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Winifred Evelyn Rosam, 1930?, age 21
Name:
Winifred Evelyn Rosam
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
2 Nov 1909
Morningside, Edinburgh1
Address: 36 Cowan Road
Birth Registration:
22 Nov 1909 (age 0)
register Office2
Address: Morningside, Edinburgh
Guest:
Jun 1940 (age 30)
Guest at marriage of Oswald Charles Ensom and Ella Muriel Rosam
Guest:
22 Dec 1956 (age 47)
Guest at marriage of Donald Robert Boyce Boyle and Patricia Hélène Wallace
spouse:
4 Dec 1964 (age 55)
Death of spouse Albert
Administrator:
10 Mar 1965 (age 55)
Winifred was administrator for the estate of Albert Charles Holman
present:
24 Feb 1982 (age 72)
Present at death of Edith Gladys Rosam
reported:
25 Feb 1982 (age 72)
Reported death of Edith Gladys Rosam
Death:
4 Oct 2008 (age 98)
Cause: severe dementia, old age and a fracture of the femur for which she has undergone an operation
Address: Poole, Dorset
She had been admitted to hospital on 31 August 2008 after falling and breaking her hip. By this time her dementia was very bad and she had difficulty in feeding herself. Her condition gradually deteriorated and she never recovered. At 0710 on Sunday 5th October 2008 the Charge Nurse on Widtheridge Ward rang Pat Ward to say that Winifred Appleton had died during the night. The nurse said that she had passes away peacefully a short time before midnight on the 4th October but that she had been unable to get hold of a doctor to certify the death until this morning (5th October).
The nurse gave Pat the telephone number and opening times of the Property Office and suggested that she rang on Monday to arrange collection of her effects and the form certifiying her death so that her death could be registered.
Death Registration:
7 Oct 2008
the Register Office4
Address: Poole, Dorset
Andrew reportrd her death for two reasons.
Funeral:
16 Oct 2008
Poole Crematorium, Poole, Dorset5
On the day Pat Ward and her husband Jack drove from their home in Bampton to Stoke St Gregory where Andrew Boyle (Pat's son and Win's great nephew) and his wife lived. Then Andrew drove Pat and Jack drove to a restaurant in Poole where Andrew had arranged to meet David and Jim Ensom who were also great nephews of Win for lunch. Everyone then went on the crematorium where they were joined by Neil Boyle (Andrew's brother) who had come down from London for the funeral and two of the staff from the Adams Court care home where Win had spent the last few years. At the funeral Andrew gave the address remembering in particular Win's great kindness to his mother, his brother and himself.
After the funeral everyone when back to the care home where the owner had provided a buffet tea before the mourners returned home.
Ashes:
25 Oct 2008 (age 98)
Poole Garden of Remembrance, Poole Cemetary and Crematorium, Poole, Dorset6
scattered||The scattering was arranged for a Saturday and was attended by Andrew Boyle (Win's great nephew) who had made the arrangements, his wife Heidi who had been unable to attend the funeral and Martin Ensom (Win's nephew) who had also been unable to attend the funeral because of work commitments.
Spouse: Christian Arthur Bhend, Q3 1933
Spouse:
Wanted to marry:
c. 1928 (age 18-19)7
Because they were first cousins (Christain's mother and Winifred's father were siblings) the faimily refused permission for them to marry. Apparently there were furious rows but in the end they bowed to family pressure. Winifred remained bitter about it all her life as she really loved Christian and felt that Christian married Millie Dickson on the 'rebound'.
Spouse: Albert Charles Holman, 1960?, age 69
1962, Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for Albert Charles Holman and Winifred Evelyn Rosam
Spouse:
Marriage:
1 Sep 1962 (age 52)
Address: Croydon, Surrey
Albert and Win lived together until Albert was free to marry. Family oral history says that Albert's first wife was a Roman Catholic and would not give him a divorce to marry Win. Research has shown this not to be the case. He married Mabel Castro who was baptised into the Church of England when he 20. It is thought that the marriage did not last long and he entered into a bigamous marriage with Elise Herniman who was also a protestant when he was 30. As Albert had left Elsie it was up to her to start divorce proceedings and probably Albert did not press her to do so for fear that his bigamous marriage would be discovered. Whether his first wife being a Roman Catholic was a story generated by Albert to explain why he was not able to obtain a divorce or there was a degree of confusion in the family brought about by the fact that he had been chauffeur to Archbishop William Godfrey who was the Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain, the fact remains that he did not feel free to marry until after Elsie died in July 1962. He was almost certainly informed of her death by his sister Maud Holman who registered Elsie's death. Win obviously knew of Albert's marriage to Elsie and the fact that he kept in touch with his sister. She probably did not know of his first marriage to Mabel Castro. Unfortunately Albert and Win only had two years together as a married couple as Albert died in 1964. How they met and when they started to live together is not known. The earliest record held in personal archives is the joint invitation to the wedding of Win's God-daughter Dorothy Sayer on 19 May 1955 which was probably sent early that year. Pat Wallace who at the time was engaged to Win's nephew Don Boyle also remembers them living together in 1955 at 8 Fontaine Road, Streatham. A search of the electoral registers shows that Albert had 'moved in' by the qualifying date of 10 October 1956 for the 1957 Register.
