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Violet Louise Court nee Bolton was my great aunt. Her husband Richard Ambrey Court son of Robert was killed in the 1st WW. She had a son Richard who married Proctor Howell and had two sons. I think Richard's marriage ended in divorce as he emigrated alone to New Zealand in 1947. He married again out there but I know of no more children. I think but am not sure that his sons ended up in NZ one dying young of asthma and the other I cannot follow. I am hoping for contact with a descendant of Richard's as maybe they have Violet's family photos. We have none as they were blown up in WW2. I saw Violet up to about 1955. I know she went on a visit to NZ for a year with my Aunt.

Adrienne

John, it's been several months since Richard posted here -- you might want to click on his name and send him a private message with this info, or to inform him of your post here. If his email address in the GR system is current, he'll get a notification of that. No notice is sent of posts in threads, so unless he happens to check back, he won't see this.

Thomas Ambrey Court b 1850
married Hannah MacLean Walkinshaw, b 1852 in Radcliffe, Lancashire, married 1877 in Richmond Surrey
First born Cecil Thomas Walkinshaw Court b 2nd quarter 1879 died in Vancouver in 1952 Grandson was in the USA and might still be there.
Twins Hannah and Thomas b 1881

Possible death for Hannah:-

Name: Hannah F M Court
Death Registration Month/Year: 1945
Age at death (estimated): 64
Registration district: Kensington
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1a
Page: 78

Robert and family in 1911:-

COURT, Robert Ambrey Head Married M 30 1881 Clerk Accountant Dept House Of Lords Balham London S W VIEW
COURT, Violet Ambrey Wife Married F 24 1887 Hastings Sussex VIEW
COURT, Richard Ambrey Son M 1 1910 St Margarets Middlesex VIEW
OWEN, Elsie Servant Single F 21 1890 Nurse Domestic Harrow Middlesex VIEW
MAYGER, Annie Servant Single F 21 1890 General Servant Domestic Isleworth Middlesex VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
6843 Reference:
RG14PN6843 RG78PN341 RD128 SD2 ED10 SN291

Registration District:
Brentford Sub District:
Twickenham Enumeration District:
10 Parish:
Twickenham

Address:
36 St Stephen's Gardens Twickenham County:
Middlesex

Hannah in 1911 (unmarried)

MASTONE-GRAHAM, Margaret Graewe Head Single F 53 1858 Independent Means Perth Perthshire N B VIEW
COURT, Hannah Frances Mary Visitor Single F 30 1881 Embroideress London Middlesex VIEW
EASTLAND, Alice Harriet Servant Single F 38 1873 Domestic Servant General St Sampsons Guernsey VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
384 Reference:
RG14PN384 RG78PN12 RD4 SD1 ED10 SN120

Registration District:
Chelsea Sub District:
Chelsea North Enumeration District:
10 Parish:
Chelsea

Address:
7 Sloane Square London Chelsea County:
London

Just in case you don't have this:-

Name: Hannah Frances Mary Court
Record Type: Baptism
Date: 18 Jan 1881
Father's Name: Thomas Aubrey Court
Mother's Name: Hannah Mackean Court
Parish: St Mary, Balham
Borough: Wandsworth
County: Middlesex

and this one seems to be the same but date is given as 15th.

Name: Hannah Frances Mary Court
Record Type: Baptism
Date: 15 Jan 1881
Father's Name: Thomas Ambrey Court
Mother's Name: Hannah Mackean Court
Parish: St Stephen, Clapham Park
Borough: Lambeth
County: Middlesex
Date of birth is shown as: 13 Dec 1880

so the children were christened twice. in different Boroughs.

You're very welcome. I should have put where the passenger record is from:

http://www.findmypast.co.uk/passengerListPersonSearchStart.action

Lots of people here subscribe, if you want to put out a call for the details of that record -- just add a post here, and someone will come along.

Thank you so much. I will investigate further. Much appreciate your help.

There's only one Richard A Court marriage in the index:

Name: Richard A Court
Spouse: Proctor-Howell
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1934
Registration district: Battersea
Registration county (inferred): London
Volume Number: 1d
Page Number: 817

Ancestry doesn't want to show me the spouse's name ... and FreeBMD doesn't have it ... Tricking Ancestry, it's Agnes G P Howell.

But I can't see a death for either of them.


COURT Richard 1910 1947 Liverpool New Zealand Auckland

No other Court travelling with him.

I am trying to find family members of Hannah Frances Mary Court born 1880. Her twin brother was Robert Ambrey Court who married Violet Louise Bolton in 1908. He died in 1917 and Violet remarried George B Blackett in 1919. Violet and Robert had a son - Richard Ambrey Court - born 1910. I would appreciate any help with this. Many thanks.