The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Percy William Ongley (1870-1938)

Personal data Percy William Ongley 

  • He was born in the year 1870 in Maidstone, Kent. England.
  • Profession: from 1890 till 1938 Coal Merchant.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1871: 29 Scott Street, Maidstone, Kent.
      Name: Percy W Ongley Age: 1 Estimated Birth Year: 1870 Gender: Male Where born: Boxley Kent England Civil parish: Maidstone Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul County/Island: Kent Country: England Registration district: Maidstone Sub-registration district: East Maidstone ED, institution, or vessel: 13 Household schedule number: 306
      Piece: 945 Folio: 49 Page number: 49 Household Members Age Relationship William I Ongley 26 Head
      Sophia Ongley 25 Wife Laura Ongley 2 Percy W Ongley 1
    • in the year 1881: Wateringbury Street, Wateringbury, Kent. (With Grandparents).
      Name: Percy Walter Ongley Age: 9 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872 Relationship to Head: Grandson
      Father: Fredrick Ongley Mother: Mary Grace Ongley Gender: Male Where born: Wateringbury, Kent, England
      Civil Parish: Wateringbury County/Island: Kent Country: England Street Address: Wateringbury Street
      Occupation: Scholar Registration District: Malling ED, institution, or vessel: 11 Neighbors: View others on page
      Piece: 902 Folio: 62 Page Number: 7 Household Members: Name Age Elizabeth Ongley 65
      Elizabeth Ongley 43 Fredrick Ongley 38 Mary Grace Ongley 30 Fredrick William Ongley 11 Percy Walter Ongley 9
      Arthur Fisher Ongley 7 Flora Grace Ongley 5 Ada Margaret Ongley 3
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    • in the year 1891: Carpenters Lane, Hadlow, Tonbridge, Kent.
      Name: Percy W Ongley Gender: Male Age: 20 Relationship: Son Birth Year: 1871 Father: William S Ongley
      Mother: Sophia Ongley Birth Place: Boxley, Kent, England Civil parish: Hadlow Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
      Residence Place: Hadlow, Hadlow, Kent, England Registration district: Tunbridge Sub registration district: Tunbridge
      ED, Institution or Vessel: 13 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 682 Folio: 80 Household Members Age Relationship
      William S Ongley 49 Head Sophia Ongley 47 Wife Laura Ongley 22 Daughter Percy W Ongley 20 Son Sophia L Ongley 18 Daughter Herbert T Ongley 15 Son Frank L Ongley 5 Son
    • in the year 1901: Carpenters Lane, Hadlow, Tonbridge, Kent.
      Name: Percy W Ongley Age: 32 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1869 Relation to Head: Head Gender: Male
      Birth Place: Boxley, Kent, England Civil Parish: Hadlow Town: Hadlow County/Island: Kent Country: England
      Registration District: Tonbridge Sub-registration District: Tonbridge ED, institution, or vessel: 16 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 759 Folio: 20 Page Number: 12 Household Schedule Number: 80 Household Members:
      Name Age Percy W Ongley 32 Sophia L Ongley 28 (His Sister)
    • in the year 1911: Carpenters Lane, Hadlow, Tonbridge, Kent.
      Name: Percy William Ongley Age in 1911: 41 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870 Relation to Head: Head Gender: Male
      Birth Place: Maidstone, Kent Civil Parish: Hadlow Country: England Street Address: Carpenters Lane, Hadlow, Tonbridge Marital status: Married Occupation: Contractor Hanling Registration District Number: 50 Sub-registration District: Tonbridge ED, institution, or vessel: 14 Piece: 4087 Household Members: Name Age Percy William Ongley 41
      Elizabeth Jane Ongley 42
    • in the year 1938: Egypt House, Carpenters Lane, Hadlow, Kent.
  • He died on May 17, 1938 in Hadlow, Kent. England, he was 68 years old.
    Name: Percy W Ongley
    Death Age: 68
    Birth Date: abt 1870
    Registration Date: Apr 1938
    Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
    Registration District: Tonbridge
    Inferred County: Kent
    Volume: 2a
    Page: 1109
  • Probate on July 29, 1938 naar London, England.
    Name: Percy William Ongley
    Death Date: 17 May 1938
    Death Place: Kent, England
    Probate Date: 29 Jul 1938
    Probate Registry: London, England
    Effects ¹1,110-12s-9d
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  • This information was last updated on September 27, 2021.

Household of Percy William Ongley

He is married to Elizabeth Jane Cook.

They got married June 1901 at St. Pancras, Middlesex. England, he was 31 years old.

Marriages Jun 1901 (>99%)
COOK Elizabeth Jane Pancras 1b 19
Ongley Percy William Pancras 1b 19

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Day of death May 17, 1938

  • The temperature on May 17, 1938 was between 11.3 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 11.2 mm of rain during 8.8 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
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