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    1. Re: Could a "Sheaf" marry a "Sheaf"
    2. Charles Ellson
    3. On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 21:07:57 +0100, Mick <mrcycleuk@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >Hi all, > I have a "Francis Robert Walter Sheaf" born IOW in 1895. >Volume no:2B Page no: 603 >The only marriage found at Findmypast is to a " Maud E Sheaf" in 1921 >at Camberwell . London. >Volume no: 1D Page no: 1706 >It seemed strange but not unbelievable to marry someone with the same >surname, > Cousins ? >but I cannot find a birth for Her (Maud E Sheaf) > A remarried war widow ? Ah-hah! http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/829260/SHEAF,%20GEORGE%20ARRAN SHEAF, George Arran "Son of Alfred Sheaf, of Hurstake, River Side, Newport; husband of Maud Elizabeth Sheaf, of 39, Crocker St., Newport, Isle of Wight" marriage: MAR 1915 Isle of Wight 2b 1083 George A SHEAF, Maud E SPEARING The medal rolls show him as originally in the Hampshire Regiment. >Findmypast have a: Maud Emily Shea born Marylebone, London in 1897, >Volume no: 1A Page no: 529 > That matches the image of the index page. >Also other "SHEA" >Could the end "F" be a mistake? > >Findmypast have a: Hilda Maude E Sheaf born: : Lambeth, London in 1878 >Volume no: 1D Page no: 543 > >IWFHS have a Maud Elizabeth Sheaf who died 1956 aged 66 birth year >1889 - 1890 Ref: SE7/E335 but no maiden name which they sometimes do >have! >Francis Robert Walter Sheaf died on the IOW Iin1980 aged 84. >

    08/13/2013 04:28:47
    1. Re: Could a "Sheaf" marry a "Sheaf"
    2. Mick
    3. On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 22:28:47 +0100, Charles Ellson <ce11son@yahoo.ca> wrote: >A remarried war widow ? >Ah-hah! >http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/829260/SHEAF,%20GEORGE%20ARRAN >SHEAF, George Arran >"Son of Alfred Sheaf, of Hurstake, River Side, Newport; husband of >Maud Elizabeth Sheaf, of 39, Crocker St., Newport, Isle of Wight" > >marriage: >MAR 1915 Isle of Wight 2b 1083 George A SHEAF, Maud E SPEARING > >The medal rolls show him as originally in the Hampshire Regiment. > >>Findmypast have a: Maud Emily Shea born Marylebone, London in 1897, >>Volume no: 1A Page no: 529 >> >That matches the image of the index page. Wow, thank you very much. Maud was already in the tree but I did not see any connection! Mick. IOW.

    08/14/2013 01:47:59