See also
| Husband: | Francis Austin (1889-1967) | |
| Wife: | Rose Laura Carter (1894-1954) | |
| Children: | Olive Rose Austin (1919-2008) | |
| Horace William Austin (1922-1943) | ||
| Marriage | 18 September 1915 | All Saints Church, Lovelace Road, West Dulwich, Surrey, England1,2 |
| Name: | Francis Austin3,4,5 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Frederick Austin (1861?- ) | |
| Mother: | Hannah Caroline Green (1861- ) | |
| Occupation | domestic gardener, army medical storekeeper then a park gardener1,3,6,7 | |
| Birth | 21 January 1889 | West Norwood, Surrey, England1,4,6,7 |
| Census | 5 April 1891 (age 2) | 13 Linton Grove, West Norwood, London, England8 |
| son living in four rooms with his parents Frederick and Hannah, brothers Frederick, Robert and Horace, and his widowed grandmother Mary Green. Born in Norwood Surrey | ||
| Census | 31 March 1901 (age 12) | 2a Fairview Terrace, Auckland Hill, West Norwood, London, England4 |
| son living with parents Frederick and Hannah, brothers Arthur, Robert, Horace and Cecil, sisters Florence and Ivy, and his widowed grandmother Mary Green. Born in West Norwood Surrey | ||
| Census | 2 April 1911 (age 22) | 161 Tulse Hill, Tulse Hill, London, England6 |
| an unmarried son working as a domestic gardener and living in eight rooms with his parents Frederick and Hannah, brothers Frederick, Cecil, and Stanley, sisters Florence and Ivy, and his widowed grandmother Mary Green. Born in Norwood Surrey | ||
| Military Service | between 10 April 1917 and 14 April 1920 (age 28-31) | Royal Army Medical Corps as no:1115421 |
| of 61 Hamilton Road West Norwood having attested on 16th November 1915 when he was working as an Army Medical Stores Assistant. He was 5' 7½" tall with a chest of 35" and expansion 2". He married Rose Laura Caila (spinster) at All Saints Church West Dulwich on 18th Septermber 1915 and Olive Rose was born 12th Audust 1919 | ||
| Census | 29 September 1939 (age 50) | 31 Linton Grove, West Norwood, London, England7 |
| a married park gardener living with his wife Rose, daughter Olive and son Horace. Born on 21st January 1889 | ||
| Death | Q3 1967 (age 79) | Lambeth "Registration District", Greater London, England5 |
| Name: | Rose Laura Carter1,2,9 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Alt. Name: | Rose Laura Austin1,2,10 | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 31 August 1894 | Great Thurlow, Suffolk, England7,9,11 |
| Census | 31 March 1901 (age 6) | The Street, Kirtling, Suffolk, England11 |
| daughter attending school and living in four rooms with her parents Ernest and Sophia, brothers Henry, George, Alfred and Ernest, and sisters Lily, Violet and Margaret. Born in Great Thurlow Suffolk | ||
| Census | 2 April 1911 (age 16) | 84 South Croxted Road, Dulwich, London, England12 |
| an unmarried servant working as a housemaid and living in ten rooms with Jane and Kathleen Butler and another servant. Born in Thurlow Suffolk | ||
| Census | 29 September 1939 (age 45) | 31 Linton Grove, West Norwood, London, England7 |
| married doing unpaid domestic duties living with her husband Francis, daughter Olive and son Horace. Born on 31st August 189? | ||
| Death | 27 March 1954 (age 59) | Mayday Hospital, 530 London Road, Thornton Heath, Croydon, Greater London, England10,13 |
| Probate | 17 May 1954 | Probate Court, London, England13 |
| of 31 Linton Grove West Norwood London S.E. 27 (wife of Francis Austin) died 27th March 1954 at Mayday Hospital Thornton Heath Surrey, administration of effects of £544 11s 11d (~£13,800 in 2017) to the said Francis Austin foreman gardener | ||
| Name: | Olive Rose Austin1,14 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Alt. Name: | Olive Rose Topping15 | |
| Alt. Name: | Olive Rose Gill16 | |
| Spouse 1: | David Topping ( - ) | |
| Occupation | hairdresser7 | |
| Birth | 12 August 1919 | 61 Hamilton Road, West Norwood, Surrey, England1,7,14 |
| Census | 29 September 1939 (age 20) | 31 Linton Grove, West Norwood, London, England7 |
| an unmarried hairdresser living with her parents Francis and Rose, and brother Horace. Born on 12th August 1919 and married a Topping then a Gill at later dates | ||
| Death | 14 June 2008 (age 88) | East Surrey "Registration District", Surrey, England16,17 |
| Probate | 22 October 2008 | Probate Court, Winchester, Hampshire, England17 |
