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I am interested in anyone who has information about my mum - Veronica Mary Say - born on the 26th July 1937 in Honiton Devon.

Daughter of Eliza Jane and Reginald Say

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Just for ref and in case you don't have access to the 1939 register


Surname First name(s) Spouse District Vol Page
Marriages Dec 1929 (>99%)
BIGNELL Eliza J Say Barnstaple 5b 1032
Say John R Bignell Barnstaple 5b 1032

1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION
Say Household (3 People)
Oburnford Cottage Cullompton , Tiverton R.D., Devon, England

Eliza J Say 08 Jun 1905 Home Duties
John R Say 30 Oct 1906 Cowman
Ernest G Say 12 Jul 1931 At School

one or more closed records, presumably one being your mother.

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Veronica's birth shows mother's maiden name Bignell.

Eliza Jane Bignell married John R. Say in 1929. (Presumably Reginald was his middle name)

Births Dec 1906 (>99%)
Say John Reginald Barnstaple 5b 402

There are 8 Say births between 1930-1950 with mother's maiden name Bignell on FreeBMD but Veronica is the only one born Honiton.

John Reginald Tay

in the 1911 England Census
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Name: John Reginald Tay
[John Reginald Say]
Age in 1911: 4
Estimated birth year: abt 1907
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Ilfracombe, Devonshire
Civil Parish: Barnstaple
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County/Island: Devon
Country: England
Street address: 9 Congrams Row, Barnstaple
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: school
Registration district: Barnstaple
Registration District Number: 284
Sub-registration district: Barnstaple
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Household schedule number: 260
Piece: 13326
Household Members:
Name Age
John Tay 31
Blanche Tay 42
John Reginald Tay 4, son
Ernest George Tay 1, son
Myrtle Humes 13, stepdaughter, born America, British parent

Blanche is married here. Myrtle born Plainfield, Connecticutt.

Myrtle Humes

in the 1901 England Census
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Name: Myrtle Humes
Age: 3
Estimated birth year: abt 1898
Relation to Head: Granddaughter
Gender: Female
Mother: Blanchie Humes
Birth Place: Plainfield Evernietunt, USA
Civil Parish: Ilfracombe
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Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
Town: Ilfracombe
County/Island: Devon
Country: England
Registration district: Barnstaple
Sub-registration district: Ilfracombe
ED, institution, or vessel: 16
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Piece: 2149
Folio: 128
Page Number: 35
Household schedule number: 192
Household Members:
Name Age
Mary Ann Pile 62
Edith Annie Jones 25
Blanchie Humes 30
Myrtle Humes 3

First name(s) JOHN REGINALD
Last name SAY
Gender Male
Birth day 30
Birth month 10
Birth year 1907
Age -
Death quarter 3
Death year 1976
District EXETER
County Devon
Volume 21
Page 0916
Country England
Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007

The informant seems to be a year out in his birth

A tree on Ancestry says that Myrtle was the daughter of Frederick Allen Humes & Blanche Pile. It says that Frederick didn't die until 1912 but Blanche seems to be married to John Say on the 1911 census and says they've been married 5 years.

First name(s) ELIZA JANE
Last name SAY
Gender Female
Birth day 8
Birth month 6
Birth year 1905
Age -
Death quarter 4
Death year 1971
District DEVON CENTRAL
County Devon
Volume 7A
Page 1007
Country England
Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007


1932 Image

Constituency in full: Parliamentary County of Devon, Honiton Division
Constituency: P C of Devon, Honiton Division
Year: 1931 >>>>
Season: -
Register type: Parliamentary County
Polling district or place: Colaton Raleigh
County: Devon
Country: England
Archive: The British Library
Archive reference: SPR.Mic.P.54/BL.D.32
Image number: 199
Record set: England & Wales, electoral registers 1832-1932
Category: Census, land & surveys

Living Dotton Cottage

Veronica birth register as just Veronica not Veronica Mary

There is a Veronica Say on the 2005/6 electoral rolls in oxfordshire

Can pm the address if you want it