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  1. 1.  (Living) (son of GRADWELL Roy William and SPRATT Joyce May).

    Family/Spouse: SPEECHLEY Gail. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  GRADWELL Roy William was born on 14 Nov 1927 in Wandsworth, SW 17, London, England (son of GRADWELL Frederick Arthur and PRYOR Ellen (Eleanor) Mabel); 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]


  2. 3.  SPRATT Joyce May was born on 6 Nov 1929 in Canterbury, Kent, England (daughter of SPRATT Percy Francis and POWELL Ivy May); died on 28 Jan 2005 in Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario.

    Notes:

    Children:
    1. (Living)
    2. GRADWELL Barbara May was born on 23 Mar 1951 in Mitcham, Surrey, England; died on 4 Dec 2022 in Vancouver, BC.
    3. 1. (Living)


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  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 (son of GRADWELL Edward William and BROWNE (BROWN) Charlotte Mary); 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]


  2. 5.  PRYOR Ellen (Eleanor) Mabel was born on 14 Mar 1903 in 66 Vanderbilt Road, Southfields, London, England; was christened on 19 May 1903 in Wandsworth Saint Anne (daughter of PRYOR Albert Newton and KEMBLE Nellie (Nana)); died on 16 Jan 1993 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 20 Jan 1993 in Sanctuary Park Cemetery, Etobicoke, Ontario.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 2 Apr 1911, 24 Algarve Road, Earlsfield, London, England
    • Census: 29 Sep 1939, 1 Miller's Mead, Colliers Wood High Street, Mitcham M.B., Surrey, England

    Notes:

    Birth:
    sub-district springfield, count of london, birth reg Wandsworth, june 1903, 1d, #755

    Census:
    living with Mabel Glass family

    Children:
    1. 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.
    2. 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.

  3. 6.  SPRATT Percy Francis was born on 19 Feb 1897 in Whitstable, Kent (son of SPRATT Marshall Francis and HARNETT Florence Ada); died on 2 Jan 1978.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 31 Mar 1901, 61 Albert Street, Whitstable, Kent. England
    • Census: 29 Sep 1939, 60 Castle St, Canterbury, Kent

    Percy married POWELL Ivy May on 25 Jun 1927 in Canterbury, St Mildred. Ivy (daughter of POWELL Frederick) was born on 17 Apr 1900; died on 4 Apr 1980. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  POWELL Ivy May was born on 17 Apr 1900 (daughter of POWELL Frederick); died on 4 Apr 1980.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 29 Sep 1939, 60 Castle St, Canterbury, Kent

    Children:
    1. (Living)
    2. 3. SPRATT Joyce May was born on 6 Nov 1929 in Canterbury, Kent, England; died on 28 Jan 2005 in Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario.
    3. SPRATT Douglas Francis was born on 15 Aug 1931; died in Nov 2009.
    4. (Living)
    5. (Living)
    6. SPRATT Howard Percy was born on 7 Feb 1938; died on 8 Feb 2012.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  GRADWELL Edward William was born on 30 Nov 1869 in New Bartholomew Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England; was christened on 12 Dec 1869 in St MIchael’s, Moor Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England (son of GRADWELL George and CONNLEY OR CONNOLLY OR CONNELLY Ann Elizabeth); died on 16 Nov 1905 in Aston Union Workhouse, Erdington, Warwickshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • CAUS: Phthisis
    • Census: 2 Apr 1871, 2 House Back 4 Lower Fazeley St, Birmingham
    • Census: 3 Apr 1881, 5 Back 43 Barn Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire
    • Census: 5 Apr 1891, 2 Court 2 House, Catherine Street, Aston, Aston Manor
    • Census: 31 Mar 1901, 18 Formans Road, Sparkhill, Yardley, Warwickshire, England

    Notes:



    Godparents Michael Nolan & Elizabeth Nolan

    Died:
    age listed as 38

    Edward married BROWNE (BROWN) Charlotte Mary on 3 Nov 1895 in St. Bartholemew’s Church, Birmingham, Warwickshire. Charlotte (daughter of BROWNE Samuel and HOUGH Ann Maria) was born on 12 Oct 1873 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  BROWNE (BROWN) Charlotte Mary was born on 12 Oct 1873 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England (daughter of BROWNE Samuel and HOUGH Ann Maria).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 3 Apr 1881, Court 4 No 5 House Old Cross St, Birmingham
    • Census: 5 Apr 1891, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
    • Census: 31 Mar 1901, 18 Formans Road, Sparkhill, Yardley, Warwickshire, England
    • Census: 2 Apr 1911, 28 Charles Arthur St, Birmingham, England
    • Census: 29 Sep 1939, 38 Lingard St, Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire

