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She was definitely living with John Selby (my grandfather) until his death in 1948 and is named on his death certificate as his widow although they never married. Will now follow up on the information that has been given so quickly. Thanks

I wonder whether they might possibly have had a child

Births Sep 1932
Ransom Dorothy Ransom Kensington 1a 132

Deaths Mar 1933
Ransom Dorothy 0 Kensington 1a 145

just a fairly random guess and only a certificate would say

It looks like John and Evelyn never married but lived together



Name:John Joseph Selby of Woodfield Place

Probate Date:1 Jun 1948

Registry:London, England

Death Date:12 Apr 1948

Death Place:London, England

Probate to: Eva Ransom, spinster £73 6s 11d

the confusion may be this household in Paddington

Eva (Evelyn) Ransom (Selby) 1907
Priscilla Ransom is also on this record
Priscilla Ransom 1869

there is a John Selby 1900 in Paddington but no one else is shown in his household

although both households are in Woodfield Place

there could be a transcription error of course, and they could be in the same household

or the transcription error could be in assigning her the surname Selby, if they simply lived at the same address

these certainly do look like Eva/Evelyn and her mother

Jacqueline, have you paid to consult the 1939 record?

Jacqueline - what is the source of your 1939 information?

Birth of Evelyn's sister Dorothy:

Births Sep 1898 (>99%)
Ransom Dorothy May Marylebone 1a 547


Possibly her marriage:

Marriages Jun 1919 (>99%)
Peverall William Ranson Kensington 1a 522
Ransom Dorothy M Peverall Kensington 1a 522

She had six children, all born in Paddington, 1919 - 1937, all potentially still alive, along with any offspring.

Evelyn appears not to have had children.

Ancestry suggests this is her sister Rosie's birth, although a couple of years different from what her father put on the 1911 census form:

Births Sep 1901 (>99%)
RANSOM Rose Amelia Paddington 1a 26

If that's correct, these are her marriage and death:

Marriages Dec 1925 (>99%)
Holdrick John J W Ransom Kensington 1a 429
Ransom Rose A Holdrick Kensington 1a 429


Rose Amelia Holdrick
in the England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Rose Amelia Holdrick
Birth Date: 23 Jun 1901
Date of Registration: Sep 1989
Age at Death: 88
Registration district: Hounslow
Inferred County: London
Volume: 13
Page: 1044


Four children were born in Paddington and Kensington, 1926-31.

Have a look at http://www.freebmd.org.uk, Jacqueline, for their names.

The eldest married in 1945 in Kensington, and had six children in Paddington 1947-59.

The second child married in Kensington in 1949, but does not appear to have had children, at least not in England/Wales.

The third married in Lambeth in 1954, and had two daughters born Paddington 1956 & 1957.

The fourth married in Paddington in 1951, and had a child in Paddington 1951, with possibly two others in Eton, in 1958 and 1966.

There should be plenty of living relatives if you can track them down.
(And if the 1901 birth is indeed Rosie's.)

She is here with her husband



Name:Patrick Heraghty

Year:1963

County or Borough:Paddington
Ward or Division/Constituency:Paddington South

Street address:18 Woodfield Road

Reference Number:LCC/PER/B/2866

If 1911 is her then you could try putting a few names is Search Trees to see if you can find a match, then contact the tree owner.

could very well be her:-

Name: Evelyn Heraghty
Birth Date: 24 Sep 1907
Date of Registration: Dec 1987
Age at Death: 80
Registration district: Kensington and Chelsea
Inferred County: London
Volume: 13
Page: 1877

could this possibly be her?

1911
Name: Evelyn Ransom
Age in 1911: 3
Estimated birth year: abt 1908
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Civil Parish: Paddington
Search Photos: Search for 'Paddington' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street address: 4 Desborough Street, Paddington W
Registration district: Paddington
Registration District Number: 1
Sub-registration district: Paddington Central
ED, institution, or vessel: 16
Piece: 57
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry Ransom 43 Birth Place: Wales, Wales (general labourer - builder)
Priscilla Ransom 39 Birth Place: Wil, Wiltshire
Reginald Ransom 16 Birth Place: Wil, Wiltshire
Benjamin Ransom 14 Birth Place: Wil, Wiltshire
Dorothy Ransom 12 Civil Parish: Paddington
Henry Ransom 10
Rosie Ransom 8
Irene Ransom 6
Maggie Ransom 4
Evelyn Ransom 3
Irene Batt 17

Parents married 16yrs
Children 8 living 1 died

Any idea of her date of birth?

(If she was of a certain age when she married, then there may not be children.)

Trying to trace relatives of an Eva (Evelyn) Ransom who married Patrick Heraghty in 1951.Evelyn was living in Woodfield Place, Paddington in 1939 with a John Selby. :-S