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Family Record: Robert OWEN x Ethel BLACKNELL

Family Record: Robert OWEN x Ethel BLACKNELL - Chronology

Date Kind Origin Details
5 Jun 1894 Birthi, ii Spouse Event [Husband] Place Cefn Mawr, Ruabon, Denbighshire
1896 Other Eventiii Spouse Event [Wife] Dynhynlle Cottage, Penylon
Type Address
Place Ruabon, Denbighshire
15 Feb 1896 Birthiii, iv, v, vi Spouse Event [Wife] Place Ruabon, Denbighshire
15 Feb 1896 Other Eventiii, 1 Spouse Event [Wife] Dynhynlle Cottage
Type Residence-Resident
Place Ruabon, Denbighshire
31 Mar 1901 Other Eventiv, 1 Spouse Event [Wife] 50 Craven Street
Type Residence-Resident
Place Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
18 Feb 1907 Other Eventvii, 2 Spouse Event [Wife] Dynhynlle Cottage
Type Residence-Inferred Resident
Place Ruabon, Denbighshire
1911 Other Eventv Spouse Event [Wife] Domestic
Type Profession
Place Ruabon, Denbighshire
18 Jan 1911 Other Eventviii, 2 Spouse Event [Wife] Dynhynlle Cottage
Type Residence-Inferred Resident
Place Ruabon, Denbighshire
2 Apr 1911 Other Eventv, 1 Spouse Event [Wife] Dynhynlle Cottage
Type Residence-Resident
Place Ruabon, Denbighshire
1918 Other Eventix Spouse Event [Wife] Ethel took on bringing up the younger children after Clara's death
Type Fact 1
Place Ruabon, Denbighshire
1918 Other Event3 Spouse Event [Wife] Ethel as a surrogate mother
Type Story
Place Ruabon, Denbighshire
20 Mar 1918 Other Event4 Spouse Event [Wife] Type Funeral-Mourner
Place Ruabon, Denbighshire
29 May 1918 Other Eventx, 4 Spouse Event [Wife] Type Funeral-Mourner
Place Ruabon, Denbighshire
29 May 1920 Birthi, xi Child Event [Robert Charles OWEN]
29 May 1920 Son This Family Robert Charles OWEN b. 29 May 1920 d. 22 Dec 2008
1927 Other Eventxii, 5 Spouse Event [Husband] Moved back to Nottingham
Type Residence-Occupant
Place Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
1927 Other Eventxii Spouse Event [Husband] Raleigh
Type Employment
Place Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
1927 Other Eventxii, 5 Child Event [Robert Charles OWEN] Moved back to Nottingham
Type Residence-Occupant
Place Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
1927 Residencexii Spouse Attribute [Wife] Moved back to Nottingham
Place Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Before 1927 Residenceix, 6 Spouse Attribute [Wife] Wynnville
Place Ruabon, Denbighshire
1933 Other Event7 Spouse Event [Husband] Robert Owen
Type Marriage Witness
Place Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
1933 Other Event7 Spouse Event [Wife] Ethel Blacknell
Type Marriage Witness
Place Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
1939 Other Eventi Spouse Event [Wife] Air Raid Precautions (ARP) First Aid
Type Community Service
Place Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
1939 Other Eventi Spouse Event [Husband] Air Raid Precautions (ARP) First Aid
Type Community Service
Place Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
29 Sep 1939 Other Eventi, 1 Spouse Event [Wife] 27 Grove Road
Type Residence-Resident
Place Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
29 Sep 1939 Other Eventi, 1 Child Event [Robert Charles OWEN] 27 Grove Road
Type Residence-Resident
Place Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
29 Sep 1939 Residencei Spouse Attribute [Husband] 27 Grove Road
Place Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Before 1940 Other Event8 Spouse Event [Husband] Brough Superior Motorbikes & Cars
Type Employment
Place Basford, Nottinghamshire
1948 Other Eventxiii Spouse Event [Wife] 19 Acton Avenue
Type Address
Place Old Basford, Nottinghamshire
13 Jan 1948 Other Eventxiv, 9 Spouse Event [Wife] Ethel Blacknell
Type Death Informant-Informant
Place Old Basford, Nottinghamshire
1965 Other Event10 Spouse Event [Husband] 20 Laxton Avenue
Type Residence-Resident
Place Bulwell, Nottinghamshire
1965 Residence11 Spouse Attribute [Wife] 20 Laxton Avenue
Place Bulwell, Nottinghamshire
1978 Other Eventvi, 9 Child Event [Robert Charles OWEN] Robert Charles Owen
Type Death Informant-Informant
Place Bulwell, Nottinghamshire
1978 Other Eventvi Spouse Event [Wife] 20 Laxton Avenue
Type Address
Place Bulwell, Nottinghamshire
1978 Other Eventvi Spouse Event [Wife] Robert Charles Owen
Type Death Informant
Place Bulwell, Nottinghamshire
1978 Other Eventxii, 12 Spouse Event [Wife] St Aidens Church
Type Cremation
Place Basford, Nottinghamshire
16 Apr 1978 Deathvi Spouse Event [Wife] Place Bulwell, Nottinghamshire
Cause 1a Cerebrovascular accident 1b Senility
17 Apr 1978 Other Eventvi Child Event [Robert Charles OWEN] 9 Henry Road
Type Address
Place Beeston, Nottinghamshire
1996 Other Eventxv, 5 Child Event [Robert Charles OWEN] Type Residence-Occupant
Place Ilfracombe, Devon
Feb 2004 Other Eventxv Child Event [Robert Charles OWEN] Suffered a stroke resulting in Asphasia
Type Medical
Place Ilfracombe, Devon
2005 Other Eventxv, 5 Child Event [Robert Charles OWEN] Bicclescombe Road
Type Residence-Occupant
Place Ilfracombe, Devon
22 Dec 2008 Death Child Event [Robert Charles OWEN] Place Ilfracombe, Devon
Death Spouse Event [Husband] He is dead but no details are known
Other Eventvi Spouse Event [Husband] Engineer
Type Profession
Marriage Event

