Birth: 12 February 1919 117 Beaufoy Road, Battersea, London, UK
Father: John James Pope 1883-1952
Mother: Sarah Jane Sibley 1886-1954
Christening: 18 May 1919 St Bartholomew, Battersea, London, UK
Marriage: July-September 1954 Sidcup, Kent, UK
Husband: Oliver Edgar Martin 1893-1973
Death: March 1997 Lambeth, Greater London, UK
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Birth of Vera Elizabeth Pope, mother's maiden name Sibley, in FreeBMD in January-March 1919 in Wandsworth (1D 598).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923 for Vera Elizabeth Pope born 12 February 1919 and baptised on 18 May 1919 at St Bartholomew, Battersea, Wandsworth, parents James John and Sarah Jane Pope. "Page 135 Baptisms Solemnized in the Parish of Saint Bartholomew, Battersea in the County of Surrey in the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and [blank] [...] [born] February 12th 1919 1919 May 18thNo. [blank] Vera Elizabeth [parents] James John [a] Labourer & Sarah Jane Pope [of] 117 Beaufoy Road".
In the 1921 census as Vera Elizabeth Pope aged 2 years 4 months, born in Battersea, Surrey, both parents alive, and living with her parents (James John and Sarah Jane), brother (William Harry) and sister (Winifred May) in 3 rooms at 117 Beaufoy Road, Battersea, Surrey.
Her brother was born on 25 July 1924 and registered in July-September 1924 in Wandsworth.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Vera E Pope changed to Martin born 12 February 1919, single, a domestic servant, and living withJames J and Sarah Pope (parents?) and Leslie G Pope (brother?) at 55 Penshurst Road, Chislehurst and Sidcup, Kent.
Marriage of Vera E Pope and Oliver E Martin in FreeBMD in July-September 1954 in Sidcup (5B 1756).
Seven entries in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Vera E Martin, address 19 Wimpole Road, St Marylebone, Westminster in 1957 to 1964, other occupant Oliver E Martin (husband?) and other families.
Her husband died in July-September 1973 in Wandsworth.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Vera Elizabeth Martin, born on 12 February 1919, in March 1997 in Lambeth (D54 2411D 159).
There are three entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Vera Elizabeth Pope.
Vera Elizabeth Pope was the wife of Oliver Edgar Martin, husband of Rose Annie Stratford, wife of Herbert Cowles, my fifth cousin.
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