A further family line down from Irene Sarah Douglass b.1917, her grandson Douglas.
From the marriage records ...
Name: Douglas F Reeves Registration Date: Jul 1967 Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep Registration District: Brent Inferred County: Greater London Spouse: Jennifer C Catermole
From the the birth records ..
Name: Mark Douglas Reeves Registration Date: Jan 1968 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration District: North Bucks Inferred County: Buckinghamshire Mother's Maiden Name: Cattermole
Name: Oliver James Reeves Registration Date: Oct 1969 Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Registration District: N. Bucks Inferred County: Buckinghamshire Mother's Maiden Name: Cattermole
Name: Jennifer Anne Reeves Registration Date: Apr 1973 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration District: Northampton Inferred County: Northamptonshire Mother's Maiden Name: Cattermole
Name: Carina Alexandria Reeves Registration Date: Oct 1985 Registration District: Brent Inferred County: Greater London Mother's Maiden Name: Cattermole
Name: Frederick D Douglass Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Birth Date: 14 Mar 1914 Residence Year: 1939 Address: 595 Honeypot Lane Residence Place: Harrow, Middlesex, England Occupation: Fitter Assemble Line Number: 3 Schedule Number: 65 Sub Schedule Number: 1 Enumeration District: BIIC Borough: Harrow Registration district: 130-2 Inferred Spouse: Jane Douglass
The date of birth here matches up perfectly with the UK, World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923 records found previously ...
Name: Frederick Donald Douglass Birth Date: 14 Mar 1914 Relation to Soldier: Children Title: WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers Description: Other Ranks Died Douglas A-Dowbiggin L
From the birth records ... (Frederick's wife)
Name: Jane Renner Mother's Maiden Name: Smailes Registration Year: 1913 Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep Registration District: Morpeth Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District Inferred County: Northumberland
From the death records ..
Name: Frederick Donald Douglass Death Age: 86 Birth Date: 14 Mar 1914 Registration Date: Mar 2000 Registration District: Newcastle Upon Tyne Inferred County: Tyne and Wear
Name: Jane Douglass Death Age: 75 Birth Date: 18 Aug 1913 Registration Date: Jun 1989 Registration District: Northumberland Central Inferred County: Northumberland
Therein, it appears that Frederick and Jane relocated to Jane's native part of the world at some point after marriage.
Then, for their daughter Irene Sarah Douglass b.1917.
From the marriage records ...
Name: Irene S Douglass Registration Date: Apr 1939 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration District: Barnet Inferred County: Middlesex Spouse: Frederick Reeves
From the birth records ..
I believe Irene and Frederick had at least 4 children:-
Name: Frederick Reeves Registration Date: Apr 1943 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration District: Pancras Inferred County: London Mother's Maiden Name: Douglas
Name: Douglas F Reeves Registration Date: Apr 1944 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration District: Pancras Inferred County: London Mother's Maiden Name: Douglass
Name: Barbara E Reeves Registration Date: Apr 1947 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration District: Pancras Inferred County: London Mother's Maiden Name: Douglass
Name: David J Reeves Registration Date: Apr 1951 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration District: Pancras Inferred County: London Mother's Maiden Name: Douglas
Something I spotted that was particularly nice, was in the family line of Barbara.
From the marriage records ...
Name: Barbara E Reeves Registration Date: Jul 1967 Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep Registration District: Brent Inferred County: Greater London Spouse: Alan F Hutcheon
From the birth records ...
Name: Julia Ann Hutcheon Registration Date: Jan 1969 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration District: St Pancras Inferred County: Greater London Mother's Maiden Name: Reeves
Name: David Deverson D Hutcheon Registration Date: Jul 1971 Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep Registration District: Portsmouth Inferred County: Hampshire Mother's Maiden Name: Reeves
Name: Angela Marie Hutcheon Registration Date: Oct 1973 Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Registration District: Portsmouth Inferred County: Hampshire Mother's Maiden Name: Reeves
Did you spot it? Yes, the name of Christina Kathleen Olivers (b.1875) husband, David Deverson Douglass (b.1878), who was killed in action on 22 Sept 1917, has been passed through the generations to a great-grandson - I like that a lot.
