Another Cousin, and born a DREW to boot!
Thanks to Jayne for contacting me, at Linda's suggestion, with information on Alfred Drew who caused a little confusion a few days back.
To quote Jayne:
Unfortunately, we don't know a great deal about Alfred Drew - he was born on 05 Aug 1887 in Madron workhouse to Elizabeth Ellen Drew, a charwoman of Penzance, residing at 2 Custom House Lane, Penzance - as you already know, there is no father recorded. He died at the age of 30yrs, on the 23 Mar 1918 at 6 Regent Place, Penzance; he was a window cleaner at the time - he died of a cerebral haemorrhage and his mother, Elizabeth Ellen Drew (living at 7 Abbey Place, Penzance) was present at the death.
He married Elizabeth Fanney Davey & my grandfather, Alfred James Drew was born in 1915, but as he was only 3 when his father died, he had no real memory of him and so there were no clues to the unknown father. My grandfather married Dorothy Ellen Honour and they had 2 children, my Aunty Anne & my father, Michael James Drew. Unfortunately, both of my grandparents have passed away and so a lot of the family history has gone with them.
Now, to find out what happened to Alfred's siblings, Ernest and Sydney!
On the Paul War Memorial:
DREW, Ernest. Private. 391942. Labour Corps. Southern Command Labour Centre. Enlisted at Penzance. Died in England 24th October 1917. Interred in Paul Cemetery, Sheffield Road, Paul.
To quote Jayne:
Unfortunately, we don't know a great deal about Alfred Drew - he was born on 05 Aug 1887 in Madron workhouse to Elizabeth Ellen Drew, a charwoman of Penzance, residing at 2 Custom House Lane, Penzance - as you already know, there is no father recorded. He died at the age of 30yrs, on the 23 Mar 1918 at 6 Regent Place, Penzance; he was a window cleaner at the time - he died of a cerebral haemorrhage and his mother, Elizabeth Ellen Drew (living at 7 Abbey Place, Penzance) was present at the death.
He married Elizabeth Fanney Davey & my grandfather, Alfred James Drew was born in 1915, but as he was only 3 when his father died, he had no real memory of him and so there were no clues to the unknown father. My grandfather married Dorothy Ellen Honour and they had 2 children, my Aunty Anne & my father, Michael James Drew. Unfortunately, both of my grandparents have passed away and so a lot of the family history has gone with them.
Now, to find out what happened to Alfred's siblings, Ernest and Sydney!
On the Paul War Memorial:
DREW, Ernest. Private. 391942. Labour Corps. Southern Command Labour Centre. Enlisted at Penzance. Died in England 24th October 1917. Interred in Paul Cemetery, Sheffield Road, Paul.
posted by Geoff_D @ 8:15 am
1 Comments:
At 5:02 pm,
Geoff_D said…
Odd, but two of the three people who have contacted me and were born with the DREW name have both been descendants of an unwed mother, with father of the child not named in both cases. Not reflecting negatively on your origins, girls, but otherwise the chances are that you have been born with a different surname. The bulk of my third cousins x times removed are the descendants of Edward George's little fling with Ms Dingey.
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