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Lawrence was born 25/1910 died 2004

He is recorded in 1939 in West Ham and two marriages.

My problem is I do not know where he was born and who were his parents.

Can anyone find want I cannot please?

Gerry

His birth reg showing mmn will be on the gro site

Lawrence Rolland Eustace
Death Age: 93
Birth Date: 25 Nov 1910
Registration Date: Feb 2004
Registration District: Kent
Inferred County: Kent
Register Number: KDU3
District and Subdistrict: 564/1U
Entry Number: 182

Get the death certificate for the informant who couid be family

Get the marriage cert for his fathers name

Laurence R Eustace
Registration Date: Jul 1935
[Aug 1935]
[Sep 1935]
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration District: West Ham
Inferred County: Essex
Spouse: Mary E Williams
Volume Number: 4a
Page Number: 568

1939 register

Lawrence Eustace
in the 1939 England and Wales Register

Name: Lawrence Eustace
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 25 Nov 1910
Residence Date: 1939
Address: 15
Residence Place: West Ham, Essex, England
Occupation: Galvaniser
Line Number: 8
Schedule Number: 98
Sub Schedule Number: 1
Enumeration District: CBWD
Borough: West Ham
Registration district: 188-4
Inferred Spouse:
Mary Eustace
Inferred Children:
Mollie Eustace
Household Members Age
Lawrence Eustace 29
Mary Eustace
20
Mollie Eustace
3
This record is officially closed.
Charles Williams
17

No birth reg or on the 1911 census

His marriage cert(s) should name his father - if he knew him

His birthplace should be recorded on his death cert

Have you looked for a birth using just the forenames?

nothing on GRO

No i haven't tried that Erikah

Will do it now

From. FMP
Essex Marriages And Banns 1537-1935
Essex, England

Lawrence Roland
Father's occupation Labourer
Last name Eustace
Spouse's father's first name(s) James Thomas
Marital status B
Spouse's father's last name Williams
Residence 15 Fen St E 16
County Essex
Marriage year 1935
Country England
Marriage date 18 Aug 1935
Archive Essex Record Office
Place Victoria Docks, St Luke
Archive reference D/P 602/1/39
Spouse's first name(s) Mary Ellen
Event type Marriages
Spouse's last name Williams
Page number 117
Spouse's marital status S
Record set Essex Marriages And Banns 1537-1935
Spouse's residence 15 Fen St E 16
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Father's first name(s) Roland
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Father's last name Eustace
Collections from England, Great Britain

Thank you Shirley. Saves me having to buy cert!

LEWIS, LAURENCE ROLLAND mmn PINDER
GRO Reference: 1911 M Quarter in WEST HAM Volume 04A Page 159


Laurence Lewis
in the 1911 England Census
Name: Laurence Lewis
Age in 1911: 4/12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1911
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Victoria Dks, London, England
Civil Parish: West Ham
Search Photos: Search for 'West Ham' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection
Country: England
Street Address: 55 Ashburton Rd, Victoria Docks, E
Registration District Number: 188
Sub-registration District: Canning Town
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Piece: 9488
Household Members:
Name Age
Frederick Lewis 51 - head
Frances Lewis 39 - wife
Frank Lewis 19 - son
Ivy Lewis 11 - daughter
Frederick Lewis 9 - son
Elizabeth Lewis 2 - daughter
Laurence Lewis 4/12 - son <<<<<<<<<<<<
Roland Eustace 22 - boarder, single, waiter (dining rooms) <<<<<<<<<<<<<

The 2004 Eustace death posted previously is also in the name of Lewis:

Lawrence Rolland Lewis
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Lawrence Rolland Lewis
Death Age: 93
Birth Date: 25 Nov 1910
Registration Date: Feb 2004
Registration District: Kent
Inferred County: Kent
Register Number: KDU3
District and Subdistrict: 564/1U
Entry Number: 182

His father's birth:

EUSTACE, ROLAND DEAN mmn DEAN
GRO Reference: 1889 M Quarter in HACKNEY Volume 01B Page 618


Rowland Dean Eustace
in the London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920
Name: Rowland Dean Eustace
Gender: Male
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 3 Feb 1889
Baptism Place: St James the Less, Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, England
Father: Lawrence Augustus Eustace
Mother: Emily Caroline Eustace
Register Type: Parish Register



