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Hi Philip welcome to the boards

Wendy posted this in Feb and has never returned, so it might be better to click on her name and send her a private message instead

I have a few pieces of the puzzle. The following is from my mother. She is now in her eighties and memories do fade. Also as she was adopted, so she was not fully in the loop and her memories may also be slightly “selective” as there was some friction between her natural mother (Amelia or Emelliene Levot) and her adopted mother (Gertrude Elizabeth).

Emelliene and Joan Levot were half sisters.There was a gang of girls who always stuck together. Emeliene and Joan, Yvonne, Charmaine and Mary. They all worked at the Castle Laundry in Frogmore Road Wandsworth. They were brought to England by the House of Nazareth from northern France – possibly Alsace Lorraine. Joan had a daughter Dorothy. Joan married Frederick S Peters and had a son David. David died young of Diptheria? I think Dorothy became involved with a chap in the army who had some health problems.
Emelliene married Trevor Davies – he claimed to be a relative of Ivor Novello – they had a son Ivor. (IVOR LEVOT DAVIES) I have been in touch with the Archivist of The House of Nazareth, Dr. Peter Hughes, who holds the records of all the locations, some 80,000 children, and he was unable to locate any Levots. He also looked for possible groups including the names Charmaine, Yvonne etc but without success. A very thorough search for which he deserves much praise. However………… (builds up suspense!) I do have a picture of Joan – not very good because it is blown up from a very small picture in a locket given to my mother by “auntie Joan” for whom she had real affection. I am off for 2 weeks hols on Saturday but when i return i will put some photos, including joan, on my tree. Regards
Phil

If you look for Levot births in free bmd from 1890 to 1945, the only other one showing is also in Wandsworth (but after Joan's marriage):

Births Mar 1928
Levot Mary M Levot Wandsworth 1d 829

and this is the only other marriage:
Marriages Dec 1934
Levot Emiliene Davies Uxbridge 3a 262

Connected?

Added:
Emilliene Levot born 1907 France is in someone's tree on here.

There are too many Leonard Morton's to say which one he was, without a year of birth and fathers name could help...so it looks like the marriage cert is needed.

Cannot see anything for Joan before marriage...the name maybe French or channel Islands

Joans death

Name: Joan J A M Peters
Birth Date: abt 1902
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1949
Age at Death: 47
Registration district: Wandsworth
Inferred County: London
Volume: 5d
Page: 797

Looks like they only had one child after they married

Births Jun 1928 (>99%)
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Peters David F Levot Wandsworth 1d 1000

Deaths Dec 1933 (>99%)
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PETERS David F J 5 Wandsworth 1d 682

I wonder if this is her birth?

Births Sep 1926 (>99%)
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LEVOT Dorothy M T Levot Wandsworth 1d 1020


yep looks like it marriage of her mother

Marriages Dec 1927 (>99%)
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LEVOT Joan J A M A Peters Wandsworth 1d 1395
Peters Frederick S Levot Wandsworth 1d 1395

Name: Dorothy Mary T L P Morton
Birth Date: 10 Jun 1926
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1972
Age at Death: 46
Registration district: Wandsworth
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume: 5e
Page: 1406

She seems to have a lot of middle names but not seeing a birth for her

Maybe you will need the marriage cert for her fathers name.

Also there are no Dorothy Peters born in 1926

Marriages Dec 1945 (>99%)
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Morton Leonard Peters Wandsworth 1d 1174
Peters Dorothy M T M Morton Wandsworth 1d 1174

Can anyone help me out as getting nowhere my husband has no recollection of any aunts uncles or cousins his mother was dorothy peters born 1926 died in 1972 i think . She married leonard morton but marriage failed many years ago and my husband grew up in putney london must have some family out there my husband is stephen and had a brother richard who passed away in 1990s would be so grateful :-( wendy