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John Walter Bartholomew
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : John Walter Bartholomew ( Jack Barty)
Gender: Male
Date and place of birth: 30th December 1888, Balham, Wandsworth, London
Date and Place of Death: 26th November 1942, Streatham, Wandsworth, London
Nationality: English
Childhood: One older sister, father an architect,
Parents: Walter Bartholomew and Annie Augustus nee Lindsey
Parents occupations: Architect/ Surveyor
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: None known
Occupation: Actor/comic/variety artist – member of the concert party at Gretna
Place of residence at Gretna:58 Botchergate , Carlisle ( his wife’s home)
Marital status: Married to Hilda Holmes (also in database)
Children: One son
Travels: Transatlantic and World tour as a professional entertainer
Awards/recognitions:
None known
Positions held
None known
Trivia / any other information:
Lots
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References
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Websites about the individual:
https://www.lordheath.com/menu1_467.html
Further links, notes, and comments:
https://www.britishpathe.com/video/jack-barty-1
https://www.britishpathe.com/video/jack-barty/query/comedians
Biography
John Walter Bartholomew ‘Jack Barty’1888-1942, Hilda Bartholomew nee Holmes 1891 – ?…
Ernest Mark Cheetham
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : ERNEST MARK CHEETHAM
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 1892. Hackney, London
Date and Place of Death: 2nd October 1971.…
Gertrude Nellie Cowley
Research kindly shared by Nigel Crompton
Name: Gertrude Nellie Cowley
DoB: 15 August 1890
Place of birth: Marylebone, London
Parents: Lizzie Jane Cowley (married Alfred Kershaw in 1907)
Parental Home: 4 Wells Buildings, off Oxford Street, Marylebone
Siblings: No known siblings
Spouse: Alfred Henry Rye (PC Stoke on Trent Police, see notes)
Date of Wedding: Not applicable
Children : Gladys (1915-) Margaret Jeanne (1927-)
Marital home(s) : 117 Newlands Street, Stoke on Trent
Employment: Domestic servant – employed by Elizabeth Boutwood
1911 Census: 47 Cardiff Road, Luton, Bedfordshire
Date of death: 1966
Location: Surrey
Gretna details
Name: Gertrude Nellie Cowley
Clock No: N/K
Date joining: Not known
Date leaving: Not known
Addresses: Not known
Rank on start: PC
Promotion: None found
Career after: Stoke on Trent Police
1921 Census : Living at 106 Derwent Road, Palmers Green, N13, London.…
Helen Kate Cupper
Information supplied through Research Project led by Nigel Crompton.
Name: Helen Kate Cupper
DoB: 29 December 1882
Place of birth: Paddington, London
Parents: Arthur and Eliza (nee Hoadley)
Parental Home: 5 Norfolk Crescent Mews, Paddington
Siblings: William Howard (1870), Eveline Eliza (1872), Arthur Hoadley (1874) Annie Marianne (1876), Victor (1877), Ethel Sarah (1878), Edgar Cecil (1887), Henry James (1889), Maud Agnes (1894)
Spouse: Never married
Date of Wedding: Not applicable
Children : None identified
Marital home(s) : Not applicable
Employment: Nurse/ domestic servant
1911 Census: Living at Redholme, Wrawby, Brigg, Lincs – Employed as Nurse by Harry Metcalfe Hett, local solicitor who had a sick child living at home
Date of death: 29 March 1970
Location: Orpington Hospital, Orpington, Kent.…
Robert Oliver Foulis
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Robert Oliver Foulis (at some point he may possibly have also used the alias Herbert Leigh).
Gender: Male.
Date and Place of Birth: 1889, Wylam, Northumberland, England.
