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Florence A Gill1

#22776, b. 1933
Last Edited=20 Aug 2018
     Florence A Gill was born in 1933 in Lanchester, Durham, England.1 She was the daughter of Edward Gill and Florence Edith Bertram.1 On 29 September 1939 in the National Register Florence A Gill was listed as living at 9 Bloemfontein Terrace, Stanley, Durham, England, with her mother.2 When her mother died in 1963 she took in her little sister Carole for a while.3

Sources of Information

  1. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1933/Q3 Lanchester Volume 10a Page 484.
  2. [S41939] National Register 1939 - Find my past RG101/2806J/023/9.
  3. [S22774] E-mails between Carole Oliver and Jan Cooper from 16 August 2018.

Sampson Gadd1

#22784
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
     Sampson Gadd married Elizabeth Lucy ...2

Child of Sampson Gadd and Elizabeth Lucy ...

Sources of Information

  1. [S205] Emails between Brian Benningfield and Jan Cooper from 15 May 2009.
  2. [S205] Emails between Brian Benningfield and Jan Cooper from 15 May 2009 KAB MOOC 6/9/334 ref: 2513 (Cape Town Archives).

Elizabeth Lucy ...1

#22785
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
     Elizabeth Lucy ... married Sampson Gadd.2

Child of Elizabeth Lucy ... and Sampson Gadd

Sources of Information

  1. [S205] Emails between Brian Benningfield and Jan Cooper from 15 May 2009.
  2. [S205] Emails between Brian Benningfield and Jan Cooper from 15 May 2009 KAB MOOC 6/9/334 ref: 2513 (Cape Town Archives).

... Barrett1

#22786
Last Edited=16 May 2009
     ... Barrett married Fanny Wright, daughter of William Wright and Frances Sophia Roman.1

Sources of Information

  1. [S205] Emails between Brian Benningfield and Jan Cooper from 15 May 2009 (KAB MOOC 6/9/279 ref 681 .. Cape Town Archives).

... Baldeston1

#22787
Last Edited=16 May 2009
     ... Baldeston married Beatrice Madeline Wright, daughter of William Wright and Frances Sophia Roman.1

Sources of Information

  1. [S205] Emails between Brian Benningfield and Jan Cooper from 15 May 2009 (KAB MOOC 6/9/279 ref 681 .. Cape Town Archives).

John Baden Powell

#22788, b. 22 February 1901, d. 1974
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
     John Baden Powell was born on 22 February 1901 in Sunderland, Durham, England.1,2 He was the son of John W Powell and Mary Elizabeth Bell.3 In the census of 31 March 1901 in 2 Ailsbury Street, Sunderland, Durham, England, he was listed as the son of John W Powell John was a gardener living with his wife and two children Florence and baby John only one month old.4 In the census of 2 April 1911 in Leechmere Road, Grangetown, Sunderland, Durham, England, he was listed as the son of John W Powell.5 He married Edith H Evans in 1931 in Sunderland, Durham, England.6 John died in 1974 in Bucklow, Cheshire, England.7

Children of John Baden Powell and Edith H Evans

  • John B Powell8
  • Robert W Powell

Sources of Information

  1. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1901/Q1 Sunderland Volume 10a Page 661.
  2. [S5] Jan's thoughts based on information from GRO or Parish record entries.
  3. [S4] Jan's thoughts based on information from census enumeration sheets.
  4. [S41901] UK Census 1901 (RG13) - 31 March 1901 RG13 Piece 4707 Folio 90 Page 1.
  5. [S41911] UK Census 1911 (RG14) - 2 April 1911 RG14PN30248 RG78PN1744 RD555 SD5 ED1 SN384.
  6. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1931/Q1 Sunderland Volume 10a Page 896.
  7. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1974/Q1 Bucklow Volume 10a Page 360 age 73.
  8. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1932/Q1 Sunderland Volume 10a Page 996.

