Birthca Nov 1886, Barton Regis district, Glos
GeneralIn 1911: poultry Farmer.
Spouses
1Edith Mary Powys Hill [3, Her birth, Q2 of 1885, Amesbury dist, vol 5a, p. 173], [3, Her death, Q1 of 1929, Steyning dist, vol 2b, p. 651], [4, 1901, PRO ref 13/ 936, for 3 Fourth Avenue, Hove, East Sussex], [40, Second Series, Vol IV, pp 266-270 (1892)]
Notes for Herbert Guy Grosvenor Birtill
His birth:
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Dec 1886 (>99%)
Birtill Herbert Guy G Barton R. 6a 51
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In 1910 he was a schoolboy living at home:
Surname Forename Age Relation Occupation Birth Place
Birtill Governor Smith 49 Head Tea Merchant Grocer Bristol,
Birtill Emmeline 47 Wife Bideford, Devonshire
Birtill Reginald B G 18 Son Scholar Bristol
Birtill Herbert Gri? 14 Son School Boy Bristol
How Julia 71 Mother In Law Holsworthy, Devonshire
Abbott Jane Bassett 39 Servant Cook Domestic Bude, Cornwall
Quick Alice Rose 21 Servant Parlour Maid Domestic Creech, Somerset
Burkitt Clara Rose 49 Servant Sick Nurse Bristol
Ref: RG13/2368/~F36
Address: 11 The Avenue
Registration District: Clifton
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In 1911 he was a poultry farmer of Carr Glow, Upper Cam, Cam, Dursley, Gloucestershire, born in Clifton.
His death not found on FreeBMD to c. 1960.
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From the 1871 census, his grandparents were Henry and Mary Ann Birtill of Westbury on Trym; Henry was 56 and Mary Ann was 47, both born in Bristol. Henry was a retired drug merchant.
Grosvenor was then a clerk to a tea merchant.
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From the 1851 census, Henry was 36, a wholesale druggist, manrried and living with his mother Mary aged 62 and born in Castle Coombe aged 62, a widow and a landed proprietress. His wife was also in the house, aged 26 and born in Bristol
FreeBMD shows that Mary Ann’s surname was also Birtill and they were married in Bristol in Q3 of the previous year.
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Notes for Herbert Guy Grosvenor & Edith Mary Powys (Family)
On the certificate:
No: 370
When: September 10th 1912
Him: Herbert Guy Grosvenor Birtill, age 25, bach & gent of Caer Glow. Cam, Glos
Her: Edith Mary Powys Hill, age 27, spinster, of Netherwallos
His father: Grosvenor Smith Birtill, gent
Her father: Alfred biscoe Hill, gent
Witnesses: Reginald Bartlemore Grosvenor Birtill [his elder brother],
Philip S Darnell [her maternal uncle by marriage].
Celebrant: Edm: [Edmund?] Lacon, vivar.