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Name:
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
18 Mar 1894
The 1939 Register gives his date of birth and the 1921 Census the place.
Census (living with parents):
31 Mar 1901 (age 7)
1901 Census - living with parents
Occupation:
frm 1910 (age 15-16)
The 1911 Census records that he is working for the Great Eastern Railway probably at St Pancras. The Parish Register for his marriage to Gertrude and the 1921 Census give his occupation as a railway clerk but do not indicate where he is working. The 1939 Register says that he is a Railway Clearing House Clerk. The Railway Clearing House was set up to manage the allocation of revenue collected by railway companies for the conveyance of passengers and goods over the lines (or using the rolling stock) of other companies. It went on to become the major regulatory body overseeing the day-to-day running of railways in Great Britain and setting common standards for railway companies, which ensured their safety and interoperability. The RCH also produced fare structures governing many aspects of rail transport at a national level and set limits on price increases for passenger travel. When he transferred from the Great Eastern Railway to the RCH is not known but it may have been in 1923 when the railway companies were grouped into four main companies.
Arthur was an alcoholic so how he managed to keep his job is a mystery - perhaps he only drank on the way home from work.
Census (living with mother):
2 Apr 1911 (age 17)
1911 Census. Living with mother
Census (living with 'in-laws'):
19 Jun 1921 (age 27)
1921 Census - living with 'in-laws'
His wife Gertrude was their daughter
Death:
1952 (age 58)
the Bournemouth Registration district
1921, Register Entry for Marriage of Arthur Ernest Arnold and Gertrude Ward
St Michael-at-Bowes Church
Spouse:
Marriage:
23 May 1921 (age 27)
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, Middlesex3
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)8
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.
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; Groom's NameArthur E. ArnoldBride's NameGertrude Ward It is known that Gertrude's married name was Arnold which enabled her husband to be identified. General Register Office. Call Number: Marriages.
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.
1939 Register: Arthur E Arnold, 20 September 1939, National Archives, Item 22.
1921 England, Wales & Scotland census, 81 Bowers Road, Southgate, Edmonton, Middlesex, head of household: William Charles Ward, National Archives.
England and Wales Birth Registration Index, Arthue Ernest Arnold, Q2 1894, Pancras, Vol. 1b, Page 76, General Register Office.
1911 England, Wales & Scotland census, 86 Hampden Road, Upper Holloway, Islington, London, head of household: Rebecca Arnold, National Archives.
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.
Oral history by William Charles John Ward to Jack Peter William Ward, 5 October 2023, Arthur and Gertrude Arnold.