John W Powell1

#22791, b. about 1876, d. 1952
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
     John W Powell was born about 1876 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.1 He married Mary Elizabeth Bell in 1899 in Sunderland, Durham, England.1,2 John was listed as head of household in the census of 31 March 1901 in 2 Ailsbury Street, Sunderland, Durham, England, John was a gardener living with his wife and two children Florence and baby John only one month old.3 John was listed as head of household in the census of 2 April 1911 in Leechmere Road, Grangetown, Sunderland, Durham, England, John was a Market Gardener living with his wife and three children.4 John died in 1952 in Sunderland, Durham, England.5

Children of John W Powell and Mary Elizabeth Bell

Sources of Information

  1. [S4] Jan's thoughts based on information from census enumeration sheets.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1899/Q1 Sunderland Volume 10a Page 729.
  3. [S41901] UK Census 1901 (RG13) - 31 March 1901 RG13 Piece 4707 Folio 90 Page 1.
  4. [S41911] UK Census 1911 (RG14) - 2 April 1911 RG14PN30248 RG78PN1744 RD555 SD5 ED1 SN384.
  5. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1952/Q4 Sunderland Volume 1a Page 936 age 76.
  6. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1906/Q4 Sunderland Volume 10a Page 666.

Mary Elizabeth Bell1

#22792, b. about 1877
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
     Mary Elizabeth Bell was born about 1877 in Cornforth, Durham, England.1 She married John W Powell in 1899 in Sunderland, Durham, England.1,2 In the census of 31 March 1901 in 2 Ailsbury Street, Sunderland, Durham, England, she was listed as the wife of John W Powell.3 In the census of 2 April 1911 in Leechmere Road, Grangetown, Sunderland, Durham, England, she was listed as the wife of John W Powell.4

Children of Mary Elizabeth Bell and John W Powell

Sources of Information

  1. [S4] Jan's thoughts based on information from census enumeration sheets.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1899/Q1 Sunderland Volume 10a Page 729.
  3. [S41901] UK Census 1901 (RG13) - 31 March 1901 RG13 Piece 4707 Folio 90 Page 1.
  4. [S41911] UK Census 1911 (RG14) - 2 April 1911 RG14PN30248 RG78PN1744 RD555 SD5 ED1 SN384.
  5. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1906/Q4 Sunderland Volume 10a Page 666.

Florence Powell1

#22793, b. 9 June 1899, d. October 1990
Last Edited=3 Jun 2015
     Florence Powell was born on 9 June 1899 in Sunderland, Durham, England.1,2,3 She was the daughter of John W Powell and Mary Elizabeth Bell.1 In the census of 31 March 1901 in 2 Ailsbury Street, Sunderland, Durham, England, she was listed as the daughter of John W Powell John was a gardener living with his wife and two children Florence and baby John only one month old.4 In the census of 2 April 1911 in Leechmere Road, Grangetown, Sunderland, Durham, England, she was listed as the daughter of John W Powell.5 She married Albert E S Smith in 1931 in Sunderland, Durham, England.6 Florence died in October 1990 in Sunderland, Durham, England, aged 91.7

Sources of Information

  1. [S4] Jan's thoughts based on information from census enumeration sheets.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1899/Q3 Sunderland Volume 10a Page 616.
  3. [S5] Jan's thoughts based on information from GRO or Parish record entries.
  4. [S41901] UK Census 1901 (RG13) - 31 March 1901 RG13 Piece 4707 Folio 90 Page 1.
  5. [S41911] UK Census 1911 (RG14) - 2 April 1911 RG14PN30248 RG78PN1744 RD555 SD5 ED1 SN384.
  6. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1931/Q1 Sunderland Volume 10a Page 815.
  7. [S3] GRO Indexes - October 1990 Suderland Volume 21 Page 746.

Bernard Frank Meath

#22794
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
     Bernard Frank Meath married Margaret Davy, daughter of Fred Bean and Norah Watson, in 1947 in Burnley, Lancashire, England.1,2

Sources of Information

  1. [S22545] Emails between Vicki Anne Wilkinson and Jan Cooper from 31 March 2009.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1947/Q1 Burnley Volume 10b Page 1232.