    Notes:



    6d 163 = ordered 2016 February 21
    _______________
    BROWN, CHARLOTTE    HOUGH  GRO Reference: 1873  D Quarter in BIRMINGHAM  Volume 06D  Page 113

    Birth:
    date on marriage cert as 1873; date on 1901 census as 1876; GRO & 1881 census says 1873

    Census:
    Convent of Sisters of Mercy including Certified Poor Law School and Training House for Servants

    Census:
    5 Etna Place

    Notes:

    Married:
    Witnesses: William Gradwell, Mary Copus

    Children:
    1. GRADWELL Lillian Maria (Lily) was born on 23 Jan 1896 in St Andrews Road, Birmingham; was christened on 12 Feb 1896 in Ashted, St James The Less, Warwickshire.
    2. GRADWELL Edward Thomas was born in 1897; was christened on 17 Oct 1897 in Bordesley, Holy Trinity, Warwickshire; died in 1898 in Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire.
    3. GRADWELL William James (Will) was born on 26 Aug 1898 in 3 Back 99 Bordesley Park Road, Aston, Warwickshire, England; was christened on 4 Dec 1898 in Ashted, St James The Less, Warwickshire; died on 12 May 1995 in Flat 14 Madeleine House, 60 Manor Road, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England; was buried in 1995 in Wallingford.
    4. GRADWELL Albert Edward (Teddy) was born on 15 Sep 1899 in Bolton Road, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England; was christened on 4 Feb 1906 in St Anne, Alcester, Birmingham, Warwickshire; died on 12 Apr 1972 in 71 Shawhill Road, Alum Rock, Birmingham 8; was cremated in 1972 in Yardley.
    5. GRADWELL Dorothy Jane (Dolly) was born on 10 Dec 1900 in Formans Road, Sparkhill; was christened on 28 Feb 1906 in St Anne, Alcester, Birmingham, Warwickshire; died on 18 Jan 1992 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.
    6. GRADWELL George Henry was born on 10 Dec 1901 in 18 Formans Road, Sparkhill, Yardley, Warwickshire, England; was christened on 4 Jan 1906 in St Anne, Alcester, Birmingham, Warwickshire; died before 2003.
    7. GRADWELL Thomas Charles was born in 1903 in Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire; was christened on 1 Jul 1903 in Bordesley, Holy Trinity, Warwickshire; died in 1904 in Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire.
    8. 4. 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.

  3. 10.  PRYOR Albert Newton was born on 9 Sep 1877 in Upper Tooting, Surrey; was christened on 9 Dec 1877 in Upper Tooting, Surrey (son of PRYOR William Alston and KENT Maria); died on 2 Dec 1923 in Wandsworth, London, England; was buried in 1923 in Wandsworth Cemetery.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 3 Apr 1881, 175 May Soule Road, Battersea
    • Census: 5 Apr 1891, 44 Lonsley Road, Wandsworth
    • Census: 31 Mar 1901, 66 Vanderbilt Road, Southfields, London, England
    • Census: 2 Apr 1911, 24 Algarve Road, Earlsfield, London, England

    Notes:

    Address in 1918 was 10, Acuba Road, Southfields, London

    Edie on tape: alcoholic, in hospital 8 years before he died, TB, buried in Wandsworth Cemetery

