1877-12-05 | b. New Brompton, Kent, son of William Henry Owen Herring and his wife Constance (Palmer) Herring | GRO index; censuses; CWGC, accessed 2010-08-18; Sancto Beck; TNA: RG14PN3942 RG78PN150 RD47 SD2 ED13 SN119; Royal Navy register of seamen's services |
1881 | living with family at 67 Church Road, Gillingham, Kent | RG 11/890 f120 p22 |
1891 | living with family at 67 Church Road, Gillingham | RG 12/659 f123 p23 |
1899-09-04 | enlisted in the Royal Navy; 5 ft 11½ in; brn hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion | Royal Navy register of seamen's services |
1899-09-04/1900-04-18 | served on Pembroke II; character VG throughout his service | |
1900-04-19/-06-10 | served on Argonaut | |
1900-06-11/-12-06 | served on Pembroke; raised to engine room artificer (ERA) 4th class on 1900-11-24 | |
1900-12-07/1901-01-13 | served on Emp. of India | |
1901 | not found in census | |
1901-09-14/1903-05-15 | served on Caesar; raised to ERA 3rd class on 1902-09-04 | Royal Navy register of seamen's services |
1903-05-16/1904-01-11 | served on Pembroke | |
1904-01-12/1905-04-30 | served on Sappho | |
1905-05-01/1906-09-03 | served on Leda; raised to ERA 2nd class on 1906-09-03 | |
1906-09-04/-11-04 | served on Pembroke II | |
1906-11-05/1907-03-24 | served on Ramillico | |
1907-03-25/-31 | served on Pembroke II | |
1907-04-01/-11-15 | served on Hawke | |
1907-11-16/1908-06-10 | served on Pembroke II | |
1908-06-11/1910-05-29 | served on Blenheim | |
1910-05-30/-09-26 | served on Pembroke II | |
1910-09-27/1911-02-27 | served on Magnificent | |
1911-02-28/-05-01 | served on Pembroke II | |
1911 | E.R.A—Royal Navy, living with family in 6 rooms at 67 Church Rd, New Brompton, Gillingham, Kent | RG14PN3942 RG78PN150 RD47 SD2 ED13 SN119 |
1911-05-02/-09-03 | served on Foresight | Royal Navy register of seamen's services |
1911-09-04 | 5 ft 11½ in; grey hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion; raised to 1st class | |
1911-09-04/1912-08-29 | served on Foresight | |
1912-08-30/-10-15 | served on Pembroke II | Royal Navy register of seamen's services |
1912-09-28 | engineer artificer R.N., of 67 Church Rd, Gillingham; m. Angela Louisa Beck, St Paul's pc, Chatham, Kent, after banns; witnesses: Reuben Beck, Constance Herring | information from Sidney Beck; GRO index; parish register |
1912-10-16/1913-04-10 | served on Aquarius | Royal Navy register of seamen's services |
1913-04-11/-06-30 | served on Pembroke II | |
1913-07-01/1914-11-25 | served on Aquarius; act. ChERA II from 1914-03-01 | |
1914-11-26/1915-06-30 | served on Tyne; ChERA II from 1915-03-01 | |
1915-07-01/1916-08-18 | served on Aquarius | |
1915-07-04 | CERA RN, of two Thorold Road, Chatham; made his will, leaving everything to his wife, who was also sole executor | will and grant of probate |
1916-08-19/1917-02-16 | served on Pembroke II | Royal Navy register of seamen's services |
1917-02-17/-12-23 | served on Dido (Torrent) | |
1917-12-23 | missing | |
of 2 Thorold Road, Chatham, Kent; chief engine room artificer 2nd class 269834 on destroyer HMS Torrent, either mined in the North Sea while going to meet a convoy or torpedoed by a German submarine off the Maas Lightship; d. at sea | will and grant of probate; CWGC, accessed 2010-08-18; Naval History via Flix, accessed 2010-08-18; battleships-cruisers, accessed 2010-08-18 | |
grave E130; memorial at Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery | CWGC, accessed 2010-08-18; UK, Royal Navy and Royal Marine War Graves Roll, 1914-1919 | |
Do you remember Aunt Angela's husband? No, I think he died during the war. It was quite a short marriage, they didn't have much married life together, which was very sad for everybody. I think he died before I was in a position to remember them—I'm sure he was killed in the war. There was a great shortage of men then, and many of the war widows had no hope of marrying again. |
The Memoirs of Sidney Beck | |
1918-01-31 | probate to Angela Louisa Herring, widow; effects £219 gross | will and grant of probate |
1876-01-09 | b. Merton, Surrey, s. of William and Sarah Eleanor (Trenchard) Willis | GRO index; censuses; 1911 Census of Canada; Ontario registration of death |