Roland D Eustace
in the 1891 England Census
Name: Roland D Eustace
Gender: Male
Age: 2
Relationship: Son
Birth Year: 1889
Father: Laurence A Eustace
Mother: Emily C Eustace
Birth Place: Hackney, London, England
Civil parish: Bethnal Green
Ecclesiastical parish: St John
Residence Place: Bethnal Green, London, England
Registration district: Bethnal Green
Sub registration district: Bethnal Green East
ED, Institution or Vessel: 10
Neighbors:
Piece: 270
Folio: 54
Household Members Age Relationship
Laurence A Eustace 38 Head
Emily C Eustace 29 Wife
Roland D Eustace 2 Son
Bernard L G Eustace 8/12 Son


Roland Eustace
in the 1901 England Census
Name: Roland Eustace
Age: 12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1889
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Father: Lawrance Eustace
Mother: Caroline Eustace
Birth Place: St Hackney, London, England
Civil Parish: Woodford
Ecclesiastical parish: Hermon Hill Holy Trinity
Town: Woodford
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Registration District: West Ham
Sub-registration District: Walthamstow
ED, institution, or vessel: 82
Neighbors:
Piece: 1636
Folio: 15
Page Number: 22
Household Schedule Number: 119
Household Members:
Name Age
Lawrance Eustace 48
Caroline Eustace 38
Roland Eustace 12
Bernard Eustace 10
Daisy Eustace 8
Kyrle Eustace 3
Ellen Eustace 11/12


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Roland Eustace
in the 1939 England and Wales Register
Name: Roland Eustace
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 1 Jan 1889
Residence Date: 1939
Residence Place: Shoreditch, London, England
Occupation: Oriental Merchant Stock Keeper
Line Number: 3
Schedule Number: 68
Sub Schedule Number: 1
Enumeration District: ATNW
Borough: Shoreditch
Registration district: 16/2
Household Members Age
Roland Eustace 50

[and one closed record ]

??

Roland D Eustace
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name: Roland D Eustace
Registration Date: Apr 1927
[May 1927]
[Jun 1927]
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration District: West Ham
Inferred County: Essex
Spouse: Clara L Tibbs
Volume Number: 4a
Page Number: 888

Roland D Eustace
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Roland D Eustace
Death Age: 54
Birth Date: abt 1889
Registration Date: Oct 1943[Nov 1943] [Dec 1943]
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration District: Shoreditch
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1c
Page: 44

Marriage of Lawrence Rolland's stated parents per his birth record, and as per 1911 census:

Frances Alice Pinder
in the Essex, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1935
Name: Frances Alice Pinder
Gender: Female
Marriage Age: 19
Birth Date: abt 1871
Marriage Place: Plaistow, St Mary The Virgin, Essex, England
Marriage Date: 28 Aug 1890
Father: Nathanael Pinder
Spouse: Frederick George Lewis
Source Description: Service of Church: Registers of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials; Incumbent; Plaistow, St Mary the Virgin; Parish Records;1890-1893



So why would Lawrence say his father was Roland Eustace ???

Possibly he was registered and baptised as one of the Lewis family to save face if he was the illegitimate son of one of their daughters?

An older daughter , on 1901 census, but not with the family in 1911:

LEWIS, VIOLET GRACE mmn PINDER
GRO Reference: 1895 D Quarter in WEST HAM Volume 04A Page 158


Violet Lewis
in the 1911 England Census
Name: Violet Lewis
Age in 1911: 15
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1896
Relation to Head: Servant
Gender: Female
Birth Place: London, United Kingdom
Civil Parish: St Giles in the Fields and Bloomsbury St George
Country: England
Street Address: 9 Gate St, London WC
Marital status: Single
Occupation: General Servant Domestic
Registration District Number: 12
Sub-registration District: St Giles and Bloomsbury
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Piece: 1181
Household Members:
Name Age
Edwin Ford 40
Theresa May Ford 37
Cyril Ford 14
Jessie Ford 12
Charles Ford 10
Gertrude Ford 8
Bernard Ford 5
Alan Ford 3
Dorothy Ford 0
Violet Lewis 15

