I cannot find the birth record of my cousin J*** B******** Dolphin
His parents were William Edward James Dolphin who was born in Gosport in1902, and his mother was Ethel Violet Dolphin nee Bannister who was born in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire in1894. They married in 1928 in Croydon.
William was in the Royal Navy so wasn't at home much. Ethel Violet died in 1939 and is buried in Elmers End, Beckenham ( I have the official internment card listing grave number)
ci934 they had a son * * Dolphin, who was about 2 years older than me, but I can find no record for him. I know that at a later date William retired from the Royal Navy and settled in Gibralter.
I have found a record of a Master J*** Dolphin aged 13, sailing on the ss Staffordshire from Liverpool to Gibraltar on 29th July 1948, and it gives the last UK address as The Manor House, Bradninch, Exeter, Devon. If this is him I cannot find a link on how he would be in Devon, or who with. He was still a schoolboy, and would have had to have been taken in by someone following his mothers death.
Any clues would be appreciated
Arthur
Sorry Arthur, but until we can find a likely death for him I am afraid I have had to remove his name. If he was born around 1934 he could still be alive and our T&C's don't allow the names to be posted of anyone who may be living.
His parents were William Edward James Dolphin who was born in Gosport in1902, and his mother was Ethel Violet Dolphin nee Bannister who was born in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire in1894. They married in 1928 in Croydon.
William was in the Royal Navy so wasn't at home much. Ethel Violet died in 1939 and is buried in Elmers End, Beckenham ( I have the official internment card listing grave number)
ci934 they had a son * * Dolphin, who was about 2 years older than me, but I can find no record for him. I know that at a later date William retired from the Royal Navy and settled in Gibralter.
I have found a record of a Master J*** Dolphin aged 13, sailing on the ss Staffordshire from Liverpool to Gibraltar on 29th July 1948, and it gives the last UK address as The Manor House, Bradninch, Exeter, Devon. If this is him I cannot find a link on how he would be in Devon, or who with. He was still a schoolboy, and would have had to have been taken in by someone following his mothers death.
Any clues would be appreciated
Arthur
Sorry Arthur, but until we can find a likely death for him I am afraid I have had to remove his name. If he was born around 1934 he could still be alive and our T&C's don't allow the names to be posted of anyone who may be living.
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