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Eric Greathead

#5451, b. 2 April 1924, d. 7 April 2008
Last Edited=28 Jan 2018
Relationships
5th cousin 1 time removed of Janet Susan Greathead
3rd cousin 4 times removed of George Greathead
7th great-grandson of Edward Greathead
Appears on charts:
Chart 1 My Direct Family - Edward Greathead
Eric Greathead
     Eric Greathead was born on 2 April 1924 in Auckland, Durham, England.1,2 He was the son of Moses Greathead and Lily Longstaffe. On 29 September 1939 in the National Register Eric Greathead was listed as living at 10 Chapel Street, Crook and Willington, Durham, England, with his parents.3 He married Nora Plews Marsden in 1953 in Durham, England.4 Here is a lovely picture of Eric and Nora Greathead.5 In 2002 electoral list Eric was listed as living at 15 Howells Close, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England, with his wife Nora with their son Stephen.6 His wife Nora died on 30 October 2005 in Warwickshire, England, aged 77.7,5 Eric died on 7 April 2008 in Bedworth, Warwickshire, England, aged 84 his death appeared in the Coventry Telegraph on 10 April 2008.8,9,10 His body was cremated on 16 April 2008 in Heart of England Crematorium, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England.8

Children of Eric Greathead and Nora Plews Marsden

  • Lynn Greathead
  • Stephen Greathead
  • Norma Greathead
  • Karen Greathead

Sources of Information

  1. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1924/Q2 Auckland Volume 10a Page 519.
  2. [S5] Jan's thoughts based on information from GRO or Parish record entries.
  3. [S41939] National Register 1939 - Find my past RG101/2832A/015/28.
  4. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1953/Q3 Durham W Volume 1a Page 2070.
  5. [S8357] E-mails between Karen Roberts née Greathead and Jan Cooper from 14 February 2014.
  6. [S40000] Website Find my past - Electoral lists.
  7. [S3] GRO Indexes - November 2005 Warks Nth District 7681A Reg A2D Ent 115 DOR 1105 age 78.
  8. [S40045] Newspapers Coventry Telegraph on 10 April 2008.
  9. [S3] GRO Indexes - April 2008 Warks Nth District 7681A Reg 1A004 Ent 8 DOR 408.
  10. [S7] Ancestry.com - England and Wales, Death Index, 2007-2015 age 84 Bedworth Warwickshire CV12.

Edith Olive Greathead1

#5453, b. 23 January 1912, d. April 1987
Last Edited=1 Nov 2017
Relationships
4th cousin of Janet Susan Greathead
3rd cousin 5 times removed of George Greathead
8th great-granddaughter of Edward Greathead
Appears on charts:
Chart 1 My Direct Family - Edward Greathead
Edith Olive McNamara née Greathead
     Edith Olive Greathead was born on 23 January 1912 in Stockton on Tees, Durham, England.2,3 She was the daughter of William Constantine Greathead and Edith Olive Ovendon. In the census of 19 June 1921 in 52 Hill Street, Stockton on Tees, Durham, England, she was listed as the daughter of William Constantine Greathead.4 She married William McNamara in 1935 in St Thomas, Stockton on Tees, Durham, England, Edith and Bill had two boys, one died in infancy.5,1 On 29 September 1939 in the National Register Edith was listed as living at 11 Ware Street, Stockton on Tees, Durham, England, with her husband William. William was a chemical works labourer.6 Her Uncle Alfred Ambrose Greathead died on 16 June 1966 aged 67 She was the informant and lived at 13 Kirkdale Close, Stockton on Tees.7,1 Edith died in April 1987 in Durham, England, aged 75.1,8

Children of Edith Olive Greathead and William McNamara

Sources of Information

  1. [S5561] Emails between Thelma Richardson née Hill and Jan Cooper from 2 April 2003.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1912/Q1 Stockton Volume 10a Page 171.
  3. [S5181] Letters between Norman Greathead and Jan Cooper from 2 March 2003.
  4. [S41921] UK Census 1921 (RG15) - 19 June 1921 GBC_1921_RG15_24300_0687.
  5. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1935/Q2 Stockton Volume 10a Page 188 - S-48-14-0-483.
  6. [S41939] National Register 1939 - Find my past RG101/2812J/00.
  7. [S47000] General Register Office, I hold a copy of death certificate 1966/Q2 Durham S E Volume 1a Page 599.
  8. [S3] GRO Indexes - April 1987 Cleveland Volume 3 Page 1939 age 75.

