See also

Family of Walter Charles Brown and Florence Louise Bartlett

  • Husband:

  • Walter Charles Brown (1876-1953)

  • Wife:

  • Florence Louise Bartlett (1873-1969)

  • Marriage:

  • 12 Dec 1909

  • The Register Office, Grimwade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England1 2

  •  

  • Florence a spinster, witnessed by Emily Gardiner and Harriet E Brown

Husband: Walter Charles Brown

  • Name:

  • Walter Charles Brown3 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Cornelius Brown (1851?- )

  • Mother:

  • Harriett Isabella Ablitt (1851- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • carpenter, soldier, domestic servant thern doing general hotel work5 6 7 8

  • Birth:

  • 20 Apr 1876

  • Needham Market, Suffolk, England3 9 5 7 8

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 5)

  • Barking Road, Needham Market, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents Cornelius and Isabella, (half-?)sister Ellen, sisters Alice and Catherine, and brother William. Born in Needham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 16)

  • Hawks Mill Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a carpenter and living with his parents Cornelius and Isabella, brothers William and George, and sister Cate. Born in Needham Suffolk

  • Military Service:

  • frm 27 Feb 1901 to 26 Feb 1913 (age 24-36)

  • British Army Royal Ordnance Corps as no:45576

  •  

  • being 5' 7" tall, weighed 138 lbs, with a chest of 34", expansion 36", medium complexion, grey eyes, dark brown hair and a scar on his forehead. he served in South Africa from 16th November 1901 to 27th August 1904 and was transferred to the Army Reserve on 26th February 1909

  • Census absence:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 24)

  •  

  •  

  • on Army service

  • Medals:

  • 1903 (app)6

  •  

  •  

  • Queens medal with clasps for Cape Colony, South Africa 1901 and 1902 and State of Transvaal

  • Census absence:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 34)

  •  

  • Military Service:

  • frm 23 Oct 1914 to 17 Jun 1919 (age 38-43)

  • British Army 109th Company Royal Ordnance Corps as no:23102

  •  

  • being 5' 6½" tall, weighing 123 lbs, with a chest of 34½" and expansion of 2½". He served in France from 1915 and became a Corporal and Lance Corporal but reverted to a private on 23rd November 1918

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 45 yrs 2 mns)

  • Redcliff Lodge, Marine Drive, Paignton, Devon, England7

  •  

  • a married domestic servant living in twelve rooms with Dr. William and Mabel Smith, three visitors, and his wife Florence. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 63)

  • Sunny Court, Station Hill, Brixham, Devon, England8

  •  

  • married doing hotel general work and living with his wife Florence. Born on 20th April 1876

  • Death:

  • Q4 1953 (age 77)

  • Devon " Central Registration District", Devon, England4

Wife: Florence Louise Bartlett

  • Name:

  • Florence Louise Bartlett10 11 1 2

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant then a cook12 13 7

  • Birth:

  • 22 Nov 1873

  • Brixham, Devon, England10 11 14 12 13 7 8 15

  •  

  • 1939 registers says born on 22nd November 1874

  • Baptism:

  • 21 Jan 1874 (age 0)

  • All Saints Church, Church Street, Brixham, Devon, England11

  •  

  • daughter of Christopher Shears Bartlett (ship wright) and Izatt of Brixham, born on 22nd November 1873 and baptised with sister Alice

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 7)

  • Higher Street, Brixham, Devon, England14

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her mother Izatt, sisters Susan, Izatt, and Alice, and brother John. Born in Brixham Devon

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 18)

  • 92 Market Street, Tormoham, Torquay, Devon, England12

  •  

  • an unmarried general domestic servant living with Thomas and Mary Wills, and their daughter Florence. Born in Brixham Devon

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 27)

  • Vicarage, Vicarage Hill, Holbeton, Devon, England13

  •  

  • an unmarried servant working as a cook and living with Alfred and Ethel Allin and family, and another servant. Born in Brixham Devon

  • Census absence:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 37)

  •  

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 47 yrs 7 mns)

  • Redcliff Lodge, Marine Drive, Paignton, Devon, England7

  •  

  • a married cook living in twelve rooms with Dr. William and Mabel Smith, three visitors, and her husband Walter. Born in Brixham Devon

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 65)

  • Sunny Court, Station Hill, Brixham, Devon, England8

  •  

  • married doing unpaid home duties and living with her husband Walter. Born on 22nd November 1874

  • Death:

  • Q2 1969 (age 95)

  • Torbay "Registration District", Devon, England15

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1909 quarter:4 volume:4a page:2108. Cit. Date: 17 October 2023.

2.

FindMyPast British Army Service Records, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive ref:WO 363. Cit. Date: 17 October 2023.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1876 quarter:2 volume:4a page:651. Cit. Date: 11 October 2023.

4.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Devon Central 1953 quarter:4 volume:7a page:310. Cit. Date: 18 October 2023.

5.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1463 folio:131 page:6 schedule:43. Cit. Date: 12 October 2023.

6.

FindMyPast British Army Service Records, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive ref:WO 97 box:4436 record:80. Cit. Date: 17 October 2023.

7.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:10490 registration district:273 sub-district:1 enumeration district:1 schedule:226. Cit. Date: 18 October 2023.

8.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6813F page:14 line:42 letter code:WFEH. Cit. Date: 18 October 2023.

9.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1863 folio:82 page:16 schedule:271. Cit. Date: 12 October 2023.

10.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Totnes 1874 quarter:1 volume:5b page:178 occasional copy:B. Cit. Date: 18 October 2023.

11.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Devon Baptisms Brixham All Saints ref:1955A/PR/1/5 page:39 entry:312. Cit. Date: 18 October 2023.

12.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1703 folio:106 page:15 schedule:94. Cit. Date: 18 October 2023.

13.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:2084 folio:8 page:5 schedule:21. Cit. Date: 18 October 2023.

14.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:2173 folio:55 page:24 schedule:621. Cit. Date: 18 October 2023.

15.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Torbay 1969 quarter:2 volume:7a page:2115. Cit. Date: 18 October 2023.