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Hi, my name is Maria Susan Darvell, father George Stanley Darvell (do not know his parents' name we never met them). My father left home at age 16 to join the Coldstream Guards and when he was 21 he met and married my mother Mary Teresa (Terry) Stanton who was from Lancashire. I am the eldest of two female children born 1951 and 1953. We were recently contacted as someone had died and left a little money to no one in particular but it came to two of us in the U.S.A. and 2 others who I had hoped to hear from and I cannot remember their names but believe they may be children of his older brother called Arthur, Roger, Ronald or something!! I would love to meet relatives and I am coming to Chesham in April this year to see if I can track anyone down. He was very quiet about his family and we never asked much and our mother did not tell us anything. My father died in 1973 in a fishing accident (drowned). My mother died in 2008 - in U.S.A. He may have had a sister called Molly but I know, for sure, that the money was divided between 4 of us, so we know there are two other relatives out there that shared the division. This lady had not mentioned any relatives in her Will and we were tracked down. My father died in the Atlantic Ocean just off the coast of Cornwall (while fishing from a boat) - his body was never found. We are so wanting to make contact with our family so please let me know if you know anything. Looking forward to hearing from someone please. :-)

Maria

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Name:George Darvell

Date of Registration:Jan-Feb-Mar 1906

Registration district:Amersham

Inferred County:Buckinghamshire

Volume Number:3a

Page Number:911


Name

Ellen Eliza Batchelor
George Darvell <<
Alice Reading <<<
Alfred Charles Wallis


Another Batchelor on the same page

Raymond?

Name:
Raymond M Darvell

Mother's Maiden Surname:Reading

Date of Registration:Oct-Nov-Dec 1927

Registration district:Amersham

Inferred County:Buckinghamshire

Volume Number:3a

Page Number:1258

Your father died later than you thought

Death

Name: DARVELL, George Stanley
Registration district: Kingsbridge
County: Devon
Year of registration: 1975
Quarter of registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Date of Birth:10 April 1930
Volume no: 21
Page no: 1487

The DOB on the death record threw me..............and I've deleted all the info I found..

BUT...............

There is NO birth for the name in 1930....................so there was obviously some misinformation somewhere

As he is said to have married at the age of 21 - he married in 1948 - he could NOT have been born as late as 1930

So...............I'll re-post, when I can find the info again

Marriages Dec 1948 (>99%)
Darvell George S Stanton Surrey Mid.E. 5g 372
Stanton Mary T Darvell Surrey Mid.E. 5g 372

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Births Jun 1927 (>99%)
Darvell George S Batchelor Watford 3a 1338


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Marriages Mar 1927 (>99%)
BATCHELOR Florence M Darvell Watford 3a 1224
DARVELL Stanley G BATCHELOR Watford 3a 1224


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Births Sep 1929 (>99%)
Darvell Betty Batchelor Amersham 3a 1510
Births Sep 1931 (>99%)
Darvell Olive Batchelor Amersham 3a 1602
Births Sep 1934 (>99%)
Darvell Ronald Batchelor Amersham 3a 1593

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Death
Name: DARVELL, Ronald
Registration district: Wycombe
County: Buckinghamshire
Year of registration: 1989
Month of registration: April
Date of Birth:11 September 1934
Volume no: 19
Page no: 1331
Reg no: 489

What was the name of the person whose Will you refer to?

When and where did that person die?

Death

Name: DARVELL, Olive
Registration district: Aylesbury Vale
County: Buckinghamshire
Year of registration: 2005
Month of registration: October
Date of Birth:22 June 1931
District no: 324/1
Reg no: B36C
Ent no: 041
DOR: 1005

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Hi My name is Maria Darvell (living in Florida but coming to Amersham/Chesham in April this year. My father's name was George Stanley who married Mary Teresa "Terry" Stanton from Lancashire). My father left home when he was 16 (not a happy place apparently) and joined the Coldstream Guards. He died in a drowning accident in 1973. My mother died in California in 2008.

I am 63 and my sister who lives in Colorado is 61. I know I have 2 cousins because an ancestor of ours left 4 of us money my sister and I and 2 cousins but I never learned of their names.

Reggie: I believe her name was Olive maybe Darvell but I threw the paperwork away so I am not sure. I am going to try my luck when I get to Amersham/Chesham and thank you for correcting the date of death - I had totally made a mistake there - that was the year my cat died! Maria Darvell :-(

Delighted that you found your way back, Maria.

I hope you noticed that I posted the records of Olive's and Ronald's deaths.

Have you looked at freebmd to confirm the details of the births of your father and his siblings

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/