Sunday 29 August 2021
Cornelius Walter Jones
Thursday 26 August 2021
Charles Ridgeway and Ivy Edna Evans
Fort Regent, Saint Helier, Jersey |
Friday 20 August 2021
Robert Thomas Bridle and Mary Jane Strange
Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium Wernervc, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons |
Robert Thomas Bridle (b. 8 Sep 1892), son of Edwin Symons Bridle and Lucy Lindsey, married Mary Jane Strange (b. 1890 in Cholsey, Berkshire), daughter of William James Strange and Mary Jane Freeman, in Wandsworth, in 1915.
- Lucy Mary Bridle b. 1 Nov 1915 D Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 1116
In the 4th quarter of 1925, Mary Jane Bridle remarried to Thomas Hartland (b. 1888), son of Joseph Hartland and Fanny Silke Stone, again in Wandsworth.
- Ruby Eileen Hartland b. 1926 D Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 927
Thomas Hartland died, in Wandsworth, in 1951. Mary Jane, in 1979.
- In 1938, Lucy Mary Bridle married Leslie Charles Cogger (b. 6 July 1913 in Wandsworth). In 1939, Leslie C Cogger, Shop Assistant Tailoring and Lucy M Cogger, Tailor's Machinist, were living at 54 Templecombe Way, Merton, Surrey. Lucy Mary Cogger died in 1989 and Leslie Charles Cogger, in Merton, in 1990.
- In 1953, Ruby Eileen Hartland married George Percy Bailey (b. 1926 in St Pancras). George Percy Bailey died in 2015 and Ruby Eileen Bailey in 2016, both in Southampton, Hampshire.
Thursday 19 August 2021
William C J Truscott and Beatrice Gwendolen Kerslake
Beatrice Avenue, Plymouth cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Derek Harper - geograph.org.uk/p/1776659 |
Thursday 29 July 2021
Herbert William Proudlock and Dorothy May Shilcock
Paddington Station cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Malc McDonald - geograph.org.uk/p/5120568 |
- Frederick William Eli Proudlock b. 5 Nov 1923
- Stanley Victor Proudlock b. 25 Dec 1928
- (Further son born 1934 may be still living)
Monday 26 July 2021
Anthony Charles Mullarkey and Mabel Sarah E Manley
Central Terrace cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Roger W Haworth - geograph.org.uk/p/333311 Central Terrace: built as Police Quarters for those guarding the depot at Chattenden |
The Parish Church of St Werburgh, Hoo cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Ifor R Griffiths - geograph.org.uk/p/267759 |
Friday 23 July 2021
William Manley and Jessie Hammacott
Mary Street, Bovey Tracey cc-by-sa/2.0 - © David Smith - geograph.org.uk/p/6543679 |
William Manley married Jessie Hammacott, in Devonport in the 3rd quarter of 1900. William Manley (b. 29 Nov 1869) in Bovey Tracey, Devon, lived in Mary Street, Bovey Tracey with his parents, Joseph Manley and Elizabeth Taylor Williams. Jessie Hammacott (b. 1872) meanwhile, was the daughter of John Hammacott and Sarah Trebble, and hailed from Chudleigh.
In 1891, William (21) was employed as a Blacksmith. William Manley joined the Royal Navy on 22 Aug 1891 and he and Jessie married just before William joined HMS Phaeton on which he served from Oct 1900 to 28 Apr 1903: Phaeton was re-commissioned at Esquimalt (Canada) on 10 October 1900 by Captain Ernest James Fleet, to serve on the Pacific Station. In July 1902 she visited Acapulco, and most of the Autumn of that year she was at Panama. She paid off on 28 April 1903. This commission was the subject of a book in the 'Log' series, entitled: HMS Phaeton, Pacific Station, 1900–1903.
