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Another record of the marriage:

Warrant Officer H. M. G. Chorley
in the Canada, Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current
Name Warrant Officer H. M. G. Chorley
Gender Male
Employer R.c.o. C
Marriage Date Jun 1940
Father A. Chorley
Mother Chorley
Spouse Ethel Doreen


At the moment Newspapers.com isn't letting me see more.

Thanks this information is so interesting. All I knew about him was that he had gone to Canada. Once there I couldn't find anything out about him.

Jane

One or two extra bits of info from Harold's side.

Google will bring up pictures / newspaper articles of Grenfell Apartments - first took residents November 1939

Marriage posted at 18:02 - Ethel's side of it.


I imagine it helped an immigration application if one said one was going to be a farmer.

Thanks for putting me straight on the 1831 re Harold being divorced. He left it quite late to get married. He would have been aged 36yrs in 1940.

Harold Godfrey Chorley
in the Canada, Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current
View imageCanada, Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current
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Name Harold Godfrey Chorley
Gender Male
Residence Date Abt 1940
Residence Place Birmingham , England
Residence Place 2 Regina
Residence Place 3 27 Grenfell Apartments
Marriage Date 22 Jun 1940
Father A. Chorley
Mother Chorley
Spouse Ethel Doreen Parkin

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Sorry - I don't have a sub to newspapers.com

Thanks ArgyllGran

That means his first marriage was also in Canada.

1927 - So he was a carpenter, intending to be a farmer. He seems to be changing his job quite often. I wonder if he ever did farming.
1931 He was a soldier. I wonder what made him decide to be a soldier.

Jane

Re 1931 Census - although the transcription says Harold was divorced, on the actual document I think it says he was single.

There's a mark across the S which makes it look like a D.


Re Osborne Barracks, where he was in 1931:

https://heritagewinnipeg.com/blogs/military-maneuvers-remembering-for/

Harold's emigration, as mentioned by Jane - he's listed as single:

Harold Chorley
in the Canada, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
Name Harold Chorley
Gender Male
Arrival Age 22
Birth Year abt 1905
Birth Country England
Departure Port Liverpool, England
Arrival Date 14 May 1927
Arrival Port Quebec, Canada
Vessel Aurania

Single, born Birmingham, a carpenter, intending to be a farmer in Canada.
NOK: Brother, Mr Chorley, 178 Churchill Road, Bordesley, Birmingham.

greyghost you are amazing.

You're finding so much information for me.

All the best

Jane

Looks like Her Mother's maiden name was Higham, not Kigham as per her birth reg.

Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
PARKIN, JOHN HENRY GORDON HIGHAM
GRO Reference: 1907 J Quarter in BASFORD Volume 07B Page 177


Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Mar 1906 (>99%)
Higham Annie Marie Basford 7b 228
Parkin James Henry Basford 7b 228

Thanks jink20 for trying to help me. That's not my Harold..

All the best

Jane

IGNORE the possible death in 1970 -

on further investigation, that Ethel was nee Berisford, and married to a Walter Parkin.

Thanks greyghost. I didn't have that information either.

Jane

1911 Census For England & Wales
67 the Hill Kirkby - in - Ashfield Nottinghamshire, Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship to head Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
James Henry Parkin Head Married Male 24 1887 Boot and shoe mnfr Derby Derbyshire
Annie Maria Parkin Wife Married Female 21 1890 - Shutlanger Northants
John Henry Gordon Parkin Son - Male 4 1907 - Kirkby in Ashfield
Ethel Eva Doreen Parkin Daughter - Female 0 1911 - Kirkby in Ashfield
George Herbert Myatt Boarder Single Male 29 1882 Railway servant Barton under Northwood

James and annie had been married 5 years and had 2 children born, both still living,

Ethel was shown as 6 months old on the 1911 census return which was taken on 2nd april 1911

Ethel's birth registration Q4 1910
Name: ........................................Mother's Maiden Surname:
PARKIN, ETHEL EVA DOREEN KIGHAM
GRO Reference: 1910 D Quarter in BASFORD Volume 07B Page 181

Thanks greyghost. I didn't have him on the 1921 census

Thanks again both of you for all your help.

Jane

Thanks you so much ArgyllGran and greyghost for all that inforamtion. It will be very useful to me.

You both have been really kind.

I didn't know Harold had been divorced. I will have to look into that.

Thank you

Just a slight possibility -

Ethel MAY have died 25 Sept 1970 - if she reverted to her maiden name, and the informant got her age wrong !!:

BC Archives
Genealogy - General Search
Event Type: Death
Registration Number: 1970-09-013089
BC Archives Mfilm Number: B13306
GSU Mfilm Number: 2034214
Event Date (YYYY-MM-DD):
1970-09-25
Event Place:NANAIMO
Age at Death:77
Person:ETHEL PARKIN
Vital Stat Images(s):
004479314_00108.jpg


https://tinyurl.com/5bzc73me


EDIT:

NO! Wrong woman!
that Ethel was nee Berisford and married to a Walter Parkin..

Harold n 1921 , you don't mention you have the record.

1921 Census Of England & Wales
85, Hingeston Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship to head Sex Birth year Age in years Birth place Occupation Employer
Harry Paddock Head Male 1889 31 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Manager Outdoor Bar Licence Mitchells & Butler Ltd Bham Brewers
Eugenie Paddock Wife Female 1884 36 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Domestic 85 Hingeston St Outdoor Bar House
Edwin Chorley Brother-in-law Male 1899 22 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Jewellers Case Maker Heinstlo Jewel Case Makers
Harold Chorley Brother-in-law Male 1904 16 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Carpenters Apprentice Whitehouse & Son Builders
Godfrey Chater Uncle, wife Male 1871 49 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Tube Bender Perpecta Tube Works Aston

3 trees on Ancestry which have him in - none give a marriage date.

The Chorley family tree, held by a Jane Richards says that he died 7 August 1972 Tofino, Alberta-Clayoquat Regional District, British Columbia and was buried there.

Only 1 names Ethel but no death shown for her.