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Eric C Greathead

#8326, b. 1942, d. 1943
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
Relationship
2nd great-grandson of John Greathead
Appears on charts:
Chart 8 - John Greathead
     Eric C Greathead was born in 1942 in Buckrose, Yorkshire, England.1 He was the son of Charles James Greathead and Doris Chambers. Eric died in 1943 in Holderness, Yorkshire, England.2

Sources of Information

  1. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1942/Q4 Buckrose Volume 9d Page 75.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1943/Q4 Holderness Volume 2a Page 262.

Michael Greathead

#8327, b. 1937, d. 1937
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
Relationship
2nd great-grandson of John Greathead
Appears on charts:
Chart 8 - John Greathead
     Michael died in 1937 in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England.1 He was born in 1937 in Beverley, Yorkshire, England.2,3 He was the son of Charles James Greathead and Doris Chambers.

Sources of Information

  1. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1937/Q2 Hull Volume 9d Page 203.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1937/Q1 Beverley Volume 9d Page 110.
  3. [S40000] Website www.yorkshirebmd.org.uk - BEV/85/351.

Christopher B Greathead

#8331, b. 1924, d. 1979
Last Edited=24 Jan 2016
Relationship
7th great-grandson of Thomas Greathead
Appears on charts:
Chart 2 - Lifeboat and 1820 settlers Greathead families
     Christopher B Greathead was born in 1924 in Lanchester, Durham, England.1 He was the son of Thomas Greathead and Elizabeth Armstrong. On 29 September 1939 in the National Register Christopher B Greathead was listed as living at 21 Hillside Place, Gateshead, Durham, England, with his mother and siblings Christopher was a sheet metal rivetter.2 He married Evelyn Kathleen Quinn in 1948 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, England.3 He married Iris Agatha Thompson in 1969 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, England.4 His wife Iris died on 1976 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, England.4 Christopher died in 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, England.5

Children of Christopher B Greathead and Evelyn Kathleen Quinn

  • Daniel Greathead
  • Margaret J Greathead
  • Vivienne M Greathead
  • Philip S Greathead

Sources of Information

  1. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1924/Q4 Lanchester Volume 10a Page 620.
  2. [S41939] National Register 1939 - Find my past RG101/2686D/011/19.
  3. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1948/Q3 Newcastle T Volume 1b Page 268.
  4. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1969/Q2 Newcastle T Volume 1b Page 108.
  5. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1979/Q2 Newcastle T Volume 2 Page 0905.

Evelyn Kathleen Quinn

#8332, b. 10 February 1928, d. May 2006
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
     Evelyn Kathleen Quinn was born on 10 February 1928.1 She married Christopher B Greathead, son of Thomas Greathead and Elizabeth Armstrong, in 1948 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, England.2 She married Thomas T Hill in 1975 in Gateshead, Durham, England.3 Evelyn died in May 2006 in Gateshead, Durham, England, aged 78.4

Children of Evelyn Kathleen Quinn and Christopher B Greathead

  • Daniel Greathead
  • Margaret J Greathead
  • Vivienne M Greathead
  • Philip S Greathead

Sources of Information

  1. [S5] Jan's thoughts based on information from GRO or Parish record entries.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1948/Q3 Newcastle T Volume 1b Page 268.
  3. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1975/Q1 Gateshead Volume 2 Page 02495.
  4. [S3] GRO Indexes - May 2006 Gateshead Reg B85F District 051/1B Entry 182 age 78.

Millicent N Reast1

#8337, b. 1915
Last Edited=20 Feb 2016
Appears on charts:
Chart 14 - Thomas Greathead
     Millicent N Reast was born in 1915 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.1,2 She married William Henry Greathead, son of Henry Greathead and Emma Elizabeth Coates, in 1935 in Pancras, London, England.1,3 On 29 September 1939 in the National Register Millicent was listed as living at 102 Hampstead Road, St Pancras, London, England, with her husband William. Two other occupants were listed in the household, being Andrew P Fraser and Alzbeta Freud. William was a Building Foreman Heavy worker and his wife Millicent was a Tobacco Manageress.4

Sources of Information

  1. [S41939] National Register 1939 - Find my past.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1915/Q3 Portsmouth Volume 2b Page 676.
  3. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1935/Q4 Pancras Volume 1b Page 203.
  4. [S41939] National Register 1939 - Find my past RG101/0472D/005/31.

Ethel Egglestone

#8339, b. about 1888, d. 1915
Last Edited=6 Nov 2016
     Ethel Egglestone was born about 1888.1 She married John Greathead, son of George Greathead and Mary Ann Moses, on 13 October 1906 in Register Office, Chester le Street, Durham, England.2 In the census of 2 April 1911 in 40 Pine Street, Grange Villa, Chester le Street, Durham, England, she was listed as the wife of John Greathead.3 Ethel died in 1915 in Chester le Street, Durham, England, sadly he also lost four of his children in that year.4 Ethel was buried on 4 September 1915 in Cemetery, Pelton, Durham, England, in plot OD160 together with her daughters Violet and Ethel. Her son Augustus was buried in plot OD 138 and her daughter Priscilla in plot OD 157. All five died in 1915.5,6

Children of Ethel Egglestone and John Greathead

Sources of Information

  1. [S5] Jan's thoughts based on information from GRO or Parish record entries.
  2. [S46000] General Register Office, I hold a copy of marriage certificate 1906/Q4 Chester le Street Volume 10a Page 951.
  3. [S41911] UK Census 1911 (RG14) - 2 April 1911 RG14 Piece 30103 RG78 Piece 1738 Registration district 554 sub district 1 enumeration district 19 schedule number 93.
  4. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1915/Q3 Chester le Street Volume 10a Page 576.
  5. [S40000] Website www.chester-le-street.gov.uk.
  6. [S40000] Website Find a grave.
  7. [S4] Jan's thoughts based on information from census enumeration sheets.

William Wilberforce

#8340, b. 24 August 1759, d. 29 July 1833
Last Edited=28 Sep 2008
     William Wilberforce was a British politician, philanthropist and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. A native of Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780 and became the independent Member of Parliament for Yorkshire (1784–1812) and a close friend of Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger. In 1785, he underwent a conversion experience and became an evangelical Christian, resulting in changes in his lifestyle and in his interest in reform. In 1787, he came into contact with Thomas Clarkson and a group of anti-slave trade activists, including Granville Sharp, Hannah More and Lord Middleton. They persuaded Wilberforce to take on the cause of abolition; and he soon became one of the leading English abolitionists, heading the parliamentary campaign against the British slave trade until the eventual passage of the Slave Trade Act in 1807. Wilberforce was convinced of the importance of religion, morality, and education. He also championed other causes and campaigns, including the Society for Suppression of Vice, the introduction of Christianity to India, the creation of a free colony in Sierra Leone, the foundation of the Church Mission Society and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. His underlying conservatism led him to support politically and socially repressive legislation and resulted in criticism that he was ignoring injustices at home while campaigning for the enslaved abroad. In later years, Wilberforce supported the campaign for complete abolition of slavery, and continued his involvement after his 1826 resignation from Parliament due to ill health. The campaign eventually led to the Slavery Abolition Act in 1833, which abolished slavery in most of the British Empire. Wilberforce died just three days after hearing that the passage of the Act through Parliament was secure. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, close to his friend William Pitt. William Wilberforce, of Kingston-upon-Hull, the great philanthropist; M.P. for Hull 1780, for Yorkshire 1784, 1790, 1793, 1802, 1806 and 1807-12, and for Bramber, 1812-25. He became the parliamentary leader of the cause of abolition of slavery 1787. He introduced a resolution condemning slave-trade 1789, and had a motion for its gradual abolition carried by the House of Commons 1791. The bill for total abolition of the slave trade defeated several times but passed by the Commons 1804, then twice rejected by House of Lords It finally became law on 25 March 1807. He was a prominent member of the Clapham 'saints', centred around the evangelical church of the Holy Trinity, and set himself the aim for the 'Reform of Manners' - the development of a more moral society. He took part in founding Church Missionary Society, 1798, and Bible Society, 1803,the RSPCA and many other causes, to which he gave most of his fortune. He was the friend of Pitt, Raffles, Fox, Sheridan, and many more of the eminent men of his time, and author of many religious and philanthropic works including "Christianity, a Practical View" He was educated in Pocklington, and St. John's College, Cambridge.1 William Wilberforce was born on 24 August 1759 in Wilberforce House, High Street, Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England.1 He was the son of Robert Wilberforce and Elizabeth Bird. William is mentioned in the will of Sarah Greathed who stated that William Willberforce was the brother of Sarah the wife of her brother Edward.2 He married Barbara Anne Spooner on 30 May 1797 in Woolcot, Bath, Somerset, England, William and Barbara had six children William, Barbara, Elizabeth, Robert, Samuel and Henry.1 William died on 29 July 1833 in Chelsea, London, England, aged 73.1 William was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England.1

Sources of Information

  1. [S230] Emails between Michael Bailey and Jan Cooper from 30 July 2008.
  2. [S2] Jan's thoughts, guesses and supositions.

Augustus Greathead

#8341, b. 1912, d. 1915
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
Relationship
7th great-grandson of Thomas Greathead
Appears on charts:
Chart 2 - Lifeboat and 1820 settlers Greathead families
     Augustus Greathead was born in 1912 in Chester le Street, Durham, England.1 He was the son of John Greathead and Ethel Egglestone. Augustus died in 1915 in Chester le Street, Durham, England.2 Augustus was buried on 29 May 1915 in Cemetery, Pelton, Durham, England, in plot OD138. George Morton aged 9 months was also buried in that plot on 6 May 1915. Augustus sisters Priscilla and Mary and their mother were buried in plot OD157 and sister Violet in OD 160. All four siblings and their mother died in 1915.3

Sources of Information

  1. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1912/Q2 Chester le Street Volume 10a Page 1161.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1915/Q2 Chester le Street Volume 10a Page 723.
  3. [S40000] Website www.chester-le-street.gov.uk.

