See also

Family of Ernest Albert Overett and Ethel Maud Gardner

  • Husband:

  • Ernest Albert Overett (1893-1918)

  • Wife:

  • Ethel Maud Gardner (1893-1957)

  • Marriage:

  • Q3 1917

  • Woodbridge "Registration District", Suffolk, England1

Husband: Ernest Albert Overett

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Ernest Albert Overett

  • Name:

  • Ernest Albert Overett2,3,4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Harry Overett (1855- )

  • Mother:

  • Mary Ann Pulham (1863?-1930)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • gardener in a nursery5

  • Birth:

  • 27 Apr 1893

  • Woodbridge, Suffolk, England2,3,5,6,7

  • Baptism:

  • 25 Jun 1893 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England3,6

  •  

  • son of Henry Overett (labourer of Woodbridge) and Mary Ann

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 7)

  • Brewers Lane, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • son living with his parents Henry and Mary, brothers William, Harlen, John, Sidney, Thomas and Alfred, and sisters Ethel and Alice. Born in Woodbridge Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 18)

  • Brewers Lane, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • an unmarried son as Erneys working as a gardener in a nursery and living in five rooms with his parents Henry and Mary, brothers Harlen, Thomas, Alfred and Henry, and sisters Ethel and Alice (note brothers William, John and Sidney also listed but crossed out as not living at home). Born in Woodbridge

  • Death:

  • 12 Oct 1918 (age 25)

  • Ieper (Ypres), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium4,8,9,10,11

  •  

  • Cause: of his wounds

    driver 98649, 72nd Battery, 38th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery. This was during the 5th Battle of Ypres and he may have met Stanley and lent him ten shillings a few weeks before

  • Burial:

  •  

  • British Cemetery Voormezeele Enclosure No. 3, Hazewindstraat, Voormezeele, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium11,12

  •  

  • driver no:98649 72nd Bty. 38th Bde. Royal Field Artillery, husband of Ethel M. Overett, of 35, Constitution Hill, Ipswich. Grave visited by David and Susan Wilkinson on 13th October 2011

  • Medals:

  • Jan 192010,13

  •  

  •  

  • Victory, British and 1914-15 Star

Wife: Ethel Maud Gardner

  • Name:

  • Ethel Maud Gardner1,4,14,15

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant16,17

  • Birth:

  • 10 Jun 1893

  • Rumburgh, Suffolk, England14,16,17,18,19

  •  

  • 1901 census says born in Wissett Suffolk

  • Baptism:

  • 13 Aug 1893 (age 0)

  • St. Michael's Church, Mill Road, Rumburgh, Suffolk, England15

  •  

  • daughter of John Gardner (labourer) and Emma of Wissett

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 7)

  • Hacheston Road, Easton, Suffolk, England18

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents John and Emma, brothers Herbert, Robert, John, James and Percy, and sister Lilly. Born in Wissett Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 17)

  • Church Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England16

  •  

  • unmarried general servant (domestic) living in nine rooms with George Booth and his two daughters. Born in Rumburgh Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 28 yrs 1 mn)

  • 12 Hatfield Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England17

  •  

  • a widowed domestic servant living with John and Isabella James and family, and another servant. Born in Rumburgh Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 46)

  • 7 Magdalen Street, Colchester, Essex, England19

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Frank and a Stanley Augustus Roberts. Born on 10th June 1893

  • Death:

  • Q2 1957 (age 63)

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England20

Note on Wife: Ethel Maud Gardner

After Ernest's death Ethel married Frank Saunders in Bosmere Registration District in 192421

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Woodbridge 1917 quarter:3 volume:4a page:2006. Cit. Date: 6 September 2017.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1893 quarter:2 volume:4a page:945. Cit. Date: 22 September 2018.

3.

Suffolk Family History Society Carlford and Wilford Baptisms 1813-1900, (2012 SFK-BPI-14/P1 own copy). Woodbridge St. Mary baptisms entry:2893. Cit. Date: 24 February 2019.

4.

Suffolk Roll of Honour web site, (on-line at http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Suffolk/). Woodbridge.

5.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10899 class:RG78 piece:588 registration district:214 sub-district:3 enumeration district:13 schedule:19. Cit. Date: 3 September 2018.

6.

Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Parish Records. Woodbridge St. Mary fiche:46 of 68. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

7.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1786 folio:12 page:15. Cit. Date: 22 September 2018.

8.

Gravestone. Woodbridge cemetery and war memorial, 23 Feb 2011.

9.

Ancestry UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).

10.

Ancestry UK WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1920, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). driver no:98649. Cit. Date: 2 December 2019.

11.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). no:98649. Cit. Date: 2 December 2019.

12.

Suffolk Roll of Honour web site, (on-line at http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Suffolk/).

13.

Ancestry British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards 1914-1920, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).

14.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Blything 1893 quarter:3 volume:4a page:932. Cit. Date: 2 May 2018.

15.

Suffolk Family History Society - Dunwich Baptisms 1813-1902, (2017 SFK-BPI-15/P1 own copy). Rumburgh St. Michael entry:188. Cit. Date: 24 June 2019.

16.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10900 class:RG78 piece:588 registration district:214 sub district:3 enum district:14 schedule:19. Cit. Date: 6 September 2017.

17.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG15 piece:9430 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:7 schedule:235. Cit. Date: 3 January 2023.

18.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1787 folio:121 page:9 schedule:59. Cit. Date: 8 September 2022.

19.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:1502D page:26 line:26 letter code:DBTC. Cit. Date: 24 June 2019.

20.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1957 quarter:2 volume:4a page:510. Cit. Date: 8 September 2022.

21.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Bosmere 1924 quarter:3 volume:4a page:2461. Cit. Date: 6 September 2017.