    Birth:
    birth reg Wandsworth, dec 1877, 1d, p 744

    Holy Trinity

    Buried:
    Grave No. 317 H 23

    Albert married KEMBLE Nellie (Nana) on 10 Sep 1898 in St Anne, Wandsworth, London, England. Nellie (daughter of KEMBLE George and TIDY Ellen) was born on 21 Jan 1879 in Battersea, London, England; was christened on 14 Mar 1883 in Wandsworth, London, England; died on 7 Jan 1987 in Worcester Park, Surrey; was buried in Jan 1987 in Putney Vale Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  KEMBLE Nellie (Nana) was born on 21 Jan 1879 in Battersea, London, England; was christened on 14 Mar 1883 in Wandsworth, London, England (daughter of KEMBLE George and TIDY Ellen); died on 7 Jan 1987 in Worcester Park, Surrey; was buried in Jan 1987 in Putney Vale Cemetery.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 3 Apr 1881, 114 Meyrick Road, Battersea
    • Census: 5 Apr 1891, 36 Lydden Road, Wandsworth, London
    • Census: 31 Mar 1901, 66 Vanderbilt Road, Southfields, London, England
    • Census: 2 Apr 1911, 24 Algarve Road, Earlsfield, London, England
    • Census: 29 Sep 1939, 10 Acuba Rd, Wandsworth, London SW18 4QT, UK

    Notes:

    Nana told Pat she had 11 children, including stillbirths (Sep 2007)
    From Doreen: She had cataracts but was considered too old for surgery, therefore blind at (unknown) age. Lived in her flat for over 65 years. Baked a cake for the doctor’s visit every week until she was 100. Was in service as a teenager.

    St Anne

    Died:
    reg’d Kingston Upon Thames, London

    Notes:

    Married:
    St Anne’s, witnesses George KEMBLE & Maria PRYOR

    Children:
    1. PRYOR William Kent was born on 22 Jan 1899 in Lower Tooting; was christened on 19 Mar 1899 in Saint Anne’s Wandsworth; died on 20 Sep 1918 in France; was buried on 23 Sep 1918 in VII. C. 17. VIEILLE-CHAPELLE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, LACOUTURE.
    2. PRYOR Frank Richard was born on 21 Apr 1901 in 66 Vanderbilt Road, Southfields, London, England; was christened on 16 Jun 1901 in Saint Anne’s Wandsworth; died on 28 Mar 1966.
    3. 5. PRYOR Ellen (Eleanor) Mabel 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.
    4. PRYOR Edith Emily (Edie) was born on 17 Apr 1906 in Vanderbilt Road, Earlsfield, London; was christened on 13 May 1906 in Wandsworth Saint Anne, London; died on 26 Aug 2002 in Ledsham Court, 314 The Ridge, Hastings, Sussex; was buried on 6 Sep 2002.
    5. PRYOR Eileen Alice was born on 13 Apr 1911; died on 1 Sep 1911; was buried on 6 Sep 1911 in Wandsworth Cemetery, Wandsworth, London, England.
    6. PRYOR Elsie Kate (Peg) was born on 16 Sep 1912 in Wandsworth, London, England; died on 12 Sep 2005 in Waterlooville, Nr Portsmouth, England.
    7. PRYOR Leonard George was born on 14 Apr 1915 in Wandsworth, London, England; died on 14 May 1915 in 183 Replingham Road, Wandsworth, London, England.

  5. 12.  SPRATT Marshall Francis was born about 1869 in Whitstable, Kent; was christened on 7 Mar 1869 in Seasalter St Alphege, Kent (son of SPRATT George and HUNT Maria); died in 1899 in Blean, Kent; was buried on 6 Aug 1899 in Whitstable All Saints, Kent.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 2 Apr 1871, East Side Canterbury Rd, Borstall Hill, Whitstable, Kent
    • Census: 3 Apr 1881, 1 Harwich Street, Whitstable, Kent
    • Census: 5 Apr 1891, High Street, Whitstable, Kent

    Marshall married HARNETT Florence Ada on 21 Jun 1896 in Whitstable, Kent. Florence was born about 1872 in Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  HARNETT Florence Ada was born about 1872 in Norfolk, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 31 Mar 1901, 61 Albert Street, Whitstable, Kent. England

    Children:
    1. SPRATT Alice was born in 1891 in Whitstable, Kent.
    2. SPRATT Ida M was born in 1897 in Whitstable, Kent.
    3. 6. SPRATT Percy Francis was born on 19 Feb 1897 in Whitstable, Kent; died on 2 Jan 1978.
    4. SPRATT Walter G was born in 1899 in Whitstable, Kent.

  7. 14.  POWELL Frederick
    Children:
    1. 7. POWELL Ivy May was born on 17 Apr 1900; died on 4 Apr 1980.