See also

Family of Horace Frederick Bouchard and Edith Elsie Smeeth

Husband: Horace Frederick Bouchard

  • Name:

  • Horace Frederick Bouchard2,3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Charles Bouchard (1867?- )

  • Mother:

  • Emma Groom (1868?- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • sawyer then a shop keeper and wholesale and retail coal dealer4,5,6

  • Birth:

  • 23 Apr 1893

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

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 7)

  • 114 Crownfield Road, Cann Hall, Essex, England8

  •  

  • son attending school and living in four rooms with his parents Charles and Emma, sisters Lilian and Elsie, brother Charles and a boarder. Born in Stratford Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 17)

  • 157 Coppermill Lane, Walthamstow, Essex, England4

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a sawyer for a cabinet maker and living in five rooms with his parents Charles and Emma, sisters Lilian and Elsie, brother Charles, and his widowed grandmother Sarah Bouchard. Born in London Esses

  • Military Service:

  • btw 22 Nov 1915 and 20 Mar 1919 (age 22-25)

  • Army Cyclist Corps no:9

  •  

  • a wood working machinist of 157 Copper Mill Lane Walthamstow, son of Charles Bouchard. He was 5' 3¾" tall, with a chest of 34½", expansion 2". See personal folder for more details

  • Medals:

  • 16 Jun 19219

  •  

  •  

  • British War and Victory medals

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 28 yrs 2 mns)

  • 149 Coppermill Lane, Walthamstow, Essex, England5

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a shop keeper on his own account at home and living in five rooms with his wife Edith, and daughter Joyce. Born in Stratford Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 46)

  • 149 Coppermill Lane, Walthamstow, Essex, England6

  •  

  • a married shopkeeper, dealer, wholesale and retail coal salesman living with his wife Edith, daughter Joyce and a closed record (presumably daughter Ivy). Born on 23rd April 1893

  • Death:

  • Q3 1978 (age 85)

  • Southend-on-Sea "Registration District", Essex, England3

Wife: Edith Elsie Smeeth

  • Name:

  • Edith Elsie Smeeth1,10

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • shop assistant11

  • Birth:

  • 22 Jul 1904

  • Swindon, Wiltshire, England10,11,12,13

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 7)

  • 89 Elswick Road, Lewisham, London, England12

  •  

  • daughter living in three rooms with her parents George and Elizabeth and sisters Rose and Winifred. Born in Swindon Wiltshire

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 35)

  • Glyn, Central Avenue, Ashingdon, Essex, England11

  •  

  • an unmarried shop assitant china t? living with her widowed mother Elizabeth, widowed sister Rose and a Cecil Jackson. Born on 22nd July 1904. Married a Bouchard at a later date

  • Death:

  • Q3 1982 (age 77-78)

  • Southend-on-Sea "Registration District", Essex, England13

Note on Wife: Edith Elsie Smeeth

Edith was a cousin of Horace's first wife14

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Rochford 1947 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1821. Cit. Date: 3 April 2019.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). West Ham 1893 quarter:2 volume:4a page:282. Cit. Date: 31 December 2018.

3.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Southend on Sea 1978 quarter:3 volume:9 page:2470. Cit. Date: 3 July 2019.

4.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:9739 class:RG78 piece:514B registration district:188 sub-district:10 enumeration district:65 schedule:163. Cit. Date: 31 December 2018.

5.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG15 piece:8665 registration district:188 sub-district:11 enumeration district:30 schedule:31. Cit. Date: 27 November 2023.

6.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:1136H page:16 line:6 letter code:CDKM. Cit. Date: 1 July 2019.

7.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1609 folio:25 page:41. Cit. Date: 31 December 2018.

8.

Ibid. class:RG13 piece:1609/25/41/296. Cit. Date: 31 December 2018.

9.

FindMyPast British Army Service Records, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). series WO363 1915 Army Cyclist Corps service no:11463. Cit. Date: 1 July 2019.

10.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Swindon 1904 quarter:3 volume:5a page:36 occasional copy:A. Cit. Date: 3 July 2019.

11.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:1587I page:11 line:17 letter code:DDSF. Cit. Date: 3 July 2019.

12.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:2752 class:RG78 piece:95 registration district:29 sub-district:3 enumeration district:3 schedule:138. Cit. Date: 3 July 2019.

13.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Southend on Sea 1982 quarter:3 volume:9 page:2406. Cit. Date: 3 July 2019.

14.

Chris Hall personal communication. email dated 26th November 2023. Cit. Date: 27 January 2023.