Herbert
Copley
Preston
Born in Waltham on the Wolds, Leicestershire, England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
Husband of
Ethel May (Hardwick) Preston
— married
1919 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Died
at age 72
in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Jan 2014
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Biography
Herbert Copley Preston was baptised in Waltham on the Wolds on 13 September 1874, he was the son of James and Ellen [1]
He married Ethel Hardwick in 1919 at Birmingham at age 24. [2]
Herbert passed away in Birmingham in 1947, he was 72 years old [3]
His entry in the probate calendar shows [4]
- PRESTON Herbert Copley, of 20 Goodrest Croft, Birmingham 14, died 22 March 1947, probate Birmingham 13 May to Dennis Preston local government clerk. Estate £242 19s 10d.
Census
1891 census: Stoughton, Billesdon, Leicestershire[5]
- James R Preston Head Married Male 52 1839 Grazier Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England
- Ellen A Preston Wife Married Female 56 1835 - Leicestershire, England
- Herbert C Preston Son Single Male 16 1875 Graziers Assistant Leicestershire, England
- Edith Rowley Servant Single Female 17 1874 General Servant Domestic London, Middlesex, England
1911 census: Smethwick, Worcestershire [6]
- Herbert Copley Preston Head M 36 Waltham, Leicestershire, works manager cycle saddlery
- Gertrude Helen Preston Wife F 36 Leamington, Warwickshire
- James William Preston Son M 8 Birmingham, Warwickshire
- Frank Norman Preston Son M 1 Smethwick, Staffordshire
- Clara Rhodes Servant F 32 Birmingham, Warwickshire
1939 Register
20 Goodrest Croft, Birmingham C.B., Warwickshire [7]
- Herbert C Preston 02 Aug 1874 Male Light Leather Goods Cut Ou Married 260 1
- Ethel M Preston 25 Sep 1895 Female Grocers Manageress Married 260 2
- Dennis Preston 15 Apr 1919 Male Filing Clerk Local Govt Water Dept Single 260 3
Sources
- ↑ "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP43-7GKT : 6 June 2018), Herbert Copley Preston, 13 Sep 1874; records extracted by findmypast, images digitized by FamilySearch; citing Baptism, Waltham on the Wolds, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, page , Citing the Record Office of Leicestershire, Leicester, and Rutland, Wigston, UK.
- ↑ (https://www.freebmd.org.uk) GRO index Q3 1919 Birmingham vol 6d page 818
- ↑ (https://www.freebmd.org.uk) GRO index Q1 1947 Birmingham vol 9c page 617
- ↑ (https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills)
- ↑ Findmypast 1891 census [1]
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7BD-KDH : 21 December 2018),
- ↑ Findmypast 1939 Register [2]
- English census
- Kukla Style Family Tree UK
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