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Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	12 Nov 2018 18:50
	Trying to tie up a few loose ends - as she's a 1st cousin, 3 times removed, certificates won't be purchased. She was born in Minster, Sheppey, Kent birth reg 4Q 1873. I have her with her parents, father Michael & mother Mary (nee Banner) up to 1891, & possibly 1901 as a servant in Surrey. 1901 Ellen Chapman Age: 27 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1874 Relation to Head: Servant Gender: Female Birth Place: Sheerness Sheppey Civil Parish: Kingston on Thames Ecclesiastical parish: Kingston All Saints Town: Kingston on Thames County/Island: Surrey Country: England Registration district: Kingston Sub-registration district: Kingston ED, institution, or vessel: 10 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 663 Folio: 94 Page Number: 12 Household schedule number: 65 Household Members: Name Age William T Beach 48 Elizabeth Beach 47 William Beach 24 Mabel Beach 22 Alice M Beach 20 Anna M Green 22 Ellen Chapman 27 Census away from the Isle of Sheppey often give Sheerness as pob as its the nearest town. After that, there's a possibility of a marriage on Sheppey Ellen Chapman Registration Year: 1905 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration district: Sheppey Inferred County: Kent Volume: 2a Page: 1983 Records on Page: Name Ellen Chapman John Lewis However, I can't find an Ellen/Nellie & John Lewis in 1911 to confirm or otherwise. It could be a red herring! Any ideas please?
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Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 2,141 Send Message	Christina(Lancashire)	Report	12 Nov 2018 19:47
	This looks like her..... Name: Ellen Pay Age in 1911: 37 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1874 Relation to Head: Wife Gender: Female Birth Place: Minster, Kent Civil Parish: Queenborough Search Photos: Search for 'Queenborough' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection County/Island: Kent Country: England Street address: 145 High St, Queenboro, Kent Marital Status: Married Years Married: 1 Estimated Marriage Year: 1910 Registration district: Sheppey Registration District Number: 62 Sub-registration district: Minster ED, institution, or vessel: 3 Household schedule number: 177 Piece: 4453 Household Members: Name Age Charles Pay 44 Ellen Pay 37 Harold Lewis 4 Spencer Lewis 2 James Lawrence 21
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,057 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	12 Nov 2018 19:51
	Marriages Sep 1909 (>99%) BARBER Florence Rosalia Sheppey 2a 2118 >>>>>>>>>>LEWIS Ellen Sheppey 2a 2118 >>>>>>>>>>PAY Charles Sheppey 2a 2118 WREN John Arthur Sheppey 2a 2118 WREN John Walter Sheppey 2a 2118
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Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 2,141 Send Message	Christina(Lancashire)	Report	12 Nov 2018 19:51
	LEWIS, HAROLD JOHN CHAPMAN GRO Reference: 1907 M Quarter in SHEPPEY Volume 02A Page 1040 LEWIS, SPENCER GEORGE CHAPMAN GRO Reference: 1908 D Quarter in SHEPPEY Volume 02A Page 955
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,057 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	12 Nov 2018 19:53
	????????????? from GRO Index PAY, LESLIE CHARLES mmn CHAPMAN GRO Reference: 1911 J Quarter in SHEPPEY Volume 02A Page 1009 Order
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Member Since: August 2007 Posts: 10,049 Send Message	safc	Report	12 Nov 2018 19:57
	???? Burial entry While we have made all efforts to correctly record the information in the original docucument there may be different interpretations of the written words. If you have access to the original document and believe we have made a mistake you are encouraged to report this to us. Report an Error in this Data Field (only fields with a value are shown) Value County Kent Place Sheerness Church name Halfway Cemetery Register type Transcript Burial date 16 Mar 1908 Burial person forename JOHN Burial person surname LEWIS Person age 37 Burial person abode HALFWAY HOUSES Transcribed by Susan Hawkins Credit Colin Penney File line number 314 Report an Error in this Data
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Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,057 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	12 Nov 2018 20:02
	?????? Deaths Mar 1908 (>99%) Lewis John 39 Sheppey 2a 708
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Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,057 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	12 Nov 2018 20:03
	OK .......... we're all finding similar records!!!
