See also

Family of John Grover and Minnie Liberty

Husband: John Grover

  • Name:

  • John Grover1,2,3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • agricultural labourer, railway engine stoker, bus driver then an engine driver4,5,6,7

  • Birth:

  • 3 Nov 1878

  • Garston, Hertfordshire, England2,4,5,6,7,8

  •  

  • 1881 census says born in Watford Hertfordshire

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 2)

  • Church Row, Garston, Hertfordshire, England8

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents Henry and Jane, brothers Alfred and Henry, and sisters Emily and Mary Ann. Born in Watford Hertfordshire

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 12)

  • Leavesden, Hertfordshire, England4

  •  

  • son working as a farm labourer and living with his parents Henry and Jane, brothers Henry, Frederick and William, and sister Alice. Born in Garston Hertfordshire

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 22)

  • 23 Acme Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, England5

  •  

  • an unmarried son working as a railway engine stoker and living with his parents Henry and (blank), sister Alice, and brothers Frederick, William and Bertie. Born in Garston Hertfordshire

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 32)

  • 53 Acme Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, England6

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a motor bus driver and living in four rooms with his wife Minnie, daughter Ivy, and son Kenneth. Born in Garston St. Stevens parish

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 60)

  • 41 Beechwood Rise, Watford, Hertfordshire, England7

  •  

  • a married and retired (through ill health) electro engine driver living in the same house as daughter Ivy and family with his wife Minnie. Born on the 3rd November 1878

  • Death:

  • Q4 1941 (age 63)

  • Watford "Registration District", Hertfordshire, England3

Wife: Minnie Liberty

  • Name:

  • Minnie Liberty9,10

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • William Liberty (1837?- )

  • Mother:

  • Eliza Dollimore (1840- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • housemaid11

  • Birth:

  • 5 Feb 1880

  • Leavesden, Hertfordshire, England6,7,9,11,12,13

  • Baptism:

  • 11 Apr 1880 (age 0)

  • All Saints Church, All Saints Crescent, Leavesden Green, Hertfordshire, England10

  •  

  • daughter of William Liberty (labourer) and Eliza of Leavesden

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 1)

  • Leavesden Green, Hertfordshire, England12

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents William and Eliza, sisters Ellen, Louise, Elizabeth and Kate, and brother Thomas. Born in Watford Hertfordshire

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 11)

  • 8 Shaftesbury Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, England13

  •  

  • sister-in-law attending school and living with her brother-in-law Henry England, sister Louisa, niece Liberty, brothers Arthur and Harry, sister Kate, and Caroline Croft and her baby daughter. Born in Watford Hertfordshire

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 21)

  • 34 Malden Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, England11

  •  

  • an unmarried servant as Milly working as a domestic housemaid and living with John and Ann Wheatley and family. Born in Leavesden Hertfordshire

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 31)

  • 53 Acme Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, England6

  •  

  • married wife living in four rooms with her husband John, daughter Ivy, and son Kenneth. Born in Leavesden St. Stevens parish and married for nine years with two children, both of whom are still living

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 59)

  • 41 Beechwood Rise, Watford, Hertfordshire, England7

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living in the same house as daughter Ivy and family with her husband John. Born on the 5th February 1880 and married a Butcher at a later date

  • Death:

  • Q1 1959 (age 79)

  • Watford "Registration District", Hertfordshire, England14

Child 1: Ivy Kathleen Grover

  • Name:

  • Ivy Kathleen Grover15

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Edwin Alfred Pusey (1900-1971)

  • Birth:

  • 22 Jul 1905

  • Watford, Hertfordshire, England6,15,16,17

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 5)

  • 53 Acme Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, England6

  •  

  • daughter living in four rooms with her parents John and Minnie, and brother Kenneth. Born in Watford St. Andrews parish

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 34)

  • 41 Beechwood Rise, Watford, Hertfordshire, England16

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Edwin and daughter Mavis. Born on 22nd July 1905

  • Death:

  • 8 May 1991 (age 85)

  • Watford "Registration District", Hertfordshire, England17,18

  • Probate:

  • 20 Jun 1991

  • Probate Registry, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England18

  •  

  • of 41 Beechwood Rise North Watford Hertfordshire died 8th May 1991, probate of £89,764 (~£180,000 in 2017)

Child 2: Kenneth Cyril John Grover

  • Name:

  • Kenneth Cyril John Grover19

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Mabel Elsie Day (1910-1998)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • soft furinishing (drapery) salesman20

  • Birth:

  • 5 May 1909

  • Watford, Hertfordshire, England6,19,20

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 1)

  • 53 Acme Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, England6

  •  

  • son living in four rooms with his parents John and Minnie, and sister Ivy. Born in Watford St. Andrews parish

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 30)

  • 45 Talbot Road, Harrow, Middlesex, England20

  •  

  • a married soft furnishing (drapery) salesman and member of the Police War Reserve for the Metropolitan Police living with his wife Mabel. Born on 5th May 1909

  • Death:

  • 1 Jan 1958 (age 48)

  • Hendon Isolation Hospital, Goldsmith Avenue, Hendon, Middlesex, England21,22

  • Probate:

  • 24 Mar 1958

  • Probate Registry, London, England22

  •  

  • of 45 Talbot Road Harrow Weald Middlesex died 1st January 1958 at Hendon Isolation Hospital Hendon Middlesex, probate of effects of £2,812 11s (~£62,000 in 2017) to Mabel Elsie Grover widow

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Watford 1901 quarter:3 volume:3a page:1301. Cit. Date: 25 January 2022.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Watford 1878 quarter:4 volume:3a page:443. Cit. Date: 26 January 2022.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Watford 1941 quarter:4 volume:3a page:1598. Cit. Date: 26 January 2022.

4.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1119 folio:132 page:10 schedule:47. Cit. Date: 26 January 2022.

5.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1316 folio:75 page:41 schedule:257. Cit. Date: 26 January 2022.

6.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:7703 class:RG78 piece:380 registration district:140 sub-district:2 enumeration district:5 schedule:102. Cit. Date: 25 January 2022.

7.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1637J page:5 line:41 letter code:DEVL. Cit. Date: 26 January 2022.

8.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1439 folio:32 page:9 schedule:244. Cit. Date: 26 January 2022.

9.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Watford 1880 quarter:1 volume:3a page:479. Cit. Date: 16 January 2022.

10.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Hertfordshire Baptisms Leavesden All Saints baptisms page:84 entry:671. Cit. Date: 20 January 2022.

11.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1317 folio:11 page:13 schedule:85. Cit. Date: 25 January 2022.

12.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1438 folio:78 page:8 schedule:446. Cit. Date: 25 January 2022.

13.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1120 folio:38 page:18 schedule:108. Cit. Date: 16 January 2022.

14.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Watford 1959 quarter:1 volume:4b page:377. Cit. Date: 26 January 2022.

15.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Watford 1905 quarter:3 volume:3a page:832. Cit. Date: 25 January 2022.

16.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1637J page:5 line:38 letter code:DEVL. Cit. Date: 25 January 2022.

17.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Watford 1991 quarter:2 register:591 volume:10 page:837. Cit. Date: 26 January 2022.

18.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Oxford 1991 page:6926 no:9152208652B. Cit. Date: 26 January 2022.

19.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Watford 1909 quarter:2 volume:3a page:892. Cit. Date: 25 January 2022.

20.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:0793B page:22 line:17 letter code:BIEN. Cit. Date: 25 January 2022.

21.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hendon 1958 quarter:1 volume:5e page:588. Cit. Date: 25 January 2022.

22.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). London 1958 page:439. Cit. Date: 25 January 2022.