Hot on the heels of Jane's recent talk about those from the Oliver family tree that have emigrated, I think I've located two more now, from this family line.
The Western Australian Museum has erected something called 'welcome walls' details of which can be found here:
'More than one third of Western Australia’s population was born overseas. The Welcome Walls projects pay tribute to those migrants who arrived by sea, landing at Fremantle or Albany, and to the many benefits they gave to their new home, enriching the lives of all Western Australians.
In Fremantle, over 400 panels commemorating the names of migrants who arrived through this area have been erected at the WA Maritime Museum at Victoria Quay.'
Within those name detailed on the wall I found Donald and Pauline, detailing their emigration in 1958, per the below:
Accompanying Family None Occupation in Australia Navy
STRATHAIRD
Departure Port London, UK Arrival Year 1958
Fremantle 144 panel
Read their story Arrived Fremantle 1958. Joined the Navy. Married Pauline Scarrott from London 19/12/1959 and had 3 sons. David 1962, Gary 1964 and Mark 1966
I also located an entry on the Find a Grave website for Donald David Salmon
Donald David Salmon BIRTH 1933 DEATH 8 Jul 1981 (aged 47–48) BURIALKarrakatta Cemetery and Crematorium Karrakatta, Nedlands City, Western Australia, Australia PLOT Lawn-B-0249 Gravesite Details Age: 48 years, Last Residence: Karrinyu
And also an entry on the Find a Grave website for Pauline's husband Frank Charles Salmon
Frank Charles Salmon BIRTH 1934 DEATH 5 Mar 1982 (aged 47–48) BURIAL Karrakatta Cemetery and Crematorium Karrakatta, Nedlands City, Western Australia, Australia PLOT Mc Section-Wall 5-0043 Gravesite Details Age: 48 years, Last Residence: Embleton
The Australian link then also led me to this helpful page, although looks not to have been updated since 2008:
Looking into the children of Christina Kathleen Oliver 1875-1902 and David Deverson Douglass 1878-1917.
Firstly, for their son David Deverson Douglass b.1901, I currently don't believe that he married, although he's currently proving elusive on the 1939 Register which might help confirm.
From the death records ...
Name: David Deverson Douglas Death Age: 62 Birth Date: 23 Jul 1907 Registration Date: Jul 1969 Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep Registration District: St Albans Inferred County: Hertfordshire
The date of birth here matches up perfectly with the UK, World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923 records found previously ...
Name: David Deverson Douglass Birth Date: 23 Jul 1901 Relation to Soldier: Child Title: WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers Description: Other Ranks Died Douglas A-Dowbiggin L
For their daughter, Christina Kathleen Douglass b.1902 I have been able to find a marriage and childrens birth records.
From the marriage records ..
Name: Christina K Douglass Registration Date: Apr 1927 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration District: Barnet Inferred County: Middlesex Spouse: Percy L W Salmon
From the birth records ..
Name: Gerald L (Leonard) Salmon Registration Date: Jul 1927 Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep Registration District: Hendon Inferred County: Greater London Mother's Maiden Name: Douglas
Name: Pamela J (Joy) Salmon Registration Date: Jan 1931 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration District: Barnet Inferred County: Greater London Mother's Maiden Name: Douglas
Name: Donald D (David) Salmon Registration Date: Apr 1933 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration District: Hendon Inferred County: Greater London Mother's Maiden Name: Douglas
Name: Cyril L (Leslie) Salmon Registration Date: Jan 1935 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration District: Hendon Inferred County: Greater London Mother's Maiden Name: Douglass
Name: Pauline B (Brenda) Salmon Registration Date: Apr 1936 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration District: Barnet Inferred County: Greater London Mother's Maiden Name: Douglass
Name: Julia S (Sheila) Salmon Registration Date: Oct 1938 Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Registration District: Edmonton Inferred County: Essex Mother's Maiden Name: Douglas
In addition, this record may also be linked to this family:
Name: Cynthia P (Phyllis) Dougluss Registration Date: Apr 1922 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration District: Hackney Inferred County: London Mother's Maiden Name: Douglass
When her husband David was Killed in Action on 22nd September 1917, it left Mary with two step-children, David, around 16 years of age, Christina, around 15 years of age, Frederick around 3 years of age and Irene, at just 5-6 months old.