1943 war memorial Horace William Austin
| Name: | Horace William Austin18,19 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Occupation | engraver7 | |
| Birth | 19 September 1922 | Lambeth "Registration District", London, England7,18 |
| Census | 29 September 1939 (age 17) | 31 Linton Grove, West Norwood, London, England7 |
| an unmarried apprentice process engraver living with his parents Francis and Rose, and sister Olive. Born on 19th September 1922 | ||
| Death | 24 May 1943 (age 20) | Holland19 |
| War Memorial | Uden War Cemetery, Bergmeester Buskensstraat, Uden, Noord-Brabant, Holland19 | |
| a sergeant (pilot) no:1331903 in 199 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve died 24th May 1943. Son of Francis and Rose Laura Austin, of West Norwood London | ||
The 1939 register suggests Olive married a Gill (entry dated 1971) but cannot locate such a marriage record
| 1 | "FindMyPast British Army Service Records" (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:WO363 Royal Army Medical Corps no:111542. |
| 2 | "England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005" (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Lambeth 1915 quarter:3 volume:1d page:1029. |
| 3 | "England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2005" (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.gro.gov.uk). Lambeth 1889 quarter:1 volume:1d page:562. Text From Source: mother's maiden name Green |
| 4 | "Census 1901" (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:437 folio:24 page:39. |
| 5 | "England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2007" (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.gro.gov.uk). Lambeth 1967 quarter:3 volume:5d page:119. Text From Source: aged 79 |
| 6 | "Census 1911" (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:2114 class:RG78 piece:73 registration district:25 sub-district:5 enumeration district:15 schedule:83. |
| 7 | "1939 UK Register" (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:0368A page:6 line:34 letter code:ANPQ. |
| 8 | "Census 1891" (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:418 folio:152 page:11. |
| 9 | "England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2005" (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.gro.gov.uk). Risbridge 1894 quarter:4 volume:4a page:723. Text From Source: mother’s maiden name Mays |
| 10 | "England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2007" (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.gro.gov.uk). Croydon 1954 quarter:1 volume:5g page:132. Text From Source: aged 59 |
| 11 | "Census 1901" (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1537 folio:76 page:6. |
| 12 | "Census 1911" (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:2459 class:RG78 piece:82 registration district:27 sub-district:1 enumeration district:9 schedule:188. |
| 13 | UK Government Probate Service, "UK Government Find a Will" (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk). London 1954 page:210. Text From Source: died 27th March 1954 |
| 14 | "England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2005" (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.gro.gov.uk). Lambeth 1919 quarter:3 volume:1d page:701. Text From Source: mother’s maiden name Carter |
| 15 | "England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005" (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Lambeth 1947 quarter:1 volume:5c page:2705. |
| 16 | "England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2007" (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.gro.gov.uk). East Surrey 2008 quarter:2 district:7551F register:1F004 entry:500999638. Text From Source: born in 1919 |
| 17 | UK Government Probate Service, "UK Government Find a Will" (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk). Winchester 2008 no:2870113. Text From Source: died 14th June 2008 |
| 18 | "England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2005" (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.gro.gov.uk). Lambeth 1922 quarter:4 volume:1d page:700. Text From Source: mother’s maiden name Carter |
| 19 | "Commonwealth War Grave Commission" (on-line at www.cwgc.org). 199 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve no:1331903. Text From Source: died 24th May 1943 |