1876-10-01 | of Merton; bapt. St Faith's, Stoke Newington, Middlesex | parish register |
1881 | scholar, living with his family in High Street, Merton | TNA: RG 11/828 f89 p11 |
1891 | plumber's labourer, employed, living with his family at 14 High St, Merton | RG 12/603 f86 p6 |
1901 | plumber, worker, living with his family at 43 High Street, Merton | RG 13/696 f93 p15 |
1902-04-07 | plumber, of 48 High Street, Merton, Surrey; m. Eleanor Matilda Beck, at St Paul's church, Chatham, after banns; witnesses William and Mary Willis | information from Sidney Beck; The Memoirs of Sidney Beck; GRO index; parish register |
1903-05-10 | plumber, of 21 Cecil Villas, Wimbledon, Surrey | parish register, St Mary's, Merton |
Children: | Nellie Doris Maud (1903–1978, b. Kingston RD), William Charles (1909–1990) | GRO index; 1911 Census of Canada; Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1801-1928; information from Sidney Beck; Harcus Family Tree_2011-02-09_2011-02-10 |
1903-05-10 | plumber, of 21 Cecil Villas, Wimbledon | Merton parish register |
emigrated to Canada, and believed to have lived in the Toronto or Ottawa area | The Memoirs of Sidney Beck | |
1906 | immigrated to Canada with his wife and daughter | 1911 Census of Canada; 1921 Census of Canada says 1907 |
1906-09-26 | with his wife and daughter, departed Liverpool for Montreal aboard the Lake Manitoba | passenger lists leaving UK |
1909 | son born at 43 Sully Cres., Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1913 |
1911 | painter, doing odd jobs; living with his family at 45 Sully Cres., Toronto West, Ontario; Anglican; had worked 47 of the last 52 weeks, working 48 hours a week; had earned $500 in 1910; held $200 insurance, at $12 premium | 1911 Census of Canada |
1921 | painter, living with his family at 19 Teignmouth, York Township, York South, Ontario | 1921 Census of Canada |
1922 | presumably of 19 Teignmouth Ave, Toronto (daughter's place of residence at marriage) | Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1801-1928 |
1945-05-23 | last worked at his occupation | Ontario death registration |
1945-05-30 | painter and decorator, own business, of 19 Teignmouth Ave., Toronto; d. St Joseph's Hosp., Toronto, of coronary occlusion due to arteriosclerotic heart disease and bronchiectasis | |
1945-06-01 | bur. Prospect Cemetery, Toronto |
1870-12 | b. | 1911 Census of Canada (last digit of the year is indistinct) |
1909-04-05 | m. Maud Emily Beck (1881–1945), in Toronto, Ontario, Canada | information from Sidney Beck; The Memoirs of Sidney Beck; Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1913 |
1911 | jobbing carpenter, living with wife at 268 Lisgar, Toronto West, Ontario; had worked the whole of 1910 at his job, working a 55 hour week, and had earned $728 in 1910; Baptist | 1911 Census of Canada |
1912 | carpenter, of 268 Lisgar, Toronto West | Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1913 |
Child: | Constance Mary L. (1912 – ?, b. Toronto) | Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1913; information from Sidney Beck |
1919-12-18 | woodworker, of 8 Fife St, Hamilton, Ontario; witnessed Leonard Scutchings's application for Imperial War Service Gratuity | Canada, Imperial War Service Gratuities |
after 1945 | d. | Find a Grave |
1889-03-18 | b. Tufnell Park, London N., son of John William and Eliza Mary Scutchings (the former an auctioneer) | GRO index; TNA: RG 12/1359 f91 p14; Canada, Soldiers of the First World War, 1914-1918; Detroit Border Crossings and Passenger and Crew Lists, 1905-1957; parish register |
1891 | living with parents at 10 Woodford Wells, Woodford, Essex | RG 12/1359 f91 p14 |
1901 | living at 1 Victoria Place, Prittlewell, Essex, with his family, his maternal grandparents, and a domestic servant | RG 14/1678 f98 p38 |
1907-05 | baker; 5'7½", 133 lbs, chest 36" when fully expanded, with 3" expansion range; fit, up to standard; "smart educated lad", regiment closed in this district | British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 |
1907-06-16 | enlisted as private in 16th Queens Lancers at Aldershot | Canada, Imperial War Service Gratuities |
1907-06-17 | limited engagement | British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920; UK, Silver War Badge Records, 1914-1920 |
