Geoffrey Ramsden Attwood (1884 - 1958)

Born 5 Jan 1884 in Osmotherley, Lancashire, England

Ancestors

Died 13 Dec 1958 at age 74 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

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Biography

Geoffrey was born in 1884. He is the son of Alfred Attwood and Annie Marley. He was christened in Holy Trinity, Darlington, Durham, England on 13 Apr 1884.

Census

• 1891 England Census: Name: Geoffrey R Attwood; Event Place: Ulverston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; Event Place (Original): Ulverston, Lancashire, England; Event Place Note: Braddylls Terrace; County: Lancashire; Parish: Ulverston; Ecclesiastical Parish: ST MARYS M C; Registration District: Ulverston; Gender: Male; Age: 7; Birth Year (Estimated): 1884; Birthplace: Lancashire, England; Relationship to Head of Household: Son

Alfred Attwood Head M 40 Dalston, London, England

Alfred L Attwood Son M 10 Harborne, Staffordshire, England

Geoffrey R Attwood Son M 7 Lancashire, England

Myles Attwood Son M 3 Lancashire, England

Alice M Attwood Daughter F 1 Ulverston, Lancashire, England

Emma F Beaumont Servant F 22 Norfolk, England

Eleanor J Shaw Servant F 23 Lancashire, England

Helen King Servant F 26 East India

• 1901 England Census: Name: Geoffrey R Attwood; Event Place: Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England, United Kingdom; County: Dorsetshire; Civil Parish: Wimborne Minster; Ecclesiastical Parish: Wimborne St John The Evangelist; Sub-District: Wimborne; Registration District: Wimborne; Gender: Male; Age: 17; Occupation: BANK CLERK; Relationship to Head of Household: Son; Birth Year (Estimated): 1884; Birthplace: Osmotherley, Lancashire

Annie R Attwood Head F 44 Darlington, Durham

Geoffrey R Attwood Son M 17 Osmotherley, Lancashire

Claude Attwood Son M 15 Osmotherley, Lancashire

Myles Attwood Son M 13 Osmotherley, Lancashire

Alice M Attwood Daughter F 11 Ulverstone, Lancashire

Douglas R Attwood Son M 9 Ulverstone, Lancashire

George E C Attwood Son M 4 Mexico Apizacs (British Subject)

Notes

Geoffrey Ramsden Attwood, born 5 jan 1884; Captain 2nde Royal Dublin Fusiliers; WW1, mentioned in dispatches; Worked at Bank of Madras India

Searched for christening, marriage, burial on Lancashire OPC without success Hardman-1532 10:59, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

Sources

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NT5W-Q8R : 21 March 2020), Geoffrey Rumsden Attwood, 1884.
• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q1PQ-TPZ : 6 May 2019), Geoffrey R Attwood in household of Alfred Attwood, Ulverston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Lancashire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSW1-H6Q : 21 May 2019), Geoffrey R Attwood in household of Annie R Attwood, Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Wimborne subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

See also:

• Taken from the pedigrees in “The Marleys of Langton, Ingleton, Hilton and Houghton le Side in Co. Durham” By Thomas W Marley [1850-1923] published in London Mitchell Hughes & Clark. Over 250 individuals are covered. The full pedigrees can be accessed at
• https://hcr1945.wixsite.com/longstaff-talltrees/new-pagepedigree-of-morley-by-thoma