- William Henry Manley b. 13 Sep 1897
- Lilian May Manley b. 2 Mar 1899
- Mabel Sarah Elizabeth Manley b. 16 Jan 1904
- Sidney Manley b. 1910
- Ronald Manley b. 23 Apr 1912
- Dorothy Manley b. 1914 (died 1916, aged 1)
- William Henry Manley married Rose Evelyn Georgina Ide (b. 2 Jan 1897) at St Mark's church, Ford, Plymouth, on 20 Apr 1922. In 1939, William and Rose were living at 4 Stirling Rd, St Budeaux, Plymouth. William Henry Manley died in 1990, at 93. Rose Evelyn Georgina Manley died on 19 Oct 1993, at 96.
- Ronald Manley married Lilian Annie Richards at The Anglican Church of Saint Boniface on 5 Oct 1935. In 1939, Ronald Manley, Fitter's Labourer Dockyard and wife Lilian were living at 16 Warleigh Avenue, Plymouth, along with Lilian's sister, Vera, Shorthand Typist RN Barracks. Assume they divorced, as Lilian A Manley married Henry R Adams in 1946. Ronald Manley died in 1973. Lilian Annie Adams died on 13 Sep 2012, at 97.
Saturday 17 July 2021
Walter James Baker and Laura Alice Stone
Combe Florey: village street cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Martin Bodman - geograph.org.uk/p/56115 |
- Irene Venetta Baker (later Phelps) born 1 Jan 1925
- Dennis Christopher Baker born 21 Dec 1925
Sunday 31 January 2021
Herbert Joy Tubb and Ada Harriet Bartlett
St Corentine's Church, Cury cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Trevor Harris - geograph.org.uk/p/1817672 |
- John Bartlett Tubb b. 12 Jul 1893 in HELSTON Volume 05C Page 168
- Olive Joy Tubb b. 26 Jun 1898 in HELSTON Volume 05C Page 169
Richard Donald Broad had enlisted in the brand new Royal Air Force (RAF) on 20 Apr 1918 and applied for a Temporary Commission. In Aug/Sep of that year he is listed at RAF & Army Co-Op School as 'Pilot for training'. In Nov 1918 he was assigned to 116 Squadron.
- Olive Joy Broad died, in 1971, in Sodbury, Gloucestershire.
- Richard Donald Broad died, in 1983, in Tavistock, Devon.
- Kathleen Margaret Tubb died on 17 Mar 1988 in Plymouth.
- John Bartlett Tubb died, in 1985, in Liskeard, Cornwall.
- David Broad died, in 2005, also in Liskeard, Cornwall.
Monday 25 January 2021
William Ebenezer Eastabrook and Mary Connolly
Victorian villa, Marionville Road cc-by-sa/2.0 - © kim traynor - geograph.org.uk/p/1606980 The house stands in the grounds of St. Ninian's and Triduana R.C. Church. |
William Ebenezer Eastabrook, second son of Samuel Ebenezer Derry Eastabrook and Eliza Back married Mary Connolly, in 1909. Listed in Scotland Roman Catholic Parish Marriages in Edinburgh, Restalrig, Midlothian, this is likely to have taken place at Ss Ninian & Triduana R C Church.
- Mary Magdalen Eastabrook b. 1910 J Q in MEDWAY Vol 02A Page 771
- Eliza Winifred May Eastabrook b. 1911 J Q in MEDWAY Vol 02A 782
- William Ebenezer Eastabrook b. 13 Jan 1913 in MEDWAY Vol 02A 1452
- Thomas James Eastabrook b. 1917 J Quarter in MEDWAY Volume 02A Page 1178. Died 25 Jun 1917 J Quarter in MEDWAY Volume 02A Page 999 and is buried at Grange Road Cemetery, Gillingham.
- Mary Magdalen Eastabrook married Henry J Cox, in Medway, in 1929. Mary Magdalen Cox died in Q1/1986 in CHILTERN AND BEACONSFIELD (3252) Volume 19 Page 1374.