1909-08-01 | discharged, to work at trade of baker | Canada, Imperial War Service Gratuities |
at some point, discharged—no longer physically fit for war service | British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 | |
1910-05 | Private 28128, transferred to Reserve, on the
expiration of his period of Army service; very good conduct, one GC
badge; desires to be baker or groom in civilian life description on transfer to Army Reserve: 5'9", 32" waist, helmet size 22, boots size and magnitude 8.4, fresh complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, irregular scar [location illeg.], intending to reside Weald Brears (?), Harcourt Avenue, Southend on Sea |
British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 |
1911-10-04 | baker, of 2 Thorold Road, Chatham; m. Ethel Alice Beck, Christ Church, Luton, Kent, after banns; witnesses: Reuben Beck, Robert Merry | information from Sidney Beck; The Memoirs of Sidney Beck; GRO index; Marriage Locator; parish register; Canada, Imperial War Service Gratuities |
(adopted) children: | George Henry (1912–1977, b. Dutton, Ontario); son (? – ?) | Ontario marriages; Find a Grave; Detroit border crossings |
1914-03-14 | reservist, of 1 Mount Pleasant, Chatham Hill, Chatham, Kent; sent letter requesting permission to reside in Canada; mentions Toronto (letter barely legible) | British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 |
1914-04-17 | with wife, departed Liverpool aboard the Empress of Ireland, bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia | UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 |
emigrated to Canada, and believed to have live in the Toronto or Ottawa area; adopted two boys | The Memoirs of Sidney Beck | |
1914-04-18 | reservist, embarked on Empress of Ireland | British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 |
1914-08-04 | of 18 Seaforth Avenue, Toronto, Ontario | Canada, Imperial War Service Gratuities |
1914-08-18 | "I was on the Army Reserve from 16-6-1910 until outbreak of war was called up on 18-8-14 & proceeded to Quebec for Overseas | Canada, Imperial War Service Gratuities |
1914-08-22 | sailed from Quebec on SS Teutonic | Canada, Imperial War Service Gratuities |
1914-08-30 | reservist, of Canada, arrived in Liverpool aboard the White Star Dominion's Teutonic, from Montreal, travelling 3rd class | UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 |
served with A.S.C. and R I Fus; awarded Victory and British medals | British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 | |
1918-04-01 | A/Cpl, Army Service Corps, transferred at Le Havre, France; to trenches | Canada, Imperial War Service Gratuities |
1919-02-28 | sailed from Barry Dock on SS Toloa | Canada, Imperial War Service Gratuities |
1919-03-27 | baker, of 11 Hunter St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; has served 4 years 7 months C.S., 15 Lancers, Royal I Fus.; enlisted with Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force | Canada, Soldiers of the First World War, 1914-1918 |
1919-04-08 | corporal, 42158, discharged from the Royal Irish Fusiliers, from wounds; had served overseas; awarded the silver War Badge | UK, Silver War Badge Records, 1914-1920 |
1919-04-09 | T/Cpl, Royal Irish Fusiliers; discharged at Winchester, through wounds | Canada, Imperial War Service Gratuities |
1920-03-16 |
L.W. Scutchings 137½ Bee St Todmorden Ont March 16, 1920 To the Paymaster General Ottawa Sir/ I am writing concerning the extra gratuity which ex imperials have been granted. I forwarded to your office my claim some time ago and received an acknowledgement from you which asked me not to write concerning this matter. I should not have done so, only several ex-imperial friends of mine, who were no[t] so long over seas as I have received their extra gratuity. Hoping my case [h]as not been overlooked I remain Yours Respectfully L.W. Scutchings 42158 Corporal 9th Battn. Royal Irish Fusiliers B.E.F. |
Canada, Imperial War Service Gratuities |
1920-03-19 | awarded imperial war service gratuity | Canada, Imperial War Service Gratuities |
