Genealogy Chat

While I have made slow but positive progress researching my father's English family with whom he lost contact in about 1952 I have come to a 'brick wall' in my research on a cousin. I have a copy of her Birth Cert. & a copy of her father's Death Cert. stating her as the Informant with her married name. I have checked (& rechecked) the Marriage & Death Registers - found no-one who could be my cousin BUT on the Passenger List Records, name & DOB match for 1956 Departure Southhampton, Destination Quebec, Canada. I presume now, that she married while in Canada but can't find any match in Quebec Marriage Records, but then she gave a Middlesex address for her father's Death Cert. in 1981.

I wrote briefly, 12 mths ago, to that address hoping Isobel or someone who knew her may still live there (current age would be about 76). I have had no reply.

Can anyone tell me how I go about finding her marriage and/or death records or her where-abouts.

Most appreciative of any help,
Carolyn

You do not give her birth details but am I correct in assuming that this is her and her parents?

Name: Isobel I Murry
Mother's Maiden Surname: Cocks
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1935
Registration district: Westminster
Inferred County: London
Volume Number: 1a
Page Number: 440

Name: Albert E Murry
Spouse Surname: Irene E Cocks
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1933
Registration district: St George Hanover Square
Inferred County: London
Volume Number: 1a
Page Number: 1289

Name: Albert Edward Murry
Birth Date: 7 Feb 1901
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1981
Age at Death: 80
Registration district: Westminster
Inferred County: London
Volume: 15
Page: 2199

Name: Irene Edith Murry
Birth Date: 22 Jan 1912
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1976
Age at Death: 64
Registration district: Westminster
Inferred County: London
Volume: 15
Page: 1775

Is this her sailing......states single.


Name: Isobel MURRY
Date of departure: 2 November 1956
Port of departure: Southampton
Passenger destination port: Quebec, Canada
Passenger destination: Quebec, Canada

Date of Birth: 17 September 1935
Age: 21 (calculated from DOB)
Marital status: Single
Sex: Female
Occupation: Demonstrator
Passenger recorded on: Page 2 of 4




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Where bound:
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Passengers on voyage:
AROSA SUN



Quebec, Canada

Isobel appears to have been an only child and as her mother predeceased her father it is probable that if her father left a will she would be an executrix and a beneficiary.

It might be worth checking to see if he did leave a will to see if any details such as her address, spouse and possible offspring are mentioned. Copies of wills made/proved are held at the Court of Probate and copies of the calendars (Registers) can be viewed free in London. A copy of the will itself can be obtained by post for just £6.00.

See:

www.justice.gov.uk/guidance/courts-and-tribunals/courts/probate/family-history.htm

There is an incoming passenger list for an Isobel Johansen (slightly different sp) on Ancestry, maybe someone with higher membership can check it out? Just in case it is her and there are other Johansen's on the trip, you never know!
Have you tried checking out that address on Friends Reunited? There might be someone there who was a neighbour.
Jan

Jan,

If you meant the Isobel Johansen arriving in 1960 that was a 72 year old lady arriving from Barbados I'm afraid.

Oh dear, never mind, worth a look I guess!

I think there might possibly be a son?? Born 1961 if so.
Will PM what I have found.
Jan

I think there is a chance Isobel is on 192.com - there is an Isobel I Johansen on ER up till 2012, definitely worth a look.
Jan

Thank you Jonesey, Ann & Jan for your helpful advice - some info I already had but now following up on that which you have suggested and I didn't have - especially about the possible son of Isobel.

Anyway, my research isn't over yet.

Carolyn

Thanks, Jan for your lead with the Birth Certificate for Richard M Johanson - I can safely say I have found another member of my Dad's Family.

Onward & Upward, as they say.
Carolyn