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Personal data Walter Charles Cook Courtnage 

  • He was born on April 4, 1867 in Union Workhouse, Richmond, Surrey. England.Sources 1, 2
    Name: Walter Charles Courtneidge Year of Registration: 1867 Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun District: Richmond Sry County: Surrey Volume: 2a Page: 277
  • He was baptized on October 12, 1867 in Barnes, Surrey. England.Source 2
  • Occupations:
    • Joined the army at 13 years old.Source 1
    • in the year 1899 Drum Major 2nd Bedford Regiment.Source 1
      Walter was recalled to go to South Africa 4th December 1898 (Boar War) and Bessie and her 2 children Charles and Gwen went to live in Devonport where Bessie's mother lived.
    • in the year 1911 Army Pensioner and Barrack Warden.Sources 1, 3
  • Resident in the year 1911: 138 Wilson Road, Reading Berkshire.Source 3
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    1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
    138 Wilson Road Reading, Reading, Berkshire, England

    First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Occupation Age Birth year Birth place
    Walter Charles Courtnage Head Married Male Army Pensioner Barrack Warden 43 1868 Richmond Surrey
    Bessie Jane Courtnage Wife Married Female - 36 1875 Edinburgh Scotland Resident
    Charles Henry Courtnage Son - Male Private Labourer 14 1897 Aldershot Hants
    Gwendoline Hettie Courtnage Daughter - Female School 12 1899 Dublin Minster Resident
    John Edward Courtnage Son - Male School 7 1904 Devonport Devon
    Donald Rhuben Courtnage Son - Male School 5 1906 Tidworth Wiltshire
    Gordon Courtnage Son - Male - 2 1909 Devonport Devon
  • He died on 4TH Q 1938 in Reading, Berkshire. England, he was 70 years old.
    Name: Walter C Courtnage Death Registration Month/Year: 1938 Age at death (estimated): 71 Registration district: Reading Inferred County: Berkshire Volume: 2c Page: 428
  • A child of Name Not Known and Eliza Cook
  • This information was last updated on September 18, 2022.

Household of Walter Charles Cook Courtnage

He is married to Bessie Jane McDonald.

They got married on September 11, 1895 at Stoke Dameral, Plymouth, Devon. England, he was 28 years old.

Name: Walter Charles Courtnage Year of Registration: 1895 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep District: Stoke Damerel County: Devon Volume: 5b Page: 653

First name(s) BESSIE JANE Last name MACDONALD Marriage quarter 3 Marriage year 1895 Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ BESSIE JANE MACDONALD married one of these people WALTER CHARLES COURTNAGE, FREDERICK POLLMER
District STOKE DAMEREL District number - County Devon Country England Volume 5B Page 653

Child(ren):

  4. Donald Ruben Courtnage  1906-1988 
  5. Gordon Courtnage  1908-1974

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Walter Charles Cook Courtnage

Henry Cook
1800-1864
Jane Sadler
1810-1853
Eliza Cook
1835-1909

Walter Charles Cook Courtnage
1867-1938

1895

Bessie Jane McDonald
1869-1949

Charles Hennie Courtnage
1896-1948
Gwendoline Hetty Courtnage
1899-1983
John Edward Courtnage
1903-1975
Donald Ruben Courtnage
1906-1988
Gordon Courtnage
1908-1974

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    Sources

    1. From Betty Judge in Australia (Gjudge@bigpond.net.au)
    2. From Archie PAXTON Ewell Surrey. archie@paxtona.freeserve.co.uk, From Archie PAXTON Ewell Surrey. archie@paxtona.freeserve.co.uk
    3. 1911 Census England, 2nd April 1911

    Historical events

    Birthday April 4, 1867

    • The temperature on April 4, 1867 was about 11.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 27 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
    • In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • February 28 » Seventy years of Holy See–United States relations are ended by a Congressional ban on federal funding of diplomatic envoys to the Vatican and are not restored until January 10, 1984.
      • March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.
      • March 30 » Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
      • April 1 » Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
      • November 9 » Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.
      • December 13 » A Fenian bomb explodes in Clerkenwell, London, killing six.

    Christening day October 12, 1867

    • The temperature on October 12, 1867 was about 11.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
    • In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • February 13 » Work begins on the covering of the Senne, burying Brussels's primary river and creating the modern central boulevards.
      • March 30 » Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
      • May 3 » The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.
      • June 8 » Coronation of Franz Joseph as King of Hungary following the Austro-Hungarian compromise (Ausgleich).
      • July 1 » The British North America Act takes effect as the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia join into confederation to create the modern nation of Canada. Sir John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Canada. This date is commemorated annually in Canada as Canada Day, a national holiday.
      • November 3 » Giuseppe Garibaldi and his followers are defeated in the Battle of Mentana and fail to end the Pope's Temporal power in Rome (it would be achieved three years later).

    Day of marriage September 11, 1895

    • The temperature on September 11, 1895 was about 17.4 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • January 5 » Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
      • May 25 » Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
      • September 3 » John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12-0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
      • October 22 » In Paris an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33ft) to the road below.
      • November 5 » George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
      • December 28 » The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.
    

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