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Choccy

Choccy Report 24 May 2016 22:56


Marriages Sep 1925

Gillham Elsie E Smallman Dartford 2a 1718
SMALLMAN Edwin R Gillham Dartford 2a 1718


Deaths Dec 1927

Smallman Elsie E 27 Dartford 2a 766

Rambling

Rambling Report 24 May 2016 22:52

Sorry I'm a bit lost so will just look and see what crops up lol

? There's a photo of him also attached to the record

Britain, merchant seamen, 1918-1941 Transcription
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First name(s) Albert Richard
Last name Gilham
Event year 1918
Birth year 1901
Birth place Faversham
Birth county/country Kent
Birth date 26 Jul 1901
Discharge number 898048
Identity certificate number RS236178
Card type CR10
Archive The National Archives
Series BT350
Date range 1918-1921
Record set Britain, merchant seamen, 1918-1941
Category Education & work
Subcategory Merchant navy & maritime
Collections from Great Britain

Choccy

Choccy Report 24 May 2016 22:48

maybe -


Marriages Jun 1923 (

Amos William E Gillham Faversham 2a 2130
Gillham Nellie Amos Faversham 2a 2130


1939

Amos Household (4 People)

Rose & Crown , Strood R.D., Kent, England

Nellie A Amos 02 Nov 1904 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 38 2
William E Amos 20 May 1902 Male Farm Shepherd Married 38 1
Daphne J Theobald (Amos) 13 Apr 1924 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Single 38 3
Edward G McCallum 20 Mar 1916 Male General Labourer Heavy Worker Single 38 4



England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007


Name:Nellie Alice Amos

Birth Date:2 Nov 1897

Date of Registration:Sep 1986

Age at Death:88

Registration district:Chatham
Inferred County:Kent

Volume:16
Page:525

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 24 May 2016 22:36

Are you still with it????

Basically, what happened to the parents and missing children. I can't find any of them on the 1939 Register.

Did Sarah Ann Eliza Cornelius/Gillham miscount, or is there an undiscovered child??

Thank you for reading :-D :-D

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 24 May 2016 22:34

Ethel Sophia Gillham bap 13 Jul 1904 St Mary of Charity, Faversham. Married Albert H Ford in 1944 & Died Thanet 1974.

1911?? Not confident
Ethel Gilham
Age in 1911: 6
Estimated birth year: abt 1905
Relation to Head: Visitor
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Faversham, Kent
Civil Parish: Selling

County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street address: Nr Church, Selling, Ashford, Faversham, Kent
Registration district: Faversham
Registration District Number: 60
Sub-registration district: Boughton
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Household schedule number: 32
Piece: 4386
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry Hall 55
Charlotte Eliza Hall 54
Walter James Hall 29
Lily Hall 28
........
Ivy Gillham bap 16 May 1906 ~St Mary of Charity, Faversham

Ivy Gillham
Age in 1911: 5
Estimated birth year: abt 1906
Relation to Head: Boarder
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Faversham, Kent
Civil Parish: Faversham Within
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street address: 5 Beaumont Terrace, Station Road,Faversham, Kent
Registration district: Faversham
Registration District Number: 60
Sub-registration district: Faversham
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Household schedule number: 127
Piece: 4398
Household Members:
Name Age
John Thomas Jerry 35
Charlotte Jerry 33
Winnie May Jerry 12
Ivy Gillham 5

She then disappears.
...........
Alfred George Gillham 21 Jun 1908 - 2 Mar 1997 Canterbury.
In 1911 he is in the Faversham UWH and goes to Canada in 1925.
In 1929 he crosses the Canada-US border and says he's going to visit his step-mother Mrs J W Post in Mass!

Alfred George Gilham
Birth Date: 21 Jun 1908
Birth Place: Fauersham
Birth Country: England
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Race/Nationality: English
Arrival Date: 23 Dec 1929
Port of Arrival: Buffalo, New York, USA
Arrival Contact: Step Mother Mrs J W Post
Departure Contact: Employer Lawrence Weoan
Record has photo?: No
Record Type: Cards

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 24 May 2016 22:26

Nellie Alice Emily Gillham is in the Faversham UWH in 1911, then disappears.

Mable is boarding with the Howlands, then also disappears
Mabel Gilham
Age in 1911: 11
Estimated birth year: abt 1900
Relation to Head: Boarder
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Faversham, Kent
Civil Parish: Faversham Within
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street address: 39 Roman Road, Faversham
Occupation: school
Registration district: Faversham
Registration District Number: 60
Sub-registration district: Faversham
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Household schedule number: 236
Piece: 4392
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert George Howland 48
Mary Ann Howland 40
Mabel Gilham 11
...........

Other suspected children based on surname or baptism
Elsie Esther Gillham b & d 1901
Albert Richard Gillham bap 11 Feb 1903 St Mary of Charity, Faversham
Boarding in 1911
Albert Richard Gilham
Age in 1911: 8
Estimated birth year: abt 1903
Relation to Head: Boarder
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Faversham, Kent
Civil Parish: Faversham Within
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street address: 4 Top Bridge, Lady Dane, Whitstable Road, Faversham
Occupation: school
Registration district: Faversham
Registration District Number: 60
Sub-registration district: Faversham
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Household schedule number: 259
Piece: 4397
Household Members:
Name Age
James Post 51
Martha Ann Post 48
James William Post 22
Daisy Post 18
George Henry Post 10
Albert Richard Gilham 8

The Posts may have gone to Mass, USA. Did he go too?

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 24 May 2016 22:20

Following the Cornelius line, one of whom has disappeared after 1911.

Sarah Ann Eliza Cornelius b 22 Apr 1878 Faversham Kent,married Richard Oliver Gillham on 28 Jul 1897, St Mary of Charity, Faversham.

Sarah Gilham
Age: 23
Estimated birth year: abt 1878
Relation to Head: Wife
Gender: Female
Spouse: Richard Gilham
Birth Place: Faversham, Kent, England
Civil Parish: North Preston Without
Ecclesiastical parish: Brents St John the Evangalist
Town: North Preston Without
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Registration district: Faversham
Sub-registration district: Faversham
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 803
Folio: 34
Page Number: 7
Household schedule number: 38
Household Members:
Name Age
Richard Gilham 24 - b1877, Ramsgate
Sarah Gilham 23
Nellie Gilham 3 (Nellie Alice Emily bap 26 Nov 1897)
Mable Gilham 1 bap 13 Dec 1899

1911
Sarah Gillham
Age in 1911: 32
Estimated birth year: abt 1879
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Faversham, Kent
Civil Parish: Faversham Within
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street address: 41 Luton Road, Faversham, Kent
Marital Status: Married
Registration district: Faversham
Registration District Number: 60
Sub-registration district: Faversham
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Household schedule number: 154
Piece: 4397

Sarah Gillham 32
William Smith 35 (boarder)
Alfred Cornelius 41 (brother)

8 children born, 2 died. If she's correct then one is missing