Family of David George Merritt and Elizabeth May Dollamore

Husband: David George Merritt

Name:
David George Merritt^1,2,3
Sex:
Male
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Birth:
12 Dec 1904
Patcham, East Sussex, England^2,3,4
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 6)
Milner Cottage, Coolham, West Sussex, England⁴
son living in five rooms with his parents George and Ellen. Born in Patcham Sussex
Administrator:
10 Mar 1937 (age 32)
David George Merritt was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Elizabeth May Dollamore on Wednesday on 10 March 1937 at the Probate Registry, Lewes, East Sussex, England
Military Service:
1938 (age 33-34)
Royal Artillery as no:1451102⁵
transferring to the R.A.O.C. on 2nd August 1941
Death:
Q3 1977 (age 72)
Croydon "Registration District", Greater London, England³

Name:
Elizabeth May Dollamore^6,7
Sex:
Female
Father:
George Walter Dollamore (1880-1965)
Mother:
Eliza Scott (1879-1956)
Birth:
Q2 1905
St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England^6,8
Baptism:
16 Jul 1905 (age 0)
St. Albans Abbey, Sumpter Yard, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England⁷
daughter of George Walter Dollamore (gardener) and Eliza of 65 Albert Street Abbey parish
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 6)
Stonewick Lodge, Warninglid, West Sussex, England⁸
daughter as May attending school and living in three rooms with her parents George and Elesa (sic), and brother Percy. Born in St. Albans Hertfordshire
Death:
2 Jan 1937 (age 31)
New Hospital for Women, Windlesham Road, Brighton, East Sussex, England^9,10
Probate:
10 Mar 1937
Probate Registry, Lewes, East Sussex, England¹⁰
of Little Hickstead Cottage Hickstead near Haywards Heath Sussex (wife of David George Merritt) died 2nd January 1937 at New Sussex Hospital for Women Brighton, administration of effects of £477 15s 6d (~£22,000 in 2017) to the said David George Merritt gardener

Did David marry Violet E Merritt in Croydon q4 1951?¹¹

1.: England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Cuckfield 1929 quarter:3 volume:2b page:381. Cit. Date: 30 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). Steyning 1905 quarter:1 volume:2b page:249. Cit. Date: 30 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). Croydon 1977 quarter:3 volume:11 page:1554. Cit. Date: 30 January 2022.

4.: England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:5236 class:RG78 piece:232 registration district:81 sub-district:1 enumeration district:1 schedule:4. Cit. Date: 30 January 2022.

5.: FindMyPast Royal Artillery attestations 1883-1942 Transcription, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). 1938 page:51 no:1451102. Cit. Date: 30 January 2022.

6.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). St. Albans 1905 quarter:2 volume:3a page:805. Cit. Date: 30 January 2022.

7.: FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Hertfordshire Baptisms St. Albans Abbey baptisms page:92 entry:734. Cit. Date: 30 January 2022.

8.: England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:5009 class:RG78 piece:221 registration district:76 sub-district:1 enumeration district:11 schedule:83. Cit. Date: 30 January 2022.

9.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Brighton 1937 quarter:1 volume:2b page:436. Cit. Date: 30 January 2022.

10.: 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). Lewes 1937 page:390. Cit. Date: 30 January 2022.

11.: England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Croydon 1951 quarter:4 volume:5g page:25. Cit. Date: 30 January 2022.