Gladys Mary (Porter) Childers (1889 - 1966)

Born 16 Mar 1889 in Long Ashton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Hugh Francis Eardley Childers CIE — married 25 Feb 1911 in Rangoon, Bengal, India

Died Dec 1966 at age 77 in Kalaw, Myanmar

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Biography

Gladys Mary Porter was born on 16 March 1889 and was baptised on 2 April 1889 at Long Ashton, Somerset, England^[1]. She was the daughter of Geoffrey Porter and Fanny Minchin. Her birth was registered at Bedminster, Somerset in the 1st quarter of 1889^[2]. Her father was a Captain in the Royal Engineers.

In the 1901 England Census, Gladys Porter (aged 12) was recorded as the head of the household at 1 South View Cottage, Ilfracombe, Barnstaple, Devon. Also in the household were her two sisters Gladys Porter (12) and Eileen Porter (9) and Nancy Porter (3), Barbara Muller (50, Governess in Charge) and two servants.

She married Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Francis Eardley Childers, CIE (the son of Florence Leslie and Colonel Spencer Eardley Childers) on 25 February 1911 in Rangoon, Bengal, India^[3].

Sadly her husband Hugh died in Myanmar on 27th September 1941.

Her father Geoffrey died on 24 October 1944, and her mother Fanny passed away in 1949.

Gladys was on the ship Warwickshire when it departed from Liverpool, England on 12 September 1952 bound for Rangoon, Burma^[4].

She passed away in December 1966.

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J9G7-QHR : 6 December 2014), Gladys Mary Porter, 02 Apr 1889; citing , reference item 17 p 53; FHL microfilm 1,517,681.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XTY-6PS : 1 October 2014), Gladys Mary Porter, 1889; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006,"
3. ↑ "India Marriages, 1792-1948 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGJJ-KJC : 10 February 2018), Hugh Childers and Gladys Porter, 25 Feb 1911; citing Rangoon, Bengal, India; index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 528,135.
4. ↑ "United Kingdom, Outgoing Passenger Lists, 1890-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68PG-9H2J : 28 October 2021), Mrs Gladys Mary Childers, 1952.

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See also:

• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSWF-7X4 : 21 May 2019), Gladys Porter, Ilfracombe, Devon, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Ilfracombe subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.