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Henry ELGAR [c.1816-1852]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Elgar
Given: 
Henry
Birth
Date: 
c.1816-04-16 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Birthplace (town, state): 
Maidstone, Kent
Death
Date: 
c.1852-08-01 (Day is approximate)
Cause of death: 
At sea, unknown

I'm researching the life of Henry Elgar.  (See below for background summary.)

The following advertisment appeared in the Melbourne, Australia newspaper The Argus, Thursday 20 Jan 1853:

Birthplace (country): 

William Frank POVEY (aka Bill) [1931-1961]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Povey
Given: 
William Frank
Alias / nickname: 
Bill
Birth
Date: 
1931-01-06
Birthplace (town, state): 
Northfleet, Kent
Death
Date: 
1961-12-04
Cause of death: 
exhaustion

This is quite a long story but a rather strange one. My father, William Frank Povey (known to his friends as Bill and to my mother as Will) embarked on a career as a merchant seaman at the age of 16, serving with several ships sailing to, notably, Buenos Airies. I believe he met my mother Valerie Nash at a party held in Maida Vale, London, by the Labour MP Konni Zilliacus. At the time my mother was sharing a flat with Zilliacus' stepdaughter Dawn. He and my mother were marries on 11 June 1955 and from the certificate were apparently living together at 49 Gloucester Terrace, London.

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