Family of Francis Austin and Rose Laura Carter

Husband:
Francis Austin (1889-1967)
Wife:
Rose Laura Carter (1894-1954)
Children:
Olive Rose Austin (1919-2008)
Horace William Austin (1922-1943)
Marriage:
18 Sep 1915
All Saints Church, Lovelace Road, West Dulwich, Surrey, England^1,2

Husband: Francis Austin

Name:
Francis Austin^3,4,5
Sex:
Male
Father:
Frederick Austin (1861?- )
Mother:
Hannah Caroline Green (1861- )
Occupation:
domestic gardener, army medical storekeeper then a park gardener^1,3,6,7
Birth:
21 Jan 1889
West Norwood, Surrey, England^1,6,7,8
Census:
5 Apr 1891 (age 2)
13 Linton Grove, West Norwood, London, England⁹
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 Mar 1901 (age 12)
2a Fairview Terrace, Auckland Hill, West Norwood, London, England⁸
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 Apr 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:
btw 10 Apr 1917 and 14 Apr 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 Sep 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

Wife: Rose Laura Carter

Name:
Rose Laura Carter^1,2,10
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Birth:
31 Aug 1894
Great Thurlow, Suffolk, England^7,10,11
Census:
31 Mar 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 Apr 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 Sep 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 Mar 1954 (age 59)
Mayday Hospital, 530 London Road, Thornton Heath, Croydon, Greater London, England^13,14
Probate:
17 May 1954
Probate Registry, London, England¹⁴
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

Child 1: Olive Rose Austin

Name:
Olive Rose Austin^1,15
Sex:
Female
Spouse (1):
David Topping ( - )
Occupation:
hairdresser⁷
Birth:
12 Aug 1919
61 Hamilton Road, West Norwood, Surrey, England^1,7,15
Census:
29 Sep 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 Jun 2008 (age 88)
East Surrey "Registration District", Surrey, England^16,17
Probate:
22 Oct 2008
Probate Registry, Winchester, Hampshire, England¹⁷

Child 2: Horace William Austin

1943 war memorial Horace William Austin

Name:
Horace William Austin^18,19
Sex:
Male
Occupation:
engraver²⁰
Birth:
19 Sep 1922
Lambeth "Registration District", London, England^18,20
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 17)
31 Linton Grove, West Norwood, London, England²⁰
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

Sources

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 - 2019, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.gro.gov.uk). Lambeth 1889 quarter:1 volume:1d page:562.

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 - 2019, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.gro.gov.uk). Lambeth 1967 quarter:3 volume:5d page:119.

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 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:437 folio:24 page:39.

9.: Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:418 folio:152 page:11.

10.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2019, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.gro.gov.uk). Risbridge 1894 quarter:4 volume:4a page:723.

mother’s maiden name Mays

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.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2019, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.gro.gov.uk). Croydon 1954 quarter:1 volume:5g page:132.

aged 59

14.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, ( on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk). London 1954 page:210.

died 27th March 1954

15.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2019, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.gro.gov.uk). Lambeth 1919 quarter:3 volume:1d page:701.

mother’s maiden name Carter

16.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2019, (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.

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.

died 14th June 2008

18.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2019, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.gro.gov.uk). Lambeth 1922 quarter:4 volume:1d page:700.

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.

died 24th May 1943