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02. Catherine Gwatkin| 1880-01-23 | b. Manchester, Lancashire | GRO index; parish register; censuses |
| 1880-04-05 | of H. Broughton; bapt. Manchester Cathedral | parish register |
| 1881 | living at 97 Hyde Road, Gorton, Lancashire, with her parents, a domestic, and a nurse | TNA: RG 11/3901 f77 p13 |
| 1891 | scholar, living at 2 Birch Lane, Moss Side, Manchester, with her family, a governess, a housemaid, a cook, and a visitor | RG 12/3202 f109 p4 |
| 1901 | no occupation, living at Esplanade, Grange, Lancashire, with her family, a cook, a housemaid, her visiting second cousin Herbert Corder, and another visitor | RG 13/4001 f7 p5 |
| 1911 | assists at home, living in 11 rooms at Winsterholme, Grange over Sands, Lancashire, with her parents, her nephew David Abercrombie, a sick nurse, a domestic nurse, a cook, a housemaid, and a boarder | RG 14/25596 RD481 ED3 SN17 |
| 1915-02 | of Wintersholme, Grange-over-Sands; engaged full time in nursing, Red Cross Cheshire branch, at the Haigh Lawn, Altrincham, and Annexe, Assembly Rooms, Altrincham; had been awarded a mention in despatches | British Red Cross Society volunteers |
| 1921 | tutor, & assistant in household management, employed by University Hall Committee, working at University Hall; living with fourteen boarders, a matron, and four servants, at University Hall, Holly Road, West Derby, Liverpool | RG 15/17792 RD455 SD9 ED14 SN30 |
| 1925 | of 293 Edge Lane, Liverpool, Lancashire | electoral register |
| 1926-10-28 | witnessed the marriage of her sister Jessie, at Grange over Sands pc | Andrews newspaper index cards |
| 1931 | living with her brother (or her father) at Winsterholme, The Esplanade, Grange; a Kathleen Wearing also registered there | electoral register |
| 1939-09-29 | unpaid domestic duties, living at Holmains, Highfield Rd, Grange, Lancashire | 1939 England and Wales Register (RG 101) |
| 1970 Q1 | d. Ulverston RD | GRO index |
| 1970-11-25 | of Blue Bell House, Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire; d. | Find a Will; death date is clearly not consistent with the GRO index, so further investigation is really required, however I suspect that the probate calendar entry is in error, and that the death may well have been on 1969-11-25, which would be consistent with the GRO entry |
| 1970-04-28 | will proved at London; £1948 | Find a Will |
02. Catherine Gwatkin| 1881-01-23 | b. Manchester, Lancashire | GRO index; parish register; censuses; 1939 England and Wales Register (TNA: RG 101), giving 1881-04-13 |
| 1881-07-11 | of West Gorton; bapt. Manchester Cathedral | parish register |
| 1891 | scholar, living at 2 Birch Lane, Moss Side, Manchester, with her family, a governess, a housemaid, a cook, and a visitor | RG 12/3202 f109 p4 |
| 1901 | art student, boarder with Margaret E. Tabor, warden of hall of residence, at 163 Edge Lane, West Derby, Lancashire | RG 13/3495 f6 p4 |
| 1909 Q1 | m. Lascelles Abercrombie (1881–1938, writer and university teacher, b. Manor House, Ashton-upon-Mersey, Cheshire, s. of William and Sarah Anne (Heron) Abercrombie), in Ulverston RD | GRO index; censuses; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
| Children: | David (1909–1992, b. Birkenhead, Cheshire), Michael (1912–1979, b. The Gallows, Ryton, Dymock, Gloucestershire), Ralph (1914–1968, b. Spalding RD), and Elizabeth (1922–1999, b. Toxteth Park RD) | GRO index |
| 1911 | none, living in 8 rooms at 47 Greenbank Road, Birkenhead, with her husband, her mother-in-law, and a domestic servant | RG 14/22022 RD452 ED19 SN245 |
| 1921 | home duties; living with her family, a general domestic servant, and a lodger, in 9 rooms at 20 Marmion Rd, Sefton Park, L'pool | RG 15/17485 RD454 SD4 ED14 SN215 |
| 1923/1929 | living with her husband at 37 Weetwood Lane, Leeds, Yorkshire | electoral registers |
