Gladys Nellie (Morrell) Mann (1900 - 1986)

Born 22 Jun 1900 in Bilston, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Wilfrid Mann — married 30 Jul 1927 in Handsworth, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 1 Feb 1986 at age 85 in Shenstone, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Gladys Nellie Morrell was the second child of William Jabez Morrell and Ellen (Dalton) Morrell.^[1][2]

Birth

She was born 22 June 1900 at Bilston, Staffordshire, England.^[3][4]

Gladys was baptised 21 February 1904 at the parish church of St Luke, Bilston along with four of her siblings.^[2]

Marriage

Gladys Nellie Morrell and Wilfrid Mann were married 30 July 1927 at the Roman Catholic Church of St Francis, Hunters Road, Handsworth, Warwickshire, England.^[5][6] He died in 1980.^[7]

Residence

• 1901 (with her parents) at Hartshorn Street, Bilston, Staffordshire.^[3]
• 1911 at the Holly Bush Inn, Ebstree, Trysul, Stafordshire.^[8]
• 1921 at 39 High Street, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire.^[9]
• 1939 (married) at 8 Wills Street, Lozells, Birmingham, Warwickshire.^[4]
• about 1963, after retirement, Gladys and Wilfrid moved to a cottage at Knighton on Teme, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire.^[10]

Occupation

• in the early 1920's she was a School Teacher at Brierley Hill (Bent Street), Wall Heath and Gornal, Staffordshire.^[9][10]
• 1926 a School Teacher at St Mary's Convent School, Handsworth, Staffordshire.^[10]
• 1939 part time School Teacher ^[4]

War Effort

During the Second World War Gladys was an A.R.P. Air Warden.^[4]

Death

Gladys Nellie Mann died 1 February 1986 at Footherley Hall Care Home, Shenstone, Lichfield, Staffordshire.^[11][10] She was buried at the parish church of St Mary, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ General Register Office (UK), Online Index (https://www.gro.gov.uk/ : accessed 16 Dec 2020), births, 1900, Gladys Nellie Morrell.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Parish Church of St Luke (Bilston, Staffordshire, England), Register of Baptisms 1897-1915, no. 254, 21 Feb 1904, Gladys Nellie Morrell; Staffordshire Record Office (Stafford, Staffordshire, England), film D3339/1/4.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Census returns of England and Wales, 1901, (Kew, Surrey, England : The National Archives of the UK), district Wolverhampton [Staffordshire], ref. RG13/2690, fo. 176, p. 26, sched. 158, household of William Morrell; "1901 England Census", digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/ : accessed 8 Mar 2018), path: Staffordshire > Bilston > District 20, image 27.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} National Registration Transcript Book, 1939 (Kew, Surrey, England : The National Archives of the UK), county borough of Birmingham, Registration District 384/3, Enumeration District QAKD, np., schedule 207, Mann household; "1939 England and Wales Register", digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 24 Mar 2020), path: Warwickshire > Birmingham CB > QAKD, image 16.
5. ↑ General Register Office, Marriage Certificate for Wilfrid Mann and Gladys Morrell, 30 Jul 1927; certified copy in possession of Chris Mann.
6. ↑ General Register Office (UK), England & Wales Civil Registration Marriage Index (London, England), 1927, Jul-Sep quarter, Wilfrid Mann & Gladys E Morrell, West Bromwich district; digital images, FreeBMD (https://www.freebmd.org.uk : accessed 2 Mar 2018), images 1927M3-M-0311 & 1927M3-M-0373.
7. ↑ General Register Office (UK), England & Wales Civil Registration Death Index (London, England), 1980, Jan-Mar quarter, Wilfrid Mann, Tenbury district; digital image, FreeBMD (https://www.freebmd.org.uk : accessed 2 Mar 2018), image 1980D1-M-0654.
8. ↑ Census returns of England and Wales, 1911, (Kew, Surrey, England : The National Archives of the UK), district Wolverhampton [Staffordshire], ref. RG14/17001, sched. 18, household of William Jabez Morrell; "1911 England Census", digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/ : accessed 3 Apr 2018), path: Staffordshire > Wombourn > 02, image 36.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} "1921 Census Of England & Wales", digital images, Findmypast (https://www.findmypast.co.uk/ : accessed 29 Jan 2022).
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3} Personal recollections of her son
11. ↑ General Register Office (UK), England & Wales Civil Registration Death Index (London, England), 1986, Jan-Mar quarter, Gladys Nellie Mann, Lichfield district; digital image, FreeBMD (https://www.freebmd.org.uk : accessed 16 Dec 2020), image 1986D-M-0125.
12. ↑ Inscriptions at St Mary (Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, England), headstone for Wilfrid and Gladys Nellie Mann, Gladys Nellie Mann died 1986; photographed by Chris Mann.

See also:

• Source Abstracts for Gladys Nellie (Morrell) Mann.
• Gladys Nellie Morrell in FamilySearch Tree