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Hi there, I am looking for four look-ups for the 1911 census which concern three sisters and their father.

Peter Featherstone Witty (or Feathertone Witty) was he seemed to have used. He was born c. 1851 in Hull, East Yorkshire. Probably living in Bristol by 1911.

His daughter, Gertrude Alice Cook, wife of Alfred Cook, born c. 1870 in York, Yorkshire.

His daughter, Ada Hannah Perret, wife of Arthur Perret, born c. 1871 in York, Yorkshire.

His daughter, Alice Ethel St John Lloyd, wife of Albert E Lloyd (married in Florida in 1910 but child born in Bristol in 1912).

I am also looking for a death for Gertrude and Alice in case anyone can help there.

Thank you,

Peter

1911 census - household transcription
Person: COOK, Gertrude Alice
Address: 30 Cleveland P K Cres W Stow


COOK, Alfred Head Married M 44 1867 Higher Elementary Schoolmaster Essex Rochford VIEW
COOK, Gertrude Alice Wife Married
14 years F 41 1870 Yorkshire York VIEW
COOK, Alfred Featherstone Son M 12 1899 School Essex South Woodford VIEW
WITTY, Maurice Cecil Featherstone Nephew M 5 1906 Gloucestershire Bristol VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
9698 Reference:
RG14PN9698 RG78PN514A RD188 SD10 ED24 SN327

Registration District:
West Ham Sub District:
Walthamstow Enumeration District:
24 Parish:
Walthamstow

Address:
30 Cleveland P K Cres W Stow County:
Essex
(1 child born and living)

1911
PERRETT, Arthur Charles Head Married M 40 1871 Brewer Traveller And Accountant Wedmore Somerset VIEW
PERRETT, Ada Hannah Wife Married
6 years F 38 1873 York Yorkshire VIEW
PERRETT, Adrin Arthur Deatherston Son M 5 1906 Old Sodbury Gloshire VIEW
BLISS, Edith Amy Servant Single F 20 1891 General Servant Domestic Old Sodbury Gloshire VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
15121 Reference:
RG14PN15121 RG78PN911 RD320 SD2 ED7 SN82

Registration District:
Bristol Sub District:
Chipping Sodbury Enumeration District:
7 Parish:
Old Sodbury

Address:
Glew Cottage Old Sodbury Chipping Sodbury



1 child born

1911 census - household transcription
Person: PERRETT, Ada Hannah
Address: Glew Cottage Old Sodbury Chipping Sodbury

PERRETT, Arthur Charles Head Married M 40 1871 Brewer Traveller And Accountant Wedmore Somerset VIEW
PERRETT, Ada Hannah Wife Married
6 years F 38 1873 York Yorkshire VIEW
PERRETT, Adrin Arthur Deatherston Son M 5 1906 Old Sodbury Gloshire VIEW
BLISS, Edith Amy Servant Single F 20 1891 General Servant Domestic Old Sodbury Gloshire VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
15121 Reference:
RG14PN15121 RG78PN911 RD320 SD2 ED7 SN82

Registration District:
Bristol Sub District:
Chipping Sodbury Enumeration District:
7 Parish:
Old Sodbury

Address:
Glew Cottage Old Sodbury Chipping Sodbury County:
Gloucestershire
(1 child born and living)

1911 census - household transcription
Person: WITTY, Dorothy Blanchflower
Address: 125 Bedford Court Mansions Bedford Square London W C


WITTY, Featherstone Head Married M 50 1861 Independent Gentleman Yorks Saltmarshe VIEW
WITTY, Dorothy Blanchflower Wife Married
2 years F 25 1886 Gloucester Bristol VIEW
WITTY, Philip Adolphus F Son M 0 (3 MONTHS) 1911 London Kensington VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
1183 Reference:
RG14PN1183 RG78PN39 RD12 SD1 ED14 SN154

Registration District:
St Giles Sub District:
St Giles and Bloomsbury Enumeration District:
14 Parish:
St Giles in the Fields and St George Bloomsbury

Address:
125 Bedford Court Mansions Bedford Square London W C County:
London

1911 ?
WESTON, Beatrice A Head Married F 30 1881 Bristol Gloucestershire VIEW
LLOYD, Ethelene Sister Single F 32 1879 Bristol Gloucestershi VIEW
WESTON, Margaret L Daughter F 4 1907 Gloster Gloucestershire VIEW
WESTON, Miriam M Daughter F 3 1908 Newnham on Severn VIEW
LLOYD, Albert E Visitor Married M 29 1882 Army Pensioner And Private Means Bristol Gloucestershire VIEW
LLOYD, Alice E Visitor Married
1 years F 32 1879 London Gloucestershire VIEW
WYLES, Mary Single F 23 1888 Servant Heath Hayes Staffordshire VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
17241 Reference:
RG14PN17241 RG78PN1059 RD371 SD1 ED36 SN27

Registration District:
West Bromwich Sub District:
Handsworth Enumeration District:
36 Parish:
Handsworth

Address:
58 Trinity Road Handsworth Staffordshire

Oh wow! Thank you for this.