| 1926-12-01 | present at the Cake, Candy, and Christmas Carnival organised by the Women's University Appeal Committee, in the big hall at Leeds University | Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 1926-12-02 |
| 1928-06-15 | for the wedding of Muriel Irene Heron Day and Thomas Steuart Gladstone, she and her husband had given a hand-worked silver bag | Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser |
| 1929-06-28 | with her husband, among those entertained at the staff dinner at the Leeds University refectory | Leeds Mercury, 1929-06-26 |
| 1931-03-26 | with her husband, left London for the first stage of their journey to Skyros, for the unveiling by the Greek Premier of the memorial to Rupert Brooke | Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 1931-03-27 |
| 1933-06-28 | present at the Garden Fete in the grounds of Aubrey House, Campden Hill, in aid of the Venture, in Portobello Road | Kensington News and West London Times, 1933-06-30 |
| 1933-10-26 | of 7a Stanley Gardens, W.11, with her husband and daughter, departed London for Tenerife aboard the Fred Olsen Line Banaderos, travelling first class; apparently accompanied by a Rudolph G. Abercrombie | UK outward passenger lists |
| 1934-12-21 | of 7a Stanley Gardens, W.11, with her husband and daughter, arrived London from Teneriffe aboard the Fred Olsen Line Bajamar, travelling first class | UK incoming passenger lists |
| 1938-10-27 | husband of The Barn House, North Moreton, Didcot, Berkshire, at the date of his death | National Probate Calendar |
| 1939-01-30 | of The Barn House; executor of her husband's estate | National Probate Calendar; Gloucestershire Echo, 1939-02-02 |
| year ending 1939-03-31 | granted a Civil List pension of £75 "in recognition of the services rendered by her husband, the late Dr Lascelles Abercrombie, to literature" | The Scotsman, 1939-05-05 |
| 1939-09-29 | private means, living at Gregynog Hall, Newtown & Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire | 1939 England and Wales Register (RG 101) |
| 1946 | of 4 Kemplay rd, N.W.3; tel. HAMpstd 7622 | phone book |
| 1946 | of 4 Kemplay Road, Hampstead, London | electoral register |
| 1947 | living at 4 Kemplay Road, Hampstead, London, with her son and daughter-in-law | electoral register |
| 1948 | of 31 Redington Road, Hampstead | electoral register |
| 1950 | of 4 Kemplay Road, Hampstead, London N.W.3 | electoral register |
| 1953 | living at 22 St Omer Road, Guildford, Surrey, with her brother and sister-in-law Owen and Norah Gwatkin | electoral register |
| 1956 | of 4 Kemplay Road, Hampstead, London N.W.3 | electoral registers |
| 1960/1965 | of 4 Kemplay Road, Hampstead, London N.W.3 | |
| 1968 Q4 | d. Hampstead RD | GRO index |
| 1883-11-02 | b. Manchester, Lancashire | GRO index; censuses |
| 1884-01-21 | of 97 Hyde Rd, West Gorton; bapt. St Clement's, Longsight, Lancashire | parish register |
| 1891 | living at 2 Birch Lane, Moss Side, Manchester, with her family, a governess, a housemaid, a cook, and a visitor | TNA: RG 12/3202 f109 p4 |
| 1901 | no occupation, living at Esplanade, Grange, Lancashire, with her family, a cook, a housemaid, her visiting second cousin Herbert Corder, and another visitor | RG 13/4001 f7 p5 |
| 1911 | private means, visitor with Helen Gladys Young, in 8 rooms at Kirkland, Grange over Sands, Ulverston, Lancashire | RG 14/25596 RD481 ED3 SN46 |
| 1911-08-29 | at the thrift exhibition held as part of the Cartmel Agricultural Show, won second prize for piece of embroidery or belt in colour | Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser, 1911-09-02 |
| 1914-04-02 | of Wintersholme, Grange-over-Sands; engaged V.A.D. at Eggerslack Hopsital, Grange-over-Sands, West Lancashire branch, Red Cross | British Red Cross Society volunteers |
| 1914-09-25/1915-04-01 | relief work, Liverpool | |
| 1915-04/1916-02 | cooking at Fair View Ho., Ulverston, 23 weeks | |
| 1915-07/1916-01 | cook, unpaid, Fair View Aux. HP, Ulverston; served 1098 hrs (approx.) | |
