Genealogy Chat

I have a new lead in tracing the mystery of my lost grandmother. I have contacted my cousin, who I have'nt seen for over 40 years and she told me that when my grandmother lived in the Alms houses in deal her name was Maud Trice and not Gimber but I still cant find anything about her death, which would have been late 1960 or early 70.........

When was she born? Georgina.

I have checked the death index from 1968-1972 & there is no Maud Trice? Georgina.

Both Trice and Gimber are unusual names so I hope you will be able to find her.

My grandmother was born in 1893 her name was Maud J Hammond, she married in 1914 to a Frank Gimber and they had two children and there is no trace of her or her family. I have placed a few messages on this board about her and this is the only new lead I have................ both the children were sent to live in Scotland as Maud was said to be an unfit mother, they both believed their parents to be dead, we moved to deal in the 1950 as my father was in the marines and my mother was reunited with her mother again, but there was alot of bad fellings and they lost contact. I cannot trace any of mauds family.

Waveyone Was your granny from Cornwall also? If so, could her name have been Trerice, do you think (imagine this said in a Cornish accent) OC

thank you Brenda, Dorathy Gimber is my Aunt, her daughter remembers going to stay with grandmother at the Alms house. I will send away for that death cert but I think the death might be to late....

waveyone if your from kent yourself i know its a task but you could always go to canterbury cathedral archives and look at the births & deaths in kent as that is what i had to do for some of mine Dawn

sorry Dawn I'm from Cornwall, I hope one day to get there and search the records, Iknow it will help, at the moment i have to rely on very helpful people on here..........

Just received the Death cert for Maud trice who died 1980 ( yipeeeee it's the right one) at the Royal Victoria Hospital shepway but can'nt read the sub district place... Under the section occupation and usual address it reads widow of Samuel Charles Trice, Golf Caddie royal victoria Hospital...the name and address of informant was Barbara Thompson, Bowdray Square, Mill Hill, Deal.....can anyone help by finding their marriage it would have been after 1918 because I know Maud was married to frank gimber then.................

many thanks, I thought if I send for his death cert it mught tell me about his wife ,but I cant find his death.... ..my son has been on holiday this week as its not easy using the computer which is in his room, also my new grandaughter has taken a lot of my attention,,she is much easier on the old eyes as well.. Frank Gimber died in 1918.........