1920-03-29 | of 137½ Bee St, Todmorden, Ontario; found eligible for 183 days gratuity less the imperial gratuity; $219 had already been forwarded, balance to be paid at monthly intervals; total entitlement $439.40 for self, $180 for wife | Canada, Imperial War Service Gratuities |
1921 | living with his wife at 137½ Bee St, York Township, York, Ontario; Church of England | 1921 Canadian census |
1933-11-27 | George Henry Scutchings, described as son of Leonard William and Ethel Alice (Beck) Scutchings, b. cal 1912, Dutton, Ontario, married in Toronto | Ontario marriages |
1940 | a Leonard Scutching, merchant, living with his wife in York East | Canada, Voters' Lists |
1943-05-20 | Canadian; admitted at Detroit, Michigan, USA, for a visit of 29 days or less | Detroit Border Crossings and Passenger and Crew Lists, 1905-1957 |
after 1947 | m.2. Evelyn May ____ (? – ?) | The Toronto Star, 1976-06-29 |
1963 | with his wife, recorded in Ontario Voters' Lists; initially described as a clerk, subsequently as retired | Canada, Voters' Lists |
1965 | ||
1936 | ||
1974 | ||
1977 | an L.W. Scutchings a member of Lodge 531 (High Park, Thornhill, Greater Toronto) of the Grand Lodge A.F. and A.M. of Canada | Proceedings of One Hundred and Twenty-Second Annual Communication held in the City of Toronto |
1976-06-28 |
SCUTCHINGS, Leonard William — After a lengthy illness, in York County Hospital on June 28, 1976, in his 87th year, Leonard Scutchings, beloved husband of Evelyn May of Keswick, dear father of George of Windsor, dear uncle of Evelyn and Syil [sic] of Newmarket and dear friend of Alice of Woodstock. Resting at the Taylor Funeral Home, Queensville. Service in the chapel Wednesday at 3 p.m.. Interment Queensville Cemetery. |
The Toronto Star, 1976-06-29 |
1890-11-19 | b. Bromley, Middlesex, son of Robert and Eleanor Augusta (Smithers) Merry | GRO index; TNA: RG 12/322 f66 p18; RG14PN1710 RG78PN59 RD22 SD2 ED33 SN51; parish register, Southwark All Hallows; UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 |
1891-03-29 | of 28 Knapp Road; bapt. All Hallows, Southwark, London | parish register |
1891 | living with his parents in two rooms at 28 Knapp Road, St Leonard's, Bromley, Middlesex | RG 12/322 f66 p18 |
1894-01-08 | of 68 Rounton Rd; admitted to Knapp Road School, Tower Hamlets | Knapp Road School, admission and discharge register |
1901 | inmate of Forest Gate District School (Workhouse School), 95 Forest Lane, West Ham | RG 13/1594 f161 p24 |
1911 | dental mechanic, dentist, worker, living with widowed father and family at 76 Rounton Road, Bromley by Bow, London E.; 3 rooms | RG14PN1710 RG78PN59 RD22 SD2 ED33 SN51 |
1913-03-24 | dental mechanic, of 76 Rounton Road, Bromley-by-Bow; m. Dorothy Catherine Beck, at Christ Church pc, Luton, Kent; witnesses Reuben Beck, Florence Merry, Hilda May Beck, David Harry Pankhurst | GRO index; parish register |
Child: | Dorothy Eleanor (1914–1997) | GRO index |
1914-10-04 | dental mechanic, of of 30 Waverley Rd[, Woodford] | Essex baptism index |
enlisted at Woodford | UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 | |
1915 | of 30 Waverley Road (south-west side) | Directory of Woodford, Buckhurst Hill, Loughton and Chingford |
1916-11-21 | Lance Corporal, 3rd Essex; made his will, leaving everything to his wife | will |
1917-05-16 | Lance Corporal 28646 R.C. Merry, of 1st Bn, Essex Regiment; d. of wounds, at the Prisoner of War Hospital in Darmstadt | will and grant of probate; CWGC; UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919; Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects. There is a lot of detail about Darmstadt PoW Hospital here. |
bur. grave I.E. 10, Niederzwehren cemetery, Hessen, Germany | CWGC |
1889-12-13 | b. Luton, Chatham, Kent, son of David and Eliza (Roberts) Pankhurst (the former a fireman) | GRO index; censuses; Orwin, accessed 2010-08-07; parish register |
1891 | living with his mother and brother in three rooms at 216 Luton Road, Chatham | TNA: RG 12/665 f38 p30 |
1901 | living with his mother and brother at 259 Luton Rd, Chatham | RG 13/730 f90 p20 |
1911 | patternmaker, government d[oc]ky[ar]d, living in six rooms at 224 Luton Rd, Chatham | RG14PN3914 RG78PN149 RD47 SD1 ED30 SN318 |
