See also

Family of George William Swift and Myrtle Lena Kent

  • Husband:

  • George William Swift (1900-1947)

  • Wife:

  • Myrtle Lena Kent (1906-1938)

  • Marriage:

  • Q3 1933

  • Pancras "Registration District", London, England1

Husband: George William Swift

  • Name:

  • George William Swift1 2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • bricklayer

  • Birth:

  • 17 Apr 1900

  • New Shildon, County Durham, England3 4 5

  •  

  • as George William Craggs, 1939 register says born on 17th April 1901

  • Census absence:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 0)

  •  

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 9)

  • 6 Dale Street, St. Helen, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England4

  •  

  • son living in three rooms with his step-father Walter Swift, his mother Charlotte and sister Ida. Born in New Shildon Durham

  • Administrator:

  • 4 Nov 1938 (age 38)

  •  

     

    George William Swift was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Myrtle Lena Kent on Friday on 4 November 1938 at the Probate Registry, London, England

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 39)

  • 43 Stow Hill, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales5

  •  

  • a widowed bricklayer living with widowed Cissie Herod and family and two others. Born on 17th April 1901

  • Death:

  • 9 Feb 1947 (age 46)

  • Wandsworth "Registration District", London, England2 6

  • Probate:

  • 5 Jun 1947

  • Probate Registry, London, England6

  •  

  • of 59 Leaver Gardens Western Avenue Greenford Middlesex died 9th February 1947 at Springfield Hospital Wandsworth London, administration of effects of £638 19s (~£22,000 in 2017) to Charlotte Swift married woman

Wife: Myrtle Lena Kent

  • Name:

  • Myrtle Lena Kent7 8

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Gad Frank Kent (1877-1940)

  • Mother:

  • Nellie May Heard (1881-1938)

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1906

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England7 9

  • Baptism:

  • 9 Dec 1906 (age 0)

  • St. Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England8

  •  

  • daughter of Gad Frank Kent (mariner) and Nellie May of Dorothy Cottage Woodrolfe Lane Tollesbury

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 4)

  • 106 Harsnett Road, Colchester, Essex, England9

  •  

  • daughter living in five rooms with her mother Nellie, sister Elsie, and brother Frank. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Death:

  • 26 Jun 1938 (age 31)

  • Eastern Hospital, Homerton Grove, Homerton, London, England10 11

  • Probate:

  • 4 Nov 1938

  • Probate Registry, London, England11

  •  

  • of 153 Wellesley Road Ilford Essex (wife of George William Swift) died 26th June 1938 at Eastern Hospital Homerton London E.9, administration of effects of £16 (~£700 in 2017) to the said George William Swift bricklayer and Gad Frank Kent retired master mariner

Note on Husband: George William Swift

Parents Ezra Tindall (1876-?) and Charlotte Cragg (c1883-1978) who then married Walter Swift (1877-1949)

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Pancras 1933 quarter:2 volume:1b page:327. Cit. Date: 7 October 2021.

2.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Wandsworth 1947 quarter:1 volume:5d page:1066. Cit. Date: 7 October 2021.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Auckland 1900 quarter:3 volume:10a page:278. Cit. Date: 7 October 2021.

4.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:29715 class:RG78 piece:1721 registration district:547 sub-district:1 enumeration district:13 schedule:263. Cit. Date: 7 October 2021.

5.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:7423C page:2 line:2 letter code:XNNO. Cit. Date: 7 October 2021.

6.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). London 1947 page:625. Cit. Date: 7 October 2021.

7.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maldon 1906 quarter:4 volume:4a page:760. Cit. Date: 6 October 2021.

8.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Tollesbury St. Mary the Virgin baptisms ?-? ref:D/P 283/1/9 image:43 page:80 entry:639. Cit. Date: 7 October 2021.

9.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10301 class:RG78 piece:543 registration district:198 sub-district:1 enumeration district:17 schedule:361. Cit. Date: 6 October 2021.

10.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hackney 1938 quarter:2 volume:1b page:436. Cit. Date: 7 October 2021.

11.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). London 1938 page:663. Cit. Date: 7 October 2021.