Bertram John Whiting (1887 - bef. 1966)

Born 18 Mar 1887 in St George Hanover Square, London, England

Ancestors

Died before 30 Jun 1966 before age 79 in Surrey Mid Eastern, Surrey, England

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Biography

This profile is part of the Whiting Name Study.

Bertram John Whiting was born March 18, 1887, the son of Edmund Whiting and Mary Jane Murch Rendle in Middlesex.

1891 England Census, St Andrews Wandsworth, London

• Edmund Whiting Head Male 42 Stone Mason Somerset
• Mary I M Whiting Wife Female 41 Devon
• Florence B Whiting Daughter Female 13 London
• Edmund R B Whiting Son Male 11 London
• Leopold A Whiting Son Male 9 London
• Berham I Whiting Son Male 4 London

1901 England Census, Wandsworth, London

• Edmund Whiting Head Male 52 Monumental Mason Frome, Somerset
• Mary J M Whiting Wife Female 51 Chittlehampton, Devon
• Florence B Whiting Daughter Female 23 Pimlico, London
• Edmund R B Whiting Son Male 21 Pimlico, London
• Leopold A Whiting Son Male 19 Pimlico, London
• Bertram J Whiting Son Male 14 Pimlico, London

1939 England & Wales Register, Guildford RD DNLI, Surrey

• Bertram J Whiting M 18 Mar 1887 S Handyman

Bertram died in the April to June quarter of 1966 in Surrey Mid Eastern, Surrey, England. His death was registered in Surrey Mid Eastern.

Research Notes

On the 1901 census, the family is split over two pages. The transcribers may have been different as father, mother and oldest daughter on the bottom of one page and the three boys are at the top of the next.

Oct 04 Approved discharge as "undesirable" being sickly, weak minded and generally incompetent.

Further research finds that he may have been classed as a "lunatic" as he was living at Waterloo Farm House, East Horsley, Guildford in 1945. (Ancestry)

Sources

• [1] WHITING, BERTRAM JOHN (mother's maiden name = RENDLE) GRO Reference: 1887 J Quarter in ST GEORGE HANOVER SQUARE Volume 01A Page 411
• Citing this Record "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QSXT-72M : 2 May 2019), Berham I Whiting in household of Edmund Whiting, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, London county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
• Citing this Record "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9CP-3KL : 20 May 2019), Edmund Whiting, Wandsworth, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Wandsworth subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
• Citing this Record "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9CP-3KY : 20 May 2019), Bertram J Whiting in household of Edmund R B Whiting, Wandsworth, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Wandsworth subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
• [2] UK, Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services, 1848-1939 for Bertram John Whiting ADM 188: Registers of Services 1853-1924 General Series to 1907 (Pieces 268-559) Piece 408: 1904 (230501-231000)
• [3] 1939 England & Wales Register
• Citing this Record "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVC2-WKCP : 4 September 2014), Bertram J Whiting, 1966; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Surrey Mid Eastern, Surrey, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.