Florrie May Marjoram nee Broadrib

[buttercup2009]

Hello   

I am interested in a family called Marjoram who lived at 175 Banstead Road Caterham. What I know so far is that Florrie May Marjoram (48) and her son Donald Fred Marjoram (18) were at 111 Banstead Road and I think it must have been bombed on 16th April 1941. Also in the house was Evaline King (25) and according to what I have read Florrie and Evaline died that day and Donald on 17th in Caterham Hospital. I have only recently discovered this family who are directly related to my husband whose Grandmother was Florrie's sister.

I am going to try the Caterham Library next time I am there but would be keen to know anything further about this incident or Florrie's (known as May) husband Frederick who was away at war or daughter who may be living. Anything would be helpful Thank you

Buttercup   

[lizdb]

Have you seen the entry on the cwg site?

http://www.cwgc.org/search/SearchResults.aspx?surname=Marjoram&initials=&war=2&yearfrom=1900&yearto=2000&force=Misc&nationality=&send.x=21&send.y=12

[buttercup2009]

Yes, thank you, that's where I found most of what I have!

 

[jorose]

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ - if you look here you will find the daughter's birth and what might be a marriage for her in 1947.

http://www.pembrokeshire-war-memorial.co.uk/page70.htm
 - reference to Evelyn Annie King.

There also seems to have been a Mary Jane James (wife of James James) who died at (and was resident at) 111 Banstead Road.
So was Arthur Samuel Oakes (Air Raid Warden) and Annie A Oakes (his wife).

At 113 Banstead Road Lizzie McManus, wife of Thomas Frederick also died on the same date (he possibly also died, there's a T. F. McManus with the same date of death).

I think that Evelyn/Evaline Annie King was from Pembroke (her mother's maiden name appears to have been Davies)
Arthur Samuel Oakes may have also come from there (I think there's a marriage in 1910) and I think his wife may have also been nee Davies so possibly Evaline was Arthur's niece.
Furthermore there's even a possiblity that Mary Jane James was nee Mary J. Davies (married James H. James in 1927).

So the group actually living at 111 may have been an extended family group.
The reason the Marjorams were there on the 16th might have had to do with the fact that Arthur was an Air Raid Warden.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/83/a5926683.shtml
 - this was written by someone who was a boy of 13 living in Caterham on that night. It seems there were military targets nearby.

[buttercup2009]

Thank you so much for this - it hadn't occured to me to see if there were others in that house. Actually 111 it sounds like it must have been a place for neighbours to gather, so perhaps a large air raid shelter? And Arthur Oakes would have maybe directed them there. How terribly sad.  I had seen the possible marriage for Evelyn Marjoram and also the listing on the Pembroke War Memorial site for Eveline King -but I hadn't put two and two together and come up with all that you did - very interesting and I appreciate all your trouble. I will get to the local library to see if there is anything in the papers, I feel there must be.

The young lad's account is very interesting, what a lucky escape for them. My father was a Guard stationed at the barracks that young lad is talking about, happily athough wounded at least three times he survived. My mother was a Nurse in Coulsden and remembers a doodlebug that hit a cottage in the grounds of the hospital and a young girl was killed there.

Thank you again for your trouble, it helps to build a picture of that day

[Paul7]

Hi.
I've just read all the interesting info about Caterham during WW2. I live at 117 Banstead Road and was told a while back that the row of terraced houses suffered bomb damage and the front of the houses were rebuilt. However. I've never been able to find out much about it and wondered if you'd managed to find out anymore info after your original post. I'd love to know more. Thanks.