See also

Family of Charles William Jordan and Laura Catherine Brownall

Husband: Charles William Jordan

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1865 baptism Charles William and Henry Jordan

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Holy Trinity 18 04 2017

  • Name:

  • Charles William Jordan2 3 4 5

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • John Jordan (1830?-1877)

  • Mother:

  • Amelia Lambley (1835?-1882)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • seaman / mariner then a dock porter6 7 8

  • Birth:

  • 25 Jan 1861

  • St. Clements, Ipswich, Suffolk, England2 9 3 4 10 6 7 8

  •  

  • baptism says born 25th January 1860

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 2 mns)

  • 9 Bath Yard, Duke Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • son living with his parents John and Emma, and sister Emma. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Baptism:

  • 26 Feb 1865 (age 4)

  • Holy Trinity Church, Back Hamlet, Ipswich, Suffolk, England3 4

  •  

  • son of John Jordan (labourer) and Emma of Long Lane, born 25th January 1860 and baptised with brother Henry

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 10)

  • 25 Long Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents John and Emma, sisters Emma, Charlotte and Alice, and brother Henry. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 20)

  • Cymbaline, Mounts Bay off Porthleven, Cornwall, England6

  •  

  • an unmarried seaman living with three other crew. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census absence:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 30)

  •  

  •  

  • presumably away at sea

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 40)

  • 17 Snows Court, Falmouth, Cornwall, England7

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a seaman and living in two rooms with his wife Laura, son Charles, and daughter Kathleen. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 50)

  • 4 Snows Court, Falmouth, Cornwall, England8

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a dock porter and living in two rooms with his wife Laura, son Charles, and daughters Kathleen and Amelia. Born in St. Clemens (sic) Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census absence:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 60)

  •  

  • Death:

  • Q1 1934 (age 73)

  • Falmouth "Registration District", Cornwall, England5

Wife: Laura Catherine Brownall

  • Name:

  • Laura Catherine Brownall12 1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant13

  • Birth:

  • 24 Feb 1873

  • Falmouth, Cornwall, England12 14 13 7 8 15 16

  •  

  • 1881 census says born in Penzance Cornwall

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 8)

  • 11 New Buildings, Falmouth, Cornwall, England14

  •  

  • daughter-in-law attending school and living with Theresa Frost and Susan Rogers. Born in Penzance Cornwall

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 18)

  • 21 High Street, Falmouth, Cornwall, England13

  •  

  • an unmarried domestic servant living with James and Martha Porter and family, and five lodgers. Born in Falmouth Cornwall

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 28)

  • 17 Snows Court, Falmouth, Cornwall, England7

  •  

  • married wife living in two rooms with her husband Charles, son Charles, and daughter Kathleen. Born in Falmouth Cornwall

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 38)

  • 4 Snows Court, Falmouth, Cornwall, England8

  •  

  • married wife living in two rooms with her husband Charles, son Charles, and daughters Kathleen and Amelia. Born in Falmouth Cornwall and married for seventeen years with four children, three of whom are still living

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 48 yrs 4 mns)

  • 21 Swanpool Street, Falmouth, Cornwall, England15

  •  

  • married wife doing home duties and living in two rooms with her daughter Amelia. Born in Falmouth Cornwall

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 66)

  • 21 Swanpool Street, Falmouth, Cornwall, England16

  •  

  • a widow doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her son-in-law Walter Griffiths, her daughter Lilian, grandson Walter, married granddaughter Beatrice Furlong, and a closed record. Born on 24th February 1873

  • Death:

  • 11 Jan 1953 (age 79)

  • Falmouth "Registration District", Cornwall, England17 18

  • Probate:

  • 20 Feb 1953

  • Probate Registry, London, England18

  •  

  • a widow of 24a New Street Falmouth Cornwall died 11th January 1953, administration of effects of £462 17s 11d (~£12,000 in 2017) to Kathleen Lilian Griffith (wife of Walter Henry Griffith)