Interested to know how life progressed for Mary, I searched for marriages in the Barnet area and was able to locate the following:
From the marriage records ...
Name: Mary Douglass Registration Date: Oct 1926 Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Registration District: Barnet Inferred County: Middlesex Spouse: Frederick Copping
To then try and verify this as the correct Mary I searched the 1939 Register and found ..
Name: Mary Copping Gender: Female Marital Status: Married Birth Date: 16 Nov 1877 Residence Year: 1939 Address: 80 Residence Place: Finchley, Middlesex, England Occupation: Unpaid Domestic Works Line Number: 20 Schedule Number: 123 Sub Schedule Number: 2 Enumeration District: BGCL Borough: Finchley Registration district: 131/3 Inferred Spouse: Frederick Copping
Although 1 year out, the day and month of birth matches perfectly with the UK, World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923 records found previously ...
Name: Mary Douglass Gender: Female Birth Date: 16 Nov 1876 Residence Place: East Finchley N 2. Relation to Soldier: Widow Title: WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers Description: Other Ranks Died Douglas A-Dowbiggin L
Furthermore, living just next door is her first husbands father, David Deverson Douglass b.1856, captured as 'old aged pensioner, retired'.
Then, from the death records ..
Name: Mary Copping Death Age: 93 Birth Date: 16 Nov 1875 Registration Date: Apr 1969 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration District: Brent Inferred County: Greater London
Again, a year out versus other records but month and day spot on, so looks likely to be the right Mary.
From census and marriage records we can see that David Deverson Douglass, son-in-law of Herbert, was a long serving Postman by occupation and in his late 30's when he signed up for the war effort he joined the London Regiment (Post Office Rifles), 8th Bn.
From the UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919, records ...
Name: David Devison Douglas Birth Place: St. Pancras Residence: East Finchley Death Date: 22 Sep 1917 Death Place: France and Flanders Enlistment Place: Mill Hill Rank: Rifleman Regiment: London Regiment Battalion: 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) Regimental Number: 375547 Type of Casualty: Killed in action Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
Name: Rifleman David Deverson Douglass Death Date: 22 Sep 1917 Cemetery: Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No 3 Burial or Cremation Place: Ypres (Ieper), Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium
Service No: 375547 Age: 40 Regiment/Service: London Regiment (Post Office Rifles), 8th Bn. Husband of Mary Douglass, of 80, Hamilton Rd., East Finchley, London
A picture of the war grave can also be seen here:-
There are several interesting and informative internet sources with details and pictures about the 'The Post Office Rifles', including the below link with an extract from the website
'To accommodate the swell of recruits in the First World War, a second Post Office Rifles Battalion was formed in September 1914. They were titled the 2nd/8th Battalion
The 2nd Battalion initially served as a reserve regiment, supplying reinforcements for the 1st Battalion but in January 1917 the battalion also moved to the front line in France. They first saw action in the Second Battle of Bullecourt in May 1917.
The Post Office Rifles fought at the Somme and at Passchendaele (Third Ypres) and suffered tremendous losses. More than half of their fighting force was lost at the Battle of Wurst Farm Ridge in September 1917.'
Looking into the line of Christina Kathleen Oliver...
From the marriage records ...
Name: Christina Kathleen Oliver Registration Year: 1900 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration District: Barnet Inferred County: Middlesex Volume: 3a Page: 483 Records on Page: Name David Deverson Douglass Christina Kathleen Oliver
Name: David Deverson Douglas Record Type: Baptism Baptism Date: 23 Aug 1901 Baptism Place: Saint Paul, Finchley, Barnet, England Father: David Deverson Douglas Mother: Christina Kathleen Douglas
Name: Christina Kathleen Douglas Record Type: Baptism Baptism Date: 26 Oct 1902 Baptism Place: Saint Paul, Finchley, Barnet, England Father: David Daverson Douglas Mother: Christina Kathleen Douglas
Then it was sad to just discover at what looks to be around the same dates at the birth of their second child, a death record for Christina
From the death records ..
