Florence Violet Gasper

Florence Gasper Greenslade b 1879

Birth certificate

Born: 19.10.1879 at Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Marylebone, London. 
(Mother: Annie Greenslade, Ladysmaid, living at 27 Bolton Road, Notting Hill.  No father.

Married: 10 March 1906, The Parish Church, Hendon, Middx. 

Francis William Adams, 25, Bachelor, Coachman, residence: 6 Burroughs Gardens. Father: Alfred Adams, Gardener.

Marriage Certificate

Florence Violet Gasper, 24 Spinster, no rank/profession, residence: 2 Burroughs Gardens. No father.  

Witnessed by A Adams and G Fowler.

Children

Violet Florence, b 2.4.1898, Hackney.

Frank, b 1906/7 (Possible: “Frank Francis Adams, b 12.7.1906 Kensington, see Australian records)

1881 Census: Possibly living at 78 Blenheim Crescent, Kensington, age 1 yr, illegitimate, no mention of mother. (http://home2.btconnect.com/ladbrokeassoc/streets/blenheimcrescent/blenheimcrescent.pdf)

1891 Census: find
1901 Census: find

1911 Census:  St Pancras:

Francis William Adams, b 1880 and Florence Adams b 1881,

also Francis Alfred b 1907, probably their son. Florence Violet Gasper, 13;

(According to VF (my grandmother)her mother went to Australia about 1920 with Violet's step father and their son, and she lost contact.  Her mother and stepfather wanted my grandmother to move over to Australia with them, but my grandma said her place was here with her husband.)

2012: my cousin Ian has unearthed lots more information. It has told us much more but, as is usual with family history, has introduced even more questions ....

Frank Adams (new husband - FW), Florence Greenslade Adams (my grandmother's mother - FG) and Frank Alfred Adams (their son - FA) emigrated to Australia between February 1920 and 1924.

1924: 82 Bunting Street, Richmond, Melbourne: Florence G and Francis W  (no Frank A (son))

1937: 102 Gilbert Road, Melbourne: mother and son: FG & FA.

However, father FW is at 28 Robeson St.

1942:  102 Gilbert Rd, Melbourne: FW, FG and FA.

FA: enlisted Canberra, Australia, 1939 – 1948, next of Kin Florence Adams,

1954: 28 Robeson St:  FW, FW (no longer a 'motorman' (an engineer?)) and FA (no longer a carpenter).

1962: My greatgrandmother, FG died (Her father is listed at Tho Greenslade and mother Mary Gasper).

1963: 28 Robeson Street: FW & FA

1965: FW died.

1980: FA living at 28 Robeson St.

1983: FA died.

The following info came from my Grandmother - VF Smale:

MRS GREENSLADE (my greatgrandmother perhaps)

6' tall, kept guest house and had riding stables, Oakleigh Gardens, Monmouth Road, Bayswater, London.

Actors in guest house. (Was she at Hendon?) (the 6' tall is strange as my grandmother was under 5' herself).

I've found this excellent site re migration into Australia: http://familyhistoryresearch.com.au/courses/AustImmigration/ImmAustralia.htm