Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NameHelen Gertrude Busfeild 
[11, p. 4], [3, Her birth, Q1 of 1874, Frome dist, vol 5c, p. 517], [4, 1911 ref: RG14PN17732 RG78PN1085 RD380 SD2 ED13 SN133], [3, Death, Q3 of 1957, Pershore dist, vol 9D, p. 158], [4, 1939 Ref: RG101/5818B/013/22]
[11, p. 4], [3, Her birth, Q1 of 1874, Frome dist, vol 5c, p. 517], [4, 1911 ref: RG14PN17732 RG78PN1085 RD380 SD2 ED13 SN133], [3, Death, Q3 of 1957, Pershore dist, vol 9D, p. 158], [4, 1939 Ref: RG101/5818B/013/22]Birth25 Nov 1873, Frome district, Somerset
Death28 Sep 1957, Wood Hall, Norton, Worcs
GeneralAll her children dsp.
FatherWalker Busfeild (1843-ca1881)
MotherMarrianne Naish (ca1847-)
Spouses
Marriage8 Jan 1895, St Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge, London [3, Their marriage, Q1 of 1895, St Geo H Sq dist, vol 1a, p. 565], [19, Marriage on 8 Jan 1895 at St Paul’s, Knightsbridge]
ChildrenHelen Beresford (1902-1988)
Marian Gertrude (1907-1989)
Honora Violet Stapleton (1909-1994)
Marcus Beresford Busfeild Stapleton (1911-1987)
FitzHerbert Broderip Stapleton (ca1913-1965)
Notes for Helen Gertrude Busfeild
Her birth:
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Mar 1874 (>99%)
Busfeild Helen Gertrude Frome 5c 517
JAB in his “Fragments” recorded her as ‘Gertrude Helen’ which is not how she appears in the public records so I’ve used the latter order.
In Q1 of 1895 she got married, but to whom?:
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Mar 1895 (>99%)
Busfeild Helen Gertrude St. Geo. H. Sq. 1a 565
Johnson Frances Brosser St.Geo.H.Sq. 1a 565
Johnson Frances Broster St. Geo. H. Sq. 1a 565
Lowe William Henry M St Geo H Sq 1a 565
Martin John Stapleton St Geo H Sq 1a 565
The 1911 census shows she m. (John) Stapleton Martin; they had had three children, all of whom were daughters and alive:
Name Relation Condition/ Yrs married Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born
MARTIN, Stapleton Head Married M 64 1847 Retired Barrister At Law Private Means London, Bloomsbury
MARTIN, Helen Gertrude Wife Married 16 years F 36 1875 Road, Nr Frome, Somersetshire
MARTIN, Helen Berisford Daughter F 8 1903 London, Marylebone
MARTIN, Marian Gertrude Daughter F 3 1908 London, Paddington
MARTIN, Honora Violet Stapleton Daughter F 1 1910 Worcestershire Norton Juxta Kempsey
CRISP, Dorothy Luke Servant Single F 40 1871 Nurse Durham, South Sheilds
COLE, Fanny Servant Single F 17 1894 Undernurse Worcestershire , Pinvin
COWLEY, Mary Ann Servant Single F 63 1848 Cook Devonshire Cl Kniton Nr Exeter
NEWEY, Esther Emma Elizabeth Servant Single F 23 1888 Parlourmaid Worcestershire, Ombursley
COX, Alice Eliza Servant Single F 26 1885 Housemaid Gloucestershire, Apperley
BUTLER, Gertrude May Servant Single F 15 1896 Between - Maid St Johns, Worcester
RG number: RG14 Piece: 17732
Reference: RG14PN17732 RG78PN1085 RD380 SD2 ED13 SN133
Registration District: Pershore Sub District: Pershore
EnumerationDistrict: 13 Parish: Norton Juxta Kempsey
Address: The Firs Norton Worcester
County: Worcestershire
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A son Fitzherbert was born in 1913, from FreeBMD, but no more children after that.