Name: Christina Kathleen Douglass Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875 Registration Year: 1902 Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep Age at Death: 27 Registration District: Barnet Inferred County: Middlesex
I was then able to locate David marrying again
From the marriage records ...
Name: David Deverson Douglass (Widower) Marriage Age: 26 Record Type: Marriage Birth Date: abt 1878 Marriage Date: 4 Apr 1904 Marriage Place: Saint Paul, Finchley, Barnet, England Spouse: Mary Scott (Spinster)
Then unfortunately there appears to be further sadness with 3 children in 3 years being born and passing away
Name: George Douglass Estimated Birth Year: abt 1906 Registration Year: 1906 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Age at Death: 0 Registration District: Barnet Inferred County: Middlesex
Name: John Harold Douglass Registration Year: 1907 Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Registration District: Barnet Inferred County: Middlesex
Name: John Harold Douglass Estimated Birth Year: abt 1907 Registration Year: 1907 Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Age at Death: 0 Registration District: Barnet Inferred County: Middlesex
A little later I do find two further births ...
From the birth records ...
Name: Frederick D Douglass Mother's Maiden Name: Scott Registration Year: 1914 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration District: Barnet Inferred County: Middlesex
Name: Irene S(arah) Dougluss (incorrect transcription of Douglass) Registration Date: Apr 1917 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration District: Barnet Inferred County: Greater London Mother's Maiden Name: Scott
Finally for this specific post, as if there wasn't already enough tragedy in the above, David Deverson Douglass Snr appears to have been a casualty of WW1. His youngest daughter Irene just 5-6 months old when he was Killed in Action 22 Sep 1917.
Name: David Deverson Douglass Gender: Male Rank: Rfn Record Type: Card Death Date: 22 Sep 1917 Service Number: 375547 Corps, Regiment or Unit: 2/8th. London Title: WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers Description: Other Ranks Died Douglas A-Dowbiggin L Reference Number: 11/W./1821, 11/APW/16891 Next of Kin: Name Relation to Soldier David Deverson Douglass Mary Douglass Widow David Deverson Douglass Child Christina Kathleen Douglass Children Frederick Donald Douglass Children Irene Sarah Douglass Children
Looking at Ellen Selina I was able to find a marriage record and an entry in the 1939 register, I don't believe Ellen had any children:
From the marriage records ...
Name: Ellen Selina Oliver Gender: Female Marriage Age: 29 Record Type: Marriage Birth Date: abt 1870 Marriage Date: 9 Apr 1899 Marriage Place: St Martin, Kentish Town, Camden, England Father: Herbert Oliver Spouse: Read Everitt Register Type: Parish Register
1939 Register
Name: Ellen Everitt Gender: Female Marital Status: Married Birth Date: 29 Dec 1870 Residence Year: 1939 Address: 233 Residence Place: Finchley, Middlesex, England Occupation: Daily Domestic Worker Enumeration District: BGBM Borough: Finchley
Household Members Age Reed Everitt 74 Ellen Everitt 69
For Emily Rhoda I don't currently believe that she married, and the only other record I can find at present in a possible entry in the 1949 Electoral Registers in the right geographical area.
Name: Emily Rhoda Oliver Electoral Date: 1949 Street Address: 4 Bgbf Ward or Division/Constituency: Finchley West County or Borough: Finchley, England
We're lucky enough to have a lovely picture of Winifred Smith nee Oliver and her husband Henry in the gallery, shared by their Grand-daughter Betty.
Here are details for the marriage and children of Winifred and Henry:-
From the banns/marriage records ...
Name: Winifred Oliver Gender: Female Record Type: Banns (Bann) Marriage Banns Date: 12 Apr 1891 Marriage Banns Place: Holy Trinity, Stroud Green, Haringey, England Spouse: Henry Smith Register Type: Parish Register
Name: Winifred Oliver Registration Year: 1891 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration District: Edmonton Inferred County: Middlesex Records on Page: Name Winifred Oliver Henry Smith
From the birth/baptism records ...