- Eliza Winifred May Eastabrook, listed as Winnie, living with the family in 1921. Winifred Easterbrook (40) sailed to New York from Southampton on the Queen Elizabeth on 15 Jun 1951. Winifred Eastabrook, born 11 May 1911, died at 84, in 1995 in Sutton, Surrey.
- In 1928, William Ebenezer Eastabrook, born 13 Jan 1913, from Gillingham Kent, was a Greenwich School Boy (Royal Naval College, Greenwich). He transferred to the Royal Navy on 1 Jan 1929 and signed up for another 12 years from 13 Jan 1931, advancing to Yeo Sigs (Yeoman of signals), being re-instated in 1943 and again in 1944. William E Eastabrook married, in 1946, in the New Forest, Hampshire. In late 1946 and 1947, as William Ernest Eastabroook, with 17 years experience at sea with the Royal Navy, he was QM (Quartermaster) on the RMS Queen Elizabeth luxury liner service between Southampton in the United Kingdom and New York City in the United States. Also listed as William Ernest Eastabrook, but birth date of 13 Jan 1913 agrees, he died, aged 62, in Southampton, Hampshire in 1975.
Monday 11 January 2021
Thomas Samuel Eastabrook and Esther Kathleen Drake
St Mary's (Our Lady Star of the Sea), Saltcoats cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Leslie Barrie - geograph.org.uk/p/3379097 |
- Ellen Kathleen Eastabrook b. 5 Jul 1906 S Quarter in CARDIFF Volume 11A Page 351, bap. 29 Jul 1906 at St John the Evangelist Church, Canton, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales
- Ronald Edmund Thomas Eastabrook b. 1908 M Quarter in LAMBETH Volume 01D Page 389
- Minnie Esther Eastabrook said to be born b. 26 May 1909, reg. 1910 S Quarter in PORTSMOUTH Volume 02B Page 371
- Richard Ernest Eastabrook b. 1911 D Quarter in PORTSMOUTH Volume 02B Page 748. Died 24 Nov 1941, see below.
- Hugh Lynch, b. 1917 D Quarter in EAST STONEHOUSE Volume 05B Page 337 (Mother's maiden name, wrongly, listed as EASTABROOK.)
Sunday 10 January 2021
William Trick and Eliza Authers
H.M.S. Royal Adelaide lying at anchor in the Hamoaze at Devonport. |
William Trick, son of William Trick and Elizabeth Blake, married Eliza Authers, daughter of Henry Authers and Susannah Osmond, at the Princes Street Congregational Chapel, Devonport, in 1883.
William and Eliza had one son:
- William Henry Trick b. 14 Jun 1884 S Quarter in STOKE DAMEREL Volume 05B Page 351.
Sunday 3 January 2021
Harry Authers and Mary Ann Pellew Robertson
Royal Naval Memorial, The Hoe, Plymouth, Devon cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Christine Matthews - geograph.org.uk/p/3106428 |
- Harry Archibald Pellew Authers b. 13 May 1891 (1891 J Quarter in STOKE DAMEREL Volume 05B Page 362), bap. 4 Jun 1891 at Devonport, St James the Great.
- Archibald John Authers b. 31 Dec 1894 (1895 M Quarter in STOKE DAMEREL Volume 05B Page 336). Died 1 Nov 1914 (See below).
- Harry Archibald Pellew Authers enlisted as a Boy 2nd Class on 6 Nov 1906, at just shy of 15. He progressed to the rank of Petty Officer, retired in 1931, was mobilised in 1938, finally being invalided in 1947. He married in 1946 and died, at 90, in Tavistock, Devon in 1982.
- Archibald John Authers enlisted as a Boy Ship's Steward on 7 Dec 1909, also just shy of his 15th birthday. He was lost in HMS Monmouth (1901) on 1 Nov 1914, at 19, killed in action at the Battle of Coronel, off the coast of Chile. Ship's Steward Archibold John Authers, son of the late Harry and Mary Ann Authers, is remembered on the Plymouth Naval Memorial on The Hoe, Plymouth, Devon.