Birth: 9 September 1903 Merton, Surrey, UK
Father: Albert Edward Ford 1863-1941
Mother: Ann (Annie) Croucher 1865-1942
Christening: 1 August 1906 Christ Church, Mitcham, Surrey, UK
Marriage: 16 June 1886 Christ Church, Mitcham, Surrey, UK
Wife: George William Farnish 1896-1968
Death: 14 November 1986 Wandsworth, Greater London, UK
Elsie Gwen Farnish 1930-2011
Eric George Farnish 1934-2014
Birth of Gwendoline Ford in FreeBMD in October-December 1903 in Croydon (2A 348).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912 for Gwendoline Ford born 9 September 1903 baptised 1 August 1906 at Mitcham, Christ Church, parents Albert Edward and Annie Ford. "Page 54 Baptism solemnised in the Parish of Christ Church, Mitcham in the Diocese of Southwark in the County of Surrey in the Year One thousand nine hundred and six. [...] 9.ix.03 August 1st 1906 No. 482 Gwendoline [parents] Albert Edward, [a] Carpenter, & Annie Ford [of] 19 Briscoe Road Colliers Wood". Her brother Harold John was baptised in the next entry.
Her sister was born on 24 December 1910 at 19 Briscoe Road, Colliers Wood, Merton.
In the 1911 census as Gwendolin (sic - on the original) Ford aged 7, born in Merton, Surrey, and living with her parents (Albert Edward and Annie), three brothers (Ernest Robert, Harold John, and William Walter), and three sisters (Ailsa Alberta, Irene Verita and Sylvia Emily) in four rooms at 19 Briscoe Road, Colliers Wood, Merton SW, Surrey.
In the 1921 census as Gwendoline Ford born in Merton, Surrey in 1903 and living with Anna Ford (mother?), Sylvia Ford (sister?), Jane Dengate, and Albert, William and Kathleen Dengate in Hastings, Sussex. Her father and family were living in Mitcham, Croydon, Surrey.
Marriage of Gwendoline Ford and George W Farnish in FreeBMD in July-September 1927 in Croydon (2A 854).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937 for Gwendoline Ford aged 23, father Albert Edward Ford, and George William Farnish on 30 July 1927 at Mitcham, Christ Church. "Page 226 [...] 1927 Marriage solemnized at Christ Church in the Parish of Mitcham in the County of Surrey. [No.] 452 July 30th 1927 George William Farnish [aged] 31 [a] Bachelor [and] Motor Fitter [of] 62 Robinson Rd. [father] George William Farnish [a] Draper's Traveller, [and] Gwendoline Ford [aged] 23 [a] Spinster [of] 19 Briscoe Rd [father] Albert Edward Ford [a] Builder. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Estd. Ch. after Banns [...] in the Presence of Annie Ford [and] Nellie Farnish."
Her daughter was registered in Croydon in 1930.
Five entries in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Gwendoline Farnish addresses 15 Briscoe Road, Mitcham from 1930 to 1932, other occupants George William Farnish (husband?), and two others to 1932, (her parents were living at No. 19), and 50 Boundary Road, Mitcham in 1933 and 1934, other occupant George William Farnish (husband?).
Her son was registered in Surrey Mid Eastern in 1934.
Five entries in Ancestry All Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Gwendoline Farnish address 50 Boundary Road, Colliers Wood from 1938, Mitcham from 1935 to 1939, other occupant George William Farnish (husband?).
Her husband died in Merton in October-December 1968.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Gwendoline Farnish, born 9 September 1903, in November 1992 in Wandsworth (15 1056).
There are eleven entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Gwendoline Ford.
Note that parts of Croydon including Merton were transfered to Surrey Mid Eastern on 1 April 1934, and Merton was created 1 April 1965.
Gwendoline Ford was my first cousin once removed.
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