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Absolutely Brilliant. Terry L.

Name MS Lexa Iris Elfreda Whitehead
Gender Female
Age 88
Birth Date 26/07/1918
Last Residence Maidstone, Kent, England
Postal Code District Me14
Death Date 19 Nov 2006

DoB fits birth reg


1939 Register
Hucking Hill Cottage, Bicknor, Hollingbourne R.D., Kent, England
Edwin Beadle 03 Oct 1873 Male Plumber Retired Widowed 17 1
Li?a J E Townly,Towerely 26 Jul 1918 Unknown Housekeeper - 17 2
Alfred A Waters 12 May 1897 Male Builder's Labourer Single 17 3

Image shows a change of surname recorded 1947........not necessarily by marriage

freebmd has a subsequent birth which matches that info


This is on freebmd

Marriages Jun 1976 (>99%)
WHITEHEAD GEORGE H L WHITEHEAD MAIDSTONE 16 1016
WHITEHEAD LEXA I E WHITEHEAD MAIDSTONE 16 1016

First name(s) Edith
Address Wierton
Last name Townly
Archive Kent History & Library Centre
Birth year 1914
Archive reference C/E/S/39/1/2
Birth date 25 Sep 1914
Book type Admissions
Event year 1920
Register type Admission register
School name Boughton Monchelsea National / Council / County Primary Schools
Record set National School Admission Registers & Log-Books 1870-1914
Town Boughton Monchelsea
Category Education & work
County Kent
Subcategory Schools & Education
Country England
Collections from Great Britain, England
Parent's name(s) Alfred Townly

Name Iris Alfreda Townly
Baptism Date 6 Sep 1922
Baptism Place Belvedere, Kent, England
Chapelry St Augustine of Canterbury
Father Alfred Townly
Mother Edith Townly


Name Edna Doreen Townly
Baptism Date 6 Sep 1922
Baptism Place Belvedere, Kent, England
Chapelry St Augustine of Canterbury
Father Alfred Townly
Mother Edith Townly


WW2 Women's Land Army Card
Name Miss Edna Doreen Townly
Employment Start Age 20
Birth Date 24 Aug 1922
Employment Start Date 29 May 1943
Employment End Date 11 Dec 1945
Street Address Little Culand Farm, Burham
Employment Place West Kent, United Kingdom
Occupation Optical Work


Marriages Jun 1947 (>99%)
TOWNLEY Edna D Wilson Maidstone 5b 1559
Wilson Tony J Townley Maidstone 5b 155


Name MS Edna Doreen Wilson
Gender Female
Age 100
Birth Date 24 Aug 1922
Last Residence Sittingbourne, Kent, England
Residence Region South East
Postal Code District Me10
Death Date 25 Jan 2022

Name Alfred N Townley
Death Age 87
Birth Date abt 1878
Registration Date 1965
Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun
Registration District Croydon
Inferred County Surrey
Volume 5a
Page 709

TOWNLY, EDITH MAY HOOK
GRO Reference: 1914 D Quarter in DARTFORD Volume 02A Page 1118

TOWNLY, IRIS ELFREDA HOOK
GRO Reference: 1918 S Quarter in DARTFORD Volume 02A Page 937

TOWNLY, EDNA DOREEN HOOK
GRO Reference: 1922 S Quarter in DARTFORD Volume 02A Page 1099

Hi, again. Thanks for all info sent..

Been busy writing up family history to pass on.

The son..................???????

Name Alfred Nathaniel Townley
Military Enlistment Date 1 Nov 1938
Military Enlistment Place Surrey, England
Regiment Queen's Royal West Surrey
Regiment Number 6088128

By 1921, Alfred was married to Edith, nee Hook

1921 Census Of England & Wales
Weerton Bell Cottage, Boughton, Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, England
Alfred Nathaniel Townby Head Male 1878 42 Bexleyheath, Kent, England General Farm Work Beadle And Beadle Agriculturists
Edith Hilda Townby Wife Female 1891 29 Plumstead, Kent, England Home Duties -
Alfred Nathaniel Townby Son Male 1906 14 Plumstead, Kent, England Farm Worker Beadle & Beadle Agriculturists
Gwendolen Alice Townby Daughter Female 1907 13 Plumstead, Kent, England - -
Winifred Jessie Townby Daughter Female 1909 12 Plumstead, Kent, England - -
Edith May Townby Daughter Female 1914 6 Abbey Wood, Kent, England - -
Iris Elfreda Townby Daughter Female 1918 2 Abbey Wood, Kent, England - -
Ernest Moody Visitor Male 1907 14 Plumstead, Kent, England Farm Worker Beadle & Beadle Agriculturists


Name Jessie Mabel Townley
Register Type Burial
Death Date 17 Apr 1913
Burial Date 22 Apr 1913
Burial Place Greenwich

" . . . the historical "C&T Corps" (Catering and Transport or Commissariat and Transport) is rooted in the British Army era of the camp (1855–1922)"

(Google AI - re Curragh Camp)

Jessica's birth:

From irishgenealogy.ie :

Birth record for Mabel Leach
Name: Mabel Leach
Year of Birth: 1884
Group Registration ID: 9740093
SR District/Reg Area: Naas

Mabel Jessie Leach
Born 22/1 /1884 at Curragh Camp.

Father: Thomas Leach, Curragh Camp - Private, C&T Corps.
Mother: Louisa Leach, formerly Foreman.

