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Frederick Charles Churchett (M)
b. 7 June 1906, d. 17 February 1972
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Relationship=Father of Brian Churchett.
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On 1 June 1929, Frederick Charles Churchett married Dorothy Irene Kilburn, daughter of Albert Edward Philip Kilburn and Ida Martha Warren, in South London, England. Frederick Charles Churchett was a stonemason (worked on gravestones). Fred and Dolly had a son, Brian, on 26 January 1935 in Lewisham, London SE13. In the late 1930s, Fred was made redundant. He heard about a job going in the Co-op Undertakers and walked all the way from Bromley to Manor Park to try for it--there was not enough money for him to take the bus. It would have taken him some hours to walk it . . . but he did get the job.3 Fred and Dolly had a son, Colin, on 3 May 1940.4,5 Eventually Fred and Dolly were able to find a house to rent on School Road in Manor Park, a bit closer to his job. Unfortunately, the house fell victim to an air raid in 1941. It happened about lunchtime while Fred was away, and Dolly took the children out to the Anderson shelter in the garden. When the house collapsed, rubble covered the shelter and the family was unable to get out until some hours later when Fred was finally able to return home and dig them out. Dolly could hear Fred's voice speaking to them as he was trying to clear a way for them to emerge. After that the family was housed in Cornwall School for a time. Fred had to go to work during the day while Dolly looked for another house to rent. This she found on Third Avenue. They were unable to save much from the house on School Road, but families who were bombed out were given a three-piece suite [a couch and a couple of chairs]. (Sixty years later, their son Colin still had--and was using!--the suite, which he said had lasted well over the years; his nephew Dale, however, described it as "hard as a rock".) The family ate very healthily during the war, contrary to what one might imagine. Fred had an allotment on Wanstead Flats, and when the vegetables were ready for picking, the men took turns at night guarding the allotments. Even in wartime, there were people who would steal almost anything. Although meat and eggs were hard to come by, the family made do with root vegetables, potatoes, carrots, cabbage, rhubarb (which son Colin despised) and parsnips and swedes. They also had plenty of apples and pears. They could have had rabbit, but Dolly didn't like it, so it never appeared on the table. Another casualty of their diet was sweets and chocolates.3 Frederick Charles Churchett was retired on 11 June 1971 at the Co-op.1 On 17 February 1972 Fred died in England, at age 65, leaving Dolly a widow.1 |
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On 16 December 1879, when George was 5 years, 2 months and 25 days old, his father, George Charles Churchett, died.4,1 He was an upholsterer.5 On 31 October 1900, George Charles Churchett married Annie Mary Dunford, daughter of Charles Henry Dunford and Elizabeth Maria Sims, at St. Mary's Church in Bromley, Kent.1,6,7,8 He was manager at an undertaker's.9 On 26 August 1935 George died at Farnborough Hospital in Bromley, Kent, at age 60 of pulmonary tuberculosis, leaving Annie a widow.10 |
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George Charles Churchett was a decorator.2 On 29 May 1869, George Charles Churchett married Hannah Baines, daughter of William John Baines and Harriet Manning, at the parish church in Ilford, Essex, England.3,1 George and Hannah lived at Rose Cottage in Surbiton, where their daughters Sarah Louise and Hannah Baines Churchett were born. Sarah Louise's daughter Dorothy thought that George may have been in the building trade, and that when he died his wife Hannah tried to continue the business but "was done down by the other partner".4 On 16 December 1879 George died in England, leaving Hannah a widow.5,1 |
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On 16 December 1879, when Hannah was 9 years old, her father, George Charles Churchett, died.3,1 She was also known as Aunt Loo.4 She was a children's nanny for the Fricker and Devenish families (Mrs. Fricker had charge of five or so Devenish nephews after their parents died) while the children were young. After all the boys had grown up and left home, "Aunt Loo" stayed on as housekeeper and companion to Mrs. Fricker until she died; at that point, Aunt Loo moved in with Dorothy Jarman (her niece, daughter of Aunt Loo's sister Sarah Louise) and finished her days with her.5 Hannah Baines Churchett died on 8 January 1963 in.6,2 |
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He was also known as Ken. On 21 June 1949, when Kenneth was 19 years, 10 months and 7 days old, his father, Harry, died of chronic pulmonary tuberculosis at the age of 47. His condition was complicated with chronic bronchitis and emphysema. A post-mortem was held at the coroner's request, which confirmed the cause of death as natural causes, and a certificate stating as much was given by P. B. Skeets on 29 June 1949.4,1 He was an accountant.1 On 2 July 1960, Kenneth George Churchett married Pamela Edith Little.1 Ken Churchett died on 14 February 1997 in Hastings, Sussex, at age 67. |
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On 16 December 1879, when Sarah was 2 years old, her father, George Charles Churchett, died.3,2 Sarah Louise Churchett married Thomas Jarman.2 Sarah Louise Churchett died circa 1926.2 |
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Gertrude Eloise Clark was born on 15 March 1882 in Mobile, Alabama.1,2
Gertrude Eloise Clark married William Alexander Scott.3 On 22 October 1952 her husband William died at age 77, leaving Gertrude a widow at 70 years old.2 Gertrude Eloise Clark died on 18 September 1967 at age 85.2 |
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Asa Cleavenger III, son of Asa M. Cleavenger Jr. and Sarah Cole Sprong, was born on 25 September 1897.1
On 2 January 1908 Asa died at age 10.1 |
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Asa M. Cleavenger Jr. was born on 24 October 1863 in Lowemont, Kansas.1
On 27 May 1891, Asa M. Cleavenger Jr. married Sarah Cole Sprong, daughter of David Henry Sprong and Rachel Marie Halladay, in Round Prairie, Kansas.1 On 2 January 1908, his son Asa died at the age of 10 years, 3 months and 8 days.1 Asa M. Cleavenger Jr. died on 27 April 1932 in Trinidad, Colorado, at age 68.1 |
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Elizabeth Churchett
Austin, Texas
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