Ethel Greathead

#5454, b. 26 March 1920
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
Relationships
4th cousin of Janet Susan Greathead
3rd cousin 5 times removed of George Greathead
8th great-granddaughter of Edward Greathead
Appears on charts:
Chart 1 My Direct Family - Edward Greathead
Ethel Wharton née Greathead
     Ethel Greathead was born on 26 March 1920 in Stockton on Tees, Durham, England.1,2 She was the daughter of William Constantine Greathead and Edith Olive Ovendon. In the census of 19 June 1921 in 52 Hill Street, Stockton on Tees, Durham, England, she was listed as the daughter of William Constantine Greathead.3 She married Thomas C Wharton in 1944 in Keighley, Yorkshire, England.4,5

Children of Ethel Greathead and Thomas C Wharton

Sources of Information

  1. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1920/Q2 Stockton Volume 10a Page 137.
  2. [S5181] Letters between Norman Greathead and Jan Cooper from 2 March 2003 Norman thought 1921.
  3. [S41921] UK Census 1921 (RG15) - 19 June 1921 GBC_1921_RG15_24300_0687.
  4. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1944/Q1 Keighley Volume 9a Page 499.
  5. [S5561] Emails between Thelma Richardson née Hill and Jan Cooper from 2 April 2003.

Grace Greathead

#5455, b. 16 November 1917, d. April 2006
Last Edited=27 Jul 2022
Relationships
4th cousin of Janet Susan Greathead
3rd cousin 5 times removed of George Greathead
8th great-granddaughter of Edward Greathead
Appears on charts:
Chart 1 My Direct Family - Edward Greathead
Grace Greathead née Crane
     Grace Greathead was born on 16 November 1917 in Stockton on Tees, Durham, England.1,2,3,4 She was the daughter of William Constantine Greathead and Edith Olive Ovendon. In the census of 19 June 1921 in 52 Hill Street, Stockton on Tees, Durham, England, she was listed as the daughter of William Constantine Greathead.5 On 29 September 1939 in the National Register Grace Greathead was listed as living at 27 Alma Street, Keighley, Yorkshire, England, with her grandmother Grace was a woollen textile spinner.3 She married Joseph William Crane, son of John James Crane and Sarah Elizabeth Scottow, in 1949 in Worth Valley, Yorkshire, England, Joseph met Grace at her brother Norman's wedding. He was living at Alma Street, Mytholmes, Haworth, Keithley, W Yorkshire.6,7,2,8 Grace travelled to Hong Kong in 1985 to help look after her grandson Matthew for a while, she went out again in 1988 to help look after Adam.9 Grace died in April 2006 in Keighley, Durham, England, aged 88.10

Children of Grace Greathead and Joseph William Crane

Sources of Information

  1. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1917/Q4 Stockton Volume 10a Page 1136.
  2. [S5181] Letters between Norman Greathead and Jan Cooper from 2 March 2003.
  3. [S41939] National Register 1939 - Find my past RG101/3761C/007.
  4. [S5] Jan's thoughts based on information from GRO or Parish record entries.
  5. [S41921] UK Census 1921 (RG15) - 19 June 1921 GBC_1921_RG15_24300_0687.
  6. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1949/Q4 Worth ValleyVolume 2c Page 98.
  7. [S5561] Emails between Thelma Richardson née Hill and Jan Cooper from 2 April 2003.
  8. [S7] Ancestry.com - UK, World War II Allied Prisoners of War, 1939-1945.
  9. [S5732] E-mails between Raymond Crane and Jan Cooper from 22 July 2022.
  10. [S3] GRO Indexes - April 2006 Keighley Reg A51C District 082/1A Entry 250.

Hilda Greathead1

#5456, b. 28 November 1914, d. 1 June 1991
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
Relationships
4th cousin of Janet Susan Greathead
3rd cousin 5 times removed of George Greathead
8th great-granddaughter of Edward Greathead
Appears on charts:
Chart 1 My Direct Family - Edward Greathead
Hilda Hill née Greathead
     Hilda Greathead was born on 28 November 1914 in Stockton on Tees, Durham, England.2,1,3 She was the daughter of William Constantine Greathead and Edith Olive Ovendon. In the census of 19 June 1921 in 52 Hill Street, Stockton on Tees, Durham, England, she was listed as the daughter of William Constantine Greathead.4 She married John George Hill in 1935 in St James, Stockton on Tees, Durham, England.5 Hilda died on 1 June 1991 in Durham, England, aged 76.1,6 Hilda was buried in Hartlepool, Durham, England.1

Children of Hilda Greathead and John George Hill

  • Irene Hill
  • Thelma Hill
  • Dr John Hill
  • Valerie Hill

Sources of Information

  1. [S5561] Emails between Thelma Richardson née Hill and Jan Cooper from 2 April 2003.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1914/Q1 Stockton Volume 10a Page 105.
  3. [S5181] Letters between Norman Greathead and Jan Cooper from 2 March 2003.
  4. [S41921] UK Census 1921 (RG15) - 19 June 1921 GBC_1921_RG15_24300_0687.
  5. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1935/Q2 Stockton Volume 10a Page 170 - S-45-6-0-234.
  6. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1991/Q2 Central Cleveland Volume 3 Page 2187 age 77.