Pat and Don Boyle and their young son Andrew were guests.
Spouse: Edward James Appleton, 1967, age 55
1967, Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for Edward James Appleton and Winifred Evelyn Holman
1967, Ed Appleton and Win Holman on their Wedding Day
1967, Guests at Ed Applton's and Win Holman's Wedding
1967, Win and Ed Appleton off on their honeymoon
Spouse:
Marriage:
16 Sep 1967 (age 57)
the Register Office13
Address: Croydon, Surrey
Don Boyle was the bride's nephew and Pat was his wife. The reception was held at 10 Grove Road, Thornton Heath, which was owned by the bride's sister Doris Rosam. The reception was attended by Win's sisters Dorie, Edie and Ella, Ella's husband Oswald (Charles) Ensom and their son Martin, Tony Ensom and his wife Jill , Barbara Goodman who was a great friend of Win, Eva Bishop who was a great friend of Dorie, Don and Pat Boyle and their children Andrew and Neil and several of Ed's friends.
Although the marriage certificate gives Win's address as 10, Grove Road, Thornton Heath which was her sister Dorie's house she had actually lived around the corner from Ed who was living at 71 The Glade, Shirley in 1967, but may have sold her house in anticipation of her forthcoming marriage. The fact that they had lived near each other accounts for the fact that they met on the train to London where they both worked in the city. After they married they lived at 71 The Glade until they moved to Whyteleafe in March 1968 when they sold the house to Pat & Don.
She had a win on the football calls and with the proceeds shoe bought a house in Tiverton Road Streatham. She and Alba lived in the downstairs flat. Pat remembers it was a very large house because one Christmas there were 14 for Christmas dinner and it was laid out in the hall.
When Pat moved to London in Easter 1954 she was met by Winifred and Albert and taken to fronting road where they lived.
Later Winifred lived in Woodhouse Avenue.14
John J Eckford, Registrar for the District of Morningside, Edinburgh, Extract Entry of Birth for Wiinifred Evelyn Rosam, (Original certificate found in Winifred Evelyn Rosam's effects after her death). When and Where Born. Cit. Date: 22 November 1909. Pat Ward.
Ibid. Date registered. Cit. Date: 22 November 1909. Pat Ward.
Charge Nurse, Witherige Ward,, Telephone Call from the Charge Nurse on Witherige Ward Poole Hospital to Mrs Pat Ward, (5 Oct 2008). Cit. Date: 5 October 2008. Dowell-Wallace Data Base.
R Painter. Registrar for Poole Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for Winifred Evelyn Appleton, (Original certificate dated 7 Oct 2008). Custom Id: BAH 825838; Cit. Date: 7 October 2008. Andrew Boyle.
2008 Engagement Diary for Jack & Pat Ward, Record Type: Engagement Diary, Name Of Person: Jack & Pat Ward, Location: Previous diaries, (Period, 2008). 16 Oct 2008 14.00 Auntie Win's Funeral.
Ibid. Auntie Win's ashes scattering - Poole Crematorium.
Pat Ward, Pat Ward's reminiscences of Winifred Rosam recorded by Jack Ward , (Not published). Wallace-Boyle Database.
Philip J. Stevens, Superintendent Registrar Croydon Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for Albert Charles Holman and Winifred Evelyn Rosam, (Issued byGeneral Register Office on 18 Jun 2020 in response to Application No 10929787-2). Custom Id: MB 601636; Cit. Date: 1 September 1962. Pat Ward.
Tony Ensom, Photograph of guests at the Wedding Reception of Edward James Appleton and Winifred Evelyn Holman, Photo Type: black and white print, Subject: Wedding reception for Edward James Appleton and Winifred Evelyn Holman, (Photograps taken on 16 September 1967). Pat Ward.
Mr & Mrs W. T. Sayer, Invitation to the Marriage of W. T. Hatswell and Dorothy Ann Sayer, Event Type: Marriage, Second Party: Dorothy Ann Sayer, Location: Christ Church, Worcester Park, (To guests at wedding of their daughter Dorothy Ann to Mr Eric D. Hatswell ). Cit. Date: 19 May 1955. Dowell-Wallace Data Base.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England &Wales) for Marriage of Albert E. Holman and Winifred E. Rosam, (Ancestry image of Marriages 1963 Jul-Sep Registration District Croydon, Volume 5g, Page 294a). Cit. Date: Q3 1962. General Register Office. Call Number: Marriages.
Wandsworth Borough Council, 1957 Electoral Register for Albert C. Holman and Winifred A. Rosam, (Ancestry image of LMA Reference MR/PER/C/0984). Cit. Date: 10 October 1956. London Metropolitan Archives.
G L. Griffiths, Deputy Registrar, Croydon Regiter Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for Edward James Appleton and Winifred Evelyn Holman, (Original certfied copy of entry number 122 issued on 16 Sep 1967). Custom Id: WE 618015; Cit. Date: 16 September 1967. Pat Ward.
Pat Ward (nee Wallace), Uncle Chris Bhend was Swiss and a Master Baker. I have no idea why he came to this Country., Subject: The Rosam Family, (2008/9). Dowell-Wallace Data Base.