Genealogy Chat

please does any body know the name of vera lynn,s grandmother? :-) :D :D

From Wikopaedia....

Vera Lynn, was born Vera Margaret Welch on 20 March 1917 in East Ham in the county of Essex. When she began performing publicly at the age of seven, she adopted her grandmother's maiden name (Lynn) as her stage name.

Her birth....?

Births Jun 1917

Welch Vera M ....Martin .. W. Ham 4a 379

Gwyn

Just going on names and areas. here's my guess;

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Marriages Sep 1885 (>99%)
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LINSELL Emma West Ham 4a 33
>>>>>>>>Lynn Margaret West Ham 4a 33
>>>>>>>>Martin Simon W Ham 4a 33
McCallum Archibald W Ham 4a 33



Vera's mothers maiden name was Martin!!


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1891 England Census
about Margaret Martin
Name: Margaret Martin
Age: 33
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1858
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Simon Martin
Gender: Female
Where born: Liverpool

Civil parish: West Ham
Ecclesiastical parish: St Gabriel
Town: West Ham
County/Island: Essex
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: West Ham
Sub-registration district: West Ham
ED, institution, or vessel: 46
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 1327
Folio: 103
Page Number: 68
Household Members: Name Age
Simon Martin 32 >>> Born Ireland
Margaret Martin 33
Margaret Martin 3
Annie Martin 2 >> Vera's mother???
Alice F Martin 11/12

Oh oer;

Got me looking now and singing along.. guess what I'm singing??

1881 England Census
about Simon Martin
Name: Simon Martin
Age: 24
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857
Gender: Male
Where born: Ireland

Civil parish: Liverpool
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street Address: 42 Boundary St
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Scholar

Registration district: Liverpool
Sub-registration district: St Martin
ED, institution, or vessel: 52
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 3603
Folio: 111
Page Number: 46
Household Members: Name Age
John Lynn 52
Bridget Lynn 52
Matthew Lynn 28
Rose Lynn 14
Simon Martin 24

I think this could be Vera's parents marriage.

Marriages Mar 1913 (>99%)

............Martin Annie Welch W. Ham 4a 43

............Welch Bertram S Martin W. Ham 4a 43

Michael

There must be acres of info on line about Vera Lynn.....try googling

thank you all for your hard work flick i did google all i could find is that she took her grans madien name of lynn not a mention of her full name. thanks one and all.