George Harry Sharp Cooper Rolls (1911 - 1973)

Born 2 Aug 1911 in 38 Midland Road (formerly Station Road), Olney, Buckinghamshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Florence Lane — married 1931 in Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England

Died 1973 at about age 61 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Birth

Birth:

Date: 02 AUG 1911

Place: 38 Midland Road (formerly Station Road), Olney, Buckinghamshire, England^[1][2][3][4]

Death

Death:

Date: BET OCT AND DEC 1973

Place: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England^[5]

Cremation

Cremation:

Date: BET OCT AND DEC 1973

Place: Portchester Crematorium, Portchester, Hampshire, England^[6]

Occupation

Occupation:

Date: ABT 1954

Place: Served as an Engine Room Artificer in the RN and on Royal Yacht Britannia from her entry into service in 1954 until he retired./HMY Britannia

Event

Event:

Type: Arrival

Date: 12 SEP 1940

Place: From Bermuda on SS Oropesa - arranged by Navy./Liverpool, England^[7][8]

Event:

Type: Birth Registered

Date: 12 SEP 1911

Place: Reported by Nellie Cooper/Olney, Buckinghamshire, England^[9]

Residence

Residence:

Date: 12 SEP 1940

Place: 3 Ellen Street, Droylsden, Manchester, England^[10]

Marriage

Husband: George Harry Sharp Cooper Rolls

Wife: Florence Lane

Child: @I1048@

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: @I1049@

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: @I1050@

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: BET JAN AND MAR 1931

Place: Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England^[11][12]

Husband: John Willie Rolls

Wife: Nellie Cooper

Child: Arthur Noel Rolls

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: George Harry Sharp Cooper Rolls

Relationship to Father: Step

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Stillborn unknown Rolls

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 28 JAN 1918

Place: (probably Olney)/Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England^[13][14]

Sources

• Source: S121 Title: Portchester Crematorium, "George Harry Rolls Garden of Remembrance Location Leaflet" Repository: #R2 NOTEPortchester Crematorium. "George Harry Rolls Garden of Remembrance Location Leaflet". Garden of Remembrance Location Leaflet. Oct-Dec 1973.
• Repository: R2 Name: Jim Palmer Address: 27 Peak Lane Fareham Hants E-Mail Address: jim@peaklane.net Phone Number: 01329 289568
• Source: S122 Title: Photoship, "Photos of RMS Oropesa" Repository: #R2 NOTEPhotoship. "Photos of RMS Oropesa". Photographs.
• Source: S2 Author: Ancestry.com Title: England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Contro; Repository: #R1
• Repository: R1 Name: Ancestry.co.uk Address: http://www.Ancestry.co.uk E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S218 Author: Ancestry.com Title: England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Repository: #R4
• Repository: R4 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S253 Title: England, Newport Pagnell Registration District, Birth Certificates Repository: #R2 NOTEEngland. Newport Pagnell Registration District. Birth Certificates.
• Source: S3 Author: FreeBMD Title: England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Contro; Repository: #R1
• Source: S4 Author: Ancestry.com Title: UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.Original data - Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). Series BT26,; Repository: #R1

1. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for George Harry Rolls Quality or Certainty of Data: 4
2. ↑ Source: #S4 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Mr George Harry Rolls Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
3. ↑ Source: #S3 Quality or Certainty of Data: 4
4. ↑ Source: #S253 Page: Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth BXCF912499 dated 22 Aug 2013. George Harry Sharp Cooper Data: Text: When & Where Born: 2 Aug 1911; 38 Midland Road, Olney, RD CONT Name: George Harry Sharp CONT Sex: Boy CONT Name & Surname of Father: - CONT Name, surname and maiden surname of mother: Nellie Cooper, a Domestic Servant CONT Occupation of father: - CONT Signature, description and residence of informant: Nellie Cooper, Mother, 38 Midland Road, Olney CONT When registered: 12 Sep 1911 CONT Signature of registrar: George Fellows, Registrar Quality or Certainty of Data: 4
5. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for George Harry Rolls
6. ↑ Source: #S121 Page: Garden of Remembrance Location Leaflet for George Harry Rolls. Data: Text: George Harry Rolls CONT Location: Left of Cloister, South of Pine, 3-4 Posts AS CONT Reference: 44308 CONT Quality or Certainty of Data: 4
7. ↑ Source: #S4 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Mr George Harry Rolls Quality or Certainty of Data: 4
8. ↑ Source: #S122 Page: Photographs of RMS Oropesa
9. ↑ Source: #S253 Page: Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth BXCF912499 dated 22 Aug 2013. George Harry Sharp Cooper Data: Text: When & Where Born: 2 Aug 1911; 38 Midland Road, Olney, RD CONT Name: George Harry Sharp CONT Sex: Boy CONT Name & Surname of Father: - CONT Name, surname and maiden surname of mother: Nellie Cooper, a Domestic Servant CONT Occupation of father: - CONT Signature, description and residence of informant: Nellie Cooper, Mother, 38 Midland Road, Olney CONT When registered: 12 Sep 1911 CONT Signature of registrar: George Fellows, Registrar Quality or Certainty of Data: 4
10. ↑ Source: #S4 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Mr George Harry Rolls Quality or Certainty of Data: 4
11. ↑ Source: #S218 Quality or Certainty of Data: 4
12. ↑ Source: #S218 Quality or Certainty of Data: 4
13. ↑ Source: #S22 Quality or Certainty of Data: 2
14. ↑ Source: #S9 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John W Rollo Quality or Certainty of Data: 3

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Jim Palmer for creating WikiTree profile Rolls-63 through the import of Palmer_2013-11-13.ged on Nov 13, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Jim and others.