Evelyn Dorothy Sheese1,2

#22795, b. 20 August 1921, d. 14 May 1998
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
Appears on charts:
Chart 28 - Francis Greathead
     Evelyn Dorothy Sheese was born on 20 August 1921 in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, USA.3,2 She was the daughter of Frederick H Sheese and Opal E Downs.2 She married Robert Dellinger Greathead, son of Thomas William Greathead and Minnie W Cook, in August 1975 in Langhorne United Methodist Church, Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA, The Rev Robert L Curry pastor of St George United Methodist Church officiated. A reception followed in the church fellowship hall. Arthur his son was best man. The couple went on a wedding trip to Canada and Nova Scotia and then returned to settle in Levittown. Robert was employed by ITE Imperial Corporation Chalfont.1 Evelyn died on 14 May 1998 aged 76.3,2 Evelyn was buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Feasterville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA.3

Sources of Information

  1. [S40045] Newspapers Bucks County Courier 3 August 1975 Levittown, Pennsylvania.
  2. [S7] Ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.
  3. [S40010] Family History Resource File - Vital Records Index - British Isles/Australia CD Find a grave.

Arthur B Greathead1

#22796
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
Relationship
5th great-grandson of Francis Greathead
Appears on charts:
Chart 28 - Francis Greathead
     Arthur B Greathead was the son of Robert Dellinger Greathead and Eleanor ...1 In February 1975 Arthur was best man at the wedding of his father to Dorothy Sheese in Levittown. Arthur was living in Forte Meade at the time.1

Sources of Information

  1. [S40045] Newspapers Bucks County Courier 3 August 1975 Levittown, Pennsylvania.

Margaret Violet Turmaine1

#22797, b. 1910, d. 1914
Last Edited=19 May 2009
     Margaret Violet Turmaine was born in 1910 in Willesden, London, England.1,2 She was the daughter of Albert Daniel Turmaine and Edith Ruby Wheeler.1 In the census of 2 April 1911 in 30 Wellesley Road, St Pancras, London, England, she was listed as the grandaughter of George Robert Evans Turmaine.3 Margaret died in 1914.4

Sources of Information

  1. [S4] Jan's thoughts based on information from census enumeration sheets.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1910/Q3 Willesden Volume 3a Page 271.
  3. [S41911] UK Census 1911 (RG14) - 2 April 1911 RG14PN758 RG78PN26 RD9 SD4 ED14 SN315.
  4. [S15268] E-mails between Roger Turmaine and Jan Cooper from 3 December 2005 Information came from a collaboration with Richard Smith who sadly died on 5 October 2004 in Inverness.

... Baker1

#22798
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016

Children of ... Baker

Sources of Information

  1. [S4] Jan's thoughts based on information from census enumeration sheets.

George William Baker1

#22799, b. about 1874
Last Edited=19 May 2009
     George William Baker was born about 1874 in Hackney, London, England.1 He was the son of ... Baker.1 In the census of 2 April 1911 in 16 Lealand Road, Edmonton, London, England, he was listed as the brother in law of Charles Montgomery George was a confidential clerk for the National Union of Teachers.2

Sources of Information

  1. [S4] Jan's thoughts based on information from census enumeration sheets.
  2. [S41911] UK Census 1911 (RG14) - 2 April 1911 RG14 Piece number 7348 RG78 Piece number 356 Registration District 132 Sub Regiatration District 4 Enumeration District 38 Schedule number 253.

Henry Gibbons1

#22800, b. about 1906
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
Relationship
7th great-grandson of Thomas Greathead
Appears on charts:
Chart 2 - Lifeboat and 1820 settlers Greathead families
     Henry Gibbons was born about 1906 in Hamsteels Colliery, Durham, England.1 He was the son of John William Gibbons and Hannah Greathead.1 In the census of 2 April 1911 in 8 East Street, Hamsteels, Durham, England, he was listed as the son of John William Gibbons.2

Sources of Information

  1. [S4] Jan's thoughts based on information from census enumeration sheets.
  2. [S41911] UK Census 1911 (RG14) - 2 April 1911 RG14 Piece 29909 RG78 Piece 1731 Reg District 550 Sub Reg District 3 Enumeration District 10 Schedule Number 138.