Notes

1. Role: Resident
2. Role: Inferred Resident
3. Clara Freer died in 1918 when Ethel was 22. She took over raising the younger childen particularly Gladys & Ernest (aged 11 & 8 respectively). They were known to refer to her as 'mam' demonstrating that she had taken on a motherly role.
4. Role: Mourner
5. Role: Occupant
6. After the 1926 miners strike there was no work. Forced a move from Ruabon to Nottingham.
7. Role: Witness
8. Brough Superior Motorbikes & Cars operated from 1919-1940
9. Role: Informant
10. Role: Resident (postcard to Gladys c/o Ethel & Bob)
11. (postcard to Gladys c/o Ethel & Bob)
12. Bob's and Ethel's ashes are buried at the side of the church wall
13. Cerebral Thrombosis - blood clot in brain (possibly leading to stroke) Arteria Sclerosis - hardening of the arteries Carcinoma of stomach - Gastric cancer

Citations

i. 1939 Register. RG 101. The National Archives of the UK, London; Page Nottingham, entry for Robert Owen household.; [Source Record]; Certainty Primary Evidence
ii. E-mail correspondence with Paul Blacknell. Privately held by Blacknell, [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,] Owen Ivor Owen [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,] to Paul Blacknell, e-mail<; privately held by Blacknell, [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,].; Page >, "Emails 25/9/2011 to 4/10/2011,"; [Source Record]; Certainty Secondary Evidence
iii. Birth Certificates.; Page birth certificate for Ethel Blacknell, born 15/2/1896; citing /257, Wrexham registration district, Ruabon sub-district; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
iv. "Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901." online database.; Page (accessed 8 Jun 2011), entry for 31; Class: RG13; Piece: 3184; Folio: 48; Page: 33.; [Source Record]; Certainty Secondary Evidence
v. "Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911." online database.; Page (accessed 23 Aug 2018), entry for Mary Ann Freer household, Dynhynlle Cottage near Ruabon; RD 621, SD 2, ED 6, SN 46; [Source Record]; Certainty Primary Evidence
vi. Death Certificates.; Page death certificate for Ethel Blacknell, died 16/4/1978; citing /223, Nottingham registration district, Nottingham sub-district; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
vii. Birth Certificates.; Page birth certificate for Gladys Blacknell, born 20 Jan 1907; citing /282, Q1 quarter 1907, Wrexham registration district, Ruabon sub-district; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
viii. "Baptisms," Certificates. .; Page entry for Ernest Blacknell; bapitsm register for parish of Ruabon 1911 page 338.; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
ix. interview by Paul Blacknell, personal knowledge, not recorded. 26/12/2004; Page Iola Hughes; [Source Record]; Certainty Secondary Evidence
x. https://newspapers.library.wales/; Page "Funeral Notices," 31 May 1918; digital images : accessed 17 Feb 2021), Llangollen Advertiser, Denbighshire, Merionethshire and North Wales Journal.; [Source Record]; Certainty Primary Evidence
xi. letter to Paul Blacknell, Feb 2005; privately held by Blacknell; [Source Record]; Certainty Secondary Evidence
xii. letter to Paul Blacknell, 10 Jun 2004; privately held by Blacknell; [Source Record]; Certainty Secondary Evidence
xiii. England and Wales, birth/marriage/death certificate; General Register Office, Southport.13; Page Death/Nottingham/Nottingham North/1948/31; Text 31 Twelfth January 1948 City Hospital Frederick BLACKNELL Male 80 years of 19 Acton Avenue Old Basford formerly a Farm Labourer I(a) Cerebral Thrombosis I(b) Arteria Sclerosis II Carcinoma of stomach E Owen Daughter of 19 Acton Avenue Old Basford Nottingham Thirteenth January 1948 J Toft Registrar; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
xiv. Death Certificates.; Page death certificate for Frederick Blacknell, died 12 Jan 1948; Nottingham registration district, Nottingham North sub-district; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
xv. letter to Paul Blacknell, Feb 2005; privately held by Blacknell; [Source Record]; Certainty Primary Evidence