(this message sent on behalf of Denise Whitehead <dlwhitehead@xtra.co.nz> who is having trouble getting messages through) Hello friends Can someone a lot more savvy than me help with finding when my grandfather Frederick James May(1887-1917) arrived in South Africa from England. I can't find him in the 1901 UK census when he would have been 14. He was married to Elsie Sturdy in 1915 in Johannesburg. I have searched ancestry UK and find my past shipping lists. Grateful thanks Dee Whitehead Denise Whitehead <dlwhitehead@xtra.co.nz>

Hi Dee A little more information please as you don't give birthplace, parents etc Is this his birth Name: Frederick James May Year of Registration: 1887 Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun District: Chelsea (1841-1981) County: Greater London, London, Middlesex Volume: 1a Page: 378 And baptism Name: Frederick James May Record Type: Baptism Estimated Birth Date: abt 1887 Baptism Date: 25 May 1887 Father's name: Simon May Mother's name: Rosetta Maria May Parish or Poor Law Union: Kensal Green St Jude Borough: Westminster If not can you let us know the correct ones Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Hello friends > > Can someone a lot more savvy than me help with finding when my > grandfather Frederick James May(1887-1917) arrived in South Africa > from England. > > I can't find him in the 1901 UK census when he would have been 14. > He was married to Elsie Sturdy in 1915 in Johannesburg. > I have searched ancestry UK and find my past shipping lists. > > Grateful thanks > > Dee Whitehead

Further information from Dee The birth & baptism I posted are confirmed as the correct ones -------Original Message------- 1901 census He was listed as Fred J May with parents and 4 brothers and 1 sister, living at 77 Wakeman Street, Kensal Green, Willesden . The family was still at the same address for the 1911 census. his parents were Simon May and Rosetta Maria Jones. He married Elsie Sturdy in South Africa in 1915 . She left England in 1913 on board Gloucester Castle. In 1916 Elsie(his wife) 2mnth old son Phillip(my father) and Frederick returned to England as he had TB, he died 1917 Rochford, Essex Elsie & Philip May and Catherine Thompson Sturdy(Elsie's mother) travelled back to SA on the "Ballarat" , leaving London 5th June 1922. They had all been living at 38 Charlton Lane, Charlton, SE7 Thank you for your response Dee