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Generation: 1

GRADWELL Frederick Arthur was born on 25 Jun 1904 in Back 118 Green Lane, Aston, U.D., Sub-District Of Deritend, County Of Birmingham, England; was christened on 15 Jul 1906 in Saint Elizabeth Vineyard, Richmond; died on 26 Mar 1984 in Etobicoke, Ontario; was buried in 1984 in Riverside Crematorium Chapel, Etobicoke, Ontario.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 2 Apr 1911, 51 Selwyn Ave., Richmond, Surrey

Notes:

Joined army with Teddy’s birth certificate, Second Battalion? Coldstream Guards. Served in Turkey in 1920; crossed the Gobi Desert. Served in Ireland during Irish Rebellion, getting bayonet wound in his neck. Probably served for 7 years with Coldstream Guards because he was married in uniform in 1927. Late 1920s, worked for Watneys Brewery as drayman in Mortlake. Later joined Territorial Army, was a Regimental Sergeant Major when WWII started, but became a Battery Sergeant Major in Royal Engineers. Stationed at Hatfield, then later elsewhere in England, manning searchlights with Royal Engineers. Royal Artillery took them over about 1940. Medically discharged for duodenal ulcer near the end of the war.
In 1945, took over as custodian and bartender in Drill Hall in Southfields, London, for Territorial Army for about 5 years. Lived with Ellen in adjoining apartment while Roy, Joyce, Maureen and Doreen, Norman and Lynda stayed at their house in Birdhurst Road.
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England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 about Frederick Arthur Gradwell
Name:
Frederick Arthur Gradwell
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
25 Jun 1904
Baptism Date:
17 Jul 1904
Baptism Place:
St. James, Ashted, Warwick, England
Father:
Edward Gradwell
Mother:
Charlotte Gradwell
FHL Film Number:
1545522
Reference ID:
item 3 p 132

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Source Information:
Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

Birth:
registered in Aston, Vol 6d, page 251

Died:
Queensway General Hospital

Frederick married PRYOR Ellen (Eleanor) Mabel on 22 Jun 1927 in St Barnabas Church, Southfields, London. Ellen (daughter of PRYOR Albert Newton and KEMBLE Nellie (Nana)) was born on 14 Mar 1903 in 66 Vanderbilt Road, Southfields, London, England; was christened on 19 May 1903 in Wandsworth Saint Anne; died on 16 Jan 1993 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 20 Jan 1993 in Sanctuary Park Cemetery, Etobicoke, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. GRADWELL Roy William was born on 14 Nov 1927 in Wandsworth, SW 17, London, England; died on 8 Feb 2013 in Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario.
3. GRADWELL Doreen Iris was born on 10 Jul 1929 in 30a Penwith Road, Southfields, London; was christened in St Barnabas Church, Southfields, London; died on 21 Jun 2018 in Owen Sound, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 2

GRADWELL Roy William

(1.Frederick¹) was born on 14 Nov 1927 in Wandsworth, SW 17, London, England; died on 8 Feb 2013 in Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario.

Notes:

Roy married SPRATT Joyce May on 31 Jul 1948 in Wandsworth, London, England. Joyce (daughter of SPRATT Percy Francis and POWELL Ivy May) was born on 6 Nov 1929 in Canterbury, Kent, England; died on 28 Jan 2005 in Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

4. (Living)
5. GRADWELL Barbara May was born on 23 Mar 1951 in Mitcham, Surrey, England; died on 4 Dec 2022 in Vancouver, BC.
6. (Living)

GRADWELL Doreen Iris

(1.Frederick¹) was born on 10 Jul 1929 in 30a Penwith Road, Southfields, London; was christened in St Barnabas Church, Southfields, London; died on 21 Jun 2018 in Owen Sound, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.

Notes:

Traveled Liverpool to Saint John on SS Empress of France, landed 05 March 1952
On arrival in Toronto, stayed at the Ford Hotel across from bus station, then lived in Long Branch near Brown’s Line.

Empress of England liner, Southampton To Halifax, train to Montreal, then train to toronto

Doreen married FAWCETT William Lawrence on 16 Apr 1960 in Knox Presbyterian Church, Acton, Ontario. William (son of FAWCETT George Benjamin and HICKLING Anne Elizabeth (Annie)) was born on 3 May 1921 in Arran Township, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada; died on 7 Aug 1994 in Owen Sound, Grey County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

7. (Living)

Doreen married COOPER Norman Ernest Frederick on 4 Jan 1947 in St Barnabas Church, Southfields, Wandsworth, London, England, and was divorced in Jun 1959 in London, England. Norman (son of COOPER Ernest Joseph (Ernie) and SOUTHAM Daisy Hannah) was born on 17 Sep 1924 in 3 Guildford Road, Chertsey, Surrey, England; died on 30 Oct 1990 in Windsor & Maidenhead, Berkshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

8. (Living)
9. (Living)

Generation: 3

(Living)

(2.Roy², 1.Frederick¹)

Family/Spouse: NOEL Selwyn Leroy. Selwyn (son of NOEL Harold and GILLARD Annie) was born on 3 Jan 1946 in St. John’s, Newfoundland; died on 10 May 2004; was buried in St. John’s, Newfoundland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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