Emma (Denton) Gentle (1893 - 1935)

Born 1893 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England

Died 1935 at about age 42 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England

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Biography

Emma (Denton) Gentle was born in Bedfordshire, England.

Emma was born in 1893, in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, to Charles Denton and Hannah Marlow. ^[1]

At the time of the 1901 census, Emma was recorded as being 7 years and living with her Father, Charles Denton (36), a Railway labourer, Mother, Hannah Denton (36), a Straw Hat Sewer, sisters Jane (11) and Sarah (9) and brothers Charles (4) and James (6 months). They were residing at 3 Park Road West, Luton, Bedfordshire. ^[2]

When the 1911 census was taken, Emma, now 17 years, was working as a Cartoon Box Maker in the Straw industry, She was single and still living with her parents, Charles, (47), a labourer blacksmith for Midland Railway, Hannah (Annie), (47), a hat machinist in the straw trade, Sisters Sarah (19), also a Cartoon Box Maker in the Straw Trade, and Ellen (5), and brothers James (9) and Henry (7). They were now residing at 47 Burr Street, Luton, Bedfordshire.^[3]

In the second quarter of 1915, Emma married William H Gentle, in Luton, Bedfordshire. ^[4]

They had 2 daughters, Bessie born 1915 and Florence Alice born 1918 died 1926.

Emma passed away aged 41 years in 1935, in Luton, Bedfordshire. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2F9W-2WS : 1 October 2014), Emma Denton, 1893; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Luton, Bedfordshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS3F-73K : 1 May 2019), Emma Denton, Luton, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Luton subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7KS-RRD : 21 December 2018), Emma Denton in household of Charles Denton, Luton, Luton, Bedfordshire, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:266Z-KZ8 : 22 May 2014), Emma Denton and null, 1915; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1915, quarter 2, vol. 3B, p. 1177, Luton, Bedfordshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVH2-N26B : 4 September 2014), Emma Gentle, 1935; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Luton, Bedfordshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.