Birth11 Jul 1849, Putney, Surrey
Baptism12 Aug 1849, Putney St Mary, Surrey
Death11 Apr 1925, 266 Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, London
General5th dau. d. unm.
Notes for Gertrude Helen Trotter (born BROWN)
Her baptism transcription from FindMyPast:
First name(s) Gertrude Helen
Last name Brown
Birth year -
Baptism year 1849
Baptism date 12 Aug 1849
Baptism place Putney St Mary
Relationship Dau
Father's first name(s) William
Mother's first name(s) Mary Elizabeth
Parent's occupation Merchant
Residence Putney
County Surrey
Country England
Record set Surrey Baptisms
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
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No death records on FreeBMD up to 1915, but, TFPL, Apr 2006, her admon shows she died on 11th Apr 1925. Significantly prior to her death she had lived at 7 Devonshire Terrace, Hyde Park.
She is not to be found on the 1901 census; weird as she was alive then.
No birth record on FreeBMD of any ‘Gertrude H’ incl Brown from 1849 to 1850. Her baptism is not to be found in the published transcript of St Mary, Putney parish church. (But see above, 2020)
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In 1911 she was at Buckingham palace Hotel with her sister Emily Ann.
Will notes for Gertrude Helen Trotter (born BROWN)
Her executor was her brother Ernest B Trotter. Her Admon gave her date and place of birth and that she was a spinster.
The admon was dated 30th May 1925 and recorded that she died a spinster on 11th April 1925 having lived and died at 266 Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, London. Previously she had lived at 7 Devonshire Terrace, Hyde Park.
Her executors were:
Her brother Ernest Balfour T.,
Her nephew and his son Stuart Ernest T.
In her will of 16th Jan 1922, she lists, as well as the two executors:
Her sister Emily Ann Trotter,
Her godsons Balfour Anthony T. (son of bro. Ernest Balfour T.)
and James Sampson T. (1st son of her nephew A W L Trotter who was kia in 1916),
Her brother Henry Eden T.,
Her niece Mary Katherine Hay (dau. of bro. E B T.),
She left £2,363 gross and £1,667 net.
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