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	12 Nov 2018 20:13
	Brilliant! Thank you. I've since found the Lewis children & their 1911 census. I hadn't looked for a Pay/Chapman child. Any sign of Charles Pay & Ellen's death please?
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Member Since: August 2007 Posts: 10,049 Send Message	safc	Report	12 Nov 2018 20:15
	Burial entry While we have made all efforts to correctly record the information in the original docucument there may be different interpretations of the written words. If you have access to the original document and believe we have made a mistake you are encouraged to report this to us. Report an Error in this Data Field (only fields with a value are shown) Value County Kent Place Sheerness Church name Halfway Cemetery Register type Transcript Burial date 25 Jun 1932 Burial person forename CHARLES Burial person surname PAY Person age 68 Burial person abode HIGH ST Q/B Transcribed by Susan Hawkins Credit Colin Penney File line number 453
	Researching: Abby says please do not send messages to safc, always reply on your thread, as Abby is just a paying member of genes reunited. helping other members. thank you.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,057 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	12 Nov 2018 20:19
	I found an Ellen Pay died 1911 registered Milton, age 38 Deaths Sep 1911 (>99%) Pay Ellen 38 Milton 2a 1271 bit don't know Kent enough to know if the district is a possible
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	12 Nov 2018 20:20
	Thank you. Halfway cemetery records are also online. From memory, some of them were damaged in a flood/water leak and have 'run'. It's ages since I've looked at the Sheppey branch. http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~penney/genealogy/cemetary/cemetary.htm
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Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	12 Nov 2018 20:43
	Ok, who's hidden Leslie Charles Pay 1911???
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Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,057 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	12 Nov 2018 21:08
	I know .......... I couldn't find him after his birth!
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,057 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	12 Nov 2018 21:14
	FWIW ........ I wondered if he had emigrated, but this record from FMP is NOT him Australia Billion Graves Cemetery Index First name(s) Leslie Last name Pay Birth year - Death year 1953 Death date 12 Jan 1953 Cemetery Springvale Botanical Cemetery City Springvale County Greater Dandenong City State Victoria Country Australia Image link Record set Australia Billion Graves Cemetery Index Category Life Events (BDMs) Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials Collections from Australasia I checked the image, and his age on the stone is shown as 61 ........... ie, too old
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	12 Nov 2018 22:42
	Sorry - missed the possible death for Ellen Pay in Milton. Milton is part of Sittingbourne,Kent & isn't that far away from Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey.
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Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,057 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	12 Nov 2018 23:30
	If that is Ellen's death, then it means that she died not long after Leslie was born ...... I If it is Ellen, I wonder what happened to the children? Could they have gone to Dr Barnardo's or been Home Children, or adopted?????
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,057 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	12 Nov 2018 23:38
	Strange, but none of the children show up under the surames Lewis or Pay after their birth registrations or the 1911 Census
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 26,233 Send Message	ArgyllGran	Report	12 Nov 2018 23:44
	Possibly Harold in 1939: Harold J Lewis in the 1939 England and Wales Register Name: Harold J Lewis Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Birth Date: 2 Feb 1907 Residence Year: 1939 Address: 16 Union Rd Residence Place: Sheppey, Kent, England Occupation: Caterer Shop Keeper Schedule Number: 37 Sub Schedule Number: 1 Enumeration District: DJRB Registration district: 62-1 Inferred Spouse: Joyce I Lewis Household Members: Name Harold J Lewis Joyce I Lewis This record is officially closed. This record is officially closed. Cecila R Chapman - 29 July 1868, widowed <<<<< Margaret Domers Marriage: Joyce I Cox in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005 Name: Joyce I Cox Registration Date: Apr-May-Jun 1932 Registration district: Sheppey Inferred County: Kent Spouse: Harold J Lewis Volume Number: 2a Page Number: 2419 Joyce Irene Lewis in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 Name: Joyce Irene Lewis Death Age: 75 Birth Date: 25 May 1912 Registration Date: Jan 1988 Registration district: Hastings and Rother Inferred County: East Sussex Volume: 18 Page: 951
	Researching: Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	12 Nov 2018 23:45
	I did find Harold John Lewis - he married Joyce Irene Cox in 1932 & died in 1961, Hastings. She died there in 1988. Spencer George Lewis disappeared with his half-brother. Could they have been adopted or acquired foster parent's surnames?
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