Genealogy Chat

Hi ErikaH

I just wanted to apologise to you on here, as I received your message yesterday and you are quite right I did jump with the comment made on my last post - you were only trying to help me (like everyone else) and I took comments made the wrong way.

Apologies again

Hi - sorry, that was why I was only asking about two of them and not all of them

Thanks

The birth from freebmd suggested on page 3.........clearly not connected to this enquiry

DURRANT, MAY COSTLEMAN
GRO Reference: 1892 M Quarter in SEVENOAKS Volume 02A Page 654

The parents

Marriages Jun 1883 (>99%)

CASTLEMAN Charlotte Sevenoaks 2a 823
DURRANT Thomas Jordan Sevenoaks 2a 823

For pre-1911 births, always use the GRO index which includes MMN

All the research is probably a complete waste of time, as the OP ONLY wants the birth/baptism of two specific children

But…….it passes the time ;-) ;-) ;-)

Thanks for the clarification, Shirley, regarding the Home Child info

Edward Ottoway Durrant in WW1 Is clearly the son…..born 1887 as per postings on this thread..son of Edward and Celia/Cecilia

Kay

He was born in 1887 Hythe

DURRANT, EDWARD OTTAWAY WHITEHEAD
GRO Reference: 1887 J Quarter in ELHAM Volume 02A Page 1039

Must be connected somehow

DURRANT, EDWARD OTTAWAY OTTAWAY
GRO Reference: 1858 J Quarter in ELHAM Volume 02A Page 645



Death

Name Edward O Durrant
Death Age 79
Birth Date abt 1856
Registration Date Jan 1935
[Feb 1935]
[Mar 1935]
Registration Quarter Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district Thanet
Inferred County Kent
Volume 2a
Page 1522

Marys last place of residence was given as,
Dr Barnardos Gilrs Vilage Home Barkingside Illford,,,,and was placed with Richard Flewell Uxbridge Ontario CA,

Dorothys was placed in care of.

\mr Will J \wigglesford Chief of Police Woodbridge Ontario CA,

as taken from the *home childen* register CA.


There is a WW! pension record for Edward Ottaway Durrant,,surely he not the children bn the 1890s father.?

the one in and out of the Union was a Bricklayer,

Name Victor Durrant
Gender Male
Departure Age 10
Birth Date abt 1895
Departure Date 3 Aug 1905
Departure Port England
Ship Name Dominion
Shipping Line Dominion Line
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Search for the Dominion in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Destination Port Quebec, Canada
Master W L Men

Ericka

The other children’s names are acknowledged probably because a relative has supplied the info

They won’t have a number because it was only the three children went to Canada that have a BHC ref nos

Last word on Alice Beatrice Whitehead
Baptised 27th Feb 1885……..mother Celia, single woman

Several trees have this

Name
Dorothy Olivia (Elsie) Durant (Durrant)
Birth
Mar 7 1894
Death
Apr 15 1966


Canada

All the registered births have been posted more than once

Dorothy and Olivia both show as siblings to Mary on the record to which you posted the link, although there are no reference numbers for them

Was Olivia known as Dorothy

She also went to Canada with her siblings

http://britishhomechildrenregistry.com/Person/bhcInfo/1683

But her birth

Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
DURRANT, OLIVIA ELSIE WHITEHEAD
GRO Reference: 1895 J Quarter in DOVER Volume 02A Page 1005

May seems to be Mary

http://britishhomechildrenregistry.com/Person/bhcInfo/1689

I work on the BHC site as my mums half sister was sent to Canada in 1909 as a BHC

So possibly victor

http://britishhomechildrenregistry.com/Person/bhcInfo/1690

Kent Poor law union records have .an

Edward Durrant admitting himself in and out of the Union 1903.1905+ags range from 41--45+49.,,,,,,,,no other details,

Can Victors death record be picked up in Canada.?

The mother's death -
Probably also posted earlier - can't be bothered to search back;

Celia Durrant
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
Name Celia Durrant
Age 37
Estimated Birth Year abt 1866
Registration Quarter Jul-Aug-Sep
Death Registration Place Dover, Kent, United Kingdom
Death Date Sep 1903
Inferred Death Place Kent, United Kingdom
Volume 2a
Page 577

Alice married Charles Lewry in 1907 and sister-in-law Ivy is with them in 1911

Ivy Margaret Lilian Evans had two daughters by 1921, both with ‘family’ forenames
Ivy Cecilia May, and Florence Annie

The migrations were AFTER 1901

Where are the parents in 1911?

Only two of the children were with the parents in 1901 and one of those probably wasn’t Edward’s as she was illegitimate