Gladys Evelyn (Quayle) Freeman (1890 - abt. 1963)

Born 22 Aug 1890 in 3, Addison Terrace, Rusholme, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of James Edward Platt — married 4 Apr 1912 (to before 15 Aug 1932) in Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Wilfred Charles Freeman — married 15 Aug 1932 in Registry Office, Manchester South, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died about 24 Apr 1963 at about age 72 in Altrincham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Gladys Evelyn, the eldest child and daughter of Edwin Quayle and his wife Mary Frances [nee Thornley] was born in Rusholme, Manchester in August 1890. We know nothing of her childhood, But she was still a child, with three younger siblings, when her mother died, and no more than 10 when her father remarried. Her name [ Quayle, Gladys E.] appears in the "Register of Students at the Department of Education in the University of Manchester 1890 - 1911". We do not know when she began, of if she completed, her studies there, but we do know that in April 1912, when she would have been 21, Gladys married James Edward Platt, and during the following half-dozen years they had two children,; Edwin Nevil Thornley, and Pamela Margery.

However, James seems not to have been an easy man to get on with.

Family Legend has it, that, after a row with her husband, Gladys left him, and we must assume that she took her two children with her. However, he fell ill - quite seriously, with pneumonia. The news reached Gladys and she dutifully hastened back home to look after him. Unfortunately, another lady whose name we do not know, had beaten her to it. It was the final straw. At some point, yet to be verified, the couple divorced, and Gladys, intelligent, attractive, and very lively, seems to have enjoyed her life, and by the time both her children were in their teens, Gladys, at a dance-class, met a handsome young sailor. They married.

The Certificate recording their marriage is interesting: it contains several inaccuracies. 1. The age of Gladys Evelyn Quayle is given as 37 rather than 42. 2. Gladys Evelyn Quayle is described as a spinster. 3. Her father's name is given as "James Edward Platt, Bank Clerk". In other words, Gladys knocked five years off her age, and wrongly stated that her first husband was her father. She was, however, a lively, amusing, and loveable being whose escape from her first marriage was a sensible act. Charles proved to be an excellent husband, much respected in the community.

Gladys Quayle …

She passed away about 1962. ^[1]

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Sources

Census:- 1891 aged 8 months, living with her mother at 3 Addison Terrace, Rusholme. Her father, described as :Student of Medicine" is in London. 1901, Gladys Quayle, aged 10, born, and still living in, Urmston, Lancashire, in 1901. 1911, aged 20, living with parents in Urmston, Barton upon Irwell.

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by David Hooley, Wednesday, January 22, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.

MAnchester University Department of Education, Register for 1890-1911. See also:Information under the profile of James Edward Platt, first husband of Gladys Evelyn Quayle. Marriage Certificate 4th August 1912:- James Edward Platt, aged 38, the divorced husband of Louise Platt, formerly Constantine [spinster], Bank Clerk, of 6 Parsonage Road, Flixton, son of Charles Hill Platt, gentleman, and Gladys Evelyn Quayle, aged 21, spinster, of 58 Carrington Road, Flixton, daughter of Edwin Quayle, Doctor of Medicine. The Marriage was witnessed by K.T.S. Dockray and Margery W. Quayle.

Marriage Certificate 15th August 1932:- Wilfred Charles Freeman, aged 34, Bachelor, Chief Officer Mercantile Marine, of 24 Africa Gardens, Cardiff, son of William Thomas Freeman, Drapers Buyer, and Gladys Evelyn Platt, aged 37 years, spinster, of 465 Wilbraham Road Chorlton Cum Hardy, daughter of James Edward Platt, Bank Clerk, at the Register Office, Manchester South, M/C, on 15th August 1932. [NOTE; this certificate contained certain falsehoods, which are itemised elsewhere!]

DeathCertificate 24th April 1963;- at the General Hospital, Altrincham; Gladys Evelyn Freeman, aged 67, Wife of Wilfred Charles Freeman, Lecturer, of 27 South Road, Penarth, Glamorgan. Cause of Death - Bronchopneumonia & partial collapse of lung due to fractured ribs and sternum caused as a result of a car in which the deceased was a passenger accidentally colliding with another car travelling in the opposite direction in Toft Road, Knutsford.. Certificated received from Gavid A. Daniel, Deputy Coroner for Cheshire [Central Disttrict] Inquest held 17th May 1963. Twentieth May 1963 Eric Love, Registrar. Elizabeth E. Harrison, Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths.