Birth: 14 February 1887 Gosport, Hampshire, UK
Father: George Davis
Mother: Unknown
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 7 August 1909 St Peter, Woking, Surrey, UK
Husband: William Howard 1887-1916
Marriage: 8 June 1918 St Peter, Woking, Surrey, UK
Husband: William Joseph Lee 1889-1958
Death: April-June 1948 SW Surrey, UK
None known
I cannot locate an entry for her birth or christening or in the 1891 census.
In the 1901 census as Florence Davies (sic - on the original) aged 15, born in Gosport, Hampshire, a printers book folder, and living with her widowed aunt (Sarah Burtenshaw aged 56, and born in Lambeth, London, and a charwoman) and a boarder (Hugh Andrews aged 37, born in Scotland, single and a printing warehouseman) in four rooms at Shackleford, Woking, Surrey.
Marriage of Florence Priscilla E Davis and William Howard in FreeBMD in July-September 1909 in Guildford (2a 217).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937 for the marriage of Florence Priscilla Elizabeth Davis, father George Davis, and William Howard on 7 August 1909 at Woking, St Peter. "1909 Marriage solemnized at The Parish Church in the Parish of Woking in the County of Surrey. [No.] 239 Aug 7 1909 William Howard [aged] 22, [a] Bachelor [and] Able Seaman R.N. [of] Woking, [father] William Howard, [a] Labourer, [and] Florence Priscilla Elizabeth Davis [aged] 22, [a] Spinster [of] Woking, [father] George Davis Deceased. Married in the Parish Church of Woking according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns".
In the 1911 Census as Florence Priscilla Elizabeth Howard aged 24, born in Gosport, Hampshire, married for two years with no children, and boarding with William and Emily Lee (future parents-in-law), William Joseph Lee (future husband?), Sarah Emily Evangeline Lee (future sister-in-law?) and James Edes (nephew of William Lee, aged 17, born in Guildford, Surrey, single and an apprentice composer for Unwins Printers) in five rooms at 14 Hipley Street, Woking Village, Woking.
Entry in Ancestry UK, World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923 for Florence Howard born 14 February 1887, married 7 August 1909, spouse William Howard.
Her husband died on 1 June 1916 when the HMS Ardent, a destroyer, was sunk in the Battle of Jutland, in the North Sea.
Entry in Ancestry UK, World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923 for Florence Howard born 14 February 1887, married 7 August 1909 spouse William Howard died 1 June 1916 on HMS Ardent.
Marriage of Florence P E Howard and William J Lee in FreeBMD in April-June 1918 in Guildford (2a 230).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937 for the marriage of Florence Priscilla Elizabeth Howard, father George Davis, and William Joseph Lee on 8 June 1918 at Woking, St Peter. "Page 193 [...] 1918 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Woking in the County of Surrey. [No.] 386 June 8 1915 William Joseph Lee [aged] 29, [a] Bachelor [and] Labourer [of] 14 Hipley Street, Old Woking, [father] William Lee [a] Soldier, [and] Florence Preiscilla Elizabeth Howard [aged] 31, [a] Widow [of] 12 Hipley Street, Old Woking, [father] George Davis (Deceased). Married in the Parish Church of Woking according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church by Licence [...] in the Presence of us William Howard [and] Arthur Haker?".
There are twenty two entries in Ancestry All Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Florence Lee addresses 22 Hipley Street, Woking, Farnham in 1919, other occupant Wm Lee (husband?) and another family, and 23 Hipley Street, Woking, Farnham from 1920 to 1939, other occupants Wm Lee (husband?) to 1930, William Lee (husband?) from 1931 to 1932, William Joseph Lee (husband?) from 1933, Ernest Neave from 1922 to 1924, Ernest Neve from 1925 to 1926, Ernest North from 1925 to 1929, and Gilbert Lomas Butler in 1938.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Florence P E Lee born 14 February 1887, married and living with William J Lee (husband?) and Albert E Johnson at 23 Hipley Street, Woking, Surrey.
There are three entries in Ancestry All Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Florence Lee address 23 Hipley Street, Woking Village, Woking, Farnham from 1945 to 1947, other occupants William J Lee (husband?), William J Bateman in 1945, Fred A and Ellen Butt in 1946, and Harold J King and Joseph W Stevens in 1947.
Death of Florence P E Lee in FreeBMD in April-June 1948 aged 60 in Surrey SW (5g 680).
There are eleven entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Florence Priscilla Elizabeth Davis
Florence Priscilla Elizabeth Davis was the wife of William Howard, my first cousin once removed.
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