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Lorraine

Lorraine Report 19 Jun 2017 22:29

Thanks for all your help :-)

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 19 Jun 2017 21:32

Possbly a son born in 1953

Take a look on freebmd

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 19 Jun 2017 21:25

VIEW London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965

Name: Joseph L Swift
Year: 1954
County or Borough: Kensington and Chelsea
Ward or Division/Constituency: Kensington
Street address: 202/220 Maj.)-J
Huntingdon house ,Cromwell road
With Erica

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Catherine

Catherine Report 19 Jun 2017 21:24

Maybe relevant?

First name(s) Erika
Last name Goldschmidt
Gender Female
Age 20
Birth year 1916
Occupation NURSE
Departure year 1936
Departure day 17
Departure month 12
Departure port Southampton
Destination port New York
Destination NEW YORK
Country United States
Destination country United States
Ship name Aquitania
Ship official number 135583
Ship master's first name J C
Ship master's last name TOWNLEY
Shipping line CUNARD WHITE STAR LIMITED
City SOUTHAMPTON
Ship destination port NEW YORK
Ship destination country USA
Ship registered tonnage 19297
Number of passengers 329
Record set Passenger Lists Leaving Uk 1890-1960
Category Travel & migration
Subcategory Passenger lists
Collections from Australasia, Great Britain, Ireland, United States, Canada

States that she is a citizen of Yugoslavia.

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If you buy the marriage certificate, then it may give you her father's name and occupation.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 19 Jun 2017 21:22

Still in the same area in 1951,

Joseph L Swift
Year: 1951
County or Borough: Kensington and Chelsea
Ward or Division/Constituency: Chelsea
123 Gloucester Road

With Erica

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 19 Jun 2017 21:16


First name(s) JOSEPH L
Last name SWIFT
Marriage quarter 1
Marriage year 1950
Registration month -
MarriageFinderâ„¢ JOSEPH L SWIFT married
Erika Goldschmied
Spouse's last name Goldschmied Or Goldsmith
District Kensington
District number -
County London
Country England
Volume 5C
Page 2363
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
Collections from Great Britain
© brightsolid online publishing ltd

The cert should give her age and fathers name plus her home address

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 19 Jun 2017 21:12

It says she was travelling alone

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Lorraine

Lorraine Report 19 Jun 2017 19:14

thanks Andy
I guess it doesn't show if she was with anyone does it?

Andrew

Andrew Report 19 Jun 2017 19:09

UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960




Name: Erica Goldsmid
Birth Date: abt 1916
Age: 32
Port of Departure: Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Arrival Date: 25 Jun 1948
Port of Arrival: Southampton, England
Ship Name: Stirling Castle
Search Ship Database: Search for the Stirling Castle in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping line: Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd
Official Number: 164570


Seems to have travelled alone. Proposed address Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch, London

Andy

Lorraine

Lorraine Report 19 Jun 2017 19:00

I have a couple - Joseph L Swift born 1918 in Durham & Erika Goldschmied (also known as Erica Goldsmith) born approx 1918. They got married in 1950 in Kensington, London.

I'm looking for any info on Erika. I'm guessing she came over to UK from Germany or Russia possibly with her family?
I have no trace of her other than the marriage to Joseph.

I would really appreciate any help with this.

thanks
Lorraine