Hi, I don't think that Louisa father is Churchman, I have found the following. John Henry Denny married Josephine Emma King Dec. Qtr.1888 E. Stonehouse. A Son John Henry Denny born 1886 E. Stone house Louisa Josephine H born 1888 I will look further - Val -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Ray Lewis Sent: 03 March 2008 09:43 To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [HAM] A Missing person - Louisa Josephine Helena DENNY G'day everybody In the hope there is someone out there who can help in our search for Louisa Josephine Helena DENNY b. 19 May 1888, we have posted this to the Hampshire list and the Portsmouth list. We think that she is the Louisa Denny listed in the Salvation Army home in Portsmouth in the 1901 census, aged 12. She may also be the Helena J S Denny who married in 1911 in Portsmouth. possibly to a Henry Churchman (FreeBMD has him as a possible partner). She was the daughter of a Royal Marine and my wife's mother's sister. Their mother died in 1897 and their father was discharged from the RM August 1898. Sometime on 31 December 1901 John Denny, the father, disappeared and my wife's mother was abandoned and spent the next six or so years in an orphanage in Glamorgan. We have no idea what happened to Louisa and thus far the Salvation Army has so far been unable to help. It is possible that she was taken under the wing of one of her mother's sisters at the time of her mother's death. She was resputed to be a sailor's wife and may well have moved to Portsmouth from Devonport to follow her husband. We are obviously hoping that she had children from the marriage and that there are some of her descendants out there who might be able to help in the search for Louisa and Kathleen's father. Is there anyone on either list who may be able to help? Regards For FREE online parish register transcriptions visit the Hampshire OPC at www.knightroots.co.uk ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.2/1304 - Release Date: 29/02/2008 08:18

G'day list Yes you have the right family except that J E King and J H Denny (R.M) were married in 1883. J. H Denny junior, died in 1890, two years after Louisa's birth. Kathleen Denny was born in 1895 and the youngest son, Joseph Henry Denny was born 16 Sep 1897, died 4 November 1897 6 weeks after his mother. Louisa, just like her father, were unknown to Kathleen who was my wife's mother, abandoned in Pontypridd at the age of 5. It has been along journey to the point where we are able to ask the question that we did. Unfortunately, it wasn't until 1912 that the bride's maiden name was included in the GRO indexes. Your responses have triggered a thought about churches and parish registers. Are there any online for Hampshire that might include the years 1910 - 1912? Thanks for your responses Regards Ray Lewis Hazelmere Western Australia Bill Barber wrote:<snip>