Birth30 Jun 1913, Hambledon district, Surrey
Death22 Sep 1998, Springfield Nursing & Residential Care Home, 74 Havant Road, Emsworth, Hants
Notes for Betty O’Bryen Horsford
Her birth index:
This might be her, though she is Betty on the old printed index and Vera on the new online index, which adds that it is an ‘Occasional Copy: A’:
Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
HORSFORD, VERA O'BRYEN ADAM
GRO Reference: 1913 S Quarter in HAMBLEDON Volume 02A Page 324 Occasional Copy: A
FreeBMD sensibly gives both entries:
Surname First name(s) Mother District Vol Page
Births Sep 1913 (>99%)
Horsford Betty O'B Adam Hambledon 2a 324a
Horsford Vera O'B Adam Hambledon 2a 324
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The Banns entry, for St Peter, Cranley Gardens, Kensington & Chelsea, make is clear that the name was: Betty O’Bryen Horsford
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This then might be Betty in 1939, possibly with a couple of hidden children at Corner Green South Drive, Wentworth, Surrey (the children have to be Rodney and Sally):
First name(s) Last name(s) Birth date Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule sub number
Harry C Liddell 28 Mar 1902 M Royal Air Force Aircraftman Service 905 S Q U A M 67 1
Desree G Liddell 25 Jan 1914 F Unpaid Domestic Duties M 67 2
The record for this person is officially closed.
The record for this person is officially closed.
Florence M Bower 26 Dec 1894 F Nurse ( Children ) S 67 5
Betty Obrian Fletcher 30 Jun 1913 F Unpaid Domestic Duties M 67 6
The record for this person is officially closed.
The record for this person is officially closed.
Aoisia Koglowska 21 Jun 1913 F Cook General Domestic Service S 67 9
1939 Ref: RG101/1889D/010/40
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I cannot find any death of any Betty O’Bryen Fletcher.
There is a report that she married a John Wilton Jerdein in 1956. While this marriage can be found, it requires a certificate to establish that it was her. Not sure it is worth the price. There were no children of this couple.
This is that marriage index on FreeBMD:
Surname First name(s) Spouse District Vol Page
Marriages Jun 1956 (>99%)
Fletcher Betty O Jerdein Kensington 5c 1888
Jerdein John W Fletcher Kensington 5c 1888
and this is the death index from the online GRO:
Name: Year of Birth:
JERDEIN, BETTY O'BRYEN 1913
GRO Reference: DOR Q3/1998 in SOUTH EAST HAMPSHIRE (5013) Reg H47 Entry Number 197
Fortunately there is a will for this Betty. I have ordered it to see if there is any reference to her Fletcher offspring. Yes there is, all three are named. This is the right person.
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Will notes for Betty O’Bryen Horsford
A possible Probate index, if she was the person who had a second marriage:
1998
Surname First name Date of probate Probate number Date of death Document type Registry
JERDEIN BETTY O' BRYEN 09 November 1998 9852431642 22 September 1998 Grant and will Winchester
This has been ordered to see if it contains any references to Fletcher children.
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She died at Springfield Nursing & Residential Care Home, 74 Havant Road, Emsworth, Hants. In her will, dated 20th March 1987 she appointed as executors her husband John Wilton Jerdein and her son Rodney Stapylton Fletcher. She added a codicil dated 20th March 1987. She had definitely been married to Walter John Fletcher.
She also listed:
1. Her three children:
(a) Rodney Stapylton Fletcher (above)
(b) Sally Stapylton Maclay (already found)
(c) Jennifer Mylne (can’t locate that married name)
2. Her three step-daughters:
(a) Elizabeth Brown, }
(b) Joanna Heath, } all later revoked in a codicil
(c) Barbara Coulton }
3. Her in-laws:
(a) Neil Oswell Macleay,
(b) Nicola Fletcher
(c) Christopher John Britwell Green - later revoked in the codicil
(d) Allen Tarver - later added in the codicil, possibly a new man for her daughter Jennifer - Yes!
4. Her cousin Mrs Gillian Moorhouse
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Notes for Wyndham John Stapylton & Betty O’Bryen (Family)
Their marriage index:
First name(s) Wyndham J S
Last name Fletcher
Marriage quarter 2
Marriage year 1934
Marriage Finder Wyndham J S Fletcher married one of these people
Betty O Horsford
Spouse's last name Horsford
District Kensington
County London
Country England
Volume 1A
Page number 346
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
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I am extremely doubtful about this marriage as Wyndham refers to his wife Elizabeth’s grave, so Betty could not have gone on to a second marriage, which she did.
I await Betty’s will to see who she things she had as children.
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