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I am looking for any trace of my Grandmother on my fathers side after the year 1919.
MARY PARSONS (NEE DAVIES) BORN 1883 SOHO

Was married to Thomas PARSONS BORN 1885 NEW CROSS

Possiblely changed her name or re married ?

Marriages Mar 1904
Davies Mary Mile End 1c 462
Davis Mary Mile End 1c 462
Parsons Thomas Mile End. 1c 462

Is this them on the 1911 census

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Name: Thomas Parsons
Age in 1911: 26
Estimated birth year: abt 1885
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Ross
Civil Parish: Bethnal Green
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County/Island: London
Country: England
Street address: 40 James Street, Green St, Bethnal Green E
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 7
Estimated Marriage Year: 1904
Occupation: MILK CARRIER
Registration district: Bethnal Green
Registration District Number: 17
Sub-registration district: Bethnal Green North East
ED, institution, or vessel: 22
Piece: 1403
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Parsons 26
Mary Parsons 28
Frederick Thomas Parsons 5
Morgan Parsons 3
Richard Parsons 5 months
Mary Davies 65
Elizabeth Mary Davies 4 niece
Catherine Davies 5 niece
Married 7 years 5 children born 3 still living

1939 register
Foster Household (3 People)
10 Brocklehurst Street , Deptford, London, England
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FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB OCCUPATION
Morgan Parsons 13 Nov 1907 Confectionery Cake Mak
George F Foster 09 May 1879 Plough Repairer Tranways L P T B Heavy Work
Edith E Foster 16 Aug 1878 Unpaid Domestic Duties
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Thanks for this Shirley.

Richard Parsons in the list above is my father. My Grandmother left my Grandfather around 1918 -1919. We do not know what happened to her after this.

Thomas and Mary abandoned all their children. Children were taken to the poorhouse by the police and then put into a childrens home in Sidcup.

On leaving the home a 14 years old, all except my father Richard were given theie fathers details at Brocklehurst Street. I also known Elizabeth lived with her father.

My father Richard was take to see his mother by Morgan somewhere near the Elephant and Castle between 1909 and 1914. There was another man and children. He never saw them again after that visit, and all the other children never saw her again after they were put into the home in Sidcup.

I am trying to find out what happened to MARY after this.

Thank you

Did he remarry ???

Parsons Household (3 People)
60 King's Terrace , St Pancras, London, England
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FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB OCCUPATION
Thomas Parsons 15 Oct 1885 Milkman
Eileen Parsons 30 Dec 1891 Canteen Worker
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Well divorce was very hard to get in those days unless you had money

Folks separated and went onto have new relationships sometimes marrying bigamously

A woman could have just taken up with someone else and used their surname so would be impossible to find without knowing who they took up with

We do know Thomas did re marry and had 3 more children.

Are there any marriages for Mary Parsons after 1919 in and around the Elephant and Castle.

None showing I,m afraid

When Thomas remarried what did he give as his marital status

Hi Shirley

Dont know. One of my wife's cousins was a bridesmaid at his daughters wedding in the 1950's. Thats how we knew he married again.

I did see something in marrages for a Mary Parsons marrying an Alfred Harrison in Camberwell 1920. It a possible that I am looking at. They lived in Queens Buildings Collinson Street.

That camberwell one was a Mary E Parsons

She married Thomas just as Mary so I discounted that one

But that one is a possible because the parish copy of the cert is on Ancestry

She days she is 23 and a widow and her father was George Davies deceased

Age is out but her husband was 22 and a government messenger

Wonder if she told porkies about being a widow and her age

Her address was 52 Colegrove road

Banns

Name: Mary Ellen Parsons
Gender: Female
Record Type: Banns (Bann)
Marriage Banns Date: 4 Jan 1920
Marriage Banns Place: St Andrew, Peckham, Southwark, England
Spouse: Albert Alfred Harrison
Register Type: Parish Register

Her first husband so a diffrent lady

Mary Ellen Davies
in the British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
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Name: Mary Ellen Davies
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 7 Feb 1914
Marriage Place: Register Office Bolton
Document Year: 1915
Residence Place: 52 Colgrove Road, Peckham SE
Relationship to Soldier: Spouse
Form Title: Descriptive Report Enlistment
Other Records:
Family Members:
Name Relation to Soldier
Henry Charles Thomas Parsons Self (Head)
Mary Ellen Davies Spouse
Edward Charles Parsons Child

Note her address which was still the same on the 1920 marriage

The above army record is not from my family. Sorry

Mary my Grandmother was born in 1883 and her father was Morgan Parsons.

in the 1911 census Albert Harrison was 42 and living in Collinson Street Southwark.

Any chance of seeing the copy from Ancestry,

Ann
I know she isn't your lady

I was giving you the info for the Mary e Parsons who married in camberwell 1920 showing she isn't the one in your family

The marriage cert on Ancestry gave the details so I was able to follow her up to show you she wasn't your Mary Parsons

Saves you buying the cert and wasting money and following the wrong one

Sorry.

May have to wait till the 1921 census comes out

You will wait a long time I,m afraid as theres no plans to release it as it's too expensive to digitise it

:-(