This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Jocelyn1411 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.oceania.australia.vic.general/11044.1.2.1.1.1.3.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, I found Grace returning to London from melbourne - travelling with mr & Mrs ASHFORD - both actors..actually the Miss DUDLEY may be Olive DUDLEY - I need to check this again Name: Miss Dudley - actress Port of departure: Australia Arrival Date: 16 Apr 1910 Port of arrival: London, England Ports of Voyage: Sydney [Melbourne] [Adelaide] [Colombo] Ship Name: Orontes lovely article about Australian actresses ( icludes Grace D) etc: The Brisbane Courier Thursday 11 June 1903 Finally found the newspaper notice for Marion nee PIERSE DUDLEY's death: The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. Friday 1 March 1895 here is a great article on the PIERSE Family - they have a little bit wrong ( eg DUXBY instead of DUDLEY)but this is a fantastic record of the family: http://www.winsolve.webspace.virginmedia.com/pierse/english_pierses.pdf here is a snip which shows how the names were derived: In this environment, John Fitzmaurice Pierse grew up, probably earning his living as a saddler, but towards the end of the 18th C., he removed to Newcastle West in Co. Limerick, where he met and later married Miss Johanna O'Brien, eldest daughter of Pierce O'Brien and his wife Johanna, née de Lacy of nearby Templeglantin. He was then in his early 30s and Johanna O'Brien was probably a few years his junior. It should be noted that the info about Kathleen PIERSE is a tad incorrect- I have found her marriage to John James CROKER 1866 in Otahuhu Auckland - he was born Cornwall but lived in Devon - he was a printer by trade ( I think he arrived OZ 1859) and soon after his marriage thought he would make an excellent cattle dealer- shipping animals around NZ - the couple had moved to Wanganui NZ, but shortly after JJC went bankrupt owing 5000 quid- there is quite a bit in the NZ ' Paperspast' website about him...he died in Vic OZ. Later, his father also emigrated to OZ. .............. record in UK archives: [no title] MS 11936/559/1261052 8 November 1837 Contents: Insured: William Fitzmaurice Pierse, 17 Princes Street Spital Fields, superintendent of police ............ Checked out that Grace in 1891 -the name actually looks like O'Shannessy..so i doubt she is our lass ........................................... In 1925, Lady Emily CHERRY wrote to the Times saying that the Malcolm CHERRY who died was not her son. Her son Charles CHERRY, who was playing in ' The Pelican' at the Ambassador Theatre was yachting in the Mediterranean .................. Just wondering where you got the info Charles & Grace nee DUDLEY divorced....Grace appears in the Times up to 1906 and then nothing after that ......I found Charles attending an Actor's Benevalent Fundraiser in Feb 1931- just before he died..he was with the likes of Sybil Thorndike and Philip Snowden! ............... Found the death notice ( Times) for Charles CHERRY 31 Aug 1931 - died suddenly of Angina Pectoris, only son of Lady Emily and the late James Frederick CHERRY. Service at Brookwood Crem, Woking. New York and Montreal papers please copy On 01 Sep 1931, notice that cremation had been postponed - to be advised the next day. No flowers by request 02 Sep - cremation that day ...................... Mother Emily Louisa CHERRY was living at 192 St James Court,Buckinham Gate - next door was Major PRINGLE ( Gladys' husband) then: The Times (London, England), Saturday, Apr 25, 1936; pg. 15; Funeral held yesterday for lady Emily Louisa CHERRY...cremation at Woking..lots of names of those who attended ... a fab Obit in the TIMES 1925 for the other son, Malcolm CHERRY who died 1925 aged 46 - also a famous actor - he married an actress who used the name Una VENNING - they had a daughter b 1919 Cheers Jocelyn Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.