Date and Place of Death: December 1941, Hampstead, London, England.…
Ralph Peter Galloway
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : RALPH PETER GALLOWAY
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 2nd Quarter 1888. Lambeth
Date and Place of Death: 12th November 1918.…
Kenneth Phipson Hawksley
KENNETH PHIPSON HAWKSLEY
Date and place of birth : 15 September 1869 Westminster, London
Date and place of Death : 2 May 1924 Paddington, London
Nationality: British
Biography: Kenneth grew up in London with his siblings:
Lilian Hawksley 1868
Alice Hawksley 1871
Leonard Thomas Hawksley 1873
Parents: Charles Hawksley married Ida Phipson in 1867 Basingstoke, Hampshire
Parents occupation : Charles Hawksley was a Civil Engineer
Schools Universities attended and years of attendance: University of Cambridge, University of London
Place of residence at Gretna: Not known
Marital status:
Kenneth married Julia Letitia Anderson Green in Portsea District, Hampshire 1894
Children:
Phyllis Hawksley 1896
Thomas Edwin Hawksley 1897
Dorothy Sylvia Hawksley 1906
Ronald George Hawksley 1908
Reginald Jack Hawksley 1914
Job title at Gretna : Engineer specializing in Water drainage works
Travels –
London to Gibraltar
Return to England from Calcutta
Awards/recognitions: Nil known
References:
Ancestry
FindMyPast
FreeBMD
Photographs supplied by family members
Phyllis Hawksley
PHYLLIS HAWKSLEY
Date and place of birth : 12 January 1896 Notting Hill, London
Date and place of Death : 5 May 1975 Ashburton, Devon
Nationality: British
Biography:
Phyllis grew up in London with her siblings:
Thomas Edwin Hawksley 1897
Dorothy Sylvia Hawksley 1906
Ronald George Hawksley 1908
Reginald Jack Hawksley 1914
Parents:
Kenneth Phipson Hawksley married Julia Letitia Anderson Green in 1894,
Portsea, Hampshire
Parents occupation : Kenneth was a Civil and Mechanical Engineer
Schools Universities attended and years of attendance – .…
Tom Valentine Johns
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Tom Valentine Johns
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 15/02/1894 Hoxton London
Date and Place of Death: 1975 Q1 Waveney Suffolk
Nationality: British
Biography
Childhood:
Parents: Henry and Ann Johns
Parent’s occupations: Carpenter
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance:
Upper Meyrick Street and Albion Square School, Pembroke Dock
up to September 1906 then “Gone to London”
Occupation: Gas Engineer and Chemist
Place of residence at Gretna: N/K
Job title at Gretna: Chemist at Dornock
Marital status: Married Margaret Charlotte (nee Scrace) Johns (MD)
1931 Q4 Marylebone (banns read in Lowestoft)
Children: N/K
Travels: N/K
Awards/recognitions: N/K
Trivia / any other information: Witness at inquest following a fatal accident in Bath in 1908 (Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette 09/07/1908)
Bibliography
- Books published (Title, year of publication, publisher): N/K
- Books written about the individual or mentioning the individual (Title, year of publication, publisher): N/K
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1901 living in Pembrokeshire with aunt’s family
1911 Gas Company Clerk boarding in Wellington, Shropshire
Served in France as Gunner 39634 Royal Field Artillery, then Corporal Royal Engineers 113060.…
Percy Harold Rooney
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Percy Harold Rooney
Gender: Male
Date and place of birth: 22nd April 1877 , Dalston, London ( Hackney)
Date and Place of Death: 24th September 1956, Sanderstead , Surrey
Nationality: English
Childhood: No detail.
Parents: Dennis Henry Rooney and Ethel nee Trutch
Parents occupations: Civil servant, Superintendent London Post Offices
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: Not known
Occupation: Began as a clerk then became a Managing director of a company ( merchants) Occ.…
Millicent Wilhelmina Scharina
Information supplied through Research Project led by Nigel Crompton.
