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May FREER b. 15 May 1894 d. 27 Oct 1970

May FREER b. 15 May 1894 d. 27 Oct 1970 - Overview

Name #1 Full Name May FREERi
Forename May
Surname FREER
Name #2 Full Name Gladys FREERii, iii
Forename Gladys
Surname FREER
Sex Female
Birth 15 May 1894i, ii, iv, v, vi, vii, Adderley, Shropshire
Death 27 Oct 1970vii, viii, Tooting, London
Parents John FREER x Fanny DONE [Family]
Spouse William George MARCHANT b. 15 Aug 1894 d. 25 Jul 1981 [Family]
Children 1. Anne Patricia MARCHANT b. 21 Sep 1927
2. Esther MARCHANT b. 2 May 1931 d. 1931
Change Date Date 18 Feb 2021
Time 09:07

May FREERi, 6th child of John FREER and Fanny DONE [Family], was born on 15 May 1894i, ii, iv, v, vi, vii in Adderley, Shropshire. She died on 27 Oct 1970vii, viii at St. Georges Hospital Tooting, in Tooting, London aged 76. Cause of death - a) Congestive heart failure b) Intestinal obstruction c) carinoma of colon/Diverticulitis, diabetes, Ischemic heart disease. May was buriedviii in Streatham, London.

She was also known as Gladys FREERii, iii.

May resided on 2 Apr 1911vi in Church Stretton, Shropshire. She was a Under house maid on 2 Apr 1911vi in Church Stretton, Shropshire. On 3 Apr 1916 May was a Maidv in Whitchurch, Shropshire.

(Research):May Freer (GRO) listed as Gladys Freer in 1901 census. Year of birth ties is consistent. Gladys May Marchant dies 1970 in Wandsworth district. DOB 15 May 1894. Gladys May Marchant and William Marchant listed in 45 Glebe Avenue Electoral registers Mitcham 1931-39.

2 daughters listed.

   

Children

i    

Anne Patricia MARCHANTix was born on 21 Sep 1927ix, x, xi at n/a, in Ealing, Middlesex.

Anne was christened on 13 Nov 1927xii at St Stephen's, Ealing, in Ealing, Middlesex. Anne resided in 1939xi, 1 in Whitchurch, Shropshire.

 
ii    

Esther MARCHANT was born on 2 May 1931xiii, xiv in Mitcham, Surrey. She died in 1931xv in Mitcham, Surrey as an infant.

 

 

Notes

1. Evacuated to Terrick for part of the war. Not listed with parents in 1939 Register

Citations

i. Birth Certificates.; Page birth certificate for May Freer, born 15 May 1894; Market Drayton registration district, Moreton Say sub-district; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
ii. "Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901." online database.; Page entry for John Freer household, Adderley, Shropshire; [Source Record]; Certainty Primary Evidence
iii. Marriages in England and Wales . online database; Page entry for Gladys M Freer & William G Marchant, volume 6A, page 1707, Q3 quarter 1926, Whitchurch district; citing the General Register Office's England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes; [Source Record]; Certainty Secondary Evidence
iv. General Register Office, Southport; Page entry for May Freer, volume 6A, page 685, Q2 quarter 1894, Market Drayton district;; [Source Record]; Certainty Primary Evidence
v. "Passenger List for Orduna, Cunard Line."; Page Entry for Florence and Gladys Freer, New York to Liverpool, arriving 3 Apr 1916; [Source Record]; Certainty Primary Evidence
vi. "Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911." online database.; Page entry for Augusta Wood Acton household, Church Stretton, Shropshire; [Source Record]; Certainty Primary Evidence
vii. Death Certificates.; Page death certificate for Gladys May Marchant, died 27 Oct 1970; Wandsworth registration district, Wandsworth sub-district; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
viii. "Cemetery Records"; Page Crematorium memorial entry for Gladys May Marchant; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
ix. Birth Certificates.; Page birth certificate for Anne Patricia Marchant, born 21 Sep 1927; Brentford registration district, Ealing sub-district; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
x. "Births in England and Wales," online database; Page accessed 13 May 2020), entry for Anne P. Marchant, mother's maiden surname Freer.; [Source Record]; Certainty Secondary Evidence
xi. Marchant, Anne. Interview by Paul Blacknell. personal knowledge, not recorded. .; [Source Record]
xii. "Baptisms," Certificates. .; Page Anne Patricia Marchant, 13 Nov 1927.; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
xiii. "Births in England and Wales," online database; Page entry for Esther Marchant; mother's maiden surname Freer.; [Source Record]; Certainty Primary Evidence
xiv. Birth Certificates.; Page birth certificate for Esther Marchant, born 2 May 1931; Croydon registration district, Mitcham sub-district; [Source Record]; Certainty Unknown ('4')
xv. "Deaths in England and Wales," online database; Page entry for Esther Marchant; aged 0.; [Source Record]; Certainty Primary Evidence