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Thank you Vanessa, I have added these to my tree and will now endeavour to carry on researching. I am very grateful for your help. Trudi

Possibly Alice's parents marriage?

Marriages Mar 1842 (>99%)
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ALVES George Portsea I 7 180
COSE Elizabeth Portsea I 7 180
HICKS Elizabeth Portsea I 7 180
KENWARD Edward Thomas Portsea I 7 180
Lobb Eliza Elizabeth PORTSEA ISLE 7 180
>>> MEREDITH Thomas Sueter Portsea I 7 180
READ George Portsea I 7 180
>>> SLATER Louisa Josephine Portsea I 7 180

Thank you- and I do apologise if this gave you the wrong impression. I am just so excited at having had all the suppoprt in discovering more information about my family history. Don't worry about sounding cross- you had every reason and I am sorry if people do take advantage of situations such as this. However; I like to think I am credited with more integrity. Please know; you have helped me to feel very happy and hopefully if Alice's death is the right one- I will also make my mother happy in the knowledge of what happened to her beloved Granny.
Best wishes, Trudi

Gosh! I am really amazed at how everyone has been so supportive. Alice Mary was as far back as I could go. I can now add more relatives to my tree.Thank you Vanessa.

2 other people have her.

But you are so lucky that I didnt just delete all my posts as I was fuming when I saw that you had her on your tree as such because I have had it before from people who then say nothing or "oh yes ,sorry ,but I wanted someone else to come up with the same thing".
My time and odd credits are are freely given and I enjoy doing this of course,but some people can take the Michael.
Not saying you are one.

Off to get a spade to try and dig myself out of this hole..

I apologise if I sounded cross,which I was at the time,but as you have now explained it I feel better.

Searching 1861 census for Alice Meredith born 1855+/-2yrs gives just one result - in Droxford!

Others living with Alice:
MEREDITH, Eva 1857 4 F Droxford Hampshire VIEW VIEW
MEREDITH, Fanny 1853 8 F Droxford Hampshire VIEW VIEW
MEREDITH, Hardham 1843 18 M Droxford Hampshire VIEW VIEW
MEREDITH, Louisa 1824 37 F Droxford Hampshire VIEW VIEW
MEREDITH, Louisa 1848 13 F Droxford Hampshire VIEW VIEW
MEREDITH, Phillip 1850 11 M Droxford Hampshire VIEW VIEW
MEREDITH, Rose 1859 2 F Droxford Hampshire VIEW VIEW
MEREDITH, Thomas 1819 42 M Droxford Hampshire VIEW VIEW

You are quite right to ask me that; as your information came in I changed it on my tree. Please don't think I was already aware of that!
Trudi

Many, many thanks to you. I really do agree that the death in Portsmouth is the most likely.I will certainly try a search with other trees on the site and see if I can get any further information. I will try and come back to you as soon as I find out; but I really appreciate your support. Trudi

And after all that I see that you already have her on your tree born Droxford in 1855 as Alice Meredith .
And yet your post says Maiden name unknown???

How can you not know all that I have just done if you already have her on your tree as such please?

Do send for that death cert in Portsmouth Trudi,I just feel it is prob her as none of the marriages are in the right sort of place for her after 1916.

This is where you will find the twins birth
Pay per view only but MUCH cheaper than a birth cert from GRO and instant viewing.

http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

I have not located a marriage ref for them on FMP so it may not have been reg with the British authorities.

If she did remarry it would have been in the name of Clapson.

Do try a search of trees on here for any of her children and her plus her husband as you never know,there may be someone else researching the family who may have the info.

Good luck with those deaths I gave you that may be her.
It would be nice to know if one of them is her or not.

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wow- THANK YOU SO MUCH - FannyByGaslight.Hopefully this will help me to find out whether Alice Mary did re-marry and when she died then. Very much appreciated from such a novice to all this!
Trudi

I would send for the death cert in Portsmouth if it were me.

Jessie Christina Clapson (Twin of William)was born at 6.30am on Jan 14th 1897 at 3 Clark p[lace,Queensferry.
To
Alce Mary ???Ith
And Joseph Clapson
They married
July 26th 1890 at St Marys Church,Island of Ascension.

I can not read Alice Marys maiden name.
Will have a try on Williams.
Lucky I have some credits and am feeling generous today..


1897 CLAPSON WILLIKAM DONALD M QUEENSFERRY /WEST LOTHIAN 665/02 0004

Born at 6.35am
Mothers maiden name is Meredith.

Births Mar 1855
Meredith Alice Mary Droxford 2c 105


Droxford is in the county of Hampshire.

I will now search overseas marriages on Find my Past for the marriage.
May as well finish the job !

You're welcome.
So nice to have someone stay online while the search is in progress.

Thank you Mike so much. I am learning fast!

apologies, I did add a post but it has not appeared. I am very new to all this. Mum last lived with Granny Clapson in the 1920's but cannot remember the last time she saw her. She cannot recall a man living with Granny Clapson- but as Mum is now 90- this may have slipped from her memory.

Jessie Christina Clapson (Twin of William)was born at 6.30am on Jan 14th 1897 at 3 Clark p[lace,Queensferry.
To
Alce Mary ???Ith
And Joseph Clapson
They married
July 26th 1890 at St Marys Church,Island of Ascension.

I can not read Alice Marys maiden name.
Will have a try on Williams.
Lucky I have some credits and am feeling generous today..


1897 CLAPSON WILLIKAM DONALD M QUEENSFERRY /WEST LOTHIAN 665/02 0004

Born at 6.35am
Mothers maiden name is Meredith.

Births Mar 1855
Meredith Alice Mary Droxford 2c 105


Droxford is in the county of Hampshire.

For future reference ...

To search for certificates in England and Wales from 1837 look on website freebmd.
LINK :
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

Then to order certs online from General Registry Office go to :
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates

Give me a minute Trudi and I will go to Scotlandspeople and get up the birth of one of the children that were born there and can then tell you her maiden name and when and where she married .
With her maiden name you may well be able to get her birth cert for her exact date of birth.

You can send for one or both of those deaths that I have posted to see if they are her?
Some money will have to spent to try and find your info if you really want to find it.
There are marriages on Freebmd after 1916 for Alice M Clapson which of course you can also send for to see if they are her?

But you still have not said when was the last time your mother saw her as Granny Clapson and still a widow,which would help you with the time frame for a remarrige after then..

Aha, thank you - my apologies. How do I go about this- sorry am not really familiar with the process. This is all a real learning curve for me. Trudi

The point is, cert for daughter Alice Marie will give you the mother's maiden name.