See also

Gertrude Ward (1894-1980)

Individual Events and Attributes

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1894, Register Entry for Baptism of Gertrude Ward

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1874-1986, St Michael-at-Bowes church

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1980, Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for Gertrude Arnold

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1980, Probate for Gertrude Arnold

  • Birth:

  • 20 Sep 1894

  • Wood Green, Middlesex2 3 4

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  • In the 1911 Census her age is shown as 16 which would give a calculated year of birth of 1895. However, as her birth was registered in the last quarter of 1894 she must have been born in 1894. Her death registration dives heer date of birth.

  • Baptism:

  • 28 Oct 1894 (age 0)

  • St Michael-at-Bowes Church5

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  • Address: Palmeston Road, Wood Green, Middlesex

    but who else is not known. The church in which William was baptised was built on the estate of Bowes Manor, home of Alderman Thomas Sidney (Lord Mayor of London), who financed practically the whole enterprise. The foundation stone was laid on 28th October 1872, and the building consecrated on 21st April 1874. It was a fine church, designed by Sir Gilbert Scott in the Gothic Revival style but fell into disrepair. It was closed on 29 September 1986 and demolished the following year and has ben replaced by a modern church.

     

  • Present (sibling):

  • 27 Jun 1897 (age 2)

  • Present at Baptism of her brother William Charles John

  • Census (living with parents):

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 6)

  • 1901 Census - living with parents

  • Census (living with parents):

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 16)

  • 1911 Census - living with parents

  • Census (living with parents):

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 26)

  • 1921 Census - living with parents

  • reported:

  • 7 Jan 1948 (age 53)

  • Reported death of Gertrude Botten

  • Son:

  • 2 Jul 1948 (age 53)

  • Present at death of his mother William

  • Guest:

  • 28 Oct 1948 (age 54)

  • Guest at marriage of William Charles John Ward and Alice Eleanor Dowell

  • Guest:

  • 24 Dec 1957 (age 63)

  • Guest at marriage of Jack Peter William Ward and Joan Elizabeth Hodge

  • Death:

  • 12 Jan 1980 (age 85)

  • Bognor Regis, Sussex6 4

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  • Cause: bronchitis and myocarial ischemia

    Address: 5 Highfield Road

    Myocardial ischemia occurs when blood flow to the heart is reduced, preventing the heart muscle from receiving enough oxygen. The reduced blood flow is usually the result of a partial or complete blockage of the heart's arteries (coronary arteries).

  • Death Registration:

  • 14 Jan 1980

  • the Register Office6

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  • Address: Bognor Regis, Sussex

    The use of the phrase "Causing the body to be buried" as the qualification for the person reporting the death indicates that Leslie Holden was an undertaker.

  • Probate:

  • 17 Mar 1980

  • Winchester7

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  • Address: Arone1 Cottage, 5 Highfield Road, Bognor Regis, Sussex

    Her estate was valued at £1,884. It is assumed that most of it came from the sale of her cottage. A search on the Government's probate search service failed to find a will. The executors and beneficiaries are unknown.

Marriage

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1921, Register Entry for Marriage of Arthur Ernest Arnold and Gertrude Ward

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St Michael-at-Bowes Church

  • Spouse:

  • Arthur Ernest Arnold (1894-1952)

  • Marriage:

  • 23 May 1921 (age 26)

  • St Michael-at-Bowes Church8 9

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  • Address: Palmeston Road, Wood Green, Middlesex

    The groom's mother (his father was dead) and the bride's brother William were probably there but who else is not known.

  • 1939 Register (Household):

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 45)

  • Hillingdon, Middlesex10

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  • Address: 128 Hercies Road

    The household consisted of Arthur and his wife Gertrude. Gertrude's parets lived next door in number 126 which was semi-detached to 128.

  • Divorce:

  • 1950 (est) (age 55-56)11

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  • Cause: cruelty

    Gertrude (or Truda as she like to be called) told her nephew Jack Ward that the Judge said that it was one of the worst cases he had come across. At the time Gertrude was living in her brother William's bungalow Greenwood at Selsey and the case was reported in the local paper. Gertrude was amused that people thought that the case referred to the local builder who was called Arnot. Jack has not been able to find either the divorce record or the newspaper article.

     

Sources

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1911 England Census for Household of William Charles Ward in Edmonton, Middlesex, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG14/7399; Gertrude Ward age 16 born 1895 in Wood Gree, Middlesex daughter of Gertrude and William Charles Ward. National Archives. Call Number: 14/7399.

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Ibid. Gertrude Ward age 16 born 1895 in Wood Green, Middlesex daughter of Gertrude and William Charles Ward. National Archives. Call Number: 14/7399.

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General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of Gertrude Ward, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Births 1894 Q4 Edmonton Vol. 3a Page 331; Cit. Date: Q4 1894. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.

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England and Wales Death Registration Index, Gertrude Arnold, Q1 1980, Chichester, Vol. 18, Page 1513.

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Parish Register for Baptism of Gertrude Ward, St Michael-at-Bowes, Palmeston Road, Wood Green, Middlesex, 28 October 1894, London Metropolitan Archives.

6.

Death certificate of Gertrude Arnold, 12 January 1980, Jack Ward.

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Grant of Probate: Gertrude Arnold, 17 March 1980, Principal Probate Registry, Volume A Page 209.

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Parish Register for Marriage of Arthur Ernest Arnold and Gertrude Ward, St Michael-at-Bowes, Palmeston Road, Wood Green, Middlesex, 23 May 1921, London Metropolitan Archives.

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General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Marriage of Arthur E. Arnold and Gertrude Ward, (Period, Apr-Jun 1921). Custom Id: Marriages 1921 Q2 Edmonton Vol. 3a, Page 1093; Cit. Date: Q2 1921. General Register Office. Call Number: Marriages.

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1939 Register: Arthur E Arnold, 20 September 1939, National Archives, Item 22.

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Oral history by William Charles John Ward to Jack Peter William Ward, 5 October 2023, Arthur and Gertrude Arnold.