See also

Gladys Evelyn Chester (1904- )

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

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  • shop assistant2 3

  • Birth:

  • 19 Feb 1904

  • Heaton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England1 4 2 3

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 7)

  • 195 Hollydale Road, Peckham, London, England4

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living in seven rooms with her parents Harry and Lena, brothers Harry, Maurice, Percy and Clarence, and sisters Lena, Edna, Barbara and an unnamed (Nona Esme). Born in Heaton Newcastle-upon-Tyne

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 17 yrs 4 mns)

  • 39 Engleheart Road, Catford, London, England2

  •  

  • unmarried daughter working as a shop assistant for Mrs E A Burroll draper etc. of 149 Rusley Green Catford and living in six rooms with her parents Harry and Lena, brothers Maurice, Percy and Clarence, and sisters Lena, Edna, Barbara, Nona, Stella, Vera and Norma. Born in Newcastle on Tyne Northumberland

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 35)

  • 14 Plassy Road, Catford, London, England3

  •  

  • an unmarried drapers shop assistant living with her parents Harry and Lena, and sister Norma. Born on 19th February 1904

Individual Note

Unsure what happened to Gladys, there are entries on Ancestry which suggest she married in 1996, but she would have been 92 so this needs to be confirmed

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Newcastle 1904 quarter:2 volume:10b page:162. Cit. Date: 26 June 2023.

2.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:2890 registration district:29 sub-district:3 enumeration district:18 schedule:83. Cit. Date: 27 June 2023.

3.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:0389G page:10 line:37 letter code:AOJG. Cit. Date: 27 June 2023.

4.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:2578 class:RG78 piece:87 registration district:27 sub-district:6 enumeration district:8 schedule:481. Cit. Date: 20 September 2021.