The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Elsie Minnie Blatchford (1908-1981)

Personal data Elsie Minnie Blatchford 

  • She was born on September 4, 1908 in St. Thomas, Devon. England.
    First name(s) ELSIE MINNIE
    Last name BLATCHFORD
    Birth year 1908
    Birth quarter 4
    Registration month -
    Mother's last name -
    District St. Thomas
    County Devon
    Country England
    Volume 5B
    Page 42
  • She was christened on May 15, 1910 in Rewe, Devon.
    First name(s) Elsie Minnie Last name Blatchford Birth year 1908 Birth date 04 Sep 1908 Baptism year 1910
    Baptism date 15 May 1910
    Denomination Anglican
    Baptism place Rewe
    Father's first name(s) Frank
    Mother's first name(s) Elizabeth Anne
    County Devon
    Archive South West Heritage Trust
    Archive reference 1255A/PR/1/4
    Record set Devon Baptisms
  • Profession: in the year 1939 Paper Mill Sorter.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1911: Parsonage Lane, Silverton Near Exeter, Devon.
      1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Parsonage Lane Silverton Near Exeter, Silverton, Devon, England
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      Print transcription View image Household Members
      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Occupation Age Birth year Birth place
      Annie Blackford Head Widow Female - 32 1879 Silverton Devon
      William Blackford Son - Male School 12 1899 Silverton Devon
      Frank Blackford Son - Male School 10 1901 Upxe Devon
      George Blackford Son - Male School 8 1903 Upxe Devon
      Florence Blackford Daughter - Female - 6 1905 Upxe Devon
      Lilian Blackford Daughter - Female - 4 1907 Upxe Devon
      Elsie Blackford Daughter - Female - 2 1909 Upxe Devon
      Sidney Blackford Son - Male - 0 1911 Silverton Devon
    • in the year 1939: High Street, Thames Ditton, Kingston, Surrey.
      Matthews Household (2 People)
      High Street , Tiverton R.D., Devon, England

      FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB SEX OCCUPATION MARITAL STATUS SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SUB NUMBER
      Henry Matthews 24 Mar 1905 Male Lorry Mate Heavy Worker Married 46 1
      Elsie (M) Matthews 04 Sep 1908 Female Paper Mill Sorter Married 46 2
  • She died on 1ST Q 1981 in Exeter, Devon. England, she was 72 years old.
    First name(s) ELSIE MINNIE Last name MATTHEWS Gender Female Birth day 4 Birth month 9 Birth year 1908
    Age - Death quarter 1 Death year 1981 District Exeter County Devon Volume 21
    Page 1079
    Country England
  • This information was last updated on September 14, 2018.

Household of Elsie Minnie Blatchford

She is married to Henry John Matthews.

They got married on 4TH Q 1937 at Tiverton, Devon. England, she was 28 years old.

First name(s) HENRY J Last name MATTHEWS Marriage quarter 4 Marriage year 1937 Registration month - MarriageFinder™ HENRY J MATTHEWS married Elsie W Blatchford Spouse's last name Blatchford District Tiverton
District number - County Devon Country England Volume 5B Page 1007

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Historical events

Birthday September 4, 1908

  • The temperature on September 4, 1908 was between 8.9 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
    • January 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
    • February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
    • April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
    • May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
    • June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
    • September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.

Christening day May 15, 1910

  • The temperature on May 15, 1910 was between 9.5 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
    • February 8 » The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
    • March 1 » The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
    • May 4 » The Royal Canadian Navy is created.
    • May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
    • July 15 » In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer.
    • October 1 » A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.


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