tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923249867322985974.post4978387141250677902..comments2023-04-16T02:10:32.601-07:00Comments on Alien Play Wright: A-Z challenge: Voirrey, Ventriloquism, VanishSimon D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17788037479958489349noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923249867322985974.post-38795588838960061842011-12-09T12:22:21.219-08:002011-12-09T12:22:21.219-08:00After a day of work and pondering, more info for y...After a day of work and pondering, more info for you Wolston.<br /><br />Here is the link to the death notice<br />http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/57681/notices/014<br /><br />I found the notice after having done a google search for "Voirrey Irving." I trawled through all of the search returns, so it is more than likely that I did not have her middle name until I had found that page. I knew from my research that Voirrey had left Isle of Man for England and had worked in a factory. I assumed that she had retired, since retirement is 60 for women in the UK.<br /><br />I did a search of the name Clucas, and it's of Manx origin.<br /><br />In the "Voirrey Irving" search there were IIRC no other Voirrey Irvings.<br /><br />So, I made the assumption that this was the same Voirrey.Simon D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17788037479958489349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923249867322985974.post-76182074201591006452011-12-09T01:29:43.593-08:002011-12-09T01:29:43.593-08:00Wolstan, I feel like there is going to be a 'g...Wolstan, I feel like there is going to be a 'gotcha' somewhere along the line here.<br /><br />I'm writing because the story, and it's ambiguities, fascinate me.<br /><br />I learnt Voirrey's full name after doing research on the net (all of my research thus far has been done through the internet, and I am finding that there are very few, easily accessible non-internet sources) and there are a number of sites that list her full name in the context of the events of the 1930s. From there I found the death notice online. <br /><br />I am now curious, as what little I could find about Voirrey Irving in more recent years certainly made it easy for me to assume that there were no direct descendants.<br /><br />Is this not the case?Simon D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17788037479958489349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923249867322985974.post-65259103533410069992011-12-08T15:34:08.970-08:002011-12-08T15:34:08.970-08:00Well now - how strange. Why are you writing about ...Well now - how strange. Why are you writing about Voirrey Clucas Irving and Gef? How do you know her full name - which *very* few people knew, and that she is dead with no descendants?Wolstan Dixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15745755826868296644noreply@blogger.com