Name: Henry Oliver Smith Registration Year: 1892 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration District: Barnet Inferred County: Middlesex
Name: Henry Oliver Smith Gender: Male Record Type: Baptism Baptism Date: 3 Apr 1892 Baptism Place: Holy Trinity, Finchley, Barnet, England Father: Harry Smith Mother: Winifred Smith Register Type: Parish Registers
Name: William Frank Smith Gender: Male Record Type: Baptism Baptism Date: 1 Apr 1894 Baptism Place: Holy Trinity, Finchley, Barnet, England Father: Henry Smith Mother: Winifred Smith Register Type: Parish Registers
Name: Sidney Edward Smith Registration Year: 1896 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration District: Barnet Inferred County: Middlesex
Name: Sydney Edward Smith Record Type: Baptism Baptism Date: 8 Mar 1896 Baptism Place: Saint Paul, Finchley, Barnet, England Father: Henry Smith Mother: Winifred Smith
Name: Douglas Arthur Smith Registration Year: 1900 Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Registration District: Barnet Inferred County: Middlesex
Name: Douglas Arthur Smith Gender: Male Record Type: Baptism Baptism Date: 23 Sep 1900 Baptism Place: Finchley St Mary, Barnet, England Father: Henry Smith Mother: Winifred Smith Register Type: Parish Registers
Name: Rhoda Christina Smith Registration Year: 1904 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration District: Rochford Inferred County: Essex
Our research to date had helped us learn a lot about the life of Solomon Oliver and his family including the lines down through his daughter Prudence and son Albert, per these links:
Solomon and his wife Maria actually had 6 six children, Prudence and Albert as above, Thomas, Spencer and Maria who sadly died young, and also Herbert (baptised as Urban).
This is a new thread to capture research and findings on the family and descendants of Herbert.
Some initial findings below:-
From the marriage records ...
Name: Herbert Oliver Gender: Male Age: 20 Birth Year: abt 1845 Marriage or Bann Date: 10 Jul 1865 Marriage Place: Oxford, St Clement, Oxfordshire, England Parish as it Appears: St Clement Spouse: Jane Martha Tyson Father: Solomon Oliver
From the birth/baptism records ...
Name: Winifred Oliver Registration Year: 1866 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration District: Islington Inferred County: London
Name: Ellen Harriet S Oliver Registration Year: 1870 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration District: Islington Inferred County: London
Name: Ellen Harriet Selina Oliver Gender: Female Record Type: Baptism Baptism Date: 24 Apr 1870 (Image also notes birth date of 29 Dec 1869) Baptism Place: Upper Holloway St Paul, Islington, England Father: Herbert Oliver Mother: Jane Martha Oliver Register Type: Parish Registers
Name: Emily Rhoda Oliver Baptism Date: 7 Jan 1874 Baptism Place: Cowley, St Mary and St John, Oxfordshire, England Parish as it Appears: Cowley S John Father: Herbert Oliver Mother: Jane Oliver
Name: Christine Oliver (later Christina Kathleen Oliver) Baptism Date: 5 Mar 1876 Baptism Place: Cowley, St Mary and St John, Oxfordshire, England Parish as it Appears: Cowley St John Search Photos: Search for 'Cowley, St Mary and St John' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection Father: Herbert Oliver Mother: Jane Oliver
1881 Census ...
Jane appears to be in the Hospital, Tottenham, Middlesex
From the Death records ...
Sadly it looks although Jane passed away just a few months later
Name: Jane Oliver Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847 Registration Year: 1881 Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep Age at Death: 34 Registration District: Edmonton Inferred County: Middlesex
At the time of the 1881 census, at the same time as Jane is in hospital, Herbert is lodging in his native Oxfordshire ..
.. but as yet I've not been able to trace him any further.
There is the following death record, but this Herbert appears to match well with another family (Spouse: Emily Oliver (nee Tedham) Children: Herbert Oliver, Percy Oliver, Jesse Oliver, Albert Oliver, Emily S Oliver, Kate Oliver), so this doesn't look to be 'our' Herbert.
Name: Herbert Oliver Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847 Registration Year: 1898 Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep Age at Death: 51 Registration District: Hastings Inferred County: Sussex
So pictorially this branch of the tree starts to look like this:-