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Laura Whitehouse (nee Pettifer)

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Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 11 Jul 2015 23:03

On the CWGC site......where all WW1 and WW2 deaths are recorded

Sarah

Sarah Report 11 Jul 2015 21:28

Wow what a wealth of information on William Henry Whitehouse & family. thank you all so much it is far more than I could possibly have hoped for. Where did you find the military details of William H Whitehouse Jacqueline? In answer to Gritty s question as to where at the time of her marriage Laura was living, it 10 Summerfield Crescent Birmingham. you also commented on the other Laura & George Pettifer they were my husbands Grandparents.
Sarah

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 11 Jul 2015 10:26

Alma would have been too young to vote when the 1950 ER was compiled.

Gritty

Gritty Report 10 Jul 2015 11:11

Sarah, what was Laura's address on her marriage certificate?

Interestingly George William Pettifer (Laura's brother?) married a Laura and lived at 288 ICKNIELD PORT ROAD (Rotton Park, Birmingham) for many years.

Gritty

Gritty Report 10 Jul 2015 10:08

Birmingham Electoral register:

1950

563 Kings Road, Perry Barr

William Carson
Laura Carson
William H Whitehouse
Pauline Whitehouse
George Wallace
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An Alma Whitehouse married a George W Wallace in 1949 Birmingham

Gritty

Gritty Report 10 Jul 2015 09:50

It's a little strange as William Henry Whitehouse appears on the Birmingham Electoral register (and absent voters list) up to 1939 at 1 Beacon Buildings, Landsdowne Street- (his parent's address), but Laura is not listed there at any time.

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 10 Jul 2015 09:46

Good find Jacqueline!

I had found this birth on Ancestry but couldn't find the family on the 1911 census.

William Henry Whitehouse
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 9 Mar 1901
Baptism Date: 24 Mar 1901
Baptism Place: All Saints, Hockley, Birmingham, Warwick, England
Father: Charles Whitehouse
Mother: Jemima
FHL Film Number: 1519863
Reference ID: It.3 p172

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 10 Jul 2015 09:38

This ties in with a 1943 marriage I found, but without the marriage cert, you can't be sure

First name(s) LAURA
Last name CARSON
Gender Female
Birth day 4
Birth month 4
Birth year 1901
Age -
Death quarter 1
Death year 1977
District HILLINGDON
County Middlesex
Volume 13
Page 1004

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 10 Jul 2015 09:31

WHITEHOUSE, WILLIAM HENRY

Rank:Staff Serjeant
Service No:7580604
Date of Death:13/03/1940 Age:39
Regiment/Service:Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Grave Reference: P. 211. Cemetery:CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Additional Information:Son of Charles and Jemima Whitehouse, of Winson Green, Birmingham; husband of Laura Whitehouse, of Winson Green

Now......consider the possibility of a re-marriage for Laura

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 10 Jul 2015 09:19

Births Jun 1901 (>99%)
Whitehouse William Henry Birmingham 6d 159

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 10 Jul 2015 09:18

1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
1 Beeton Cottages Lansdowne St Birmingham, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England


First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Occupation Age Birth year Birth place
Charles Whitehouse Head Married Male Window Cleaner 32 1879 Kidderminster Transcription
Jemima Whitehouse Wife Married Female Button Carder 31 1880 Smethwick Transcription
William Henry Whitehouse Son - Male School 10 1901 Birmingham Transcription
Arthur Whitehouse Son - Male - 8 1903 Birmingham Transcription
Leslie Charles Whitehouse Son - Male - 4 1907 Birmingham Transcription
Violet Whitehouse Daughter - Female - 2 1909 Birmingham Transcription
Ethel May Whitehouse Daughter - Female - 1 1910 Birmingham

The witness may well have been ARTHUR

Sarah

Sarah Report 10 Jul 2015 07:49

Her age was recorded as 23yrs (which more or less fits in with C11 aged 9yrs). her fathers name is correct George Pettifer plus engineer ( he was gas fitting engineer). he also was a witness along with an A.Whitehouse (don't now who that was) his father was Charles Whitehouse window cleaner although I've not managed to tie up any records of this family. he was also aged 23yrs. I've looked for Lauras death but not managed to tie that up either.
Sarah

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 9 Jul 2015 22:23

Are you going to share the details from the marriage certificate please? Laura's age? Her father's name and occupation? The names of the witnesses? Some or all of that information may help to identify the correct birth for Laura.

Sarah

Sarah Report 9 Jul 2015 18:24

Laura's marriage certificate arrived today and confirmed that she married a William Henry Whitehouse in 1924. he was a soldier living Didcott Berks. this fits in with the three children that I found b. Wallingford Hant x2 + Wallingford Berks x1 to a Whitehouse/Pettifer. Just shows how records can throw you. Firstly no birth record found for Laura, secondly name appears as Lewis on C11 although states sex as Female! Still not managed to find her death though, unfortunately nobody else seems to be researching this line of the family. Well thanks again for all your help.
Sarah

Sarah

Sarah Report 30 Jun 2015 12:42

Thank you all yet again fro your efforts in helping me with Laura Whitehouse. I will await her marriage certificate and then update you. Nothing worse than an unsolved line, I shall have to keep digging until I have exhausted all possibilities

Sarah

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 29 Jun 2015 22:18

Not that one Yvonne. Wrong spouse

Laura Whitehouse
Birth Date: 1 Aug 1891
Death Date: 7 Jun 1972
Cemetery: Bentley Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Willenhall, Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England
Has Bio?: N
Spouse: Arthur D. Whitehouse
URL: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-...

malyon

malyon Report 29 Jun 2015 21:49

Deaths Jun 1972 (>99%)
WHITEHOUSE Laura 1Au1891 Walsall 9b 1707

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 29 Jun 2015 21:34

That info is already known

malyon

malyon Report 29 Jun 2015 21:32

Marriages Sep 1924 (>99%)
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Pettifer Laura Whitehouse Birmingham N. 6d 1090 - click to view
Whitehouse William H Pettifer Birmingham N. 6d 1090 Scan

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 29 Jun 2015 21:10

Sarah has not yet said why she thinks the 1911 census is the girl/woman who married Whitehouse.

The cert is essential for facts.