Priscilla Greathead

#8342, b. 1914, d. 1915
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
Relationship
7th great-granddaughter of Thomas Greathead
Appears on charts:
Chart 2 - Lifeboat and 1820 settlers Greathead families
     Priscilla Greathead was born in 1914 in Chester le Street, Durham, England.1 She was the daughter of John Greathead and Ethel Egglestone. Priscilla died in 1915 in Chester le Street, Durham, England.2 Priscilla was buried on 19 July 1915 in Cemetery, Pelton, Durham, England, in plot OD157. Her sisters Violet and Mary and their mother were buried in plot OD160 and her brother Augustus in plot OD138. All five died in 1915.3,4

Sources of Information

  1. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1914/Q2 Chester le Street Volume 10a Page 1256.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1915/Q3 Chester le Street Volume 10a Page 561?
  3. [S40000] Website www.chester-le-street.gov.uk.
  4. [S40000] Website Find a grave.

Violet Greathead

#8343, b. 1915, d. 1915
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
Relationship
7th great-granddaughter of Thomas Greathead
Appears on charts:
Chart 2 - Lifeboat and 1820 settlers Greathead families
     Violet died in 1915 in Grange Villa, Durham, England.1,2 She was born in 1915 in Grange Villa, Durham, England.3,2 She was the daughter of John Greathead and Ethel Egglestone. Violet was buried on 31 December 1915 in Cemetery, Pelton, Durham, England, in plot OD160. Her sister Priscilla was buried in plot OD157, her other sisters Violet and Mary and their mother in plot OD160 and her brother Augustus in plot OD138. All five died in 1915.4,5

Sources of Information

  1. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1915/Q4 Chester le Street Volume 10a Page 651.
  2. [S40024] Www.durhamrecordsonline.com/search.php.
  3. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1915/Q3 Chester le Street Volume 10a Page 1162.
  4. [S40000] Website www.chester-le-street.gov.uk.
  5. [S40000] Website Find a grave.

Ann Davis1

#8344, d. before 1851
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
     Ann Davis married William Farnsworth on 1 March 1808 in St Anne's, Westminster, London, England.1,2 Ann died before 1851.3

Children of Ann Davis and William Farnsworth

Sources of Information

  1. [S4] Jan's thoughts based on information from census enumeration sheets.
  2. [S10] Family Record Family Search - Parish registers for St. Anne's Church, Soho, 1686-1931 Church of England. St. Anne's Church (Soho, Westminster, Middlesex) Film 0918596.
  3. [S41851] UK Census 1851 (HO107) - 30 March 1851.

Dorothy Eileen Greaves

#8350, b. 25 August 1911, d. September 2002
Last Edited=21 Sep 2023
Dorothy Eileen Greathead née Greaves also Oliver
     Dorothy Eileen Greaves was born on 25 August 1911.1,2 She was the daughter of Frederick Greaves. She married Frederick Norman Oliver in 1935 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England.3,4 On 29 September 1939 in the National Register Dorothy was listed as living at 10 Regent Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, with her husband Frederick. With their son Norman. Frederick was a driver.2 Dorothy and Frederick were divorced.3,2 She married John Henry Greathead, son of Isaac Greathead and Priscilla Bradley, on 13 December 1950 in Register Office, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, The marriage took place after a licence was issued. It was witnessed by W T Johns and G S Johns. Both John and Dorothy gave their address as 127 Montpellier Street, Cheltenham. John was a chef de Cuisine in a restaurant.5,6 Dorothy and John were divorced on 29 July 1954.3 She remarried John Henry Greathead, son of Isaac Greathead and Priscilla Bradley, on 25 March 1959 in The Register Office, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, They were married for a second time after taking out a licence. J M Waddell and P A Goodhall witnessed the ceremony. Both gave their address as 127 Promenade, Gloucestershire. John was now a chef in a hotel.7,8 Her husband John died on 1980 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.9,10 Dorothy died in September 2002 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, aged 91.11

Child of Dorothy Eileen Greaves and Frederick Norman Oliver

Child of Dorothy Eileen Greaves and John Henry Greathead

  • John David Greathead

Sources of Information

  1. [S5] Jan's thoughts based on information from GRO or Parish record entries.
  2. [S41939] National Register 1939 - Find my past RG101/5066F/007.
  3. [S46000] General Register Office, I hold a copy of marriage certificate.
  4. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1935/Q1 Hereford Volume 6a Page 785.
  5. [S46000] General Register Office, I hold a copy of marriage certificate 1950/Q4 Cheltenham Volume 7b Page 553.
  6. [S40000] Website http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd - 1950 Register 21a Entry 206.
  7. [S46000] General Register Office, I hold a copy of marriage certificate 1959/Q1 Cheltenham olume 7b Page 778.
  8. [S40000] Website http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd - 1959 Register 39a Entry 33.
  9. [S7015] Letters between Michael Greathead and Jan Cooper from 2 March 2003.
  10. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1980/Q2 Cheltenham Volume 22 Page 1545.
  11. [S3] GRO Indexes - September 2002 Cheltenham District 4791B Reg B63D Ent 213 DOR 0902.