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Born Hitcham Suffolk His father was William Jay Mother`s maiden name was Ong.

Stanley was sent as a young boy to Australia, it would be great to find out what became of him and if he has family.

Common name - do you know his birth year - and mother's name?

Look for his birth on freebmd

Have you looked for his name in 'search all member trees'? If anyone is connected, send a message

Can't see a Stanley?

maybe? mother's maiden name for children's births is Ong

1911 Census For England & Wales
Balls Hill Hitcham Ipswich, Hitcham, Suffolk, England


George Edwards Head Married Male 33 1878 Farm Labourer Feeds The Drum On A Threshing Machine Suffolk Hitcham
Emily Edwards Wife Married Female 29 1882 - Suffolk Stowmarkes
Dorothy Edwards Daughter School Female 8 1903 School Suffolk Hitcham
Lilian Grace Edwards Daughter School Female 6 1905 School Suffolk Hitcham
Ellen Emily Edwards Daughter School Female 5 1906 School Suffolk Hitcham
Betsy Edwards Daughter - Female 3 1908 - Suffolk Hitcham
Sarah Edwards Daughter - Female 1 1910 - Suffolk Hitcham

Yes, I remember the name Ong as the mothers maiden name.

There is a Stanley Jay with mother's maiden name Ong born 1921, he may be the one who went out to Aust in 1939?

he was the child of Emily edwards second marriage then

Marriages Jun 1920 (>99%)
Edwards Emily Jay Cosford 4a 2309
Jay William Edwards Cosford 4a 2309

last address Elm Cottage, Barking nr Needham Market going with other lads of same ages to Sydney.

The address of the one who went to Australia in 1939 was Elm Cottage, Barking, near Needham Market, which is only a few miles from Hitcham..

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Stanley Jay
in the Australia, World War II Military Service Records, 1939-1945
Name: Stanley Jay
Birth Date: 18 Nov 1918
Birth Place: Hitchim England
Year Range: 1939 - 1948
Enlistment Place: Paddington New South Wales
Service Number: NX66262
Next of Kin: William Jay
Series Description: B883: Army, 2nd Al F

1939 register for parents

Emily Jay's life in 1939
Elm Cottage, Gipping R.D., Suffolk, England

William Jay 04 Aug 1881 Male Farm Labourer Married 36 1
Emily Jay 26 Sep 1882 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 36 2
William Jay 25 Jan 1925 Male Cowman On Farm Single 36 3

daughter bn 1923, closed record on 1939 reg. ( married 1945 see freebmd.org.uk0 emigrated in 1946 with son to army depot Richmond Virginia, husband was in US
army)

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-894V-Q2?i=1095&cc=1923888

You called him Stanley Edwards, Cedric.
Why is that? It seems unlikely that he would have taken his mother's first husband's name.

Primrose e Crews ( nee jay)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138289802

Son of Emily and William Jay, died 2006 Suffolk.

Changed the surname with no explanation or apology. And the father’s name!
Originally the father was George Edwards, a WW1 casualty

Not seeing anything for Stanley Jay in Australia on FMP

The 'RYERSON INDEX' (on-line) shows Stanley JAY died 11/5/1998 (78ys) 'late of Moruya' (NSW) death notice in 'Southern Star (Moruya)' 13/5/1998.

An 'Obituary' was in 'Southern Star (Moruya)' 27/5/1998

The 'NSW State Library' (on-line) has an 'Ask a Librarian' service -ask them to check those newspaper notice/s for family names etc. They also check electoral rolls (past & present) so hopefully you can trace any family members.

The 'National Library of Aus' (on-line) also offers same 'Ask a Librarian' service - you could ask them to check those newspapers -(one of these Libraries MAY charge fees -but not the other)

I noticed (NSW/BDM) Stanley JAY married Rita Margaret Mehl at Moruya 1950

Valerie
WAus

PMs from Cedric yesterday (but which I didn't find until today) re my query on 26 May @ 21:09 about the name Edwards in Cedric's original opening post:

"That was supposition on my part. My Grandmother Sarah didn`t share much and I assumed all the children were from the same stock. It was only a day ago that I learned of Stanley. "

"I have updated the original with more information that is more likely to be accurate. "

In 1949, on his own, presumably unmarried:

Stanley Jay
in the Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Stanley Jay
Gender: Male
Electoral Year: 1949
Subdistrict: Cobargo
State: New South Wales
District: Eden Monaro
Country: Australia


1954, at an address in Murray Street, with Rita Margaret:

Stanley Jay
in the Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Stanley Jay
Gender: Male
Electoral Year: 1954
Subdistrict: Moruya
State: New South Wales
District: Eden Monaro
Country: Australia

He's a factory hand, she's a shop assistant.

Still at same address at least until 1980 per Ancestry.

In 1977 there's a Christopher Stanley Paul Jay at a different house in Murray Street - possibly a son ??.
In 1980 Christopher's at another address in Moruya, with a Margaret Jane.

Further PM from Cedric:


"I'm struggling to find my way with GR. It's quite different to what it was several years ago.
Hope I don't accidentally annoy anybody, if I do then apologise. "


Have advised him to communicate on the thread.