Her death nindex:
First name(s) HELEN G S
Last name MARTIN
Gender Female
Birth year 1873
Age 84
Death quarter 3
Death year 1957
District Pershore
County Worcestershire
Volume 9D
Page 158
Country England
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
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In the 1939 Register, Helen was there at No 7 with an erroneously transcribed surname of Davies, but with the same birth date as from Burke:
Smee (Bird) Household (12 People)
Wood Hall Norton , Pershore R.D., Worcestershire, England
FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB SEX OCCUPATION MARITAL STATUS SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SUB NUMBER
Marcus Stapleton-Martin 04 May 1911 Male Dairy Farmer Single 105 8
Kathleen L Smee (Bird) 04 Nov 1925 Female At School Single 105 1
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Sorry, this record is officially closed. Check if you can open a closed record.
Myra E M Hall 07 Aug 1888 Female Parlourmaid Single 105 4
Mary G Davies (Marshaw) 09 May 1912 Female Cook Single 105 5
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Helen G Davies 25 Nov 1873 Female Private Means Widowed 105 7
B B Harold V Colville (Stapleton-Martin) 21 Jul 1909 Female Private Means Single 105 9
Helen B de Coorcy-Ireland 28 Dec 1902 Female Private Means Married 105 10
Gerald B de Coorcy-Ireland 11 Feb 1895 Male - Married 105 11
Mary New (Griffin,Durant) 29 Oct 1925 Female At School Single 105 2
1939 Ref: RG101/5818B/013/22
With all the name changes it is worth listing the members of the Martin family:
6 Helen G Martin, the mater familias, née Busfeild
7 Marcus B B, eldest son of Helen G Martin
8 B B Harold V, recte Honora V, 3rd dau. of Helen G and who married a Colville
9 Helen B, 1st dau. of Helen G who had married a de Courcy-Ireland
10 Gerald B de Courcy-Ireland, husband of Helen B
Were Kathleen Bird and Mary New evacuees?
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As far as I can work it out without paying for wills for each of her children, I can find no children to any of her five children. A total expiry of this Busfeild line.
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Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Mar 1874 (>99%)
Busfeild Helen Gertrude Frome 5c 517
JAB in his “Fragments” recorded her as ‘Gertrude Helen’ which is not how she appears in the public records so I’ve used the latter order.
In Q1 of 1895 she got married, but to whom?:
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Mar 1895 (>99%)
Busfeild Helen Gertrude St. Geo. H. Sq. 1a 565
Johnson Frances Brosser St.Geo.H.Sq. 1a 565
Johnson Frances Broster St. Geo. H. Sq. 1a 565
Lowe William Henry M St Geo H Sq 1a 565
Martin John Stapleton St Geo H Sq 1a 565
The 1911 census shows she m. (John) Stapleton Martin; they had had three children, all of whom were daughters and alive:
Name Relation Condition/ Yrs married Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born
MARTIN, Stapleton Head Married M 64 1847 Retired Barrister At Law Private Means London, Bloomsbury
MARTIN, Helen Gertrude Wife Married 16 years F 36 1875 Road, Nr Frome, Somersetshire
MARTIN, Helen Berisford Daughter F 8 1903 London, Marylebone
MARTIN, Marian Gertrude Daughter F 3 1908 London, Paddington
MARTIN, Honora Violet Stapleton Daughter F 1 1910 Worcestershire Norton Juxta Kempsey
CRISP, Dorothy Luke Servant Single F 40 1871 Nurse Durham, South Sheilds
COLE, Fanny Servant Single F 17 1894 Undernurse Worcestershire , Pinvin
COWLEY, Mary Ann Servant Single F 63 1848 Cook Devonshire Cl Kniton Nr Exeter
NEWEY, Esther Emma Elizabeth Servant Single F 23 1888 Parlourmaid Worcestershire, Ombursley
COX, Alice Eliza Servant Single F 26 1885 Housemaid Gloucestershire, Apperley
BUTLER, Gertrude May Servant Single F 15 1896 Between - Maid St Johns, Worcester
RG number: RG14 Piece: 17732
Reference: RG14PN17732 RG78PN1085 RD380 SD2 ED13 SN133
Registration District: Pershore Sub District: Pershore
EnumerationDistrict: 13 Parish: Norton Juxta Kempsey
Address: The Firs Norton Worcester
County: Worcestershire
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A son Fitzherbert was born in 1913, from FreeBMD, but no more children after that.