Name: Millicent Wilhelmina Scharina
DoB: 16 July 1882
Place of birth: Charlton/ Woolwich, London
Parents: Wilhelm Edward Herrmann & Janet (nee McKay)
Parental Home: 1880’s – 4 Delafield Road, Charlton, London
Siblings: Margaret Clara (1880-1957), Marion Alice (1885-1931), Archibald McKay (1884-1885), Hermann McKay (1889-1942)
Spouse: Stuart Bell
Date of Wedding: 21 September 1928
Children: None identified
Marital home(s): 27 Bentinck Drive, Troon
Employment: Stenographer
1911 Census: Living at home: Mount Park, Victoria Road, Gourock, Scotland
Date of death: 18 November 1970
Location: 27 Bentinck Drive, Troon
Gretna details
Name: Millicent Wilhelmina Scharina
Clock No
Date joining: Not confirmed
Date leaving:Not confirmed
Addresses: Women’s Police Barracks, Eastriggs
Rank on start: PC
Promotion: None confirmed
Career after: Private Secretary
1921 Census: 23 Bentinck Street, Kelvingrove, Glasgow
Addresses after Gretna:
1921 – 23 Bentinck Street, Kelvingrove, Glasgow
1925 – 14 Crown Gardens, Hillhead, Glasgow
1928 – 5 Buckingham Terrace, Glasgow
1970 – 27 Bentinck Drive, Troon
Additional information
Millicent was born in Charlton, although the registration district was Woolwich South London in 1882 into the family of Wilhelm & Janet Scharina where she had 4 siblings.…
William Leonard Scotcher
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : William Leonard Scotcher
Gender: Male
Date and place of birth: 7th May 1890, Millwall
Date and Place of Death: 1982, Niagara Falls, Ontario
Nationality: British
Childhood: East end, overcrowded
Parents : Ernest William and Priscilla nee Gray
Parents occupations : Metal turner
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: Not clear but must have studied Chemistry before 1915
Occupation: Analytical chemist
Place of residence at Gretna: No 6 Staff Quarters.…
Dr Robert Wilson Christian Spence
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Dr Robert Christian Wilson Spence MD.
Gender: Male.
Date and Place of Birth: 16th August 1884. Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland.
Date and Place of Death: 8th August 1939.…
Irene May Wilkins
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Irene May Wilkins
Gender: Female
Date and place of birth: 1891, Chelsea, London
Date and Place of Death: 22nd December 1921, Bournemouth, brutally murdered
Nationality: British
Childhood: 3rd of 6 children, affluent upbringing
Parents: Harry and Grace Marion nee Shields [Shiel]
Parents occupations: Secretary of London Water Company
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: None known
Occupation: Cook
Place of residence at Gretna: Not known
Marital status: Unmarried
Children: None known
Travels: None known
Awards/recognitions: None known
Positions held: None known
Trivia / any other information: Yes
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Websites about the individual:
https://www.truecrimelibrary.com/crimearticle/the-alibi-that-never-was/
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Irena May Wilkins 1891-1921
Irene May Wilkins was born in 1891 at 89, Edith Crescent, Chelsea, London to Harry and Grace Marion nee Shield [Shiel].…
Percy John Willmott
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Percy John Willmott [Willimott]
Gender: Male
Date and place of birth: 6th April 1874, Cripplegate, London
Date and Place of Death: 18th June 1951, 25 Peel Street, Newtown, Carlisle, Cumberland
Nationality: British
Disability: Discharged from life of military service aged 45 diue to disability
Childhood: At least 2 siblings
Parents: William and Jane nee Shimmins/Shimmens
Parents occupations: Machine printer
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Military – mobilization storekeeper in 1914
Place of residence at Gretna:Peel Street, Newtown, Carlisle
Marital status: Married
Children: 6 born
Travels: Served in Malta and South Africa during the Boer War
Awards/recognitions: N/K
Positions held: Warrant Officer 3rd Border Regiment
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Mini Biography
Percy John Willmott 1874- 1951
Percy John Willmott was born on 6th April 1874 at Cripplegate, London Town to William a machine printer and Jane nee Shimmins/Shimmens
1881 – living at Fann Street, Cripplegate – his sister head of household.…
