Birth: 29 August 1908 Weymouth, Dorset, UK
Father: Arthur Henry Chalk 1873-1938
Mother: Edith Jessie Williams 1881-1975
Christening: 22 November 1908 Fleet, Dorset, UK
Marriage: April-June 1931 Southampton, Hampshire, UK
Husband: Basil George Heavers 1906-1965
Death: 18 May 1987 11 Bibury Crescent, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, UK
Paul Barry Heavers 1943-2021
Birth of Gertrude Mary Chalk in FreeBMD in October-December 1908 in Weymouth (5A 261).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Dorset Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1999 for Gertrude Mary Chalk baptised 22 November 1908 in Fleet, Dorset, parents Arthur Henry and Edith Jessie Chalk.
In the 1911 census as Gertrude Mary Chalk aged 2, born in Fleet, Dorset, and living with her parents (Arthur Henry and Edith Jessie) and sister (Jessie Ivy) in five rooms at 10 The Redoubt, Coastguard Station, Dungeness Via New Romney, Lydd, Kent.
I cannot locate her in the 1921 census. Her parents and two sisters were living in The Garrison, St Marys, Scilly Isles.
Marriage of Gertrude M Chalk and Basil G Heavers in FreeBMD in April-June 1931 in Southampton (2C 37).
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Gertrude M Heavers born 29 August 1908, married, a ladies hairdresser, and living with Basil G Heavers (husband?), Rose Goames (sic - in the index, Soames changed to Miners, born 5 July 1914 and a domestic servant, and two others) at 37-37A College Green, Bristol, Gloucestershire.
Her son was born on 30 June 1943 and registered in July-September 1943 in Bristol.
Entry in Ancestry Gloucestershire, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1974 for Gertrude M Heavers address 53 Downend Road, Mangotsfield, Thornbury in 1948, other occupants Basil G Heavers(husband?) and Florence H Wallace.
Her husband died on 22 November 1965 at The Royal Infirmary, Bristol, but lived at 86 Kings Drive, Bishopston, Bristol, and left £44634 to Gertrude Mary Heavers widow.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Gertrude Mary Heavers born on 29 August 1908, in Bristol (22 917) in May 1987.
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Gertrude Mary Heavers died 18 May 1987 in Henleaze, Bristol, probate 13 November 1987. "Heavers, Gertrude Mary of 11 Bibury Cres Henleaze Bristol died 18 May 1987 Probate Bristol 13 November £248348".
There are thirteen entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Gertrude Mary Chalk.
Bristol was in the county of Avon between 1974 and 1996.
Gertrude Mary Chalk was the wife of Basil George Heavers, my first cousin once removed.
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