See also

Family of George Downes and Rose May Violet Coton

  • Husband:

  • George Downes (1911- )

  • Wife:

  • Rose May Violet Coton (1911-1935)

  • Marriage:

  • 26 Jan 1935

  • St. James the Less Church, Barrack Street, Ashted, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England1 2

  •  

  • George a bachelor of 168 Lawley Street working as a motor cycle driver and son of George Downes a labourer. Rose a spinster of 4 Sandown? Place Lawley Street and daughter of George Thomas Coton a shearer. Married by banns and witnessed by Ada Matthews and Frederick T Rose

Husband: George Downes

  • Name:

  • George Downes3 1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • morot cycle driver2

  • Birth:

  • 17 Feb 1911

  • Birmingham, Warwickshire, England3 4 5

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 10 yrs 4 mns)

  • 10 Kent Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England4

  •  

  • son attending school and living in three rooms with his parents George and Violet, brother John, and sister Dorothy. Born in Birmingham Warwickshire

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 28)

  • 31 Village Road, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England5

  •  

  • a married munitions metal ha? (heavy worker) living with his wife Margaret. Born on 17th February 1911

Wife: Rose May Violet Coton

  • Name:

  • Rose May Violet Coton6 7

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Nickname:

  • Rosy

  • Father:

  • George Thomas Coton (1889-1960)

  • Mother:

  • May Beatrice Pardoe (1889-1968)

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1911

  • 59 Belmont Row, Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England6 7

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 10)

  • 30 Court 4H, Lawley Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England7

  •  

  • daughter as Rosy attending school and living in three rooms with her parents George and May, sister Winnifred (sic), and brothers Leonard and Harry. Born in Belmont Row Birmingham

  • Death:

  • Q3 1935 (age 24)

  • Birmingham "Registration District", Warwickshire, England8

Note on Husband: George Downes

After Rose died George married Margaret L Glover (1910-1990) in Birmingham registration district in the third quarter of 1938. Cannot locate a death record for George9 5 10

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Birmingham 1935 quarter:1 volume:6d page:7. Cit. Date: 11 March 2025.

2.

Ancestry Parish Marriages and Banns, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Birmingham, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1939 Ashted St. James the Less marriages 1929-1935 page:225 entry:450. Cit. Date: 11 March 2025.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Birmingham 1911 quarter:1 volume:6d page:179. Cit. Date: 11 March 2025.

4.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:14175 registration district:384 sub-district:4 enumeration district:28 schedule:234. Cit. Date: 11 March 2025.

5.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:5510F page:22 line:9 letter code:QAMK. Cit. Date: 12 March 2025.

6.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Aston 1911 quarter:3 volume:6d page:553. Cit. Date: 10 March 2025.

7.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:14293 registration district:385 sub-district:2 enumeration district:3 schedule:44. Cit. Date: 10 March 2025.

8.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Birmingham 1935 quarter:3 volume:6d page:310. Cit. Date: 11 March 2025.

9.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Birmingham 1938 quarter:3 volume:6d page:55. Cit. Date: 12 March 2025.

10.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Birmingham 1990 quarter:1 register:390 volume:32 page:1732. Cit. Date: 12 March 2025.