Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameAnn Mary FRENCH, 2C1R
Birth4 Mar 1929, London, England
Deathabt 1948, English Channel
FatherHarold Arthur George FRENCH (1900-1997)
MotherPhyllis Marie SYMONDSON (1901-1940)
Notes for Ann Mary FRENCH
In the April to June 1929 birth index Ann M. French, St. George Hanover Square district, London, mother’s maiden name Symondson, volume 1a, page 510
Vaccination Registers
Born March 4 1929, 10 Wilton Mews, Ann Mary French, girl, father Harold Arthur George French, an actor, notice given April 12 1929 to mother, vaccination April 14 1929
UK Outward Passenger Lists
Departed Liverpool, England, August 17 1940 on the Duchess of Atholl, destination Montreal, Canada, third class
Ann French, age 11, last address in UK 6 Marlborough Road, London N.W.8, scholar, country of intended future residence USA
[The address matches her parent’s address in the 1930 England and Wales Register.]
[It seems she was going to the United States to school. Since her mother died in the air raids 2 months later, this may have saved her life.] [The book Laughter in the Air by Georgina Morgan (nee Symondson) indicates she had been sent to Canada.]
US Border Crossings from Canada
Manifest of Alien Passengers, Duchess of Atholl” sailing from Liverpool, August 19th arriving Quebec, Province of Quebec, August 23 1940
Ann Mary French, age 11, scholar, English, born London, England, mother Phyllis French, 6 Marlborough Hill, London NW.6, final destination Santa Monica, California, passage paid by mother, possession of $50, sponsor Ian Hunter, 126 Mayberry Road, Santa Monica, California, complexion fair, hair brown, eyes grey
[In the 1940 census Ian Hunter of 126 Mabery Road, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, age 39 was a motion picture actor, born in South Africa. He was living there with his wife and children. 5 years previously he was living in Hollywood.]
[The page has only children ages 8 to 15 and all from England, although a few were born in Canada Thus they were all being sent by their parents overseas to avoid the bombing.]
After WWII she drowned on her first flight over the Channel as an air hostess. [From Laughter in the Air by Georgina Morgan (nee Symondson).]
Vaccination Registers
Born March 4 1929, 10 Wilton Mews, Ann Mary French, girl, father Harold Arthur George French, an actor, notice given April 12 1929 to mother, vaccination April 14 1929
UK Outward Passenger Lists
Departed Liverpool, England, August 17 1940 on the Duchess of Atholl, destination Montreal, Canada, third class
Ann French, age 11, last address in UK 6 Marlborough Road, London N.W.8, scholar, country of intended future residence USA
[The address matches her parent’s address in the 1930 England and Wales Register.]
[It seems she was going to the United States to school. Since her mother died in the air raids 2 months later, this may have saved her life.] [The book Laughter in the Air by Georgina Morgan (nee Symondson) indicates she had been sent to Canada.]
US Border Crossings from Canada
Manifest of Alien Passengers, Duchess of Atholl” sailing from Liverpool, August 19th arriving Quebec, Province of Quebec, August 23 1940
Ann Mary French, age 11, scholar, English, born London, England, mother Phyllis French, 6 Marlborough Hill, London NW.6, final destination Santa Monica, California, passage paid by mother, possession of $50, sponsor Ian Hunter, 126 Mayberry Road, Santa Monica, California, complexion fair, hair brown, eyes grey
[In the 1940 census Ian Hunter of 126 Mabery Road, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, age 39 was a motion picture actor, born in South Africa. He was living there with his wife and children. 5 years previously he was living in Hollywood.]
[The page has only children ages 8 to 15 and all from England, although a few were born in Canada Thus they were all being sent by their parents overseas to avoid the bombing.]
After WWII she drowned on her first flight over the Channel as an air hostess. [From Laughter in the Air by Georgina Morgan (nee Symondson).]