See also

Family of George William Pickett and Barbara Hannah Adams

  • Husband:

  • George William Pickett (1914-1977)

  • Wife:

  • Barbara Hannah Adams (1924-2015)

  • Marriage:

  • 28 Jun 1947

  • Register Office, Hendon, Middlesex, England1 2

  •  

  • George, formerly husband of Muriel Gertrude Pickett formerly Congreve from whom he obtained a divorce, of 11 Warwick Road New Barnet working as a mechanical engineer and son of Harold Timothy Pickett a deceased soldier. Barbara a spinster of 243 Creighton Avenue East Finchley working as a short hand typist and daughter of Percy Adams a cycle dealer. Married by licence and witnessed by P Ruthawka and T Ruthawski

Husband: George William Pickett

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George William Pickett

  • Name:

  • George William Pickett3 1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • manager of a straw and sawdust busness then a mechanical engineer4 2

  • Birth:

  • 26 Sep 1914

  • Tottenham, Middlesex, England5 3 6 4

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 5 yrs 10 mns)

  • Underhill Cottages, Barnet, Hertfordshire, England6

  •  

  • a boarder whose parents were still both alive attending school and living with widowed Sophia Jellis and two other boarders. Born in Tottenham

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 25)

  • 48 Ridgeview Close, Barnet, Hertfordshire, England4

  •  

  • a married manager of a straw and sawdust business and a member of the Civil Air Guard under training for pilots c(ertificate?) living with his wife Muriel, and two closed records. Born on 26th September 1914

  • Death:

  • 13 Jan 1977 (age 62)

  • Durban, Natal, South Africa5

Wife: Barbara Hannah Adams

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Barbara Hannah Adams

  • Name:

  • Barbara Hannah Adams7

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Percy Adams (1892- )

  • Mother:

  • Georgina Diaper (1893-1975)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • shorthand typist2

  • Birth:

  • 18 Dec 1924

  • Edmonton "Registration District", Middlesex, England7 8

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 14)

  • 243 Creighton Avenue, East Finchley, Middlesex, England8

  •  

  • attending school and living with her parents Percy and Georgina, (half-)sister Sylvia, brother John, and an Ethel Mitchell. Born on 18th December 1924 and married a Pickett at a later date

  • Death:

  • 2015 (age 90-91)5

  •  

  •  

  • Did Barbara pass away in South Africa

Note on Husband: George William Pickett

George previously married Muriel Gertrude Congreve in the Barnet Registration District in the first quarter of 1933 and they were subsequently divorced9

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Hendon 1947 quarter:2 volume:5f page:646. Cit. Date: 29 July 2026.

2.

Marriage Certificate. from Ancestry Adams family tree by Table12. Cit. Date: 29 July 2026. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Edmonton 1914 quarter:4 volume:3a page:981. Cit. Date: 29 July 2026.

4.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1188A page:15 line:5 letter code:CGBD. Cit. Date: 29 July 2026.

5.

Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). O'Brien/Stanier/Logue/Mackay/Family Tree by Sarah O'Brien. Cit. Date: 29 July 2026.

6.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:6631 registration district:131 sub-district:2 enumeration district:2 schedule:273. Cit. Date: 29 July 2026.

7.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Edmonton 1925 quarter:1 volume:3a page:705. Cit. Date: 28 July 2026.

8.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:0773I page:3 line:9 letter code:BGCY. Cit. Date: 29 July 2026.

9.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Barnet 1933 quarter:1 volume:3a page:662. Cit. Date: 29 July 2026.