Child 1: Charles William Jordan

  • Name:

  • Charles William Jordan19 20

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Wife:

  • Gladys Laura Morgan (1891-1966)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • railway pointsman then a steam crane driver and docker8 21 22

  • Birth:

  • 22 Nov 1893

  • Falmouth, Cornwall, England19 7 8 21 22 20

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 7)

  • 17 Snows Court, Falmouth, Cornwall, England7

  •  

  • son living in two rooms with his parents Charles and Laura, and sister Kathleen. Born in Falmouth Cornwall

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 17)

  • 4 Snows Court, Falmouth, Cornwall, England8

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a pointsman and living in two rooms with his parents Charles and Laura, and sisters Kathleen and Amelia. Born in Falmouth Cornwall

  • Military Service:

  • frm 28 Oct 1915 to 4 May 1919 (age 21-25)

  • British Army Royal Field Artillery Motor Branch as no:gunner 118927 then a bombadier23

  •  

  • a crane driver who served as a gunner in the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from 16th March 1916 to 18th January 1919

  • Medals:

  • 2 Apr 192024

  •  

  •  

  • the Victory and British War medals

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 27 yrs 7 mns)

  • 9 Swanpool Street, Falmouth, Cornwall, England21

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a steam crane driver for Falmouth Dock Company at Falmouth Docks and living in three rooms with his wife Gladys. Born in Falmouth Cornwall

  • Census:

  • 26 Sep 1939 (age 45)

  • 12 Swanpool Street, Falmouth, Cornwall, England22

  •  

  • a married docker (heavy worker) living with his wife Gladys, son Harold, and daughter Dorothy. Born on 22nd November 1893

  • Death:

  • Q2 1975 (age 81)

  • Falmouth "Registration District", Cornwall, England20

Child 2: Kathleen Lilian Jordan

  • Name:

  • Kathleen Lilian Jordan25

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Husband:

  • Walter Henry Griffiths (1891-1972)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant8

  • Birth:

  • 5 Sep 1895

  • Falmouth, Cornwall, England25 7 8 26 16 27

  •  

  • death index says born 5th September 1896

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 5)

  • 17 Snows Court, Falmouth, Cornwall, England7

  •  

  • daughter living in two rooms with her parents Charles and Laura, and brother Charles. Born in Falmouth Cornwall

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 15)

  • 4 Snows Court, Falmouth, Cornwall, England8

  •  

  • unmarried daughter working as a domestic servant and living in two rooms with her parents Charles and Laura, brother Charles, and sister Amelia. Born in Falmouth Cornwall

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 25 yrs 9 mns)

  • 21 Swanpool Street, Falmouth, Cornwall, England26

  •  

  • married wife doing home duties and living in three rooms with her husband Walter, daughter Beatrice, and son Walter. Born in Falmouth Cornwall and sharing the same house as her mother Laura and sister Amelia

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 44)

  • 21 Swanpool Street, Falmouth, Cornwall, England16

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties as Lilian and living with her husband Walter, son Walter, her widowed mother Laura Jordan, married daughter Beatrice Furlong, and a closed record. Born on 5th September 1895

  • Administrator:

  • 20 Feb 1953 (age 57)

  •  

     

    Kathleen Lilian Jordan was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Laura Catherine Brownall on Friday on 20 February 1953 at the Probate Registry, London, England

  • Death:

  • Aug 1988 (age 92)

  • Truro "Registration District", Cornwall, England27

Child 3: Johnnie Jordan

  • Name:

  • Johnnie Jordan28 29

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1903

  • Falmouth "Registration District", Cornwall, England28

  • Death:

  • Q2 1904 (age 0)

  • Falmouth "Registration District", Cornwall, England29

Child 4: Amelia Jordan

  • Name:

  • Amelia Jordan30

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Husband:

  • William Reuben Welch (1904-1982)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant15

  • Birth:

  • 11 Apr 1906

  • Falmouth, Cornwall, England30 8 15 31 32

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 4)