1914-04-11 | carpenter, of 224 Luton Road; m. Hilda May Beck, at Christ Church, Luton, Kent, after banns; witnesses: Reuben Beck, Henry David George Smith | GRO index; RG14PN3914 RG78PN149 RD47 SD1 ED30 SN318; Orwin; parish register |
Children: | David Charles (1914–1968), Arthur Harry (1916–2000), Edna May (1918–2005), Joyce Hilda (1929–2014) | GRO index; information from Sidney Beck and Geoff Pankhurst; Orwin; Find a will |
1921 | patternmaker recorder of work, expense accounts, working at Rosyth Dockyard; living with his family in 4 rooms at 59 Parkside St, Inverkeithing, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland | Scottish census 424/ 35/ 26 |
. . . a draughtsman in the drawing office, of the Naval Dockyard at Chatham; who had been sent to Rosyth, during the war—I think they thought it was a safer place, to have the drawing office there—Chatham Dockyard was so near, likely to be bombed, damaged—so a lot of the work was transferred from Chatham Dockyard up to Rosyth Dockyard, near Edinburgh. I think Hilda and Dave must have married before, she joined him up there, in Rosyth. They stayed there, till their two sons, my cousin David and cousin Arthur, and my other cousin Edna—they were at school in Scotland—then some time in the 1930s, when I was at the grammar school, they all moved down to Gillingham. Whether he'd got promoted, or whether they decided to restore the old drawing office in Chatham, and reunite it again, after the war, I don't know quite. They moved back to Gillingham, and when they first arrived, they hadn't got any accommodation, and they all came and lived with my father and mother, in Gillingham. So we—quite a crowd! Course I don't know how many of us we were at the time—anyway, we did squeeze in for about three months. . . . And I seem to remember my Uncle Dave was, for a time, a football referee—I don't for how long. He had a very strong Scottish accent. |
The Memoirs of Sidney Beck | |
1939-09-29 | patternmaker, recorder of work HM Dockyard, living with his family at 30 Windmill Road, Gillingham, Kent | 1939 England and Wales Register (RG 101) |
1939-11-07 | present at the funeral of his sister-in-law, Dorothy C. Merry, at Chatham Cemetery | Chatham News, 1939-11-17 |
c. 1949 | had retired on ill-health grounds at the age of 60 | letter to me from Sidney Beck, 1974-01-05 |
1951-07-06 | of 8 Gerrard Avenue, Rochester, Kent; made his will, leaving everything to his wife, or if she didn't survive him to each of his surviving children (all named) in equal shares | will |
1974-01-02 | had been house-bound for the last three years; had survived much longer than had been expected when he retired | letter to me from Sidney Beck, 1974-01-05 |
of 8 Gerrard Avenue, Rochester; d. there of chronic bronchitis and emphysema | GRO index; Orwin, accessed 2010-08-07; family tree in Sidney Beck's diary says d. 1968; will and grant of probate; letter to me from Sidney Beck, 1974-01-05 | |
1974-01-09 | funeral | letter to me from Sidney Beck, 1974-01-05 |
1974-03-19 | will proved at Brighton, executor the Folkestone branch of the Midland Bank; £1333.60 gross, £1227.18 net | grant of probate |
1897-06-28 | b. Winlaton, Durham, s. of Joseph Harding (general labourer) and his wife Jane | GRO index; TNA: RG 15/25248 RD558 SD1 ED3 SN235; 1939 England and Wales Register (RG 101); information from Sidney Beck suggested 1901, no place |
1901 | living with his family in 3 rooms at 5 Mary St, Winlaton | RG 13/4763 f24 p39 |
1911 | school; living with his family in 8 rooms at 161 Dolphin St, Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne | RG 14/30540 RD558 SD Benwell ED02 SN281 |
served at Archangel during the war | information from Harry Harding | |
1916 |