Featherstone Witty was actually the son of parents who seemed to have met whilst working as farm servants together. I am not sure how he managed to acheive the wealth he did, especially as he was orphaned in 1861. Amazing really. Also, his daughters seem to have enjoyed fairly affluent, middle class lifestyles.

For the 1911, can I also ask for a look-up for Emily Jane (Emma) Featherstone Witty. She was born c. 1883 and I don't know her date or place of birth. But she had two sons ...

Claude Featherstone Witty born 1907 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Eric Featherstone Witty born 1909 in Fulham, London, Middlessex

Do you have accces to Ancestry for the National Probate Records as Featherstone Witty is listed.

Spouse missing from the entry........but this looks to be "Featherstones" marriage.

Marriages Jun 1910 (>99%)
Keniston Dorothy Blanchflower Marylebone 1a 983

Found him

Marriages Jun 1910 (>99%)
WITTY Featherstone Marylebone 1a 9_3

Hi Glitter Baby, no I don't ... Featherstone, or Peter Featherstone Witty, as was his real name, was the daughter of Hannah Featherstone. She is a ggggg aunt of mine. I would love to see more of his will.

He apparently became a Tory Councillor (which does not resonate with my very left political beleifs), and an Alderman of Bristol and a JP. A portrait was commissioned of him by the Ratepayers association in 1913 under Bristol Council.

Thank you Glitter Baby and Prickly Holly for this help. Much appreciated and helping get a good idea of this family and their context.

Sorry - not sure if the 1911 for Eric is correct as I accidentally omitted the WITTY from my post (amended now)

Ok... :-)

National Probate Calendar

Name: Featherstone Witty
Probate Date: 20 Mar 1933
Death Date: 20 Oct 1932
Death Place: Bristol, England
Registry: Bristol



Featherstone Witty of The Cromlech, Druid Stoke, Bristol
To Philip Adolphus Featherstone Witty, law student and the reverend canon Edward Lewis Augustine Hertslelt, clerk

Effects £31,322 2s 6d
Resworn £33,899 2s 6d

Oh wow - not bad for the son of farm labourers I suppose. This leaves a lot of questions.


I understand from the will that 'Effects' are the value of property and items left by Featherstone. Is this correct? And what does resworn mean?

There does not appear to be a Claude or Eric Witty on the 1911 census.

There is a Claude and Eric Witt.........but the mother name is Ethel Jane ????

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1911 census - household transcription
Person: WITT, Eric Horace
Address: 16 Sleaford St Cambridge

WITT, George Head Married M 32 1879 Cycle Fitter New St Cambridge VIEW
WITT, Ethel Jane Wife Married F 31 1880 Peckham London VIEW
WITT, Olive Ethel Daughter F 6 1905 Sleaford St Cambridge VIEW
WITT, Claude George Son M 4 1907 Sleaford St Cambridge VIEW
WITT, Eric Horace Son M 4 1907 Sleaford St Cambridge VIEW
KETCHER, Eva Leely Adopted Daughter Of Mrs Witts Single F 16 1895 Knitter Coventry VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
9112 Reference:
RG14PN9112 RG78PN483 RD181 SD1 ED12 SN252

Registration District:
Cambridge Sub District:
St Andrew the Less Enumeration District:
12 Parish:
Cambridge

Address:
16 Sleaford St Cambridge County:
Cambridgeshire

1911 poss

GORDON, Emma Jane Wife Married
5 years F 26 1885 None Devon Tavistock VIEW
GORDON, Claude Son M 3 1908 Glos Cheltenham VIEW
GORDON, Eric Son M 2 1909 London Fulham VIEW
ARENETT, Agnes Servant F 14 1897 Kent Penge VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
341 Reference:
RG14PN341 RG78PN11 RD3 SD5 ED4 SN417

Registration District:
Fulham Sub District:
South Fulham Enumeration District:
4 Parish:
Fulham

Address:
27 Colehill Gardens Fulham S W

That 1911 i posted can't be your Eric as i have found his birth registered in Cambridge.

Well thats odd!!

Births Jun 1909 (>99%)
Witty Eric Featherstone Fulham 1a 338

Births Mar 1908 (>99%)
Witty Claud Featherstone Cheltenham 6a 414

Yes that is them. Thank you. The Gordon's in 1911 are them!

Can I ask for the 1861 census for 65 Gillygate York, home of Thomas and Elizabeth Carey. This should show Peter Featherstone Witty as a young boy, recently widowed. Elizabeth CAREY, nee Featherstone was a maternal aunt.