Genealogy Chat

Cheers Valerie...
You have been a great help...with some great info.
Your a true star!

Thanks Muchness :) very very very very much appreciated!

Have a great hoilday..and take care...B safe!

Paul

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Hi Paul - it seems that they went to Melbourne. So - as they went to Melbourne -you'll now need to contact the 'Victoria State Library' - (query form on-line). ......I couldn't see any record of Bessie's or Leslie's death in the Melbourne cemeteries - so hopefully you will find them ok. .....Valerie

Hi Jim
Yes Jim...thats what I have written down

The story was that my gran was going out shopping. Taking my father with her. But my aunt was not well..so stayed at home...During the shopping trip, there was an air raid. In returning to the house, my gran found the house took a direct hit from a bomb..possibly a V1..
But have never been able to find or prove the truth.

leslie w wilson mmn johnson
amj 1937 portsmouth 2b 757

I also have Bessie as born in March?..not Feb as it appears. Unless she wasnt registered till March..would seem odd

Yes...I had looked for a death during the war years to co-inside with the story of an aunt killed in an air raid in ww2. But didn't find any reference to a Bessie Wilson dying in ww2.

I was looking for Bessie..but it appears to have been Leslie. I think Leslie's middle name begain with a W.
At least thats what I have...she was born in 1937.
if my info is correct.

birth reference for Bessie E Wilson

J/F/M 1927 Portsmouth Vol 2b Page 611
mmn Johnston

There are a few L Wilson civilian deaths on CWGC

WOW..thanks Jeanette.


I didnt know when they left for Oz..just a guess that it was around the time, or just before, I was born..1968.

So this looks like it means that Bessie went to Oz and Leslie was killed in the air raid in ww2.

I was thinking it was the other way round..

Great find!....without folks like you ...I'd have never known....

Thanks Very Muchness!...... :)..Very Much Appricated

marriage reference for Leslie A Carr & Bessie E Wilson

A/M/J 1948 Plymouth Vol 7a Page 1356

Hi Paul

This is the passage details from FMP, looks like they married here and the children were born here.

The last UK address is Vitower Cottage,Fitzworth Farm,Corfe Castle



Name: Bessie CARR
Date of departure: 25 October 1960
Port of departure: London
Passenger destination port: Melbourne, Australia
Passenger destination: Melbourne, Australia

Date of Birth: 8 February 1927
Age: 33 (calculated from DOB)
Marital status: Married
Sex: Female
Occupation: Housewife
Passenger recorded on: Page 4 of 36

The following people with the same last name travelled on this voyage: -

Caroline CARR Passenger list page 4 of 36
Christina CARR Passenger list page 4 of 36
Leslie CARR Passenger list page 4 of 36
Melvyn CARR Passenger list page 4 of 36
Richard CARR Passenger list page 4 of 36
Stanley CARR Passenger list page 4 of 36

So..we saying a

Bessie Emma (nee Wilson) b 8/2/1927 married a CARR Leslie Alexander b 24/8/1926 ?

and had

Stanley James b 23/4/49 -Christina Gwen b5/10/50 - Richard Alexander b16/5/52 - Melvin Leslie b 3/10/53 Caroline Florence27/7/56 dep Tilbury on 'Orontes' 5/10/1960.

As children?

Sorry Valerie..I'm pretty new to all this...so i can get confused...lol :)

If so.... the marriage was in Oz..or they married here and them moved to Oz?.

Sorry to be abit..stupid...lol.

:)

In the story of the aunt who imigrated ..I believe the city of Canberra was mentioned.
This was told me...a very long time ago...And no-one in the family ever really spoke of her.
I wasnt even sure it was true.

WOW...many many thanks Valerie for taking the time to do a search...very much appreciated.


I am really unsure which one was meant to of imigrated to Oz..and which one was killed in an air raid in ww2.
I only resently found out thier possible names! Bessie and Leslie. I didnt even know thier names..or even they they truely existed!!

These were just stories told me when I young...didnt know if they were true.


The info you have provided looks interesting..especially Bessie Emma Wilson..I beleive she was born sometime in March 1927..or at least...registered then.

I beleive her name was Bessie E Wilson...so the Bessie you found looks very promising!..This is GREAT!...
Cant thank you enough. :) Your a star! :)

Paul

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Hi Paul, I've just found this (National Archives Aust) CARR Leslie Alexander b 24/8/1926 -Bessie Emma (nee Wilson) b 8/2/1927 -Stanley James b 23/4/49 -Christina Gwen b5/10/50 - Richard Alexander b16/5/52 - Melvin Leslie b 3/10/53 Caroline Florence27/7/56 dep Tilbury on 'Orontes' 5/10/1960. ......... You could contact the NSW State Library (on-line) to check the electoral rolls for them. ....There is 1 'LA Carr' in(NSW) phone book -several 'RA's and 'SJ's & 1 'ML'. ....Hopefully you wlll find them in NSW -otherwise contact other State Libraries. ......(couldn't see their deaths in several States).......Valerie (W Aus)

Hi Valerie.
I have posted away for my fathers birth cert. This will comfirm my grandparents names I hope. But I have not yet recieved it..but I'm pretty sure this his their names

Leslie Whitford Wilson
Dasiy Lilian Johnston

My father had a number of siblings.. Bessie And Leslie being 2 of them. ( So I am lead to believe).
I have 2 stories of aunts that i have been unable to confirm. One imigrating to Oz and the other being killed in air raid in ww2. But I dont know which aunt goes with which story.

I have looked for the death of Bessie during the war years ..but was unable to find any reference. I believe Bessie was the one killed in the air raid. But i could be wrong.

Anyone with any ideas of where to look etc would be much appreciated.

Paul

Paul - do you know the parents' names? (I don't think GR deletes messages - more likely it was someone trying to help - then realised they're duplicating same info.) .....Valerie

Very annoying when a post gets deleted...might have been very useful.

If the admin are going to deleted apost..couldnt they send on the post via pm or tell you why?

Thanks folks for the replies.
Sorry have not replied sooner..looking else where.

Bessie E Wilson
Leslie W Wilson

Are the names Im looking at.
One imigrated to Oz..the other was believed killed in air raid in ww2...BUT..don't know which is which.

I would assmue the one who imigrated to Oz got married and then imigrated ...this possibly being Leslie...The other Bessie..assumed die in air-raid.

Bessie born 1927 and Leslie 1937.

Have looked for Bessie's death during the war years..but did not find any entires.

With Leslie maybe being married before imigrated..then she would have a new surname which is unkown.

Any help would be much appreciated.
Cheers!

:)

Any Commonwealth civilan whose death resulted from enemy action in WW2 will be listed on the CWGC website.