Edward Thomas Howard Stevenson and Georgina Emma Whannell Edward (G92D-WSV) was the third marriage

RichardRoach

They lived until 1944 in India where Edward was a member of the British Police Forces. He retired there in India and died in 1944. He was buried in India. 

Georgina lived in India for at least a year or two after Edwards death. Family speculation was that she moved to France and died there.

I am having a hard time finding where and when she died. 

She is my great-grandmother by her first husband, Philip Henry Brown (KWVW-WVM).

Any direction or help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Richard Roach

 

LegacyUser

You could look at the FIBIS Fibiwiki page French.

 

This is mainly about tracing the French in India, but there is also a section about tracing the British In France.

https://wiki.fibis.org/w/French

 

You perhaps may be able to locate the marriage in Marseilles by looking in the online departmental Archives

• The French Genealogy Blog (in English) which contains links to some of the online Departmental Archives

 

Those for Marseilles

• (13) Bouches-du-Rhône
• Capital: Marseille. Online: parish and civil registers, land records, censuses from 1836-1931, old post cards, military recruitment registers from 1872 to 1912. Probably the worst AD website of them all.

 

If she returned to Marseilles to die, it seems the records only go to 1931.

However, there were some other areas popular with retirees from India, namesd in the Fibiwiki page, perhaps you could check there.

 

There is also the possibility her death PERHAPS may appear in the British overseas records, as I think on marriage to a British person her nationality would have become British. See the linked Fibiwiki page General Register Office.

 

There is also the pay website Filae, a " prime resource for accessing French archives and tracing French ancestors", which may be accessed for free from FamilySearch computers in FamilySearch Centres.

 

Brett .

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Richard

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Question: Have you tried the French website "Filae"?

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NOT a FREE Website; but, just to check the "Indexes", they may help.

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Website

https://en.filae.com/

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About

https://www.filae.com/ressources/who-are-we/

Filae offers a complete and constantly enriched service thanks to strong partnership with all the actors of the French genealogical ecosystem.

• Public archives services
• Local genealogy associations
• Publishers and specialized press

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Search for a Person ...

https://en.filae.com/v4/genealogie/searchapi.mvc/search

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Search for a Record ...

https://en.filae.com/v4/genealogie/searchapi.mvc/navigationbysources

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I hope this helps.

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Brett

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RichardRoach

Thank you for your help. I will delve into your thoughts and suggestions. Thank you again for your quick response.

RichardRoach

I have been to their website briefly but will give it another shot! Thank you for your help!