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He served again in 1921? Ahh! How did I miss that on his service record?! It does say 9 Apr 1921, doesn’t it? At the bottom of the record, I believe it gives a date of 2.6.20? Is that correct? You know how in the 1881 Census, they enumerated people on vessels? Did they do that in 1921? He...

Ahh! Thanks so much!!

I really don’t know, but I was told that’s what my great grandfather called my great grandmother. That could be false, though, because I’ve found no supporting evidence, and I don’t even know if he knew Jane when he was a POW. (Also, all of my Sims cousins in England who knew her knew her as...

There is one possible reason that I’ve come up with, but it is completely a theory, and I don’t have any proof. As I mentioned before, his mother Fanny Hurley (nee George) is in Birmingham in the 1921 Census with some of her children. The last child mentioned is Katie A Hurley (aka Kate Alice...

Oh, Jane only used one surname. I wrote her name as Sims-Hurley to show both her maiden and married names, but she went from Jane Sims to Jane Hurley. I’d have to double check, but I’m pretty sure all three of them traveled to the U.S. together.

If so, I haven’t found him leaving the UK or entering anywhere else before 1922.

There was a family rumor once that he defected from the Navy, but I proved that to be untrue many years ago. There may be another reason why they went at that time, but I’m not sure what it was. They were the only ones in their families to go to the USA.

Yes, I have that record, as well. Some say 1893 but most others 1895. I think you may be correct. That would make a lot of sense. Once he was in the USA, he always used 1895.

Yup, that’s him! He was a POW in WWI.

I truly have no clue what was going on! Since I can’t look for myself, I haven’t been able to check all of his family members out. It’s a very odd situation, since I never heard anything about her being in Wales. It’s so frustrating when you can’t find someone in a census! Thank you so much for...

Yes, Winifred Ivy Hurley b 9 Dec 1921.

My great grandmother had not yet given birth when she was at Marle Hall. My great grandfather was born 22 Nov 1893 (although some records give 1895) in Worcester. In 1920, he was living at 4 Court 8 MacDonald Street in Deritend, Birmingham. Before emigrating to the U.S., Herbert and Jane (and...

I am new to this website, so I hope I’m putting this in the correct place. I recently learned that my great grandmother, Jane Sims-Hurley, was in the Marle Hall convalescent home in Wales in the 1921 Census. She was born on 31 Jul 1898 in Birmingham and lived in Birmingham until she arrived in...