1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Hilsea Barracks, Wymering, Fareham, Hampshire, England

First name(s) Louisa
Hamlet Hilsea
Last name Foreman
Parish Wymering
Sex Female
County Hampshire
Relationship Daughter
Country England
Birth year 1862
Registration district Fareham
Age 9
Sub-district Fareham
Census year 1871
Enumeration district -
Birth town Curragh
Archive series RG10
Birth county -
Piece number 1156
Birth county as transcribed IRELAND
Folio 72
Birth country Ireland
Page 20
Birth place Curragh Ireland
Schedule 0
Marital status -
Record set 1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Occupation -
Category Census, land & surveys
Full address Hilsea Barracks, Wymering, Fareham, Hampshire, England
Subcategory Census
Street Hilsea Barracks
Collections from Great Britain, England
© Findmypast

From original -

George Foreman. Head of family. 35. Sergeant Army Service Corps. b Taunton, Somerset
Louisa Foreman. Wife. 28. Fulham, Middx
Mary. Daughter. 11. Norwood.Middx
Louisa. Daughter. 9. Curragh, Ireland
Frederick. Son. 7. Curragh
William. Son. 1. Aldershot, Hants

EDIT - George's PoB given as Taunton but looking at other census, probably Twerton, near Bath

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census
22, Durham Road, Islington, London & Middlesex, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Louis Joyce Head Married Male 25 1856 Carman (army reserve) Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Mary Joyce Wife Married Female 20 1861 - Norwood, Surrey, England
Florence Joyce Daughter Single Female 0 1881 - Islington, Middlesex, England
Louisa J Leach Sister law Married Female 19 1862 - Ireland
William J Leach Nephew Single Male 1 1880 - Woolwich, Kent, England

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Dec 1879 (>99%)
FOREMAN Mary Woolwich 1d 1593
JOYCE Louis Woolwich 1d 1593

Also via the Irish Genealogy site -
Florence Louisa Leach b 5 January 1882 at 5 Union Place, Dublin South. Father a soldier.

Once again a big thank you to all you brilliant researchers.
Thought it might be Irish birthplace for Jessica Mabel.

All the best, Terry L.

1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Chatham, Medway, Kent, England

First name(s) Thomas Matthew
Parish Chatham
Last name Leach
City Chatham
Relationship Head
County Kent
Marital status Married
Country England
Sex Male
Registration district Medway
Age 32
Sub district Gillingham
Birth year 1859
Parliamentary borough or division Chatham
Birth town Colchester
Municipal borough or ward St Mary
Birth county Essex
Ecclesiastical parish or district St Mary
Birth county as transcribed ESSEX
Archive reference RG12
Birth place England
Piece number 666
Occupation Corporal army service corp
Folio 65
Institution name Upper & Lower Chatham Barracks
Page 13
Institution location Chatham
Schedule 7
Full address Chatham, Medway, Kent, England
Record set 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census
House number -
Category Census, land & surveys
Street -
Subcategory Census
Town Chatham
Collections from Great Britain, England
© Findmypast

From original - Also with him -
Louisa Jane 29
William John 11
Florence Louisa 9
Jessie Mabel 7
Edith Jane 6
Ada Black 4
George Thomas 3
Albert Edward 1

London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940

Name Matthew Thomas Leach
Gender Male
Marriage Age 20
Record Type Marriage
Birth Date abt 1859
Marriage Date 27 Oct 1879
Marriage Place Saint John, Woolwich: Wellington Street, Greenwich, England
Father
Matthew Leach
Spouse
Louisa Jane Foreman
Register Type Parish Register


From original -
Matthew - Bachelor. Private soldier. Army ? Service Corps. ASC Barracks at time of marriage. s/o Matthew Leach a Cab Driver
Louisa aged 17. Spinster. Of 8 Walpole Place. d/o George Foreman a Groom.
Both signed.
Witnesses - Louis Joyce and Mary Foreman

Not finding Jessica's birth reg. but here is Edith's

Edith Jane Leach birth Reg'd 23 May 1885 d/o Thomas Leach a Private in the ? C+T Corps of Curragh Camp. Mother Louisa formerly Foreman

https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1885/02637/1972796.pdf

Google - C&T Corps in Curragh Camp - Catering and Transport Corps historically

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

Marriages Dec 1879 (>99%)
FOREMAN Louisa Jane Woolwich 1d 1592
LEACH Matthew Thomas Woolwich 1d 1592

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census
53, Henry Street, Woolwich, London & Kent, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Matthew T Leach Head Married Male 42 1859 General labourer Colchester, Essex, England
Louisa J Leach Wife Married Female 39 1862 - Ireland
William J Leach Son Single Male 21 1880 General labourer Woolwich, Kent, England
Jessie M Leach Daughter Single Female 17 1884 Short hand Ireland
Edith J Leach Daughter Single Female 15 1886 Domestic servant Ireland
Ada B Leach Daughter Single Female 14 1887 - Woolwich, Kent, England
George T Leach Son Single Male 13 1888 - Aldershot, Hampshire, England
Albert E Leach Son Single Male 11 1890 - Colchester, Essex, England
Emily M Leach Daughter Single Female 8 1893 - Aldershot, Hampshire, England
Alfred H Leach Son Single Male 6 1895 - Ireland
Hettie Leach Daughter Single Female 2 1899 - Woolwich, Kent, England
Robert D Leach Son Single Male 0 1901 - Woolwich, Kent, England

The letter ‘r’ is often misread as ‘v’. Making Kildave Kildare.

Curragh Camp, County Kildare, Ireland

Army base