In case Violet was Lawrence's mother -

Marriages Mar 1912 (>99%)
Lewis Violet G Song Poplar 1c 658
Song Pow Lewis Poplar 1c 658


A second marriage:

Marriages Sep 1937 (>99%)
O'Shita Kanji Pow Song Rochford 4a 2910
Pow Song Violet G Oshita Rochford 4a 2910
Song Violet G P Oshita Rochford 4a 2910


Violet G Oshita
in the 1939 England and Wales Register
Name: Violet G Oshita
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 28 Oct 1896
Residence Date: 1939
Address: 31 Weatherby Rd
Residence Place: Luton, Bedfordshire, England
Occupation: Laundress
Line Number: 1
Schedule Number: 205
Sub Schedule Number: 2
Enumeration District: DPMA
Borough: Luton
Registration district: 178-2
Household Members Age
[Closed record].
Violet G Oshita 43
[Closed record]


There are 5 Oshita/Lewis births in Limehouse , Romford, and Luton, 1924 - 40.
Two of them are also listed as Song/Lewis (1925 and 1931).

Other Song/Lewis births in Poplar and Mile End, 1913-22


Violet G O'Shita
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Violet G O'Shita
Death Age: 45
Birth Date: abt 1895
Registration Date: Oct 1940[Nov 1940] [Dec 1940]
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration District: Luton
Inferred County: Bedfordshire
Volume: 3b
Page: 1042


Death of second husband:

Kanji Oshita
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Kanji Oshita
Death Age: 76
Birth Date: abt 1889
Registration Date: Jul 1965[Aug 1965] [Sep 1965]
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration District: Luton
Inferred County: Bedfordshire
Volume: 4a
Page: 144


Two of the Song sons (Leslie born 1918 and Kenneth 1920) travelled to Shanghai in 1932.
Their father Pow Song is also listed on the passenger list - but his name seems to be scored out.
Last UK address: 6 Pennyfields, London.
Country of intended future permanent residence: China.

No further sign of Leslie or Kenneth in online records, and nothing definite for Pow Song or Song Pow, or similar name.

Song Pow
in the UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960
Name: Song Pow
Gender: Male
Departure Age: 58
Birth Date: abt 1874
Departure Date: 22 Oct 1932
Departure Port: England
Ship Name: Carnarvonshire
Shipping Line: Glen Line Limited
Destination Port: Shanghai, China
Master: L W Kersley

At son Leslie's christening, Pow Song is said to be a tobacconist.
In 1932 above, he's listed as a seaman.
He may just possibly have been a lodging house keeper at 46 Pennyfields in 1911.

More of Violet's children:

A son Frank Song was born and died in 1915.

A daughter Henrietta Violet, born 1913, married Motchara Tominatsu/Tominaton in 1934; was living in Rickmansworth in 1939; at some point was living with James Harpin, and married him under the name Harpin in 1965 in St Pancras; and died in Derby in 1998.

A daughter Olive, born 1922, took the name Oshita in childhood, married in Luton in 1950, and died there in 1960 - with a middle initial M added at marriage and death.

There's an alternative possibility : married as Song in Stepney in 1968, and may have died in 1988 in Tower Hamlets., but given the Luton connection with several other members of the family, Ind the unusual name Oshita, think tteLuton option is the right one

A daughter Hanako Gwendoline, born 1925, registered as both Song and Oshita, and called Oshita in 1939 when she's in Islington. Married in Luton in 1945, as Gwendoline O'shita, and died in Luton in 1999.

Two more sons died in infancy - Douglas was born and died in 1931 in Romford, and Barry Kanji was born and died in Romford in 1934..

Argyll



Wow!! well done.

Thank you very much

Nearly forgot the Oshita children -


Clifford Kanji Osheta, born Limehouse 1924; died Westhampnett, Sussex 1924.

Another son was born 1930 Romford, married in Luton in 1957, was still in Luton in 1971 (per ER) . I don't see any sign of him after that - he may still be living.

Douglas was born in 1931 in Romford, registered as both Song and Oshita.
Died as Song in 1932 in Romford.

The youngest Oshita/Osheta son was born in Luton in 1940, married in Luton in 1963, and was living in Cambridgeshire in 2007.
He may still be alive - I don't see a death record.

So Viilet lost 5 sons in infancy, and two maybe went permanently to China.