Birth: 12 November 1890 Tooting, Surrey, UK
Father: Albert Edward Ford 1863-1941
Mother: Ann (Annie) Croucher 1865-1942
Christening: 9 April 1899 Christ Church, Mitcham, Surrey, UK
Marriage: 28 March 1921 Christ Church, Mitcham, Surrey, UK
Husband: John William Goodrum 1877-1944
Death: July-September 1959 Wandsworth, London, UK
Leslie J Goodrum 1925-1927
John Clifford Goodrum 1929-200
Birth of Stella Maria Ford in FreeBMD in October-December 1890 in Wandsworth (1D 714).
In the 1891 census as Stella Ford aged 4 months, born in Francham (looks more like Frensham, and is dittoed from mother, and unlikely to be correct), Surrey, and living with her parents (Albert and Annie) and sister (Vera) in three rooms at 4 Dorcas Terrace, Trevelyan Road, Tooting Graveney, Surrey (between Tooting High Street A24 and Mitcham Road A217 north of railway line).
Her sister and brother were registered in Wandsworth in 1892 and 1895 and second sister in Croydon in 1897, and her brother was baptised at Christ Church, Mitcham on 30 January 1898 when they were living at Spring Cottage.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1921 for Stella Maria Ford aged 8 on 9 April 1899 at Christ Church, The City of Mitcham, parents Albert Edward and Annie Ford. "Page 71 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of [blank] in the County of [blank] in the Year One thousand eight hundred and [blank] [...] 1899 April 9 No. 562 Stella Maria [parents] Albert Edward [an] Artisan & Annie Ford [of] Spring Cottage." Her two sisters were baptised in the two previous entries on the same day. The first two blanks are completed on Page 61 as "Christ Church:Mitcham" and "Surrey".
In the 1901 census as Stella Ford aged 10, born in Tooting, Surrey, and living with her parents (Albert and Annie), brother (Ernest) and four sisters (Alisa, Dorris, Trena and Vera) at High Street, Colliers Wood, Mitcham, Surrey.
Her brother was christened on 28 July 1901 at Christ Church, Mitcham when they were living at Spring Gardens, her brother and sister were baptised on 1 August 1906 at Christ Church, Mitcham when they were living at 19 Briscoe Road, and her sister was baptised on 8 March 1911 at Christ Church, Mitcham when they were living at 19 Briscoe Road.
In the 1911 census as Stella Maria Ford aged 20, born in Wandsworth, Surrey, single, and a servant living with Arthur John Bacchus (aged 51, born in Lambeth, Surrey and a stock share dealer), his wife (Alice Jane aged 54 and born in Walworth, Surrey), and two sons (Arthur Gordon aged 26 and born in Lambeth, Surrey, single and a stock share dealer, and Leslie Hallam aged 20, born in Wandsworth, single and a farmers assistant) in twelve rooms at 179 Trinity Road, Upper Tooting, Surrey.
Marriage of Stella M Ford and John W Goodrum in FreeBMD in January-March 1921 in Croydon (2A 622).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937 for the marriage of Stella Maria Ford aged 31, father Albert Edward Ford, and John William Goodrun (sic) on 28 March 1921 1921 at Mitcham Christ Church. "Page 241 1921 Marriage solemnized at Christ Church in the Parish of Mitcham in the County of Surrey [...] [No.] 481 March 28. 1921. John William Goodrum [aged] 43 [a] B [and] Shop Assistant? [of] 25 Parke Road: Sittingbourne [father] John William Goodrum [a] Retired Bricklayer, [and] Stella Maria Ford [aged] 31 [a] S [of] 19 Biscoe Rd: [father] Albert Edward Ford [a] General Labourer. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Estd: Church after banns [...] in the Presence of us Alfred Ernest Goodrom [and] Ernest Robert Ford."
In the 1921 census as Stella Maria Goodrum born in Tooting, London in 1890, and living with John William Goodrum (husband?) in Milton, Kent.
Her first son wwas registered in Wisbech in 1925 and died in Wandsworth in 1927 and second son was registered in Wandsworth in 23 January 1929.
Nine entries in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Stella Maria Goodrum addresses 1 Chertsey Stret SW17, Tooting, Wandsworth from 1927 to 1930, other occupants John William Goodrum and another family; 47 St James Road SW17, Springfield, Wandsworth in 1933, other occupants John William Goodrum and another family; 41 Derington Road SW17, Balham, Wandsworth from 1935 to 1936, other occupant John William Goodrum; and 59 Cowick Road, SW17, Tooting, Wandsworth from 1938 to 1939, other occupant John William Goodrum.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Stella M Goodrum born 12 November 1891 (sic), married, and living with John W Goodrum (husband?) and John C Goodrum (son?) at 59 Cowick Road, Wandsworth (just south of Tooting Bec), London.
Her husband died in Battersea in July-September 1944.
Five entries in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Stella M Goodrum address and 59 Cowick Road, SW17, Tooting, Wandsworth from 1951 to 1959, other occupant John C Goodrum (son?) to 1957.
Death of Stella M Goodrum in FreeBMD in July-September 1959 aged 68 in Wandsworth (5D 567).
There are ten entries in Ancestry Family Trees Stella Maria Ford.
Stella Maria Ford was my first cousin once removed. Her husband was a brother of the husband of her sister Vera who had married in 1916.
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