarah Ann Wandsworth 1d 936

Queensland Marriages 1829-1939 Transcription


First name(s) Edward George Nowell
Last name Cruse
Registration year 1935
Registration number 1935/B022984
Marriage date 16 Nov 1935
Spouse's first name(s) Jessie Edna
Spouse's last name MacNeught
State Queensland
Country Australia



Queensland funeral records Transcription


First name(s) Edward George Nowell
Last name Cruse
Age 68
Birth year 1910
Burial year 1978
Burial date 14 Feb 1978
Place Brisbane
State Queensland
Country Australia
Source Metropolitan



Queensland, Brisbane Register of Immigrants 1885-1917 Transcription

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First name(s) E N
Last name Cruse
Arrival year 1914
Ship name Miltiades
State Queensland
Country Australia
Arrival date 27-Apr-14
Record set Queensland, Brisbane Register Of Immigrants 1885-1917

From http://ryersonindex.org

CRUSE Clara Annie Death notice 06DEC2013 Death 89 Gold Coast Bulletin 13DEC2013


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CRUSE Jessie Edna (Edna) Funeral notice 26OCT1999 Funeral formerly of Warrina Village Nursing Home, Chelmer, East Brisbane, Graceville and Sinnamon Park Courier Mail (Brisbane) 25OCT1999


https://www.heavenaddress.com/restingplace/leonard-stanley-cruse/973922

Leonard Stanley Cruse

Aged 53 years


Allambe Memorial Park
Interment Date: 18 June 1974
Location: Family Rockery
Section: Coolibah
Lot: Rockery - Name: COOLIBAH No: 2337 : 1
Lat/Lng: -27.99745, 153.35110

With Clara Annie.


Worth having a look here.

http://www.combedown.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I159&tree=street-nowell

family who travelled in 1914, from Ancestry outgoing passenger records

Mr Edward Cruse 32 abt 1882 5 Mar 1914 London, England Brisbane, Australia
(occupation painter)
Mrs Lily Cruse 29 abt 1885 5 Mar 1914 London, England Brisbane, Australia
Lilian Cruse 8 abt 1906 5 Mar 1914 London, England Brisbane, Australia
Edward Cruse 4 abt 1910 5 Mar 1914 London, England Brisbane, Australia
Winnie Cruse 6/12 abt 1913 5 Mar 1914 London, England Brisbane, Australia


still not sure exactly what is wanted, no word from Julie ... but in case of interest:

1940 B41303 marriage
William Thomas Wardle
Winifred Alice May Cruse

1928 B2951 marriage
Herbert Alfred Frampton
Lillian Cruse

https://www.heavenaddress.com/en/restingplace/jessie-edna-cruse/319376

Jessie Edna Cruse
Passed away on 25 October 1999
Aged 89 years


Edward George N Cruse
Passed away on 14 February 1978
Aged 68 years

sending a PM to Julie because of all the work that has been done for her that she would not want to miss

just for info, Julie has not read the PM sent on 12 April.

She joined in 2005 and must not have renewed her email address in her account ...

Oh that is such a shame. I do hope she comes back on and sees what has been found for her.

HI All
Thank you so much for your help in tracing my gfather.
Really appreciate the help:)

Julie/Jules :-D <3

Leonard Stanley Cruse is my gfather so was trying to find out information as I was adopted and don't know to much:)

Hi Jules, glad you got my message! (and I got yours, thank you)

So are you interested in finding members of your birth family today?

Edward is in several trees here at this website, for example.

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/tree/results/cruse/edward?memberkey=0&yearofbirth=1880&yearofbirthrange=5

or you may be using this version

http://www.genesreunited.com.au/tree/results/cruse/edward?memberkey=0&yearofbirth=1880&yearofbirthrange=5

(some people show him as born in 1881 rather than 1880 because they have taken his age from census records)