| 1916-03-13/1918-03-31 | censorship; resigned on account of ill health; depot 2 days a week Red X Cafe (March/Sept) 9am–6pm when not working at Fair View | |
| 1921 | home duties; living with her father and a general domestic servant in 11 rooms at Winsterholme, Grange o. Sands | RG 15/20889 RD481 SD1 ED7 SN29 |
| 1924-10-03 | secretary to the local committee that had organised the flannel dance at the Victoria Hall, in aid of the funds of Lancaster Infirmary | Morecambe Guardian, 1924-10-04 |
| 1925-07-30 | at the Royal Lancashire Agricultural Society's show, at Scale Hall, near Lancaster, in the Village Industries open, won first prize for Embroidery, white, for her table centre | Lancashire Evening Post, 1925-07-30 |
| 1925-07-31 | also won first prize for Embroidery, piece of, worked in white wool or thread | Lancashire Evening Post, 1925-07-31 |
| 1926-10-28 | m. Rev. George Vickars Gaskell (1857–1934, b. St Laurence, Kent, s. of Mary R. (Vickers) Gaskell), at Grange over Sands pc | GRO index; Andrews newspaper index cards |
| 1934-02-18 | husband of The Vicarage, Grange-over-Sands, at the date of his death | National Probate Calendar |
| 1934-04-06 | executor of her husband's will | |
| 1939-09-29 | market gardner [sic] own a/c, billetting officer (evac[ . . . ]), living at 64 Barton Rd, Lancaster, Lancashire | 1939 England and Wales Register (RG 101) |
| 1967 | of Goodwill Fell rd, Grange-over-Sands; tel. Grange-over-Sands 2569 | phone book |
| 1970-05-10 | of Good Will, Grange Fell Rd, Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire; d. Ulverston RD | GRO index; Find a Will |
| 1970-09-23 | will proved at London; £1856 | Find a Will |
| 1886-11-17 | b. Manchester, Lancashire | GRO index; parish register; censuses; 1939 England and Wales Register (TNA: RG 101); school admission register |
| 1887-01-11 | of 97 Hyde Road; bapt. St Benedict's, Ardwick, Lancashire | parish register |
| 1891 | living at 2 Birch Lane, Moss Side, Manchester, with his family, a governess, a housemaid, a cook, and a visitor | RG 12/3202 f109 p4 |
| 1895-09 | admitted Charney Hill School, Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire | school admission register |
| 1900-04 | left Charney Hill School | |
| 1901 | living at Esplanade, Grange, Lancashire, with his family, a cook, a housemaid, his visiting second cousin Herbert Corder, and another visitor | RG 13/4001 f7 p5 |
| 1911 | not found in census | |
| 1920-03-21 | arrived London from Singapore, aboard the Ocean Co.'s Agapenor; travelling second class; planter, last resident in the Dutch East Indies | UK incoming passenger lists |
| 1920 Q4 | m. Norah Kathleen Adams (1892–1973, b. Kingston, London SW, d. of Samuel Henry and Emily (Brown) Adams), in Whitby RD | GRO index; censuses |
| 1921 | not found in census | |
| 1921-09-05 | planter, C of E, employed by Adams Hydraulics Ltd, London; entered Canada en route to the UK aboard the Empress of Russia | Canada, ocean arrivals |
| Child: | Owen Spence (1926–2009), b. Axbridge RD | GRO index |
| 1926-10-28 | witnessed the marriage of his sister Jessie, at Grange over Sands pc | Andrews newspaper index cards |
| 1939 | of 8 St George's Square, Westminster, London S.W.1 | electoral register |
| 1939-09-29 | representative fireclay & pottery manufacturer, of 'Kirklington', Upper 3rd Ave, Frinton & Walton, Essex; apparently a boarder or lodger | 1939 England and Wales Register |
| 1945 | living with his wife and father-in-law at West Mount, Tuesley Lane, Godalming, Surrey | electoral register |
| 1947 | of West Mount, Tuesley Lane, Godalming | electoral register |
| 1953 | living at 22 St Omer Road, Guildford, Surrey, with his sister Catherine | electoral register |
| 1966-01-13 | of 22 St Omer Road, Guildford, Surrey; d. Surrey South Western RD | GRO index; National Probate Calendar; school admission register |
| 1966-03-10 | will proved at London by Norah Kathleen Gwatkin, widow; £1213 | National Probate Calendar |
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