See also

Family of William George HARDY and Catherine ROPER

  • Husband:

  • William George HARDY (1871- )

  • Wife:

  • Catherine ROPER (1878- )

  • Marriage:

  •  

  •  

Husband: William George HARDY

  • Name:

  • William George HARDY

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Robert HARDY (c. 1832-c. 1917)

  • Mother:

  • Harriet DALE (1837-c. 1885)

  • Birth:

  • 10 Nov 1871

  • Tharston1,2

  • Census:

  • 1881 (age 9-10)

  • Tharston3

  •  

  • Address: Tasburgh Road, Tharston

    9, scholar, living with parents Robert (48, lime burner) and Harriet (43), and siblings Robert (19, agricultural labourer),Emma (13, scholar), Martha (11, scholar), Edward (7, scholar), Rosa (4, scholar), Anna M (2) and David (7mths)

  • Enlisted (Military):

  • 25 Oct 1887 (age 15)

  •  

  •  

  • joined the Royal Navy serving on the training vessel H.M.S. Impregnable as Boy 2nd Class

  • Military Rank:

  • 10 Nov 1889 (age 18)

  • Ordinary Seaman

  •  

  • now 18 years old he started 'Man Service', serving on several vessels in the next few years

  • Military Rank:

  • 29 Aug 1900 (age 28)

  • Leading Seaman

  •  

  • promoted whilst serving on the frigate H.M.S. Wye

  • Census:

  • 1901 (age 29-30)

  • Sheerness, Kent4

  •  

  • Address: 'Army & Navy Inn' 38 High Street, Sheerness, Kent

    29, Able Seaman R.N. H.M.S. 'Wye', visitor in the household of William PATIENCE (42, licenced victualler)

  • Military Rank:

  • 1 Jan 1905 (age 33)

  • Chief Petty Officer

  •  

  • promoted whilst serving on the frigate H.M.S. Leander

  • Military Service:

  • 14 Apr 1911 (age 39)

  • shore based service

  •  

  • serving at Pembroke I, President and Daedalus

  • Transferred (Military):

  • 23 Apr 1918 (age 46)

  • R.A.F. A.C.S. Kingsnorth

  •  

  • given the rank of Flight Sergeant and is thought to have worked on airships

  • Military discharge:

  • 30 Apr 1920 (age 48)

  •  

  • 1939 Register:

  • 1939 (age 67-68)

  • Dagenham, Essex2

  •  

  • Address: 43 Butler Road, Dagenham, Essex

    retired Customs Officer, Royal Navy pensioner, b. 10.11.1871

Wife: Catherine ROPER

  • Name:

  • Catherine ROPER

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 27 May 18782

  •  

  • 1939 Register:

  • 1939 (age 60-61)

  • Dagenham, Essex2

  •  

  • Address: 43 Butler Road, Dagenham, Essex

    unpaid domestic duties, b. 27.05.1878

Sources

1.

Civil Registration - birth. 1871 Q3 Depwade 4B 217. Cit. Date: Q3 1871.

2.

1939 Registration. RG101/1093E/004/24 : CCTW. Cit. Date: 1939.

3.

1881 Census. RG11 1969 51 3. Cit. Date: 1881.

4.

1901 Census. RG13 816 28 7. Cit. Date: 1901.


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Tharston Past

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