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Walter Amos Charles

Walter Amos Charles

Male 1886 - 1965  (78 years)

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  • Name Walter Amos Charles 
    Birth 11 Sep 1886  Kettering, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1891  Kettering, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    20 Havelock Street
    Kettering, Northamptonshire 
    Occupation 1901  Kettering, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    1901 Census: Employed as a Telegraph Messenger 
    Age: 14 
    Residence 1901  Kettering, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    142 Regent Street
    Kettering, Northamptonshire 
    Residence 24 Mar 1922  3 Clifton Terrace, Braddons, Torquay, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 11 Nov 1922  Braddons, Torquay, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Journeyman tailor (shown on Marjorie Doreen Charles' birth certificate). Occupation shown on his 1965 death certificate: tailor's cutter (retired). 
    Death 6 Sep 1965  Winchester, Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause of death: 1a) Myocardial degeneration; 1b) Artorio-sclerosis; 11) Old cerebral thrombosis. Certified by E.R. Van Langenberg. 
    Residence 6 Sep 1965  Winchester, Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address (on death certificate) shown as: Hogarth, Westview Road, Sparsholt, Winchester. 
    Death 6 Sep 1965  St Paul's Hospital, Winchester, Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I102  Walsh - Wilson Family Tree | Marjorie
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2010 

    Father Walter Charles,   b. 22 Aug 1861, Earls Barton, Northamptonshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Avis Ann Tebbey,   b. 19 Feb 1863, Stoke Goldington, Buckinghamshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 15 Jun 1884  Wesleyan Chapel, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Record ID Number MH:F41 
    Family ID F40  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lilian Kate Feltham,   b. 21 Feb 1890, Islington, Middlesex Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1985, Torbay, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years) 
    Marriage 13 Jun 1915  Chapel of St. John, Bemerton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Record ID Number MH:F39 
    Children 
     1. Stanley Geoffrey Charles,   b. 04 Dec 1915, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 1982, Torquay, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    +2. Marjorie Doreen Charles,   b. 9 Oct 1922, 3 Clifton Terrace, Braddons, Torquay, Devon Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 05 Mar 2009, Noralunga Downs, South Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F38  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Jul 2008 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 24 Mar 1922 - 3 Clifton Terrace, Braddons, Torquay, Devon Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Walter Amos Charles
    Walter Amos Charles
    Walter Amos Charles and Lilian Kate Feltham Charles Having Tea
    Walter Amos Charles and Lilian Kate Feltham Charles Having Tea
    Along the side of the road.
    Lilian Kate Feltham Charles and Walter Amos Charles Having Tea
    Lilian Kate Feltham Charles and Walter Amos Charles Having Tea
    Having tea alongside of the road, somewhere in Devon

    Documents
    1901 English Census
    1901 English Census
    Shows Walter Charles (age 39),wife Avis A. (age 38), son Walter A. (age 14), and daughter Alice M. (age 16) living at 142 Regent Street. Father is a Life Assurance Agent, son a Telegraph Messenger, and daughter is a Machinist in a carpet factory.
    1891 England Census
    1891 England Census
    Shows Walter Charles (age 29), an Insurance Agent, living with his wife Avis A. (age 28), and son Walter A. (age 4) and daughter Alice M. (age 6) at 20 Havelock Street in Kettering, Northamptonshire. Also in the house are his brothers Alfred (age 21) and Francis W. (age 16), both shown as shoe makers.
    Marjorie Doreen Charles - Birth Certificate
    Marjorie Doreen Charles - Birth Certificate
    Frank Todd Wilson and Marjorie Doreen Charles - Parish Church Register
    Frank Todd Wilson and Marjorie Doreen Charles - Parish Church Register
    They were married on Boxing Day 1942 in the Parish Church of St. Stephen's with Lainston, Hants. Their website is: http://www.downs-benefice.hampshire.org.uk/benefice/ststephen.htm Mr. Fred Montague from the Church kindly sent me this photograph of the Church's register.
    Registered Mail Envelope for World War I Medals - Mr. W. Charles
    Registered Mail Envelope for World War I Medals - Mr. W. Charles
    Mailed to 3 Clifton Terrace, Torquay - Medals from the Royal Sussex
    Walter Charles and Family - 1911 English Census
    Walter Charles and Family - 1911 English Census
    The 1911 English Census shows Walter Charles, age 49, a life insurance agent, born in Earls Barton, Northamptonshire. He is living with his wife, Avis Ann Charles, age 48, from Stoke Goldington, Buckinghamshire. Walter and Avis have been married for 26 years, and have two children, both living.

    With them is their son Walter Amos Charles, age 24, a tailor's cutter in a clothing factory, born in Kettering, Northamptonshire. Also in the household was Alice Mabel Charles, age 26, a machinist in a corset factory, born in Earls Barton, Northamptonshire.

    Also present is Avis' niece Evelyn Gertrude Tebbey, age 17, a miliner's shop assistant born in Woodford, Northamptonshire.

    CHARLES WALTER AMOS (RG14PN8585 RG78PN444 RD167 SD2 ED17 SN94)
    Walter Amos Charles Death Certificate
    Walter Amos Charles Death Certificate
    1965 death in the sub-district of Winchester, County of Hampshire. Date of death: 6 Sep 1965, St Paul's Hospital, Winchester.
    The Charles Family - 1939 Register
    The Charles Family - 1939 Register
    The 1939 Register, taken on 29 September 1939, provides a snapshot of the civilian population of England and Wales just after the outbreak of the Second World War. Details of around 40 million people were recorded in in more than 65,000 volumes (transcript books).

    The Register shows the Charles Household living at "Hogarth," Dean Lane, Winchester.

    Walter A Charles, DOB 11 SEP 1886, married, is a Foreman Tailor - Military Cutter.

    Lilian K Charles, DOB 21 FEB 1890, his wife, has "unpaid domestic duties."

    Marjorie D Wilson, their daughter, DOB 9 OCT 1922, single, is a Municipal Clerk. The Register appears to have been amended later to show her married name, Wilson.

    Stanley G Charles, their son, DOB 4 DEC 1915, single, is a Centre & Herbert Lathe Worker.


  • Sources 
    1. [S4907] Free BMD Index, Oct-Nov-Dec 1886, Kettering District, Volume 3b, Page 167 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S4901] U.K. General Register Office, 18 Nov 1922, Registration District: Newton Abbot; Sub-District: Torquay; 1922 - Line 56 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S51] England and Wales Death Index, 6 Sep 1965, Winchester Registration District, Volume 6b, Page 701 (Reliability: 3).
      Age at death: 78 (Date of birth calculated as 1887). Informant: S.G. Charles, son, of 50 Whidborne Avenue, Kilmorie, Torquay, Devon.