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LOL,Dea! I bet he had something to do with it!

Maureen

Nice find Maureen !

And there was me, thinking badly of 'poor Campbell' for running off and it was her who seems to have been 'the naughty one'.

Dea x

Divorce Court File: 5011. Appellant: Campbell Frederick Melsom. Respondent: Emma Melsom. Co-respondent: William Parry. Type: Husband's petition for divorce [HD].
Covering dates 1914
Held by The National Archives,Kew

Maureen

It would seem that Campbell returned??

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
about Campbell F Melsom
Name: Campbell F Melsom
Death Registration Month/Year: 1962
Age at death (estimated): 78
Registration district: Ealing
Inferred County: Middlesex
Volume: 5e
Page: 72

Dea x

Possibility for Emma in 1911 just to add to the intrigue


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MEAKINS, Edwin Head Married
21 years M 52 1859 Messenger Lambeth London

MEAKINS, Mary Wife F 54 1857 Potters Pury Northamptonshire

POWELL, Frederick William Son Single M 32 1879 Porter Stores Potters Pury Northamptonshire

=====MELSON, Emma Daughter Married 6 years F 27 1884 Domestic Duties Potters Pury Northamptonshire

======MELSON, Gerald Grand Son Son M 6 1905 London Middlesex

CUTTELL, Lavinea Servant F 16 1895 House Work London Middlesex

IVES, Louie Shop Assistant Single F 28 1883 Shop Assistant Draper Great Middlesex Bucks

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
97 Reference:
RG14PN97 RG78PN4 RD2 SD1 ED11 SN267

Registration District:
Kensington Sub District:
Kensington South Enumeration District:
11 Parish:
Kensington

Address:
21 Johnson Street Kensington W County:
London

More intrigue. I wonder if they had any children? I'll try family search.

May be Campbell left her as here is a passenger listing for him

Name: Campbell Frederick Melson
Arrival Date: 11 Mar 1913
Age: 30 Years
Estimated birth year: abt 1883
Gender: Male
Ethnic Background: English
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Ship Name: Cymric
Port of Arrival: Portland, Maine
Friend's Name: S Babits
Last Residence: British Columbia
Birthplace: London, England
Microfilm Roll Number: 18

Thanks.
Emma Powell maried Campbell F. Melsom in 1904, got divorced, or Campbell died and then she married William Augustus in 1916.

Thanks once again for everyones help today. You've all been great.

Sheps

Possible 1st marriage.

Marriages Sep 1904 (>99%)


Melsom Campbell F Lewisham 1d 2171
POWELL Emma Lewisham 1d 2171


Christine

Can't get on the BMD site, because so much is happening here, and I don't want to miss anything.
Thanks to all of you. My wife is jumping up and down.

My wife's mother always said that her mothers name was Melson, and she did say that her mother had been married before she married William Augustus. Confusing!!

You need William and Emma's marriage cert to find out if she had been married before as on the children's births her maiden name is Powell.

The marriage cert should also give her father's name.

Christine

Powell must be her maiden name as the children have that recorded on the birth entries.
Jan

It says in the WW1 record that she was a spinster when they married so Powell is her maiden name

EDIT: Date of Marriage 03.06.1916 Registry Office, Hammersmith

Great Tooty Fruity. Emma Powell must have been her first married name, because Melson is correct for her maiden name. We know she was married before William.

On the WW1 record image it says that he married Emma Powell.

Everything is coming back to my wife now.
William Augustus Parry born 1881. We now know where.
His wife Emma. The name Powell does not ring bells, but Melson is definitely correct.
Going on to the site mentioned to try and find information on their children!
Also Alison has Williams parents and children, but there were 3 boys all old fashioned names, and Albert was one of them.

Thanks so much all of you.

1881 England Census

Name: Lydia Parry
Age: 23
Estimated birth year: abt 1858
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: William
Gender: Female
Where born: Cripplegate, Middlesex, England

Civil parish: St Mary Stoke Newington
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street Address: 7 Woodland Road
Condition as to marriage: Married

Registration district: Hackney
Sub-registration district: Stoke Newington

William Parry 28
Lydia Parry 23
Lydia E. Parry 1

1901 England Census

Name: William Parry
Age: 19
Estimated birth year: abt 1882
Relation: Son
Mother's Name: Lydia
Gender: Male
Where born: South Hornsey, London, England

Civil parish: Hammersmith
Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch West Kensington Park and St Matthew
County/Island: London

Registration district: Fulham
Sub-registration district: South Hammersmith (including Starch Green)
ED, institution, or vessel: 23

Lydia Parry 43
William Parry 19
Albert H Parry 16
Alfred C Parry 13

1911

details for: 139 Blythe Road West Kensington W

Reg. District: Fulham Sub District: South Hammersmith
Parish: Hammersmith Enum. District: 36

Address: 139 Blythe Road West Kensington W
County: London


Name Relation Condition/
Yrs married Sex Age Birth
Year Occupation Where Born

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PARRY, Lydia Head Widow F 53 1858 Needle Woman Cripplegate London

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PARRY, William Augustins Son Single M 29 1882 House Painter South Hornsey London

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PARRY, Albert Henry Son Single M 26 1885 Able Seaman Stoke Newington London