Annie Elsie (Doust) Koffman (1904 - 1974)

Born 14 May 1904 in 80 Station Road, Frindsbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Wife of James Totten — married 12 Nov 1927 (to 1945) in St George Hanover Square, London, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 27 Dec 1974 at age 70 in England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Elsie (Doust) Koffman was born in Kent, England.

Annie was born in 1904, parents James Doust (1874–1908) and Caroline Susannah Hadlow (1875–1956). ^[1]

Her father passed away in 1908.

On 2 April 1911 Sidney Biorn (35) , wife Caroline Biorn (35) with son William Biorn (0) and stepchildren Gladys Doust (9), Charlie Doust (6) and Annie Doust (3) lived at 12 All Saints Street, Caledonian Road, Kings Cross, Islington, London, England. ^[2]

On 19 June 1921 Joseph Mildenhall (56) Dairy Foreman, wife Caroline Mildenhall (45) with step-children Elsie Annie Doust (17). Edward Charles Doust (14) Milk Carrier and William Charles Biorn (10) lived at 11 Twyford Street, Islington, London, England. ^[3]

James Totten, Guardsman of the Irish Guards aged 26 from Chelsea Barracks, married Annie Elsie Doust waitress aged 21 from St James Place, on 12 November 1927 at St George, Hanover Square, London, England. Fathers Robert Totten (Labourer) and William Doust (Crane Driver). Witnesses Violet Butler and George Henry Burley.

James was with the Irish Guards and was stationed at the Chelsea Barracks and then lived in St George Hanover Square, London, England where they started their family.

Children-

Dorothy Millicent Totten (1928–1994)

June M E Totten (1931– )

James Arthur Totten (1932–2008)

Howard John L Totten (1933–1999)

In 1939 James Totton and Elsie Totten lived at 184 Copenhagen Street, Islington, England. ^[4]

Things didn't work out as Annie and James separated.

Annie married Vincent J Koffman around 1951.

In 1953 Vincent J Koffman and Elsie Koffman lived in Warwick Place North, City of London, England. ^[5]

Annie passed away in 1974. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
2. ↑ 1911 England Census; The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
3. ↑ Annie Elsie Doust (1904) in the 1921 UK Census
4. ↑ London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965; Islington, Islington East and West, 1939
5. ↑ London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965; City of London, London and Westminster, 1953
6. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007; Name: Elsie Koffman; Birth; 8 May 1904; Death: Oct 1974 Chelsea, Greater London, England

• Ancestry Family.com Trees
• U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index for daughter Dorothy M Guess.
• UK, World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923 for step-father Sidney Biorn.
• Marriage certificate available.