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Leaper and BLanks family of London or Essex

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LOMO

LOMO Report 1 Sep 2011 17:02

Hi I am trying to find relatives of Oliver J Leaper and his wife Charlotte Leaper, nee Blanks

They are my relatives - thanks Julie Bates

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 1 Sep 2011 17:04

Have you checked for matches by using the 'search trees' box above?
jan

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 1 Sep 2011 17:05

Also - you can look for their children on Freebmd - I see they were around a while back!

Marriages Jun 1918 (>99%)
Blanks Charlotte Leaper Hackney 1b 846
Leaper Oliver J Blank[se] Hackney 1b 846


Lucky you with these names to trace - what a gift!!

Births Dec 1923 (>99%)
Leaper Beatrix J Blanks St.Geo.H.Sq. 1a 609

Births Dec 1928
Leaper Avis E Blanks Hackney 1b 483 Scan available - click to view

LOMO

LOMO Report 1 Sep 2011 19:12

Thanks for all the news on the Leapers. Also found a sister Beatrix born 1923
Julie

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 1 Sep 2011 19:13

Unfortunately I can't find any trace of them after this! Typical, serves me right for thinking they were easy ...

chrissiex

chrissiex Report 1 Sep 2011 21:02

could Charlotte have remarried ?

Marriages Mar 1929
Leaper Charlotte Maloy Hackney 1b 652
Maloy Albert E Leaper Hackney 1b 652

there is a Maloy-Blanks birth registered in 1930 in Brentford ... no Maloy-Blanks marriage

(also a birth and death of a child in 1932 in West Ham)

this is the death of the child in question

Name: Edward Francis Maloy
Birth Date: 20 Dec 1929
Date of Registration: Mar 1991
Age at Death: 61
Registration district: Havering
Inferred County: Essex
Volume: 13
Page: 130


Oliver's death ?

Name: Oliver John Leaper
Birth Date: 23 Jul 1889
Date of Registration: May 1986
Age at Death: 96
Registration district: Greenwich
Inferred County: London
Volume: 12
Page: 1151

no death for Charlotte Leaper but possibly

Name: Charlotte Maloy
Birth Date: 19 Nov 1896
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1975
Age at Death: 79
Registration district: Havering
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume: 13
Page: 0239

perfect match with

Births Dec 1896
Blanks Charlotte Bethnal G. 1c 207

... but Albert Edwin Maloy was born 1904

Name: Albert Edwin Maloy
Birth Date: 16 Jan 1904
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1978
Age at Death: 74
Registration district: Carlisle
Inferred County: Cumbria
Volume: 1
Page: 0309

and he seems to have married Evelyn Prudham 1946 ... she was born abt 1906, died Carlisle 1955 ...

chrissiex

chrissiex Report 1 Sep 2011 21:10

There are only two Oliver Leaper deaths

Oliver J Leaper abt 1851 Apr-May-Jun 1922 Whitechapel ( born 1850 Tendring )

Oliver John Leaper 1889 May 1986 Greenwich ( our Oliver )

there is no other Oliver J Leaper birth

... so who is this marriage?

Marriages Dec 1921
Beavor Alice M Leaper Camberwell 1d 1517
Leaper Oliver J Beavor Camberwell 1d 1517

Alice M Povey married Beavor 1917
Alice Matilda Povey birth reg Q1 1890 Camberwell

Name: Alice Matilda Leaper
Birth Date: 15 Dec 1889
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1977
Age at Death: 87
Registration district: Greenwich
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume: 12
Page: 1042


I see no divorce at nationalarchives but the records are not complete

given this possible complication ... perhaps the daughters were not his and went by a stepfather's or birth father's surname ...

chrissiex

chrissiex Report 1 Sep 2011 21:33

I have edited the above messages several times to add info as it was found in the places where it belonged :-)

still no trace of the daughters by any possible surname identified so far ...

chrissiex

chrissiex Report 1 Sep 2011 21:55

I think Edward F Maloy's marriage is recorded as Malloy, there is no birth to match that name

the wife was born in 1939 and is probably still living, name Malloy on 2011 electoral roll ... but I find no matching telephone listing under either spelling

the child of that marriage is also on the 2011 electoral list as Malloy but I can't find a telephone listing either and the child's marriage seems to have happened after 2005

if someone here can access the electoral roll info let me know in this thread and I will provide the names and details

otherwise I can provide them to Julie so she can buy credits to find the info

the people in question seem to be the wife and child of Edward F Maloy, son of Charlotte Blanks ... from what I can surmise :-)

I am suspecting that the two daughters were placed for adoption

if you get their birth certificates you will have their exact dates of birth and this information could help in your search

LOMO

LOMO Report 1 Sep 2011 22:43

LEAPER AND MALLOYS

THANKS FOR ALL THIS WONDERFUL INFO EVERYONE
JULIE

chrissiex

chrissiex Report 1 Sep 2011 23:00

got your PM with the explanation, am sending you the info about living people


if someone sees this who has current electoral roll access they can send you a private message and you can pass on to them the electoral roll info I am sending


you're very welcome !

edit .. found and sent contact information for daughter-in-law and grandson of Charlotte.

LOMO

LOMO Report 2 Sep 2011 07:20

Thanks again all at GR. I am on the right track with a possible relative and the birth cert of Avis is on order!

Juliexx