See also

Family of Gad Frank Kent and Nellie May Heard

Husband: Gad Frank Kent

  • Name:

  • Gad Frank Kent1,2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • fisherman becoming a master mariner3,4,5,6

  • Birth:

  • 8 May 1877

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England2,3,4,5,6,7

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 3)

  • Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England7

  •  

  • son living with his parents Mark and Ann, sister Constance, and brother Luther, Ambrose and Basil. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 13)

  • New Road D G Pl, Tollesbury, Essex, England3

  •  

  • son working as a fisherman and living with his parents Mark and Ann, and brother Basil. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 23)

  • Rosie, Littlehampton, Kent, England4

  •  

  • unmarried master as Frank on board with three other crew. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 33)

  • Ellington, Cowes, Isle of Wight, England5

  •  

  • married master on board with thirteen other crew. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Administrator:

  • 15 Jul 1938 (age 61)

  •  

     

    Gad Frank Kent was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Nellie May Heard on Friday on 15 July 1938 at the Probate Registry, London, England

  • Administrator:

  • 4 Nov 1938 (age 61)

  •  

     

    Gad Frank Kent was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Myrtle Lena Kent on Friday on 4 November 1938 at the Probate Registry, London, England

  • Administrator:

  • 10 Mar 1939 (age 61)

  •  

     

    Gad Frank Kent was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Elsie Dorothy Kent on Friday on 10 March 1939 at the Probate Registry, London, England

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 62)

  • 335 Whalebone Lane South, Chadwell Heath, Essex, England6

  •  

  • a widowed master mariner "Last War London Trinity House And Admirals Pilot Master Man Retired Cert No 041129" living with his son George. Born on 8th May 1877

  • Death:

  • 23 Nov 1940 (age 63)

  • Romford "Registration District", Essex, England8,9

  • Burial:

  • 25 Nov 1940

  • St. Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England10

  •  

  • aged 63

  • Probate:

  • 29 Apr 1941

  • Probate Registry, Llandudno, Caernarvonshire, Wales9

  •  

  • of 335 Whalebone Road South Chadwell Heath Essex died 23rd November 1940, probate of effects of £7,951 5s 3d (~£301,000 in 2017) to George William Kent rigger R.A.F. and Kennie Appleton greyhound trainer

Wife: Nellie May Heard

  • Name:

  • Nellie May Heard11

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Benjamin Heard (1837?- )

  • Mother:

  • Charlotte Appleton (1840- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant12

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1881

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England11,12,13,14,15

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 1 mn)

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England13

  •  

  • daughter as Nelly living with her parents Benjamin and Charlotte, brothers Benjamin, William, Robert and Johnah (sic), and sisters Maria and Caroline. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 10)

  • Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England16

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living in four rooms with her parents Benjamin and Charlotte, brothers William, Robert, Johnee (sic) and Albert, and sister Zilpha. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 20)

  • New Road, Tollesbury, Essex, England12

  •  

  • an unmarried domestic servant living with three child boarders. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 30)

  • 106 Harsnett Road, Colchester, Essex, England15

  •  

  • married wife living in five rooms with her daughters Elsie and Myrtle, and son Frank. Born in Tollesbury Essex and married for nine years, with four children, three of whom were still living

  • Death:

  • 29 Apr 1938 (age 57)

  • Romford "Registration District", Essex, England17,18

  • Burial:

  • 4 May 1938

  • St. Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England10

  •  

  • aged 57

  • Probate:

  • 15 Jul 1938

  • Probate Registry, London, England18

  •  

  • of 335 Whalebone Lane Chadwell Heath Essex (wife of Gad Frank Kent) died 29th April 1938, probate of effects of £527 7s 7d (~£23,000 in 2017) to the said Gad Frank Kent master mariner and Kennie Appleton dog trainer

Child 1: Nellie May Kent

  • Name:

  • Nellie May Kent19,20

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1903

  • Maldon "Registration District", Essex, England19

  • Death:

  • Q2 1904 (age 1)

  • Maldon "Registration District", Essex, England20

Child 2: Elsie Dorothy Kent

  • Name:

  • Elsie Dorothy Kent21,22

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1904

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England15,21

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 7)

  • 106 Harsnett Road, Colchester, Essex, England15

  •  

  • daughter living in five rooms with her mother Nellie, sister Myrtle, and brother Frank. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Death:

  • 30 Jan 1939 (age 34)

  • Romford "Registration District", Essex, England22,23

  • Probate:

  • 10 Mar 1939

  • Probate Registry, London, England23

  •  

  • a spinster of 335 Whalebone Lane South Chadwell Heath Essex died 30th January, administration of effects of £464 19s 2d (~£19,000 in 2017) to Gad Frank Kent retired master mariner

Child 3: Myrtle Lena Kent

  • Name:

  • Myrtle Lena Kent24,25

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • George William Swift (1900-1947)

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1906

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England15,24

  • Baptism:

  • 9 Dec 1906 (age 0)

  • St. Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England25

  •  

  • daughter of Gad Frank Kent (mariner) and Nellie May of Dorothy Cottage Woodrolfe Lane Tollesbury

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 4)

  • 106 Harsnett Road, Colchester, Essex, England15

  •  

  • daughter living in five rooms with her mother Nellie, sister Elsie, and brother Frank. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Death:

  • 26 Jun 1938 (age 31)

  • Eastern Hospital, Homerton Grove, Homerton, London, England26,27

  • Probate:

  • 4 Nov 1938

  • Probate Registry, London, England27

  •  

  • of 153 Wellesley Road Ilford Essex (wife of George William Swift) died 26th June 1938 at Eastern Hospital Homerton London E.9, administration of effects of £16 (~£700 in 2017) to the said George William Swift bricklayer and Gad Frank Kent retired master mariner

Child 4: Frank Eric Kent

  • Name:

  • Frank Eric Kent28

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1908

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England15,28

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 3)

  • 106 Harsnett Road, Colchester, Essex, England15

  •  

  • son living in five rooms with his mother Nellie, and sisters Elsie and Myrtle. Born in Tollesbury Essex

Child 5: Nellie May Kent

  • Name:

  • Nellie May Kent29

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1911

  • Colchester "Registration District", Essex, England29

Child 6: George William Kent

  • Name:

  • George William Kent30,31

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • clerk6

  • Birth:

  • 6 Nov 1913

  • Sunderland "Registration District", County Durham, England6,30,31

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 25)

  • 335 Whalebone Lane South, Chadwell Heath, Essex, England6

  •  

  • an unmarried building contractors clerk living with his widowed father Gad. Born on 6th November 1913

  • Administrator:

  • 29 Apr 1941 (age 27)

  •  

     

    George William Kent was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Gad Frank Kent on Tuesday on 29 April 1941 at the Probate Registry, Llandudno, Caernarvonshire, Wales

  • Death:

  • 20 Jul 2001 (age 87)

  • Havering "Registration District", Greater London, England31,32

  • Probate:

  • 29 Jan 2002

  • Probate Registry, Winchester, Hampshire, England32

  •  

  • grant and will, died 20th July 2001

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Maldon 1901 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1169. Cit. Date: 6 October 2021.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maldon 1877 quarter:2 volume:4a page:317. Cit. Date: 6 October 2021.

3.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1399 folio:180 page:7 scedule:44. Cit. Date: 6 October 2021.

4.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:714 folio:167. Cit. Date: 8 October 2021.

5.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:5697 class:RG78 piece:258 registration district:93 sub-district:1 enumeration district:19 schedule:3. Cit. Date: 8 October 2021.

6.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:1083G page:2 line:1 letter code:CCMW. Cit. Date: 6 October 2021.

7.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG11 piece:1778 folio:34 page:11 schedule:532. Cit. Date: 6 October 2021.

8.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Romford 1940 quarter:4 volume:4a page:968. Cit. Date: 8 October 2021.

9.

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). Llandudno 1941 39. Cit. Date: 8 October 2021.

10.

The Federation of Family History Societies, National Burial Index for England & Wales v.3, (2010 own copy). Tollesbury St. Mary. Cit. Date: 8 October 2021.

11.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maldon 1881 quarter:1 volume:4a page:369. Cit. Date: 16 September 2018.

12.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1693 folio:65 page:18 schedule:113. Cit. Date: 6 October 2021.

13.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG11 piece:1778 folio:62 page:19 schedule:769. Cit. Date: 20 May 2022.

14.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:43 folio:118 page:40. Cit. Date: 8 February 2021.

15.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10301 class:RG78 piece:543 registration district:198 sub-district:1 enumeration district:17 schedule:361. Cit. Date: 6 October 2021.

16.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1399 folio:43 page:11. Cit. Date: 8 February 2021.

17.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Romford 1938 quarter:2 volume:4a page:392. Cit. Date: 6 October 2021.

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). London 1938 page:670. Cit. Date: 6 October 2021.

19.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maldon 1903 quarter:1 volume:4a page:782. Cit. Date: 6 October 2021.

20.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maldon 1904 quarter:2 volume:4a page:309. Cit. Date: 6 October 2021.

21.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maldon 1904 quarter:1 volume:4a page:779. Cit. Date: 6 October 2021.

22.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Romford 1939 quarter:1 volume:4a page:555. Cit. Date: 8 October 2021.

23.

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 1939 page:692. Cit. Date: 8 October 2021.

24.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maldon 1906 quarter:4 volume:4a page:760. Cit. Date: 6 October 2021.

25.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Tollesbury St. Mary the Virgin baptisms ?-? ref:D/P 283/1/9 image:43 page:80 entry:639. Cit. Date: 7 October 2021.

26.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hackney 1938 quarter:2 volume:1b page:436. Cit. Date: 7 October 2021.

27.

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 1938 page:663. Cit. Date: 7 October 2021.

28.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maldon 1908 quarter:2 volume:4a page:793. Cit. Date: 6 October 2021.

29.

Ibid. Colchester 1911 quarter:2 volume:4a page:786. Cit. Date: 6 October 2021.

30.

Ibid. Sunderland 1913 quarter:4 volume:10a page:1343 occasional copy:A. Cit. Date: 6 October 2021.

31.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Havering 2001 quarter:3 district:2341D register:HD22 entry:67 date:0701. Cit. Date: 7 October 2021.

32.

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). Winchester 2002 no:868213. Cit. Date: 7 October 2021.