Percy Douglas Underwood (1887)

Born 9 Oct 1887 in Moggerhanger, Bedfordshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth J (Bell) Underwood — married 1910 in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Percy was born about 1887. He is the son of John Underwood and Catherine Edwards. In 1891 his age was given as 4, he lived in Moggerhanger withhis parents and 3 siblings. In 1901 he was a 14 year old farmer's son living with his parents and 5 siblings at Moggerhanger. In 1911 he was 24 and head of his own household, living with his wife and farming at Maulden, Bedfordshire.

Sources

• Family birthday book.
• Birth Reg (first quater 1887): "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2X5F-3VP : 1 October 2014), Percy Douglas Underwood, 1887; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
• England & Wales Census 1891: "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7BDB-BW2 : 2 May 2019), Percy D Underwood in household of John C Underwood, Moggerhanger, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Bedfordshire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
• England & Wales Census 1901: "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS38-Q1H : 20 May 2019), Percy Underwood in household of John Coy Underwood, Moggerhanger, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Potton subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
• Marriage: "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DX8-GXW : 13 December 2014), Percy D Underwood, 1910; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1910, quarter 3, vol. 3B, p. 852, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
• England & Wales Census 1911: "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7KM-VJ9 : 22 July 2019), Percy Douglas Underwood, Maulden, Bedfordshire, 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.