See also

Family of Wesley Went Heard and Edith May Joicey Baldrey

  • Husband:

  • Wesley Went Heard (1897-1952)

  • Wife:

  • Edith May Joicey Baldrey (1892-1968)

  • Marriage:

  • Q3 1937

  • Deptford "Registration District", London, England1

Husband: Wesley Went Heard

  • Name:

  • Wesley Went Heard2 3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Benjamin Heard (1868-1910)

  • Mother:

  • Ellen Fisher (1873-1950)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • shop assistant then a munitions worker4 5

  • Birth:

  • 11 Jan 1897

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England2 6 7 4 5

  •  

  • birth registered as Westh W Heard

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 4)

  • High Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England6

  •  

  • son as Westlie (sic) living with his mother Ellen, and brother Eric. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 14)

  • High Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England7

  •  

  • son living in six rooms with his widowed mother Ellen, brothers Eric and Benjamin, and sister Nellie. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Military Service:

  • frm 23 Nov 1915 to 17 Aug 1919 (age 18-22)

  • Royal Navy Able Seaman no:J468988

  •  

  • as Wesley Went Heard born on 11th January 1897 in Tollesbury Essex. An electrical fitters apprentice who was 5' 7" tall with a chest of 36", light brown hair, blue eyes, a fair complexion and extensive tattoos on his arms

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 24 yrs 5 mns)

  • 309 High Holborn, Holborn, London, England4

  •  

  • an unmarried employee working as shop assistant (bar) for Shorts Ltd of 309 High Holborn and living in five rooms with James Comorton and four other employees. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 42)

  • 1 Victoria Cottages, Upper Wickham Lane, Welling, Kent, England5

  •  

  • a married munitions worker living with his wife Edith. Born on 11th January 1897

  • Administrator:

  • 17 Aug 1950 (age 53)

  •  

     

    Wesley Went Heard was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Ellen Fisher on Thursday on 17 August 1950 at the Probate Registry, London, England

  • Death:

  • 6 Dec 1952 (age 55)

  • Sidcup "Registration District", Kent, England3 9

  • Probate:

  • 12 Mar 1953

  • Probate Registry, London, England9

  •  

  • of 1 Victoria Cottages Upper Wickham Lane Welling Kent died 6th December 1952, administration of effects of £422 19s 9d (~£12,000 in 2017) to Edith May Joicey Heard widow

Wife: Edith May Joicey Baldrey

  • Name:

  • Edith May Joicey Baldrey1 10

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • book keeper then a secretary11 5

  • Birth:

  • 5 May 1892

  • Bloomsbury, London, England10 12 11 5

  •  

  • 1939 register says born on 5th May 1893

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 8)

  • 71 South Street, Greenwich, London, England12

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents James and Mary, sisters Elizabeth and Alice, brother Frederic, and three boarders. Born in Bloomsbury Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 18)

  • 68 St. Georges Road, Elephant and Castle, Newington, London, England11

  •  

  • a servant working as a book keeper and living in seven rooms with Jenkins and Catherine Evans and family, and three other servant. Born in London

  • Census absence:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 29)

  •  

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 47)

  • 1 Victoria Cottages, Upper Wickham Lane, Welling, Kent, England5

  •  

  • a married monumental sculptors private secretary living with her husband Wesley. Born on 5th May 1893

  • Administrator:

  • 12 Mar 1953 (age 60)

  •  

     

    Edith May Joicey Baldrey was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Wesley Went Heard on Thursday on 12 March 1953 at the Probate Registry, London, England

  • Death:

  • Q4 1968 (age 76)

  • Bexley "Registration District", Greater London, England13

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Deptford 1937 quarter:3 volume:1d page:2499. Cit. Date: 20 April 2024.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maldon 1897 quarter:1 volume:4a page:621. Cit. Date: 18 April 2024.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Sidcup 1952 quarter:4 volume:5b page:723. Cit. Date: 20 April 2024.

4.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:1260 registration district:14 sub-district:1 enumeration district:5 schedule:81. Cit. Date: 20 April 2024.

5.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece: 1224D/ page:14 line:28 letter code:CJFD. Cit. Date: 20 April 2024.

6.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1693 folio:57 page:2 schedule:9. Cit. Date: 20 April 2024.

7.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10210 class:RG78 piece:537 registration district:196 sub-district:3 enumeration district:2 schedule:123. Cit. Date: 18 April 2024.

8.

FindMyPast British Royal Navy Seamen 1899-1924 Transcription, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:ADM 188/740/46898. Cit. Date: 20 April 2024.

9.

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 1953 page:316. Cit. Date: 20 April 2024.

10.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). St. Giles 1892 quarter:2 volume:1b page:616. Cit. Date: 20 April 2024.

11.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:1776 class:RG78 piece:63 registration district:23 sub-district:3 enumeration district:4 schedule:59. Cit. Date: 21 April 2024.

12.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:537 folio:13 page:18 schedule:114. Cit. Date: 20 April 2024.

13.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bexley 1968 quarter:4 volume:5a page:146. Cit. Date: 21 April 2024.