Family of Alfred Henry SHREEVE and Ada Amelia SPEED

See also

Ada SPEED's other family: with Thomas DRUCE ( - )

Ada SPEED's parents: Edward SPEED (1834-1892) and Elizabeth PARISH (1844-1922)

Ada SPEED's siblings: John Edward SPEED (1869-1939), Thomas George SPEED (1871-1905), Bessie SPEED (1873-1964), Edward Nunn-Hardwick SPEED (1875- ), Frank Parish SPEED (1876-1900), Arthur Joseph SPEED (1878-1952), Mary Louise SPEED (1882-1929) and Lillian Elizabeth SPEED (1886-1959)

Husband:	Alfred Henry SHREEVE ( -1930)
Wife:	Ada Amelia SPEED (1880- )
Marriage	24 Feb 1904	Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England

Husband: Alfred Henry SHREEVE

Name:	Alfred Henry SHREEVE ^1,2
Sex:	Male
Father:	-
Mother:	-
Death	1930 ^1,2

Wife: Ada Amelia SPEED

Name:	Ada Amelia SPEED ^1,2,3
Sex:	Female
Father:	Edward SPEED (1834-1892)
Mother:	Elizabeth PARISH (1844-1922)
Birth (1)	17 Nov 1880	Saffron Walden, Essex, England ^1,2
Birth (2)	1880	Saffron Walden, Essex, England
Census (1)	3 Apr 1881 (age 4 mns)	Saffron Walden, Essex, England ⁴
Census (2)	2 Apr 1911 (age 30)	Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England ⁵

Additional Information

Census (1)	Thaxted Road,
Census (2)	56 WESTWOOD RD, NETHERGREEN, SHEFFIELD

Note on Marriage

Witnesses; Elizabeth Speed and Harry Shreeve

Note on Wife: Ada Amelia SPEED (1) - shared note

Married twice. On 24.2.04 she married Alfred Henry Shreeve who diedaround 1930.

On 26.4.38 she married Thomas Druce, a brother of Nellie Speed who was visiting England from Durban, South Africa.

They returned to live in Durban, and Ada won Ð10,000 in the State Lottery, which let her send for her son by her first marriage, HarrySpeed Shreeve, born 3.9.10.

Harry married and lived around Pietermaritzberg with his family.

Note on Wife: Ada Amelia SPEED (2) - shared note

ELIZABETH MARY PEACE made a trip to Durban, South Africa to convalesce after a chest operation 1936. 24 SEPT 1932 Englishman Thomas Druce returned to his new home in Durban South Africa in SS Umvuma after visiting his sister Auntie Nellie, married to Uncle Joseph Speed who had an optician business in Bournemouth.

23 NOV 1933 Harry Shreeve, son of Auntie Ada, went to Durban in SS Umvoti and stayed with the Druce family before getting married and settling in Pietermaritzberg. Family legend is that Auntie Ada won some State Lottery money, enabling her to pay for Harry to join her, but the dates don’t fit as it seems that Harry was there before his mother. 17 OCT 1936 Mary went to Durban in SS Umvuma, with 60 passengers,as an Art Student, accompanied by Auntie Ada Shreeve (nee Speed) who was going to marry widower Tom Druce. They married on 26 APR 1938. 11 JUNE 1937 Mary arrived back on her own in London from Cape Town in SS Dunluce Castle, a Union Castle Liner with about 350 passengers. The SS Umvuma and sister ship SS Umvoti were cargo ships carrying about 40 passengers and belonged to Bullard King and Co who were taken over by Union Castle.

Notes by Alec Peace December 2010

Sources

1	"MyTotalFile.FTW". Text From Source: Date of Import: Sep 22, 1998

2	"PeaceSp.FTW". Text From Source: Date of Import: 11 Jan 2003

3	"DonTaylor files of Morley and Speed 1758". Record originated in...

4	"Census 1881 Saffron Walden, Essex, England RG11; Piece: 1819; Folio: 17; Page: 30; GSU roll: 1341439." (RG11; Piece: 1819; Folio: 17; Page: 30; GSU roll: 1341439.).


	Source: Census 1881 Saffron Walden, Essex, England RG11; Piece: 1819; Folio: 17; Page: 30; GSU roll: 1341439., Census1881_ParishSpeedSaffWaldenFamily

5	"Census 1911 Ecclesall (Bierlow), Sheffield, Yorkshire, England RG14PN27755 RG78PN1588 RD509 SD2 ED35 SN20". RG14PN27755 RG78PN1588 RD509 SD2 ED35 SN20. Cit. Date: 2 April 1911.


	Source: Census 1911 Ecclesall (Bierlow), Sheffield, Yorkshire, England RG14PN27755 RG78PN1588 RD509 SD2 ED35 SN20, Speed_Elizabeth_Born_Parish1844_Census1911