  • 4 Snows Court, Falmouth, Cornwall, England8

  •  

  • daughter living in two rooms with her parents Charles and Laura, brother Charles, and sister Kathleen. Born in Falmouth Cornwall

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 15 yrs 2 mns)

  • 21 Swanpool Street, Falmouth, Cornwall, England15

  •  

  • unmarried daughter working as a general domestic servant and living in two rooms with her mother Laura. Born in Falmouth Cornwall

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 33)

  • 19 Hillside Road, Falmouth, Cornwall, England31

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband William, son William, a closed record (presumably daughter Nancy), and two others. Born on 11th April 1906

  • Death:

  • 1 Jan 1977 (age 70)

  • Truro "Registration District", Cornwall, England32 33

  • Probate:

  • 19 May 1977

  • Probate Registry, Bristol, Avon, England33

  •  

  • of 16 Theydon Road Falmouth died 1st January 1977, probate of £829 (~£5,100 in 2017)

Child 5: Dorothy Grace Jordan

  • Name:

  • Dorothy Grace Jordan34 35

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1915

  • Falmouth "Registration District", Cornwall, England34

  • Death:

  • Q2 1915 (age 0)

  • Falmouth "Registration District", Cornwall, England35

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England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Falmouth 1893 quarter:3 volume:5c page:241. Cit. Date: 8 October 2026.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1861 quarter:1 volume:4a page:574. Cit. Date: 5 April 2022.

3.

Suffolk Family History Society - Ipswich Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-06/P1 own copy). Holy Trinity baptisms entry:320. Cit. Date: 29 December 2022.

4.

Ancestry Suffolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1924, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich Holy Trinity baptisms 1861-1887 page:40 entry:320. Cit. Date: 8 October 2026.

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England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Falmouth 1934 quarter:1 volume:5c page:195. Cit. Date: 18 October 2026.

6.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:2322 folio:131 page:2 schedule:735. Cit. Date: 8 October 2026.

7.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:2226 folio:65 page:4 schedule:27. Cit. Date: 9 October 2026.

8.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:13888 class:RG78 piece:824 registration district:297 sub-district:2 enumeration district:1 schedule:34. Cit. Date: 9 October 2026.

9.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG09 piece:1164 folio:115 page:5 schedule:31. Cit. Date: 8 October 2026.

10.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1754 folio:84 page:17. Cit. Date: 5 November 2023.

11.

Ibid. National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1754 folio:84 page:17 schedule:108. Cit. Date: 5 November 2023.

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England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Falmouth 1873 quarter:1 volume:5c page:188. Cit. Date: 9 October 2026.

13.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1834 folio:50 page:5 schedule:36. Cit. Date: 18 October 2026.

14.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:2317 folio:86 page:22 schedule:807. Cit. Date: 18 October 2026.

15.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:11034 registration district:297 sub-district:2 enumeration district:1 schedule:109. Cit. Date: 9 October 2026.

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UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6689A page:21 line:5 letter code:WAFC. Cit. Date: 10 October 2026.

17.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Falmouth 1953 quarter:1 volume:7a page:43. Cit. Date: 18 October 2026.

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 1953 page:1083. Cit. Date: 18 October 2026.

19.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Falmouth 1893 quarter:4 volume:5c page:152. Cit. Date: 9 October 2026.

20.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Falmouth 1975 quarter:2 volume:21 page:191. Cit. Date: 12 October 2026.

21.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:11034 registration district:297 sub-district:2 enumeration district:1 schedule:96. Cit. Date: 11 October 2026.

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UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6689A page:20 line:36 letter code:WAFC. Cit. Date: 12 October 2026.

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26.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:11034 registration district:297 sub-district:2 enumeration district:1 schedule:109. Cit. Date: 10 October 2026.

27.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Truro 1988 quarter:3 register:888 volume:21 page:638. Cit. Date: 11 October 2026.

28.

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34.

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