Gordon Bower Sutton LDS RCS (1884 - 1940)

Born 14 May 1884 in Brixton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Olive Ethel (Wright-Ingle) Gorman — married 2 Jul 1912 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 3 Nov 1940 at age 56 in Torquay, Devon, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Gordon was born on 14 May 1884. He was the son of Frederick Sutton and his wife Emily.^[1] He was christened at Holy Trinity Church, Margate on 22 July 1884.^[2].

On the 1891 Census Gordon was living with his parents, siblings and 3 servants at Updown House, Drapers, Margate. At the time of the Census there were 2 visitors. ^[3]

On the 1911 Census he was a visitor at the Wright-Ingle household; Linkwood, Compton Place Road, Eastbourne. At the time he was aged 26 and a medical student. ^[4] He was registered as a dentist on 27 September 1911. LDS (Licentiate in Dental Surgery)

He married Olive Ethel Wright-Ingle in the summer of 1912 in Eastbourne and they went on to have 3 daughters.^[5] In 1915 Gordon was living at Wood Lodge, Moss Lane, Pinner, Middlesex.^[6]

In 1920 Gordon was living at Orchard Dene, Knotty Green, Beaconsfield. ^[7]

On the Post Office Directory of London 1921 he was a dental surgeon working in partnership with Ralph Dunstan Chapman LDS at 151 Finchley Road, Hampstead. ^[8]

On The Dentists Register, 1937 he was still at his practice on Finchley Road. ^[9]

Gordon died in Mount Stuart Nursing Home, Torquay on 3 November 1940.

A notice in the Thanet Advertiser on 5 November 1940 read;

Death of Mr. G. B. Sutton.-The funeral takes place at Buckfastleigh on Thursday of Mr. Gordon Bower Sutton, of Kilbury House, Buckfastleigh, youngest son of the late Mr. Frederick Sutton, of Upton Lodge, St. Peter's. Mr Sutton, who died on Sunday leaves a widow, formerly Miss Olive Wright-Ingle.

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Research Notes

• On the 1901 Census, Gordon's name is missing but there is a George A B. There is no record of this George elsewhere, no birth record etc. and Gordon doesn't show elsewhere on the 1901 Census.^[11]
• Gordon is listed in The Dental Surgeons' Directory of 1925 page 183. His entry reads: SUTTON, Gordon Bower, 151 Finchley Rd., Hampstead, N.W.3 (Tel. 5862 Hampstead) ; & 158, Strand, W.C.2 (Tel. City 8478)-B.A. Cantab. 1906 ; L.D.S. R.C.S. England. 1911 ; (Camb. ,. Roy. Dent. Hosp. London., St. George.) ; late Ho. Surg. Roy. Dent. Hosp. London.. ^[12] Further research to look at education record required.

Sources

1. ↑ "Birth Record" Births Jun 1884 Name: Sutton, Gordon Bower District: Lambeth Volume: 1d Page: 535 https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=j3rgA%2BBQIvTK2IYsxWh5Uw&scan=1 viewed 6 June 2021
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQW5-65N : 20 March 2020), Gordon Bower Sutton, 1884
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKTB-RT2 : 22 February 2021), Gordon B Sutton in household of Frederick Sutton, Margate, Kent, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Kent county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7B2-448 : 12 July 2019), Gordon Sutton in household of George Wright - Ingle, Eastbourne, Sussex, England, United Kingdom; 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.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26C4-Z4J : 13 December 2014), Gordon B Sutton and null, 1912; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1912, quarter 3, vol. 2B, p. 169, Eastbourne, Sussex, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
6. ↑ The Dentists Register 1915 https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61101/images/46169_263021009500_0347-00143?pId=9395 viewed 6 June 2021
7. ↑ Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. Buckinghamshire Directory, Private Residents, 1920. Page 273.https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/search/master/?type=person&source=&search_type=person&master_event=&fn=Gordon+Bower&phonetic_mode_fn=1&sn=SUTTON&phonetic_mode_sn=1&kw=&yr=&range=10&search=Search+All+Records#loadwindow_397308084 viewed 6 June 2021.
8. ↑ "Directory entry 1921" https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/search/master/?type=person&source=&search_type=person&master_event=&fn=Gordon+Bower&phonetic_mode_fn=1&sn=SUTTON&phonetic_mode_sn=1&kw=&yr=&range=10&search=Search+All+Records#loadwindow_1491596154 viewed 6 June 2021
9. ↑ "Occupation" The Dentists Register, 1937 p. 270. https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/search/master/?master_event=Occupational&person_event=Medical&type=person&source=&search_type=person&fn=Gordon+Bower&phonetic_mode_fn=1&sn=SUTTON&phonetic_mode_sn=1&kw=&yr=&range=10&search=Search#loadwindow_1269395934 viewed 6 June 2021.
10. ↑ "Funeral Notice" Thanet Advertiser, 5 November 1940 https://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0001698%2f19401105%2f072&stringtohighlight=gordon%20bower%20sutton viewed 6 June 2021
11. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9HX-766 : 20 May 2019), George A B Sutton in household of Emily A Sutton, Lambeth, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Brixton subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
12. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61101/images/46169_263021009496_0697-00187?ssrc=&backlabel=Return viewed 6 June 2021