Dear Charani, Have found Hannah MENEREAU on Genes Reunited. The treeowner there has her birth recorded at Poynings, Sussex in 1873. They seem to be mainly descendants of Margeurite. Couldn't find Reginald's birth at all. If the marriage to Maria didn't work out, perhaps they didn't marry at all. Hope this helps a little, Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charani" <charani.b@gmail.com> To: <middlesex_county_uk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 11:29 PM Subject: [MDX] Henri Auguste MENEREAU (c1860-1912) and family > Background > > Henri Auguste MENEREAU was born in France (not too surprisingly! :)) ) > about 1860. I have no idea eactly where so his parentage will remain > unknown. I'm not sure when he arrived in England but he was certainly > here by 1886 when he married either Maria Victoria TANQUERAY or Mary > Ann WRIGHT. My feeling is he married Maria Victoria. > > I've found Henri in the 1891 census but no sign of his wife. He's an > hotel keeper's clerk boarding at 113, Euston Street, St Pancras and > says he's married. > > I cannot find him in the 1901 census but he may have been visiting > family in France. > > He appears in the 1911 census with 6 of his 7 children (one having > died) but with a wife called Hannah and claiming to have been married > 18 years making a marriage date of about 1893. I know which child he > lost: Alice Rachel H age 1. > > I've not been able to find this marriage. The eldest son, Reginald > (bc 1895), has either not been registered or has been missed off the > GRO index. He would appear to be Hannah's son and there don't appear > to have been any children from Henri's 1886 marriage. > > I've had a ferret on Ancestry's London Parishes at the library without > success but it's possible the birth was registered in the City of > Westminster as Henri's second son was registered in Kensington. The > third and subsequent children were all registered in St Pancras but > their baptisms are there either. It's quite likely they were Roman > Catholic but there's nothing coming up on the non conformist BMD > Registers. > > This is a new discovery so I haven't had a chance to get any > certificates as yet. > > Questions: > > Can anyone identify Henri's first wife and what happened to her? > Can anyone find his apparent second marriage to Hannah and who she was? > Can anyone locate Reginald's birth? > > At the moment, I'm stumped, so any help would be much appreciated. > > -- > Charani (UK) > OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM > Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM > http://wsom-opc.org.uk > http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/ > ************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. > > List Admin can be contacted at: Middlesex_County_UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

1901 census Class: RG13; Piece: 131; Folio: 24; Page: 40 129 Stanhope Street St Pancras Henri Menereau 41 Kitchen Clerk b France (French subject) Hannah Menereau 28 b Sussex Paynings Reginald Menereau 6 Cecil Menereau 4 Bryan Menereau 2 Malvena Menereau 1 children all born London Pancras Anne South Australia > From: "Charani"<charani.b@gmail.com> > To:<middlesex_county_uk@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 11:29 PM > Subject: [MDX] Henri Auguste MENEREAU (c1860-1912) and family >> >> I cannot find him in the 1901 census but he may have been visiting >> family in France.

Anne Chambers wrote: > 1901 census > Class: RG13; Piece: 131; Folio: 24; Page: 40 > 129 Stanhope Street St Pancras > Henri Menereau 41 Kitchen Clerk b France (French subject) > Hannah Menereau 28 b Sussex Paynings > Reginald Menereau 6 > Cecil Menereau 4 > Bryan Menereau 2 > Malvena Menereau 1 > children all born London Pancras Many thanks :)) I could only get that to come up by using the reference because Henri Menereau had become Henry Menerean in the index! Now corrected :)) -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 5:57 AM, Neil & Jan Hearn <neil.hearn3@bigpond.com> wrote: > Dear Charani, > Have found Hannah MENEREAU on Genes Reunited. The treeowner there has her birth recorded at Poynings, Sussex in 1873. They seem to be mainly descendants of Margeurite. That date and place match with the census. Hannah's been consistent with her place and date of birth. Unfortunately I don't have access to Genes Reunited. I haven't started checking Margeurite's descendents as yet. > Couldn't find Reginald's birth at all. It does seem he wasn't registered. I'll see if St Pancras register office is willing to tell me whether they have a registration for him that didn't make it to the GRO. I'll also add the LMA to my visit schedule. It'll definitely be an overnight stay. > If the marriage to Maria didn't work out, perhaps they didn't marry at all. I'm rather thinking they didn't make it official especially if his marriage to Justine didn't work out either. > Hope this helps a little, Yes, it does, thank you :)) Thank you also for the link to the War Grave Photo Project site. Reginald was so close to getting out of the War as well. Poor lad. I guess his full name was Reginald Henri/y Auguste MENEREAU. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/