West Ham Electoral roll look up

[Valda]

Hi

If these children do not die before the 1911 census you will be able to place quite a few of them into possible family groups using the free search on the 1911 census.

http://www.1911census.co.uk/


1911 census - Rootschatters' tips for success

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,492718.0.html


Regards

Valda

[carol8353]

Do you have their 1907 marriage cert?

If so can you let us know all the info on there including addresses and witnesses.

Presumably you are descended from one of their children? If so which one?

Carol

[RobinC1978]

Hi Valda,

I thought of that and have eliminated all but the following births as I have found the others with their families on the 1911 census:

Alice May Crouch (died in 1908 in West Ham)
Robert Percy Crouch (died in 1910 in West Ham)

[RobinC1978]

Do you have their 1907 marriage cert?

If so can you let us know all the info on there including addresses and witnesses.

Presumably you are descended from one of their children? If so which one?

Carol

Herbert is the brother of my great grandfather (Robert Peter Crouch (1871 - 1928) and I have managed to locate the whereabouts of Robert & all of his siblings with the exception of Herbert which I really want to solve.

I have found the other siblings in 1911 and Herbert isn't with them.

[RobinC1978]

Info from marriage certificate:
Marriage place: St Lukes Church, Victoria Docks, West Ham, Essex
Marriage date: 22nd January 1907

Herbert's info:
Name: Herbert Douglas Crouch
Age: 24
Status: Bachelor
Occupation: Labourer
Address: 49 Crediton Road
Father's name: Robert Henry Crouch
Father's occupation: Lighterman

Ellen's info:
Name: Ellen Taylor
Age: 24
Status: Spinster
Occupation: None listed
Address: 49 Crediton Road
Father's name: Henry Taylor
Father's occupation: Slaughterman

Witnesses: F. Fricker & R.E.E. Day

F. Fricker appears to be a verger as I have found him in 1911 & R.E.E. Day is Herbert's sister Rose.

I've looked for an Ellen Taylor in 1901 with a father named Henry but there is no sign of them.

[Valda]

Hi

Herbert Douglas died 22nd July 1938. His will was probated 9th August London. The executor was Eleanor Olive Clapperton widow.

Marriages Mar 1908 
Clapperton  Arnold James    W.Ham  4a 179   
Crouch  Eleanor Olive     W. Ham  4a 179


If he had any children you might expect some mention of them in his will.


Regards

Valda

[RobinC1978]

I found the probate entry on Ancestry's collection but I'm not sure how to order the will.

Eleanor Olive Clapperton was another of Herbert's sisters and became a widow in 1928 when Arnold James died.

Herbert's siblings were:

Robert Peter (1871-1928) married Annie Ellen Ringwood nee Giles (1885-1922) in 1914 and had 3 children including my grandfather.

Rose Elizabeth Ellen (1868-1931) married William Day in 1887 at Woolwich, they didn't have children but took my grandfather in when his father died in 1928.

Jane Mary Ann (1875-1962) married Alfred Ernest Challis in 1897 at West Ham.

Alfred Matthew (1878-1887) born and died in West Ham.

Eleanor Olive (1886-1952) married Arnold James Clapperton in 1908 at West Ham.

Henry Robert David (1864-1900) married Harriet Jane Piggott in 1884 at Poplar.

Incidentally, Eleanor Olive's birth is registered as Helena Olive according to Freebmd's index.

[carol8353]

Order the will by completing this application form 

http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/courtfinder/forms/pa1s_0405.pdf

Carol

[Valda]

Hi

There is also a guide to wills on the Essex board which gives all the links

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,511539.0.html


Regards


Valda