Birth: 6 January 1904 114 Stainsby Road, Limehouse, London, UK
Father: Charles Free 1869-1940
Mother: Phoebe Johnson 1968-1907
Christening: 24 February 1904 St Anne, Commercial Road, Limehouse, London, UK
Marriage: 22 October 1938 St Benet Fink, Walpole Road, Tottenham, Middlesex, UK
Husband: Arthur Christopher Harris 1900-1972
Death: 6 June 1993 6 Hatley Close, Friern Barnet, Greater London, UK
None known
Birth of Margery Violet Free in FreeBMD in January-March 1904 in Poplar (1c 652). Note that Poplar did not include Limehouse which was in Stepney.
Entry in Ancestry All London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 for Margery Violet Free baptised on 24 February 1904 in Limehouse St Anne, Tower Hamlets, parents Charles and Phoebe Free. "Page 98 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of St Anne, Limehouse, in the County of Middlesex in the Year One thousand, nine hundred and four. 1904 Feby 24 Born Jany 6 No. 486 Margery Violet, [parents] Charles, [a] milkman, [and] Phoebe Free [of] 114 Stainsby Rd, godparent Phoebe Beaumont [of] 77 Stainsby Rd".
Her mother's death was registered in January-March 1907 in Poplar, and her father married Julia Patient on 7 June 1908 at St Anne, Limehouse.
Her half-sister was born on 6 May 1909 in Limehouse and registered in April-June 1909 in Poplar.
In the 1911 census as Marjorie Free aged 7, born in Limehouse and living with her father (Charles), (step)mother (Julia), two sisters (Doris and Hilda) and (half)sister (Emily) in four rooms at 114 Stainsby Road, Limehouse, Poplar E.
Her half-sister was born on 15 January 1916 and registered in January-March 1916 in Poplar.
In the 1921 census as Marjorie Free aged 17 years 5 months, born in Limehouse, Middlesex, single, a warehouse assistant employed by James Blair & Son Merchants Corset Manufacturers of 16 Fore Street Bromley by Bow Out of Work (not indexed), and living with her father and stepmother (Charles and Julia), sister (Doris) and two half-sisters (Ellen and Emily) in four rooms at 14 Stainsby Road, Poplar E14, London, Middlesex.
There are eight entries in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 results for Marjorie Violet Free from 1930 to 1938 address 114 Stainsby Road, Poplar, other occupants Charles Free (father?), Julia Free (stepmother?), Doris Irene Free (sister?), Emily Evelyn Free (half-sister?), and Emily Patient (step grandmother?), and Ellen (half-sister?) in 1937 and 1938.
Marriage of Margery V Free and Arthur C Harris in FreeBMD in October-December 1938 in Edmonton (3a 2090).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940 for the marriage of Margery Violet Free aged 34, single, father Charles, and Arthur Christopher Harris on 22 October 1938 at St Benet Fink, Walpole Road, Tottenham, Haringey, Middlesex. "Page 191 [...] 1938. Marriage solemnized at S. Benet Fink Church in the Parish of Tottenham in the County of Middlesex [No.] 382 October 22nd 1938 Athur Christopher Harris [aged] 38 [a] Bachelor [and] Commercial Traveller [of] 9 Saxon Road [father] Athur Harris deceased, [and] Margery Violet Free [aged] 34 [a] Spinster [and] Receptionist [of] 114 Stainsby Road Poplar [father] Charles Free Retired. Married in the Church of S. Benet Fink accoring to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England after Banns [...] in the Presence of us, Ernest Albert Harriis [and] Charles Free".
Entry in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Margery Violet Harris address 6 Hatley Close, Friern Barnet, Finchley in 1939, other occupant Arthur Christopher Harris (husband?).
In the All 1939 England and Wales Register for Margery V Harris born 10 (sic - in the index, 6 on the original) January 1904, married, and living with Arthur C Harris (husband?) at 6 Hatley Close N11, Friern Barnet, Middlesex.
There are fifteen entries in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Margery V Harris from 1949 to 1965, address 6 Hatley Close NW11, Friern Barnet, Finchley, other occupant Arthur C Harris (husband?).
Her husband died on 8 September 1972 at 6 Hatley Close and left effects of £14450.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Margery Violet Harris, born on 6 January 1904, in June 1993 in Hendon (A33C 2351A 131).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Margery Violet Harris died 6 June 1993 in Friern Barnet London, probate 28 September 1993 in Ipswich. "Harris, Margery Violet of 6 Hatley Close Friern Barnet London N11 died 6 June 1993 administration with will Ipswich 28 September not exceeding £125000".
There are thirteen entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Margery Violet Free.
Margery Violet Free was my ninth cousin twice removed.
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