Help with a death please

[Sunny Rosy]

James Strack 1871 married Rebecca Eliza Dawson, a widow, in Sep Qtr 1918 West Ham. I know she married again in 1932 to Edwin G Harris, Romford Registration district , I am having difficulty in finding the death of James Strack , or maybe they divorced. I have him and Rebecca together on the 1911 although at the time they were not married. I also have him on the 1891 and 1901 census.

Would appreciate a bit of help please?

sunny r

[Darksecretz]

how old and where was he born Sunny?

[Sunny Rosy]

Born 1871 in Whitechapel, I have no clue as to a death year sorry.

sunny r

[Darksecretz]

sorry I didn't read that properly.. I see he was b. 1871 in Whitechapel [duh!]

still can't see anything death/burial wise though!

[Darksecretz]

aha! wait a min... I have found a James Strack b. london

[Sunny Rosy]

Provided he and Rebecca didn't divorce he must have died between 1918- when he married her 1932,when she married edwin G Harris.

sunny r

[Sunny Rosy]

Julie his parents were John Strack and Elizabeth, he is with them on the 1901 census.

sunny r

[Darksecretz]

aha! wait a min... I have found a James Strack b. london

nope, he has been mistrans.. it should be James STRONG and he is an advertising agent, on the Lusitania docking at NYC

[Sunny Rosy]

LOL Julie

sunny r

[Darksecretz]

nope, still not seeing anything, even looked in the Ers, but zip/nada/zilch coming up..

[Sunny Rosy]

His father was born in Germany, I wonder if James died there? All abit weird really, Rebecca's first husband died in 1910...suspected suicide.

sunny r

[Darksecretz]

His father was born in Germany, I wonder if James died there? All abit weird really, Rebecca's first husband died in 1910...suspected suicide.

sunny r

ooher.. thats rather odd isn't it.. I have seen 'some' German Stracks but I can't pinpoint anything for a James, I do see his school admissions, and the census for him up to 1911 then nowt!!..

[Sunny Rosy]

Julie I have found a death for a James Shack 1870-1931 West Ham, I found him with his parents on the 1871 also as Shack although the actual image looks like Strack to me, this is his parents as John was born in Prussia. Do you reckon this is my James?

sunny x

[Darksecretz]

Rosy,

if you post the link to the 1881 on here I'll have a look for you xx

[Darksecretz]

I can see the 1871 index but the image won't load grr, but it does look very promising re the death as well. [i'd say it is him] though obviously you would need the d/cert and also her m/cert from 1932.

[Sunny Rosy]

Thanks Julie, I have ordered Rebecca Eliza's first marriage cert to Joseph Dawson who died in I think 1907, (not 1910 as first thought) I will send for the two certs you suggested after my hols, if I ordered them now they would come while I'm away and I would spend the whole hols thinking about them.

sunny r

[Chrissie Smiff]

There is no birth for James Shack and I have looked at the 1871 and your James Strack age and birth area both fit with that 1871 census Sunny.

[Darksecretz]

I know what you mean.. though it would be nice to get back and have them sitting on the doormat :smilee: I have just this moment got to look at the image for 1871, and I think that you are right, it does say Strack. great detective work there Rosy! [you can tell that I am full of a cold, I just haven't been able to concentrate much over the last few days] :(

[Sunny Rosy]

There is no birth for James Shack and I have looked at the 1871 and your James Strack age and birth area both fit with that 1871 census Sunny.

Thanks Chrissie.
sunny x