Born in Brockmoor, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Northwood
and Sarah Jane (Mollett) Bailey
Sister of
Edith Eugenia (Northwood) Boycott, Arthur Oswald Northwood and Ellen Selina (Northwood) Higgins
Wife of
George Sheldon
— married
1909 in Cheadle, Staffordshire, England
[children unknown]
Died
at age 92
in Stafford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Biography
Gertrude Elizabeth Northwood was the fourth known child of William Northwood and Sarah Jane (Mollett) Northwood.[1][2]
Birth
She was born 10 August 1882 in Brockmoor, Staffordshire, England.[2][3]
Marriage
Gertrude Elizabeth Northwood and George Sheldon were married between July and September 1909 in the registration district of Cheadle (Staffordshire), England.[4] He died in 1921.[5]
Residence
- 1891 (with her widowed mother) at Cresset Lane, Brockmoor.[2]
- 1901 (in service) at Bank Hall, Heaton Norris, Lancashire.[6]
- 1911 (married) at Longsdon, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire.[7]
- 1939 to 1974 (widowed) at 5 John Street, Stafford, Staffordshire.[3][8]
Occupation
In 1901 she was a Housemaid.[6]
Death
Gertrude Elizabeth Sheldon died 26 October 1974 at Stafford, Staffordshire, England.[8]
Sources
- ↑ General Register Office (UK), Online Index (https://www.gro.gov.uk/ : accessed 5 Dec 2021), births, 1882, Gertrude Elizabeth Northwood.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Census returns of England and Wales, 1891, (Kew, Surrey, England : The National Archives of the UK), district Stourbridge [Staffordshire], ref. RG12/2308, fo. 12, p. 18, sched. 94, household of Sarah Northwood; "1891 England Census", digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/ : accessed 21 Feb 2018), path: Staffordshire > Kingswinford > District 20, image 19.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 National Registration Transcript Book, 1939 (Kew, Surrey, England : The National Archives of the UK), Borough of Stafford, Registration District 357-1, Enumeration District OSAJ, np., schedule 171, Sheldon household; "1939 England and Wales Register", digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/ : accessed 1 Jul 2018), path: Staffordshire > Stafford MB > OSAJ, image 16.
- ↑ General Register Office, England & Wales Civil Registration Marriage Index (London England), 1909, Jul-Sep quarter, George Sheldon & Gertrude Elizabeth Northwood, Cheadle district; digital images, FreeBMD (https://www.freebmd.org.uk : accessed 28 Jun 2018), images 1909M3-S-0318 & 1909M3-N-0260
- ↑ Principal Probate Registry, Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England (London, England), 1922, p. Q-S:246, George Sheldon; "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995", digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/ : accessed 20 Aug 2018), path: 1922 > Quadling-Syzer, image 246.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Census returns of England and Wales, 1901, (Kew, Surrey, England : The National Archives of the UK), district Stockport [Lancashire], ref. RG13/3288, fo. 46, p. 11, sched. 61, household of Frank R Briggs; "1901 England Census", digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/ : accessed 27 Jun 2018), path: Lancashire > Heaton Norris > District 18, image 12.
- ↑ Census returns of England and Wales, 1911, (Kew, Surrey, England : The National Archives of the UK), district Leek [Staffordshire], ref. RG14/16626, sched. 106, household of George Sheldon; "1911 England Census", digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 30 Jun 2018), path: Staffordshire > Longsdon > 14, image 212.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Principal Probate Registry, Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England (London, England), 1974, p. S:8032, Gertrude Elizabeth Sheldon; "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995", digital images, Ancestry (https://ancestry.co.uk : accessed 9 Dec 2021), path: 1974 > Sadler-Shipp, image 231.
See also:
- Source Abstracts for Gertrude Elizabeth (Northwood) Sheldon.
- Gertrude Elizabeth Northwood in FamilySearch Tree
- General Register Office, England & Wales Civil Registration Death Index (London England), 1974, Oct-Dec quarter, Gertrude Elizabeth Sheldon, Stafford district; digital image, FreeBMD (https://www.freebmd.org.uk : accessed 29 Jun 2018), image 1974D4-S-0835.jpg
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