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Ooh you have thank you

Gosh she was young when she died too...will have to find out how she died.

Sorry can you see when David died please?

Thank you so much

David's death?

Deaths Jun 1952 (>99%)
MURRAY David E 47 Willesden 5f 223

Thank you re Lillie. I think Alfred died during the war.

There is a sad story about Lillie..basically she disowned my grandmother at birth..john’s twin. So my grandmother was brought up by her grandparents.

I would imagine Lillie was suffering from post natal depression...it affected my grandmother throughout her life

Ooops, sorry.....That was the 1939 Register Elizabeth.


Dorothy M Murray in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Dorothy M Murray
Death Age: 44
Birth Date: abt 1908
Registration Date: Dec 1952
Registration district: Willesden
Inferred County: Middlesex
Volume: 5f
Page: 356


Dorothy Maud Murray in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995

Name: Dorothy Maud Murray
Death Date: 1 Nov 1953
Death Place: Middlesex, England
Probate Date: 19 Dec 1952
Registry: London, England

Of 36 Park-Chase, Wembley Park, Middlesex.... widow.

At Cental Middlesex Hospital, Acton-Lane London.

To Lillie Lavers...widow. Efects: £2377 8s 9d

Elizabeth- the entry from PricklyHolly was taken from the 1939 register.

Looking at the age I guess the entry was 1936...wondering where David was?!

Thank you.

I was wondering if David may have died as Dorothy was living with her parents in Park Chase...however it does say’married’ not ‘widowed’

Lillie was at 36 Park Chase in 1952. No other names listed.

(I'm having trouble copying & pasting today, so can't show the actual record.)

There are these Murray / Lavers births, but I can't say if they are Dorothy's children or not:

Martin K, 1942, Chelmsford.
David G, 1946, Stroud.
Paul S, 1948, Watford
Mark H, 1951, Hastings


Dorothy's death:

Deaths Dec 1952
MURRAY Dorothy M 44 Willesden 5f 356

Ancestry shows the same DOB on this death record as on the 1939 register - but I can't copy/paste the Ancestry record, for some reason.

Hi Holly

Please can you tell me the date the household were living in Park Chase?

Did Dorothy and David have any children?

I think Dorothy died about 1952

Thank you all so much.

You have answered a lot of questions for me :-)

I knew the answers wouldn’t be happy ones

Added........."Alfred H Lavers on the 1939 Register"


Lavers Household (3 People) 36 Park Chase , Wembley M.B., Middlesex, England

Alfred H Lavers 21 Sep 1880 Male Coal Department Manager Married 27 2
Lilly Lavers 26 Jun 1879 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 27 1
Dorothy M Murray 25 Feb 1908 Female Clerk (Silk Merchant) Married 27 3


Marriages Sep 1935 (>99%)
Lavers Dorothy M Murray Hendon 3a 1720
Murray David E Lavers Hendon 3a 1720

11 April 1929 - Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail - Hartlepool, Durham, England

John Henry Lavers (24). who was burned in an explosion on Tuesday in the switchboard room of the Charing Cross Electricity Supply Company LTD...St Martin's Lane, has died in Charing Cross Hospital of his injuries.

Also reported....... 10 April 1929 - Derby Daily Telegraph - Derby, Derbyshire, England

Very sad.

In 1929, living with Alfred Henry Lavers and Lillie Lavers, at 18 King's Road, Willesden.


In 1930, Alfred Henry, wife Lillie and daughter Dorothy Maude Lavers are at 33 Beechcroft Gardens, Harrow.

Sorry just one more question

Would like to know who he was
Living with in Kings Road Willesden

Can anyone help me with that?

Thank you so much

Thank you

Feel quite upset about this.. :-(

Continuing on from Kath's post

"How the explosion occurred" an official said "is a mystery"........

But experts are at presents investigating the matter. There was a short circuit in the station.

Hi Austin..

When you say several articles...is there anything else of interest relating to this awful event?

I wonder if the cause was ever discovered

Thank you