On 15/01/2015 00:10, John Watt wrote: > On Wednesday, 14 January 2015 15:49:26 UTC+10, Charles Ellson wrote: >> On Tue, 13 Jan 2015 19:46:27 -0800 (PST), John Watt >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Percy was born 30 April 1892 in Brighton. I know that he served as an officer >>> in WW1 in the then new Royal Flying Corp. Family lore says that he >>> married an Irish girl, but WHO and WHERE ? Can anyone help, please >>> ??? >>> >> The closest to Brighton looks like a marriage to >> Norah ATKIN, Surrey SE, MAR 1938 >> BUT if he was in France and married in a local church then there might >> only be French records for such a marriage. Otherwise there are about >> ten other marriages including his middle initial in England and Wales >> from 1913 to 1934. There is a 1938 marriage in Medway district to a >> Mary G MOOREY but she seems to have a matching birth index entry there >> in 1910 and a 1911 census entry with no hint of Ireland in the family. >> >> There is no match for his name (with or without the H) in the Irish >> marriage indexes. >> >> Do you know who registered his death ? > > > > On Wednesday, 14 January 2015 15:49:26 UTC+10, Charles Ellson wrote: >> On Tue, 13 Jan 2015 19:46:27 -0800 (PST), John Watt >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Percy was born 30 April 1892 in Brighton. I know that he served as an officer >>> in WW1 in the then new Royal Flying Corp. Family lore says that he >>> married an Irish girl, but WHO and WHERE ? Can anyone help, please >>> ??? >>> >> The closest to Brighton looks like a marriage to >> Norah ATKIN, Surrey SE, MAR 1938 >> BUT if he was in France and married in a local church then there might >> only be French records for such a marriage. Otherwise there are about >> ten other marriages including his middle initial in England and Wales >> from 1913 to 1934. There is a 1938 marriage in Medway district to a >> Mary G MOOREY but she seems to have a matching birth index entry there >> in 1910 and a 1911 census entry with no hint of Ireland in the family. >> >> There is no match for his name (with or without the H) in the Irish >> marriage indexes. >> >> Do you know who registered his death ? > > No, I'm sorry, I don't know any more than that about him (his marriage/children/death). So anything provable at all will be most welcome > There is this possible death record.. Name:Percy H Stevens Birth Date: abt 1892 Date of Registration: Jun 1945 Age at Death:53 Registration district: Brighton Inferred County:Sussex Volume:2b Page: 325