From Edward Llewellyn-Jones 1 Feb 2010: His birth was registered Mar Qtr 1882, Wandsworth, Greater London, London, Surrey, 1d, 711, but according to census returns he was born in Battersea. In 1891 England census he is at home with his parents. In 1901 England census he is a boarder living at 12 Olive Lodge, Warwick Road, Ealing. The head of the family is a railway clerk. He is married in Dec Qtr 1904, Brentford, Middlesex, 3a, 299 to Gertrude Louisa NORRIS. In 1911 he is living at 1 Craven Avenue, Ealing with his wife and two sons. He is described as a railway clerk. He travelled to New York on his own between September and October 1934. On one of the listings he is described as General Manager Tramways. His address is given as 52 Broadway, London SW1. There is a death registered Sep Qtr 1951, Eastbourne, Sussex, 5h, 166. His wife – Gertrude Louisa NORRIS appears to have been born around 1887. The two census forms of 1901 England, where she is living with her parents says so; and the 1911 census with her husband also gives the same year. Yet there is a death certificate for a Gertie Louisa THOMAS, Dec Qtr 1969, Hendon, Middlesex, 5c, 817 that gives her birth date as 18 March 1885. There is no birth registered in her name; neither is there one for 1885 or 1887. There are alternatives which will need looking into in due course. Their children are: Ivor Eastaway THOMAS born in Jun Qtr 1906, Brentford, Middlesex, 3a, 163 Philip Theodore THOMAS born in Sep Qtr 1909, Kingston, Middlesex, Surrey, 2a, 432