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My father's mother, Edith May Scott (maiden name Smith) died when he was about 2 years old, in about 1943 Crowborough, East Sussex. I have, so far, been unable to find any details about her, other than her name being listed as mother on my fathers birth certificate.

She was the second wife of Isaac Scott - I haven't been able to find a listing for their wedding either. Isaac's first wife, Elizabeth Kate Peerless, also died young. I have also been unable to find details of her death.

Any advice or assistance would be gratefully received!

Simon

no reg in 1943 in Sussex...
I'll look either side..

1942 first.. in case someone else wants to do 1944!

1942 Quarter 4
Edith M Scott aged 45 registered Uckfield district vol 2b page 191.

You can order the death certificate from GRO for £7 if you quote all the references, they come in about a week at the moment.

Was your father the only child? To give us a clue when to look for the marriage? Rephrased: Do you know of any other children.

Thanks everyone for your help. As far as I know dad was an only child by Edith - I know Isaac had 2 or 3 children by his first marriage.

Simon

Isaac Scott married Elizabeth Peerless in 1911

There are two children shown on FreeBMD

Surname First name(s) Mother District Vol Page

Births Jun 1912 (>99%)
Scott Arthur D Peerless Uckfield 2b 199

Births Dec 1913 (95%)
Scott Reginald P Peerless Uckfield 2b 186

So Elizabeth died sometime after 1913 and Isaac we assume, remarried sometime in the next 30 years. That's a wide span to check!

marriage

Year: 1940
Qtr: Oct-Dec
Name: SCOTT Isaac
Spouse; SMITH
District: Uckfield
Volume: 2b
Page 377

There is a corresponding entry for Edith M SMITH

That marriage certificate will hopefully give you the clues to move further back.

Just to say that I have looked at the indexs from 1914 up to, and including 1920, for the death of Elizabeth K Scott (ms Peerless) and havent seen any likely ones.

Just to save anyone else the trouble.

Mhairi

Well I started looking back from his marriage to Edith and got lucky

Elizabeth's death:


Year 1939
Qtr Oct-Dec
Name: SCOTT Elizabeth K
Age: 50
District: Uckfield
Volume 2b
Page 351

Pete

Thanks again to everyone who has taken the time to look up information for me. I have ordered a copy of the marriage certificate and death certificate for Edith May. Hopefully this will fill in a few more gaps!

Now I'm just looking for the death of Elizabeth Kate Scott (nee Peerless) sometime between 1920 and 1940?! and also the date of birth of her and Isaacs daughter Cathy (Catherine?) I think she was born after 1913?

Thanks again,

Simon

Simon,

You need to read my last posting. Elizabeth's death reference is shown.

Her age at time of death is 50 yrs, so this is her birth ref (from FreeBMD)

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Births Sep 1888 (>99%)
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PEERLESS Elizabeth Kate Uckfield 2b 118


Pete

Thanks Pete, I had been away from the keyboard for a while an missed your message.

Isaac had a third wife, Lillian Chrissy Wren - are there any details of this marriage? (between 1942 and 1946?)

Simon

Marriage
Lillian C Wren to Scott

Dec qtr 1945 Uckfield 2b 395

Thanks Shirley,

Are there any details of the birth of a Cathy (Catherine?) Scott, Mother's maiden name Peerless, born, I believe sometime after 1913? The father was Isaac Scott?

Thanks,

Simon

doesnt show on freebmd only the sons already posted in your thread

OK Thanks for looking,

All the best,

Simon

SCOTT Irene K
MMN Peerless
District Uckfield.
Volume 2b
Page 167
Quarter 3 (Jul-Sep)
Year 1916

Thanks Pete,

That looks like it could be Kathy - I'll get hold of the birth cert to check.

Thanks again for all of your help. It has been really useful and appreciated.

All the best,

Simon

No problem. It was fortunate the family seemed to stay in the same area otherwise it could have been hard to locate them.

Pete