Her death nindex:
First name(s) HELEN G S
Last name MARTIN
Gender Female
Birth year 1873
Age 84
Death quarter 3
Death year 1957
District Pershore
County Worcestershire
Volume 9D
Page 158
Country England
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
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In the 1939 Register, Helen was there at No 7 with an erroneously transcribed surname of Davies, but with the same birth date as from Burke:
Smee (Bird) Household (12 People)
Wood Hall Norton , Pershore R.D., Worcestershire, England
FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB SEX OCCUPATION MARITAL STATUS SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SUB NUMBER
Marcus Stapleton-Martin 04 May 1911 Male Dairy Farmer Single 105 8
Kathleen L Smee (Bird) 04 Nov 1925 Female At School Single 105 1
Sorry, this record is officially closed. Check if you can open a closed record.
Sorry, this record is officially closed. Check if you can open a closed record.
Myra E M Hall 07 Aug 1888 Female Parlourmaid Single 105 4
Mary G Davies (Marshaw) 09 May 1912 Female Cook Single 105 5
Sorry, this record is officially closed. Check if you can open a closed record.
Helen G Davies 25 Nov 1873 Female Private Means Widowed 105 7
B B Harold V Colville (Stapleton-Martin) 21 Jul 1909 Female Private Means Single 105 9
Helen B de Coorcy-Ireland 28 Dec 1902 Female Private Means Married 105 10
Gerald B de Coorcy-Ireland 11 Feb 1895 Male - Married 105 11
Mary New (Griffin,Durant) 29 Oct 1925 Female At School Single 105 2
1939 Ref: RG101/5818B/013/22
With all the name changes it is worth listing the members of the Martin family:
6 Helen G Martin, the mater familias, née Busfeild
7 Marcus B B, eldest son of Helen G Martin
8 B B Harold V, recte Honora V, 3rd dau. of Helen G and who married a Colville
9 Helen B, 1st dau. of Helen G who had married a de Courcy-Ireland
10 Gerald B de Courcy-Ireland, husband of Helen B
Were Kathleen Bird and Mary New evacuees?
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As far as I can work it out without paying for wills for each of her children, I can find no children to any of her five children. A total expiry of this Busfeild line.
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Will notes for Helen Gertrude Busfeild
Her probate index:
MARTIN helen Gertrude of Wood Hall Norton Worcestershire widow died 28 September 1957 Probate London 16 December to Marcus Beresford Busfeild Stapleton Martin farmer Helen Beresford de Courcy Ireland, married woman and Jocelyn Charles Ledward solicitor. Effects £15976 7s. 4d.
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MARTIN helen Gertrude of Wood Hall Norton Worcestershire widow died 28 September 1957 Probate London 16 December to Marcus Beresford Busfeild Stapleton Martin farmer Helen Beresford de Courcy Ireland, married woman and Jocelyn Charles Ledward solicitor. Effects £15976 7s. 4d.
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Notes for (John) Stapleton & Helen Gertrude (Family)
Their marriage:
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Mar 1895 (>99%)
Busfeild Helen Gertrude St. Geo. H. Sq. 1a 565
Johnson Frances Brosser St.Geo.H.Sq. 1a 565
Johnson Frances Broster St. Geo. H. Sq. 1a 565
Lowe William Henry M St Geo H Sq 1a 565
Martin John Stapleton St Geo H Sq 1a 565
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The marriage register has this entry:
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Mar 1895 (>99%)
Busfeild Helen Gertrude St. Geo. H. Sq. 1a 565
Johnson Frances Brosser St.Geo.H.Sq. 1a 565
Johnson Frances Broster St. Geo. H. Sq. 1a 565
Lowe William Henry M St Geo H Sq 1a 565
Martin John Stapleton St Geo H Sq 1a 565
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The marriage register has this entry: