See also

Thomas Herbert Overett (1891-1935)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • draper2

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1891

  • 202 (late 158) Rye Lane, Peckham, London, England1 3 4 2

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 6 mns)

  • 202 (late 158) Rye Lane, Peckham, London, England3

  •  

  • son living with his parents Charles and Elizabeth, sisters Selina and Elizabeth, brother Walter, an assistant and a servant. Born in Peckham London

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 10)

  • 11 The Gardens, East Dulwich, London, England4

  •  

  • son living with his parents Charles and Elizabeth, sisters Selina, Elizabeth and Beatrice, brothers Walter and Harold, aunt Beatrice Hockin and a servant. Born in 202 Rye Lane Peckham London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 20)

  • 11 The Gardens, East Dulwich, London, England2

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a drapers assistant and living in nine rooms with his parents Charles and Elizabeth, sisters Selina, Elizabeth and Beatrice, and brother Harold. Born in Peckham London

  • Military Service:

  • to 1 Sep 1920 (age 29)

  • Royal Army Ordnance Corps as private no:0274215

  • Emigration:

  • 4 Sep 1920 (age 29)

  • from London, England to Port Swettenham, District of Klang, Malaya

  •  

  • on the Beneleuch, a draper travelling alone and intending to reside in the Straits Settlements

  • Medals:

  • 1920 (app)6

  •  

  •  

  • Victory and British medals for Service in the RAOC (Royal Army Ordnance Corps) as private no:027421

  • Emigration:

  • 12 Aug 1927 (age 34)

  • from London, England to Bombay, Maharashtra, India7

  •  

  • on the P&O ship Malwa which was bound for Yokohama. He was a draper of 29 Underhill Road SE.22 intending to reside in India

  • Death:

  • 26 Mar 1935 (age 43)

  • Mombasa, Coast Province, Kenya8 9

  •  

  • son of C & E Overett

  • Burial:

  • 27 Mar 1935

  • Mbaraki Cemetery, Dedan Kimathi Avenue, Mombasa, Coast Province, Kenya10

  • Probate:

  • 20 Aug 1935

  • Probate Registry, London, England8

  •  

  • of 9 Warwick Road Coulsdon Surrey died 26th March 1935 in Mombasa Kenya East Africa, administration of effects of £827 17s 1d (~£42,000 in 2017) to Charles Thomas Overett retired draper

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). Camberwell 1891 quarter:2 volume:1d page:838. Cit. Date: 13 November 2019.

2.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:2467 class:RG78 piece:83 registration district:27 sub-district:2 enumeration district:8 schedule:249. Cit. Date: 14 November 2019.

3.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:468 folio:59 page:49. Cit. Date: 13 November 2019.

4.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:501 folio:78 page:36. Cit. Date: 14 November 2019.

5.

Ancestry UK WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1920, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). class:WO 329 piece:2120 Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Cit. Date: 14 November 2019.

6.

Ancestry UK, British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards 1914-1920, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). RAOC no:027421. Cit. Date: 14 November 2019.

7.

FindMyPast Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). London Malwa 1927 page:192. Cit. Date: 14 November 2019.

8.

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 1935 page:614. Cit. Date: 14 November 2019.

9.

Gravestone. Photograph courtesy of Tony Damer who dug it up in Lewisham London in 2020. Cit. Date: 20 March 2020.

10.

East African Cemeteries and Memorials, (on-line at www.eamemorials.co.uk). Mombasa Mbaraki Cemetery. Cit. Date: 20 March 2020.