Harry's hot cross bun dated 1916 TODAY will bring back special memories for Fife man Mr Harry Harding, memories of a time when the world was at war and he was aboard a ship stuck in ice in the Arctic Circle. For Mr Harding has a well-preserved memento of the occasion, a hot cross bun baked on board the ship on Good Friday, 1916. The 70-year-old bun has an interesting tale behind it. In 1916 Mr Harding, now aged 89, was the supply officer on board HMS Intrepid on convoy and escort duty. The last supply of bread taken aboard at Lerwick, Shetland, had been exhausted and replaced by ship's biscuits. It was decided that the ship's cook should have a go at baking bread and hot cross buns. The ship's carpenter made a wooden bin for mixing dough and the cook was given the necessary ingredients. The buns and loaves looked lovely when they were taken out of the oven on Good Friday morning, Mr Harding said, but left something to be desired in the consistency. "They were as hard as iron and when the cook showed himself in the galley he was pelted with the buns which bounced off the ship's ironwork like bullets," recalled Mr Harding. However, not all the baking went to waste. The ship's painter was handy with a paintbrush, and hit upon the idea of painting some of the buns and loaves with a picture of the ship lying in ice, together with the ship's name, the date and the words 'Good Friday, Lapland'. Since then Mr Harding, who lives in an old folks home at Anderson Court, Leven, has kept his hot cross bun wrapped in cotton wool in a small box and the details are still very clear, 70 years later. "The bun is still as hard today as it was when it was baked," said Mr Harding. |
Aberdeen Press and Journal, 1986-03-28 |
1917 summer | first saw Elsie Beck with some of her friends in Rochester Castle Gardens one lovely Sunday evening; loved her right from that time | photocopied letter from Harry Harding to Sidney Beck, in my possession |
1919-03-03 | m. Elsie Florence Beck, Medway RD | information from Sidney Beck; GRO index |
1921 | dental manufacturer's dental salesman, employed by Messrs Elliott & Co. (Edin) Ltd, dental manufacturers, working at Claremont Bldgs, Barras Bridge, N/C; living with his wife in 2 rooms at 154 Ladybirk Rd, Newcastle on Tyne | RG 15/25248 RD558 SD1 ED3 SN235 |
Child: | Barbara (b. 1933) | information from Sidney Beck; GRO index |
What did Harry do for a living? Well Harry was a Civil Servant in the Labour Exchange. I think he was an Executive Officer, in the Labour Exchange at Newcastle; and he was very interested—the fact that I was in the Civil Service—I think I may have been a Higher Executive Officer, or a Senior Executive Officer, the time I went there and the fact that I was a couple of grades above him, in rank and pay, at the time—yes, I think I was an Accountant, and Senior Executive Officer, then. He enjoyed the Civil Service, and enjoyed having someone in the Civil Service to talk to, and—we got on very well. He was quite a, very friendly outgoing type—real north-country personality; and so was Aunt Elsie, you know—had an outgoing frankness that you get in the North of England. I think Barbara was the apple of their eye—they only had the one daughter. When Barbara married, and her husband got a job up in Scotland, they went to live near Barbara, they couldn't bear being separated from her. |
The Memoirs of Sidney Beck | |
1939-09-29 | civil servant (clerk), living with his wife at 24 Greywood Avenue, Fenham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 1939 England and Wales Register |
1950-05-04 | of 24 Greywood Avenue, N/C. on Tyne; with Elsie and Barbara, visited the Becks at 20 Fortis Green Avenue, London N2 | Beck visitors' book |
1968-06-03 | of 3 Broomieknow, Leven, Fife, Scotland; with Elsie, visited the Becks on the Fern | Fern visitors' book |
1978-06 | with Elsie, visited Sidney & Ruth Beck at 44 St James Road, Ilkley | Beck visitors' book |
1985-12-04/-05 | of 3 Broomieknow, Commercial Rd, Leven, Fife, KY8
4QP . . . "my eyesight is getting worse but I must say my appetite is good." |
photocopied letter from Harry Harding to Sidney Beck |
1986-01-21 | of 3 Broomieknow, Leven | Dundee Courier, 1986-01-22 |
1986-03-28 | living in an old folks home at Anderson Court, Leven | Aberdeen Press and Journal, 1986-03-28 |
1991-10 | d. Leven RD | information from Sidney Beck; Scottish statutory registers |
1991-10-08 |
HARDING.—Suddenly, at home, 20 Anderson Court, Leven, on October 8, 1881. Henry Harding, aged 94 years, beloved husband of the late Elsie Beck, a loving father, father-in-law, grandfather and great-grandfather. Service at Kirkcaldy Crematorium on Friday, October 11 at 10.30 a.m. to which all friends are respectfully invited. |
Dundee Courier, 1991-10-09 |
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