Mary Ellen Greathead1

#5457, b. 1911, d. 1922
Last Edited=23 Oct 2022
Relationships
3rd cousin 1 time removed of Janet Susan Greathead
3rd cousin 4 times removed of George Greathead
7th great-granddaughter of Edward Greathead
Appears on charts:
Chart 1 My Direct Family - Edward Greathead
     Mary Ellen Greathead was born in 1911 in Stockton on Tees, Durham, England.2 She was the daughter of James Greathead and Elizabeth Jane Ranson. In the census of 19 June 1921 in 31 Florence Strret, Stockton on Tees, Durham, England, she was listed as the daughter of Elizabeth Jane Greathead.3 Mary died in 1922 in Stockton on Tees, Durham, England.4 Mary was buried on 14 November 1922 in Durham Road Cemetery, Stockton on Tees, Durham, England.1

Sources of Information

  1. [S40000] Website www.stocktonroots.co.uk.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1911/Q3 Stockton Volume 10a Page 286.
  3. [S41921] UK Census 1921 (RG15) - 19 June 1921 GBC_1921_RG15_24299_0249.
  4. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1922/Q4 Stockton Volume 10a Page 72.

Margaret Martin1

#5458, b. 25 September 1913, d. 8 June 1984
Last Edited=26 Sep 2018
     Margaret Martin was born on 25 September 1913 in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England.2 She married George Greathead, son of Sidney Arthur Greathead and Florence Hannah Field, in 1934 in Register Office, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England, Sadly the first two babies of George and Margaret were twins and died at birth.3,1,4 On 29 September 1939 in the National Register Margaret was listed as living at 50 Bagnall Street, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England, with Caroline Carterand three others.5 Her husband George died on 19 February 1983 in 5 Eastfield Road, Tipton, Staffordshire, England, aged 71.6,7,8 Margaret died on 8 June 1984 in 5 Eastfield Road, Dudley, Staffordshire, England, aged 70.9,10,11 Her body was cremated in plot 6. Her daughter, Georgina Florence Kendall 14 Tozer Street, Tipton requested the cremation on 15 June 1984 in Sandwell Valley Crematorium, Newton Road, Sandwell, Warwickshire, England.11

Children of Margaret Martin and George Greathead

  • Georgina Florence Greathead
  • Anthony Arthur Greathead b. 29 Apr 1937, d. 18 Nov 2008
  • Muriel M Greathead
  • Margaret C Greathead
  • Leonard Greathead
  • Hilary J Greathead

Sources of Information

  1. [S4258] Emails between Muriel Thresher née Greathead and Jan Cooper from 20 April 2004.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1913/Q4 W Bromwich Volume 6b Page 1733 - mother Douse.
  3. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1934/Q1 West Bromwich Volume 6b Page 1213.
  4. [S40000] Website www.westmidlandsbmd.org.uk - WB/1/250.
  5. [S41939] National Register 1939 - Find my past RG101/5334E/008/41.
  6. [S4262] Emails between Margaret Hadley née Greathead and Jan Cooper from 7 April 2003.
  7. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1983/Q1 Sandwell Volume 33 Page 1236.
  8. [S9] Wills Index in TNA and Probate Office 830306561F.
  9. [S3] GRO Indexes - June 1984 Dudley Volume 33 Page 566 Reg 684.
  10. [S40000] Website www.westmidlandsbmd.org.uk - ROA/7E/167.
  11. [S40000] Website Deceased on line.

Cecilia Jones1

#5467, b. 1906, d. 1958
Last Edited=7 Nov 2004
     Cecilia Jones was born in 1906.1 She was the daughter of Ernest Jones and Mary Gilgallon. In the census of 2 April 1911 in 28 Vaughan Street, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England, she was listed as the daughter of Ernest Jones.2 She married Charles Bates. Cecilia died in 1958.1

Children of Cecilia Jones and Charles Bates

  • John Bates
  • Charles Bates

Sources of Information

  1. [S5506] Emails between Bryan Jones ID 5506 and Jan Cooper from 2004.
  2. [S41911] UK Census 1911 (RG14) - 2 April 1911 RG14 Piece 29287 RG78 Piece 1696 Registration District 535 Sub District 3 Enumeration District 24 Schedule Number 116.

Charles Bates1

#5468, b. 1901
Last Edited=7 Nov 2004
     Charles Bates was born in 1901.1 He married Cecilia Jones, daughter of Ernest Jones and Mary Gilgallon.

Children of Charles Bates and Cecilia Jones

  • John Bates
  • Charles Bates

Sources of Information

  1. [S5506] Emails between Bryan Jones ID 5506 and Jan Cooper from 2004.