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This was Peggy's brother

First name(s) JOHN ALBERT
Last name STEELE
Gender Male
Birth day 16
Birth month 1
Birth year 1920
Age -
Death quarter 3
Death year 2005
District ST. AUSTELL
District number 3671A
Register number 11D
Entry number 238
Date of registration mm/yy 0805
County Cornwall

The informant may have info about Peggy

Peggy's birth was in 1924

Who registered this?

First name(s) WILLIAM A E
Last name LAIT
Gender Male
Birth year 1890
Age 75
Death quarter 4
Death year 1965
District GLOUCESTER CITY
County Gloucestershire
Volume 7B
Page 473
Country England

Groom Surname Groom Forename Bride Surname Bride Forename District Parish Building Year Register Entry
LAIT William Alfred Edward DAWES Peggy Doreen May Gloucester Gloucester City A Register Office 1952 2A 132

Where did you find info about the marriages for Peggy?

EDIT

Just found the first one......using correct spelling


Marriages Sep 1943 (>99%)

Dawes Eric R Steele Gloucester C. 6a 891
Steele Peggy D M Dawes Gloucester C. 6a 891

Thank you Jax for your help and interest.

I'd still like to Persue the Peggy Lait line of searching while I'm waiting for the GR members to reply to my Smith enquiries - of course, I realise this may take a very long time.

I'd appreciate my suggestions your may have to help me find Peggy.

Many thanks,

Cissy

You cannot see when people last used GR, the only thing you can sort of tell is when they joined by their membership number

Many thanks for your kind offer Jax.

I did, in fact, send a message to Gregory and Godfrey on the 11 March and I'm still awaiting a reply.
Have just found Daniellie on GR, so have sent her a message.

How can you see when people use the GR site?

Cheers, Cissy

I thought you may have tried to contact the tree owners on ancestry

There are three that I can see but only one has used the site recently

If you just want me to pass on a message to that one saying you are interested in cecilia and could she contact you, I will.... she may not know anything but it's a start

Just click on my name and send me your email address privately

Hi Jax - Imany thanks for your reply.
I wrote to a few Melbourne newspapers asking if anyone knew of the Smith family but received no replies. I found a Derek Smith and emailed him but again no reply. I really don't know where to go from here with a name like Smith - nor how to find Australian records.

So I thought that finding someone with an unusual surname, Lait, might be a simpler thing to do, especially as I can find no deAth certificate for Peggy Lait.

Cheers
Cissy

Did you follow up the Cecelia in Australia?

I am still searching for Cecilia Ann GRIFFITHS.

I know she lived at 48 Ryecroft Street, Gloucester in 1943/44' the same time as the STEEL family lived there. One was Peggy Steel who would certainly have known Cecilia. Peggy would be in her 90s now and I am hoping I will eventually find her, for I cannot find a death certificate for her.

Peggy Steel married twice, to DAWES and then to William LAIT. William Lait died in the 1960s in Gloucester. I can find no children of Peggy's and, as I can't find a death certificate, I am hoping she's still living - perhaps in a residential home?

I'd appreciate hearing if anyone has any suggestions as to how I may trace Peggy Lait.

Many thanks
Cissy

Many thanks for this Jax - I'll get onto it straight away.

Cheers

Cissy

No I found the information on a tree on ancestry.... I do not use this site for any records

I found this herehttp://ryersonindex.net/search.php

SMITH Cecelia Anew diednotice 03SEP2007 Death 83

Herald sun Melbourne

Here is the report


SMITH, CECELIA ANNE
SMITH. - Cecelia Anne. On Mon, Sept. 3, 2007 Beloved wife of Horace (Harry) (dec. ). Loving mother of John, Anita, David, Derek, Richard, Jennifer, Deborah and Jacqualine. Fond mother-in-law to Eileen, Brian and Graeme. Loving Grandma to 34 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren.
Obituaries
Published in Herald Sun on 05/09/2007

Update: nothing concrete to report. I'm still awaiting replies to enquiries from 5 people - some through GR contacts.

Jax said Cecilia Ann Smith died in 2007 in Australia. I've tried to find where Abouts in Oz, but without success. Did you find this inf inGR?

Many thanks, Cissy

Thanks everyone for all your help. I'll be working through this inf during the next week or so - and will keep you posted.
Regards to all
Cissy

Births Mar 1902 ?
Griffith Cecilia Ann Reigate 2a 182
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Marriages Sep 1920
Griffiths George R Westacott Newport M. 11a 734
Westacott Winifred K Griffiths Newport M. 11a 734

Births Jun 1896
Westacott Winifred Kathleen Axbridge 5c 507

Births Mar 1921
Griffiths Kenneth G Westacott Newport M. 11a 498

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You could buy the Horace Smith marriage certificate to see the name of the bride's father

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As I said it is on a tree on ancestry she died in Australia date of birth as Aug 1924 but only birth around that time was Sept 1925....but not unususal to get date of birth wrong on a death cert.

So either it is her with wrong birth details or she too was adopted

As that marriage is also London Walthamstow area maybe it is her?

Only birth I can see... Not sure where you got the Surrey birth from

Births Sep 1925 (>99%)
Griffiths Cecilia A Westacott Newport M. 11a 467

Do you have her your friend's birth certificate and adoption papers?

Rose

Rose - you're right about no electoral regs being available during the war.
Gloucester records office gave the inf about the Steeles living inRyecroft Street
For the year 1945 I think.

Cissy