General Chat

Hi Sue, I'll ring the CAB on Monday when it re-opens :-)

Thanks Rose, I hope I get it too :-)

No idea where the Geldart came from. She married my grandad at 19yrs old and had my father the following year. She was still a Hill when she went to Canada on the Aquitania in 1946. When I tried to work out the year she came back, there appeared to be quite a few Geldart's coming in, so maybe that's where she picked up the idea for the name. She changed it by deed poll. Then she married again in 1950.

Think you need to go have a word with the Citizens Advice Bureau or ring them..

Sue

Hope you get the file Helen.

Any idea where the name Geldart came from or why she chose it? Makes you wonder if she had another family she left.

Rose

I've had to private mail you, as it won't accept my response for some reason :-/

How did you discover he died in Yugoslavia?

Rose

Just wanted to thank everyone for your help with this. I think we've come to the end of the line on Vera now, thanks to you all xx

Just need to find out now whether or not we're legally entitled to her files, being the only surviving bloody relatives.

Thanks again! You've all been AMAZING! xx

Apparently her husband died suddenly of a heart attack when they were holidaying in Yugoslavia! Doubt we'd find his death certificate then.

Hi Rose

That's where Vera died, Dorset. Sorry, looks like I didn't mention that bit! whoops! :-)

Helen,

Why do you mention Dorset? Looks like Leslie's father died there.

Rose

the solicitor didn't say anything about her will. The odd thing when I looked at 192.com was, under the address she was living at, appeared to be 4 people not related to each other, which makes me wonder whether it was a home of some sort.

Just noticed Rose, that Vera was a widow when she died, so her husband must've died before her! I wonder how long before . .

Hi

When you want to do some research on finding someone, how do you go abt finding someone (A lady) if she has married. Is there anyway around that one

There are no Leslie H Oddys on 192.com but plenty of Leslie Oddys.

Rose

She was still married when she died, as he's on the death certificate as her husband.

The solicitor didn't mention anything about his files at all. She would've left everything to her husband anyway, which I'm relieved about, as I was worried we might inherit a debt! haa haa!

You can search for people on 192.com, but I'm not sure whether he stayed in Dorset or went back to Leeds. I'll have to wait to do that though, as my son's off school now, so my times limited.

Due to privacy laws the latest census you can access is the 1911.

Rose

Did the solicitor say anything about her will?

Rose

Not seeing a death for Leslie. I wonder what happened to him? What was her marital status when she died?

Rose

I looked up the informant on 192.com and rang him. He's a solicitor. He said the name rang a bell and he was sure there must be a file about her in his office. He told me to email him my contact details which I did. He replied saying he was going to send my information onto someone who knew Vera more than he did and I might hear back from them. I haven't yet, but it's only been a few days.

Mum told Dad the information we had on Vera and I'm hoping his outward reaction is the same as his inward one. If that makes sense. I don't want this to upset him. He was shocked (as I was) that she married someone only 4yrs older than him.

I wonder if there's a post 1950s census I could look at, to work out if she had any other children. The solicitor said that because he was on her death certificate as informant, it would suggest there wasn't any other family members.

If her husband died, I should be able to find that with the information I have. It'll be weird if he's still alive! :-O

That's great news. Whomever registered her death obviously knew her real date of birth though.

Who was the informant on the death cert?

Rose