Ursula (Barnett) Walford (1904 - 1980)

Born 8 Jun 1904 in Bickenhall Mansions, Marylebone, London, England

Ancestors

Wife of James Alexander Macnabb OBE — married 7 Jul 1925 (to about 1937) in Theale, Berkshire, England

Wife of Geoffrey Hugh Walford — married 3 Jun 1937 in Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Died 22 Feb 1980 at age 75 in Wokingham, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Ursula was born in 1904. She was the daughter of Charles Barnett and Cicely Cornish. Her first marriage, in 1925, was to James Alexander MacNabb. Her second marriage, in 1927, was to Geoffrey Hugh Walford. Both marriages were productive in terms of children. She died in 1980.

Sources

• Her Birth Registration. Birth Certificate data (selection):

• Registration District : St Marylebone
• Registration SubDistrict : The Rectory St Marylebone in the County of London
• Year of Registration : 1904
• Nbr. In register : 281
• When born : 8. June 1904
• Where born : Bickenhall Mansions
• Name : Ursula
• Sex : Girl
• Father : Charles Frederick Robert Barnett
• Mother : Cicely Frances Barnett formerly Cornish
• Occupation Father : Banker
• Informant : C. F. R. Barnett, Father
• When registered : 21. June 1904
• Registrar : Laurence K. Times

• The marriage registration in respect of the first of her (probably) two marriages. Marriage Certificate data (selection):

• Year of Registration :- 1925
• Marriage solemnized at :- The Parish Church in the District of Theale in the County of Berks
• Nbr. In register :- 378
• When married :- 7. July 1925
• Bridegroom (Husband): :- James Alexander Macnabb
• Bride (Wife) :- Ursula Barnett
• Age: Husband :- 23
• Age: Wife :- 21
• Condition: Husband :- Bachelor
• Condition: Wife :- Spinster
• Occupation: Husband :- Articled Clerk
• Occupation: Wife :- “-”
• Residence at time: Husband :- ?Arthurstone, Binfield
• Residence at time: Wife :- ?rwick House, Theale
• Father’s name: Husband :- James Frederick Macnabb
• Father’s name: Wife :- Charles Frederick Robert Barnett (deceased)
• Father’s rank or profession: Husband :- Clerk in Holy Orders [i.e. Church Minister]
• Father’s rank or profession: Wife :- 2nd Lieutenant 95 Gloucestershire Regiment
• Church or other location and style :- In the Parish Church according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England …. by E.J.Norris [from the parish of] St Bartholemew, Reading
• Registry signed :- By the parties in the presence of 2 witnesses who signed the register with the following names
• Witness 1 :- Cicely F. Barnett [aka Mom]
• Witness 2 :- James F. Macnabb [presumably Dad]

• Document legibility :- Dire to poor

• Her Death Registration. Death Certificate data (selection):

• Registration District : Reading and Wokingham
• Registration SubDistrict : Wokingham in the County of Berkshire
• Year of Registration : 1980
• Nbr. In register : 8
• When died : 22. February 1980
• Where died : 42 Keephatch Roard, Wokingham
• Name : Ursula Walford … Maisden name Barnett
• Sex : Female
• Age : 75 (inferred from dates of borth and death as given on the document)
• Occupation : Widow of Geoffrey Hugh Walford, a solicitor …
• Cause certified by : R. Wilson, Coroner for East Berks, after post mortem without inquest
• Informant : Henrietta Croker-Poole, Daughter
• When registered : 27. February 1980
• Registrar : M. Edwards

• Her daughter's Birth Certificate, on which she is identifed as "Ursula Walford late Macnabb formerly Barnett".

• Marriage Registration: "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
  citing 1937, quarter 2, vol. 1A, p. 1279, Westminster St. Margaret, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England
  FamilySearch Record: QV8X-ZQL2 (accessed 19 February 2024)
  Ursula Macnabb marriage to Geoffrey H Walford registered Apr-May-Jun 1937 in Westminster St. Margaret.

See also:

• https://www.thepeerage.com/p11905.htm#i119049