Florence Mabel Schroder (1894-1945)

Name:
Florence Mabel Schroder¹ ²
Sex:
Female
Father:
William Carrington Schroder (1861-1941)
Mother:
Arabella Ann Price (1864-1956)

Individual Events and Attributes

1895, Register Entry for Baptism of Florence Mabel Schroder

Birth:
17 Dec 1894
Hampstead, London³ ⁴
Address: 17 Church Lane

Her baptismal register entry gives her date of birth and her parents' address. It is assumed that she was born there,
Baptism:
22 Sep 1895 (age 0)
St John's Parish Church⁴
Address: Hampstead, London
Census (living with parents):
31 Mar 1901 (age 6)
1901 Census - living with parents
Occupation:
frm 1911 to 1922 (age 16-28)
bank cashier⁵
It is assumed that she started work at the age of 16 and continued until her marriage to Will Ward. The name of the bank she worked for is not known.
Census (living with parents):
2 Apr 1911 (age 16)
1911 Census - living with parents
Death:
17 Feb 1945 (age 50)
Rustington, Littlehampton, Sussex⁶ ⁷ ⁸
Cause: enemy action

Address: Arcita, Chaucer Avenue

She was killed when a German aircraft which had been shot down fell on their bungalow around lunhtime. It also destroyed the next door semi-detached bungalow Suncot killing its occupant Edward Leonard Vincent. The 17th February was a Saturday and on Saturdays it was Florence's normal practice to go shopping in, have lunch and go to the library but on that particular day she had returned early to prepare for a friend who was coming to lunch. Had she not so she would not have been killed. At the time her husband William who was a schoolmaster was in Tonbridge where he was the billeting officer for Westminster City School which had been evacuated from London to Tonbridge at the start of the war. As well as the bungalow in Rustington they had a house in Harrow on the outskirts of London and Flo had moved to Rustington because they thought she would be safer. The Harrow house survived the war.
Burial:
23 Feb 1945
Pinner New Cemetery⁹
Address: Pinner Road, Harrow, Middlesex

It is certain that her husband Will was there but who else is not known

Marriage

Spouse: William Charles John Ward

Spouse:
William Charles John Ward (1897-1985)
Marriage:
1922 (age 27-28)
Hampstead¹⁰
They had no children although they wanted a child and did discuss adoption.

Sources

1.: General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Marriage of William C. J. Ward and Florence M. Schroder, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Marriages 1922 Q3 Hampstead, Vol. 1a, Page 1719; Spouse's name Florenc M. Schroder. General Register Office. Call Number: Marriages.

2.: General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of Florence Mabel Schroder, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: Births 1895 Hampstead Vol. 1a Page 653; Full name given as Florence Mabel Schroder. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.

3.: Ibid. Cit. Date: Q1 1895. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.

4.: Parish Register for Baptism of Florence Mabel Schroder, St John, Hampstead, London, 22 September 1895, London Metropolitan Archives.

J P W Ward, As I Remember It, (Not published). Chapter 3Flo Schoder worked as a bank cashier. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street

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6.: General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Death of Florence M. Ward, (FMP website). Custom Id: Deaths 1945 Worthing Vol. 2b Page 669; Cit. Date: Q1 1945. General Register Office. Call Number: Deaths.

J P W Ward, As I Remember It, (Not published). Chapter 3Mr Ward's first wife was killed when an aircraft fell on their bungolow in Rustington. She had returned early to prerpare lunch for a friend who was coming to lunch. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street