Hi Marlene There are not a lot of McGORRERY's about I see their marriage but no children Name: Cedric M McGorrery Spouse Surname: Van Caster Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1922 Registration district: St Giles Registration county (inferred): Middlesex Volume Number: 1b Page Number: 1325 Name: Melanie M L Van Caster Spouse Surname: McGorrery Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1922 Registration district: St Giles Registration county (inferred): Middlesex Volume Number: 1b Page Number: 1325 The only addition is the WW1 medal card for Cedric Name: C M McGorrery Regiment or Corps: 28th London Regiment, Army Service Corps, Royal Air Force Regimental Number: 909, 909, 909 There are no later events but they may have died before 1983 when the computerised index starts, from 1916 to 1983 is in the process of being transcribed by Ancestry so it might be worth hanging until its release (no dates given for that as yet) Or you could wade through the GRO index, the name is uncommon so should stand out There is a chance that the names are mistranscribed in the available records but have tried both surnames with nil result in the births post 1915 Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Kia Ora > Greetings from New Zealand > I am seeking ANY news of Cedric Marston McGORRERY (born 1892) and his wife > Melanie (nee Van Caster) (born 1899) after their marriage in 1922 St > Giles London. > I know they were in Birmingham circa 1939 from a copy of a letter I have. > I have no idea if they had children nor when/where they died. > > If anyone can help with additional information I would be most grateful as > I am tring to track forward!. > Marlene

Many thanks Nivard & Peter. I have all the details going back to the 1790s and this was a Military family , well educated and the only mistakes have been mistranscriptions. Cedric's grandfather received praise for ensuring all his troops going to the Crimea were given Bibles by their Parish cleric and returned to retire as Governor of a Prison. It has been fascinating researching their backgrounds, but the families lost touch after Cedric wrote in 1939 inviting my Uncle to visit if he happened to be on leave in Britain from the Navy during the World War2. I couldn't see any children as you rightly point out so I guess I will start the long haul through the Indexes! My only other hope is that they might be spotted on Electoral Rolls or similar which might cut down the time frame. Thanks again - another pair of eyes is always reassuring! Marlene New Zealand ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 2:14 AM Subject: Re: [B'ham] McGORRERY > Hi Marlene > > There are not a lot of McGORRERY's about > > I see their marriage but no children > > Name: Cedric M McGorrery > Spouse Surname: Van Caster > Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1922 > Registration district: St Giles > Registration county (inferred): Middlesex > Volume Number: 1b > Page Number: 1325 > > Name: Melanie M L Van Caster > Spouse Surname: McGorrery > Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1922 > Registration district: St Giles > Registration county (inferred): Middlesex > Volume Number: 1b > Page Number: 1325 > > The only addition is the WW1 medal card for Cedric > > Name: C M McGorrery > Regiment or Corps: 28th London Regiment, Army Service Corps, Royal Air > Force > Regimental Number: 909, 909, 909 > > There are no later events but they may have died before 1983 when the > computerised index starts, from 1916 to 1983 is in the process of being > transcribed by Ancestry so it might be worth hanging until its release (no > dates given for that as yet) > > Or you could wade through the GRO index, the name is uncommon so should > stand out > > There is a chance that the names are mistranscribed in the available > records > but have tried both surnames with nil result in the births post 1915 > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > >> Kia Ora >> Greetings from New Zealand >> I am seeking ANY news of Cedric Marston McGORRERY (born 1892) and his >> wife >> Melanie (nee Van Caster) (born 1899) after their marriage in 1922 St >> Giles London. >> I know they were in Birmingham circa 1939 from a copy of a letter I have. >> I have no idea if they had children nor when/where they died. >> >> If anyone can help with additional information I would be most grateful >> as >> I am tring to track forward!. > >> Marlene > > _____________________________________________ > _____________________________________________ > > Research in Birmingham: http://www.bham.de/ > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Marlene I have tried as many variants as I can think of but find nothing, including the BT telephone books and directories Electoral Rolls are a possibility but they are not indexed and you would need an address to start with You say you checked the London Gazette did you see the following? Gazette Issue 48832 published on the 23 December 1981. Page 58 of 64 McGORRERY Melanie Mabel Louise - Little Home, 14 Kings Road, Lancing, West Sussex, widow, 10th December 1981 Which may be a starting (or rather an ending) point from which you might track back for electoral rolls This is the death registration Q4 1981 MCGORRERY Melanie Mabel L - 26 De 1898 Worthing 18 2339 A will may be useful to get if there was one Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Many thanks Nivard & Peter. I have all the details going back to the 1790s > and this was a Military family , well educated and the only mistakes have > been mistranscriptions. Cedric's grandfather received praise for ensuring > all his troops going to the Crimea were given Bibles by their Parish > cleric > and returned to retire as Governor of a Prison. It has been fascinating > researching their backgrounds, but the families lost touch after Cedric > wrote in 1939 inviting my Uncle to visit if he happened to be on leave in > Britain from the Navy during the World War2. > I couldn't see any children as you rightly point out so I guess I will > start > the long haul through the Indexes! My only other hope is that they might > be > spotted on Electoral Rolls or similar which might cut down the time frame. > Thanks again - another pair of eyes is always reassuring! > Marlene > New Zealand

Hi Nivard There are electoral rolls of Birmingham indexed and searchable online on http://www.*midlandshistoricaldata*.*org Pay per view or subscription. regards Mike Fisher * Nivard Ovington wrote: Electoral Rolls are a possibility but they are not indexed